Religion
The ethics around testing for Alzheimer’s
Guests: Dena Davis and Jason Karlawish If you could have a blood test to find out your chances of developing Alzheimer’s, would ...
Air Date: April 21, 2014
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Guests: Emily Bazelon, Daniel Filler, and Heidi Beirich On Sunday, three people were shot dead outside a Jewish c ...
Air Date: April 17, 2014
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Frank Schaefer, same-sex marriage and the United Methodist Church
Frank Schaefer, Bishop Peggy Johnson and Tim Schaefer Frank Schaefer was defrocked last year for officiating his son’s same-sex ...
Air Date: February 11, 2014
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Hour 2 Guests: Betty Medsger, Bonnie Raines and John Raines On March 8, 1971, Philadelphians BONNIE AND JOHN RAINES were tw ...
Air Date: January 14, 2014
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Donald Kraybill on “The Amish”
HR 2 GUEST: DONALD KRAYBILL [REBROADCAST] The Amish population in the Un ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
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Salman Rushdie’s years of hiding
HR 2 [REBROADCAST] This year marks 25 years since ...
Air Date: December 26, 2013
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Is a corporation a person and can it be religious?
Guests: Dahlia Lithwick and David Skeel Can a company have religious beliefs or is relig ...
Air Date: December 9, 2013
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Talking about politics at the Thanksgiving gathering
Guests: Peter Goldenthal, Lindsay Hoffman and Tom Murse Dick Cheney’s daughters, Mary and Liz, are in the thro ...
Air Date: November 27, 2013
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Same-sex marriage in PA and NJ
Guests: Brian Sims, William Devlin, Frank Schaefer A judge ruled last week that the state of New Jersey cannot de ...
Air Date: October 14, 2013
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Changing religions: A look at Catholicism and American Judaism
Guests: Rocco Palmo and Jane Eisner Pope Francis has been shaking thing up at the Vati ...
Air Date: October 4, 2013
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US, Iran and Israeli relations
Guests: Mehdi Khalaji and Alireza Nader A telephone call last Friday between President ...
Air Date: October 2, 2013
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Salman Rushdie’s years of hiding
Last month marks 25 years since SALMAN RUSHDIE’S “The Satanic Verses” ...
Air Date: October 1, 2013
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A conversation with local novelist Lauren Grodstein
LAUREN GRODSTEIN’s new novel, ...
Air Date: September 30, 2013
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The Nairobi mall attack and what it says about the fight against terrorism
In the aftermath of the siege on a Nairobi mall that killed an estimated 67 people and injured hund ...
Air Date: September 26, 2013
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Reza Aslan on the historical Jesus
In his provocative new book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, writer a ...
Air Date: September 18, 2013
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