Radio Times Archive
Now that the candidates have been officially nominated and the Republican National Convention is adjourned, we review the week’s ev ...
Air Date: September 5, 2008
New Orleans after Hurricane Gustav
Almost two million residents of the Gulf Coast were evacuated from their homes last week, ahead of Hurricane Gustav, which was threatenin ...
Air Date: September 4, 2008
Response to Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech.
Last night, Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin took to the podium at the Republican National Convention. How did she do, ...
Air Date: September 4, 2008
Loneliness and how social connections are good for your physical as well as emotional health. Psycholigist JOHN CACIOPPO from the Univers ...
Air Date: September 3, 2008
As we begin the new school year we look at what research tells us about student learning and successful public schools. Our guests are PA ...
Air Date: September 3, 2008
Does money buy happiness? Our guests, Wharton economists BETSEY STEVENSON and JUSTIN WOLFERS argue that money does tend to buy happiness ...
Air Date: September 2, 2008
We talk about the GOP convention including John McCain’s selection of his running mate and what we might expect to see and hear fro ...
Air Date: September 2, 2008
Rebroadcast of our conversation with Stefan Fatsis
Rebroacast — In May 2006, writer STEFAN FATSIS joined the Denver Broncos at pre-season training camp to experience from the inside ...
Air Date: September 1, 2008
Rebroadcast of our conversation with Ta-Nehasi Coates
Rebroadcast — Paul Coates was a black nationalist, a publisher, a Vietnam Vet, and a man who had seven children by four women. He r ...
Air Date: September 1, 2008
Faye Flam – “The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man
(Rebroadcast) In her book, “The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man,” science writer Faye Flam explores ho ...
Air Date: August 29, 2008
Reaction to Barack Obama’s speech
One of the challenges Barack Obama faces tonight is explaining who he is to voters who say they don’t understand him. And, will his ...
Air Date: August 29, 2008
Julia Keller, “Mr. Gatling’s Terrible Marvel
(Rebroadcast) In the 1860s Richard Gatling invented the machine gun believing it would shorten the duration of war of even eliminate war ...
Air Date: August 28, 2008
Hillary and Bill Clinton will have addressed the convention. We talk about what Barack Obama must do to appeal to Hillary Clinton’s ...
Air Date: August 28, 2008
Andre Dubus III, “The Garden of Last Days”
(Rebroadcast) Writer ANDRE DUBUS III’s novel is “The Garden of Last Days.” It follows the lives of four people over the ...
Air Date: August 27, 2008
Small Snakes and Smuggling Reptiles
The world’s smallest snake has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Penn State University evolutionary biologist BL ...
Air Date: August 27, 2008
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