Radio Times Archive
We look at race in the post-civil rights era and talk about the manifestations of racial distrust in American society today with JOHN L.J ...
Air Date: June 24, 2008
It’s June, the time for weddings and wedding anniversaries. We spend the hour discussing what makes a good marriage with RITA DeMAR ...
Air Date: June 23, 2008
Feminism and the Democratic Primary
The Democratic primary revealed interesting divisions between feminists of different generations. With that in mind, we take a look at t ...
Air Date: June 23, 2008
Gary Marcus on the evolution of the brain
Tune in for a rebroadcast of our conversation with GARY MARCUS, author of KLUGE: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind. He writes ...
Air Date: June 20, 2008
Tax policy as a campaign issue
With gas and food prices rising, a weak job market and a tumbling dollar, the economy is certain to be a major campaign issue this Novemb ...
Air Date: June 20, 2008
What does the stuff on your desk say about who you are? How about the art on your walls, the clothes on your body, or the car you drive? ...
Air Date: June 19, 2008
Smoking ban with Senator Greenleaf
Last week Governor Rendell signed into law the Clean Indoor Air Act that prohibits smoking in most public places. This hour, a conversat ...
Air Date: June 19, 2008
Injury among young female althletes
There is an injury epidemic among the growing numbers of girls who play competitive sports. Are young female athletes more prone to inju ...
Air Date: June 18, 2008
Anti-depressants and U.S. soldiers
The US military is giving soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan anti-depressants to help cope with combat stress. We talk about whether or no ...
Air Date: June 18, 2008
Are you confused about which plastics are safe to use? We answer your questions about baby bottles, water bottles, BPAs, PVCs and the num ...
Air Date: June 17, 2008
The cost of health care with Princeton University’s UWE REINHARDT
The plight of 50 million Americans without health insurance has garnered much attention, but a report last week issued by the Commonwealt ...
Air Date: June 17, 2008
Listen 51:45The euthanizing of Eight Belles, whose front legs snapped at this year’s Kentucky raised concerns about the breeding of horses and ...
Air Date: June 16, 2008
The world is running out of freshwater. Pollution, over-population, and climate change are leading to a global water crisis. Water-relat ...
Air Date: June 16, 2008
In her new book, The Age of American Unreason, writer SUSAN JACOBY argues that Americans have grown increasingly uninterested and uninfor ...
Air Date: June 13, 2008
National Politics: Vice Presidential Possibilites
During our weekly hour on national politics, we discuss potential vice presidential candidates for John McCain and Barack Obama, the Repu ...
Air Date: June 13, 2008
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