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Radio Times Podcast
Newest Episode: Mon February 08, 2010. 08:25 AM
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane is an intelligent talk show dealing with issues of the Delaware Valley, as well as issues of national and global concern. Radio Times is produced by WHYY in Philadelphia.
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One out of every eight persons is South Africa is HIV positive. Despite the increasing availability of antiretroviral treatment programs for HIV and AIDS, there still remains resistance to testing and treatment. That???s the subject of a new book, ???Sizwe???s Test: One Man???s Journey Through Africa???s AIDS Epidemic??? by South African journalist Jonny Steinberg.
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Marty talks with ERIC FAIR about his service in Iraq and his perspective on torture. Fair served as an arabic linguist in the U.S, army from 1995 to 2000. From Dec 2003 to May 2004 he was a contract interrogator at Abu Ghraib, Fallujah and Baghdad. He has written about his experiences for the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Allentown Morning Call. He is now a first year student at the Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Tue February 19, 2008. 07:13 PM
A conversation with STEPHEN MORSE about the implications of using neuroscience in our legal system. Morse is Professor of Law and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania???s Law and Medical Schools.
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Tue February 19, 2008. 06:04 PM
A behind the scenes look at the 9/11 Commission. Marty talks with New York Times investigative reporter, PHILIP SHENON about his book ???The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation.??? Then we talk to Former 9/11 Commissioner RICHARD BEN-VENISTE about his thoughts of Shenon's account.
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Fri February 15, 2008. 06:47 PM
The work of our guests, DAVID HARRISON and GREGORY ANDERSON is the subject of a new film which was screened at Sundance, ???The Linguist.??? The film tells the story of their travels and research around the globe do document endangered languages. Anderson and Harrison both are affiliated with the ???Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.???
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Fri February 15, 2008. 05:36 PM
Did Rendell play the race card? The Pennsylvania NAACP wants Governor Ed Rendell for comments he made to a newspaper that there are some voters in Pennsylvania that might to be ready to vote for a black candidate. We'll try to get to the crux of this, we'll hear from CHUCK ARDO the Press Secretary for Ed Rendell, TONY NORMAN whose column on Rendell's comments has sparked the current controversy, JERRY MONDESIRE the President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP
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Thu February 14, 2008. 06:23 PM
The role science plays in helping us understand sex and relationships. On this Valentine's Day, we look at the role sex research plays, for better or worse, in how we think about sexuality and the people we love. Our guests are FAYE FLAM who writes the syndicated Carnal Knowledge column for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and TIMOTHY PERPER a Philadelphia-based sociologist who is author of Sex Signals: The Biology of Love, first published in 1985.
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Thu February 14, 2008. 05:13 PM
Is America undergoing a monumental spiritual re-alignment? We'll talk with JIM WALLIS author of the new book The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America. In the book, Wallis a politically progressive evangelical leader makes the argument that the age of the religious right has passed and that issues of social justice are rising to the top of the agenda. Wallis is president and executive director of Sojourners, where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine.
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726 days
The Philadelphia Museum of Art???s Frida Kahlo exhibit opens a week from today. We talk with Kahlo biographer and exhibit curator HAYDEN HERRERA about the life and work of the artist.
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726 days
Wed February 13, 2008. 06:03 PM
The rising political clout of Hispanic voters. First we???ll hear about a new population projection from the Pew Hispanic Center. In 2005 Hispanics accounted for 14 percent of the U.S. population, that???s expected to increase to 29 percent by 2050. We???ll talk with JEFFREY PASSEL co-author of the new report, then we???ll look at the role Hispanic voters are playing in this year???s Presidential election. Our two guests are LUIS CLEMENS editor of Candidato USA, an internet publication that helps clients reach Hispanic voters and MARISA ABRAJANO co-author of a forthcoming research article The Hispanic Voter in the 2004 Presidential Election.
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727 days
Tue February 12, 2008. 06:44 PM
Meet EBOO PATEL an American, Muslim, and an Indian whose initial anger ultimately led him to help other young people search for their religious identities while respecting different faiths. Patel is Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core and author of ???Acts of Faith: The story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.???
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Tue February 12, 2008. 05:34 PM
What would take for a conservative comeback? We talk with DAVID FRUM author of Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again. In it he analyzes why a generation of young people has turned its back on the Republican party, why Republicans can no longer win elections on taxes, guns, and promises to restore traditional values, and what new approach is needed to regain lost ground. Frum is a former special assistant to President Bush for economic speechwriting (2001-2002), and is also the author of The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush published in January 2003, and co-author with Richard Perle of An End To Evil: What's Next in the War on Terror released in 2004.
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Tue February 12, 2008. 08:17 AM
In an article published in the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly, writer MATT MILLER makes the case that eliminating local control of schools ??? especially when it comes to funding and establishing standards ??? will improve education in the U.S. He takes particular aim at school boards and calls them an antiquated form of governance.
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727 days
Tue February 12, 2008. 08:16 AM
Should taxpayers fund sports stadiums? Increasingly sports team owners are asking local governments to help pay for their new stadiums. If everyone benefits shouldn't everyone pay? We'll hear from CHARLES KOPP, who represents investors who are hoping bring a Major League Soccer to the Philadelphia area, and have already received financial backing from the state and local governments. Then we'll hear from RICK ECKSTEIN co-author of Public Dollars, Private Stadium: The Battle Over Building Sports Stadiums on whether it???s a wise investment for governments.
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The seasonal migration of animals ??? from butterflies in Mexico to wildebeests on their long trek across the Serengeti ??? is one of nature???s wonders. Our guest, DAVID WILCOVE, says that such migrations are becoming increasingly more dangerous resulting in diminished animal populations. His new book is ???No Way Home: The Decline of the World???s Great Animal Migrations???
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Fri February 08, 2008. 06:03 PM
Election 2008: The other presidential candidates. If you follow the news you'd think there were only four people left running for President. Not so, today a look at the role third party and independent candidates could have in this election. We'll talk with DOUGLAS SCHOEN, who was the pollster for Michael Bloomberg's mayoral campaigns, and is author of the new book The Beginning of the End of the Two Party System. Then we'll talk with MICAH SIFRY author of Spoiling for a Fight: Third Party Politics in America, first published in 2002.
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Thu February 07, 2008. 06:45 PM
MANIL SURI talks about his second novel, ???The Age of Shiva.??? It tells the story of Meera, a woman living in Bombay in the 1960s, her troubled marriage, and her relationship with her son. Suri's first novel ???The Death of Vishnu??? was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. He is a Mathematics Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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The presidential candidate nomination process ??? delegates, superdelegates, proportional and winner-take all systems ??? can make your head spin. And to complicate things, the systems differ from party to party and state to state. We turn to DON KETTL, Penn professor of political science to help us understand it all.
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Wed February 06, 2008. 06:16 PM
The evolution of automotive repairs. Car mechanics has become an outdated term, as cars become more high tech and computerized. All of this requires more training, and that's put the industry facing a shortage of qualified automotive technicians, as they are now called. We'll talk with DAN REED an assistant professor of Transportation Technologies Management at Community College of Philadelphia. We'll talk about how cars have changed and what today's technicians need to know to keep up.
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Wed February 06, 2008. 06:16 PM
Reaction to Super Tuesday's elections. We'll talk with DICK POLMAN a national political columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He also writes the political blog American Debate at philly.com. Also with JOSEPH MARBACH a political science professor at Seton Hall University and weekly columnist for PolitickerNJ.com.
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