Archive for March, 2013
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The Supreme Court hearings on gay marriage
March 29
Guests: Ed Whelan, Tobias Wolff This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases related to same-sex marriage. On Tuesday the justices considered Hollingsworth v. Perry, debating the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. […]
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Rebecca Skloot, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’
March 29
[REBROADCAST] Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors; she died in obscurity more than 60 years ago, buried in an unmarked grave. But her cells, taken by scientists […]
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Rebuilding the American Dream
March 28
Guest: Carl Van Horn The unemployment rate has been improving in recent months, dipping to 7.7 percent in February, a four-year low. Still millions of Americans are jobless and have been for years. Rutgers Public Policy Professor CARL […]
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Composer Mohammed Fairouz
March 28
Guest: MOHAMMED FAIROUZ New York-based composer, MOHAMMED FAIROUZ, hears music everywhere – on the street, in the subway and in taxis – and through lives of people from different backgrounds. He believes he can overcome the potential fear […]
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New Jersey’s gay conversion therapy ban is up for debate
March 27
Guests: BRIGID HARRISON, PETERSON TOSCANO and CLINTON ANDERSON Last week the New Jersey State Senate committee passed a bill that would outlaw licensed therapists practicing gay conversion therapy. Governor Chris Christie has not signed the bill, co-sponsored by […]
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Douglas Rushkoff’s Present Shock
March 27
Guest: DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Do you often feel you aren’t on your game because you’re not hip to the new trend and are behind in your tweets? Our guest, author DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, has been observing our culture’s need to […]
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The health and stability of our financial system
March 26
Guests: Jesse Eisinger and Anat Admati Is the financial system any safer today four years after the bank bailout? The Dobb-Frank financial reform bill was supposed to bring stability, accountability and transparency to Wall Street but a lot […]
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State takeover of Camden public schools
March 26
Guests: Matt Katz, John Mooney and Sean Brown Saying that the crisis in the Camden schools is “chronic and severe,” Governor Chris Christie yesterday announced the state will take over the city’s public school system within as little […]
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The controversy surrounding “Being White in Philly”
March 25
GUESTS: ROBERT HUBER and TOM MCGRATH Philadelphia Magazine’s March cover story, “Being White in Philly: Whites, Race, Class, and the Things that Never Get Said,” has created a local media phenomenon. The story, written by journalist ROBERT HUBER, […]
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Online Comments
March 25
Guests: Dietram Scheufele, Meghan Daum, Bob Cohn Do you read the comments at the end of an article or blog? Do you post responses yourself? A recent study examined the effect of online comments on readers and found […]
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Pennsylvania’s new Megan’s Law
March 22
Guests: CAPTAIN SCOTT PRICE, TED GLACKMAN and GREG ROWE Pennsylvania’s new and stricter Megan’s Law took effect in December making the Commonwealth the sixteenth state to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. The […]
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Jonah Berger on how products, behaviors and ideas catch on
March 22
Guest: Jonah Berger Why does a fad become a fad? Why does a video go viral? What makes some products catch on when others fail? Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger has spent the last 10 years researching the […]
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Salt, Sugar and Fat
March 21
GUEST: MICHAEL MOSS If you eat processed food, how much do you scrutinize the ingredients on the package? Our guest, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, MICHAEL MOSS, has considered the quality of these ingredients, including identifying the 8,500 milligrams […]
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Rethinking law schools
March 21
Guests: Brian Tamanaha, Lawrence Mitchell Law schools are in trouble. Applications are at a 30-year low and rising tuitions have led to high student debt. A weak job market has meant that many graduates can’t find a good […]
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Assessing the media coverage of the war in Iraq
March 20
Guests: JONATHAN LANDAY, MARK THOMPSON In 2004, the New York Times ran an unprecedented apology for its reporting in the lead-up to the U.S. war in Iraq admitting that their work “was not as rigorous as it should have […]
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Should the PLCB be privatized?
March 20
GUESTS: LEW BRYSON and MARC STIER On Monday, Pennsylvania’s House Committee on Liquor Control presented their revised version of Governor Corbett’s bill to privatize the sale of wine and hard liquor. The plan includes potentially slowing down the […]
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The legacy of the war in Iraq
March 19
Guests: CELESTE ZAPPALA, LAURA JACOBY, PAUL RIECKHOFF Ten years ago today, the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq without finding weapons of mass destruction but eventually toppling the reign of Saddam Hussein. Since the war began at least […]
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Mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin asks “Do You Dream in Color?”
March 19
Our guest, mezzo-soprano, LAURIE RUBIN, has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has sung under John Williams’ baton, and is a co-founder of a performing arts school. She’s recorded two CDs, and has written a book, which […]
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Dueling Budgets
March 18
Hour 1 Guests: Michael Tanner and Jared Bernstein Last week House Republicans and Senate Democrats unveiled their competing budget plans. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposal aims to balance the budget in a decade by cutting $4.6 […]
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A conversation with Philadelphia activist and restauranteur Judy Wicks
March 18
Guest: Judy Wicks JUDY WICKS founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house along a row of threatened brownstones in West Philadelphia. Over the years she grew what began as a small muffin shop […]
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Lincoln’s code: the fundamentals of international war time conduct
March 15
[REBROADCAST] 1863 was a very bloody year as thousands of Americans were killed in many Civil War battles, despite the hopeful start of the year, as the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1st. But […]
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court
March 15
Guest: Sandra Day O’Connor Justice SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR was the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court. She joins us in studio to discuss her new book, “Out of Order: Stories from the History of […]
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Fishermen’s Energy & the future of wind energy in New Jersey
March 14
GUESTS: CHRIS WISSEMANN, JEFF TITTEL and STEFANIE BRAND We examine the future of wind energy in New Jersey from three different perspectives. Should wind farms come to the Garden State? First, we get an inside look from Fishermen’s […]
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Alexandra Horowitz: “On Looking”
March 14
Guest: Alexandra Horowitz Take a walk around the block and look around — what do you see? What don’t you see? Cognitive scientist ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ says that most of us fail to see a lot of the world […]
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The justice gap — the challenge of providing legal services for poor people
March 13
Guests: MARC BOOKMAN, CATHERINE CARR, JAMES FUNT Fifty years ago this month, in the case Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that poor people charged with a felony were entitled to government-financed legal representation. Over the […]
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The pros and cons of working from home
March 13
Guests: Raymond Fisman and Jennifer Glass Like many technology companies, Yahoo had a corporate culture that encouraged employees to work remotely providing them with flexible work hours and less time spent commuting. All that will come to an […]
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The debate over the use of unmanned drones over U.S. skies
March 12
GUESTS: BEN GIELOW and JAY STANLEY In five years the Federal Aviation Administration estimates that there will be 7,500 commercially operated drones flying in the United States, and even more if you include public institutions. The idea of […]
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The Contradictions of Fair Hope
March 12
GUESTS: S. EPATHA MERKERSON and ROCKELL METCALF The Fair Hope Benevolent Society in rural Alabama was an organization that originally helped former slaves bury their dead, and aid the sick of transitional families in the late 19th century. […]
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The Chavez Legacy
March 11
Guests: George Ciccariello-Maher, Francisco Toro Last week, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died after a two-year battle with cancer at the age of 58. He was a polarizing figure in Venezuela and the world. To some, he was a […]
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The legacy of Pope Benedict and hopes for the future of the Catholic church
March 11
GUESTS: SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, WILLIAM MADGES, BETHANY WELCH Cardinals from across the globe have gathered in Vatican City in preparation for the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict announced his resignation from the […]
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The Supreme Court hearings on gay marriage March 29
Guests: Ed Whelan, Tobias Wolff This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases related to same-sex marriage. On Tuesday the justices considered Hollingsworth v. Perry, debating the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. […] -
Rebecca Skloot, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ March 29
[REBROADCAST] Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors; she died in obscurity more than 60 years ago, buried in an unmarked grave. But her cells, taken by scientists […] -
Rebuilding the American Dream March 28
Guest: Carl Van Horn The unemployment rate has been improving in recent months, dipping to 7.7 percent in February, a four-year low. Still millions of Americans are jobless and have been for years. Rutgers Public Policy Professor CARL […] -
Composer Mohammed Fairouz March 28
Guest: MOHAMMED FAIROUZ New York-based composer, MOHAMMED FAIROUZ, hears music everywhere – on the street, in the subway and in taxis – and through lives of people from different backgrounds. He believes he can overcome the potential fear […] -
New Jersey’s gay conversion therapy ban is up for debate March 27
Guests: BRIGID HARRISON, PETERSON TOSCANO and CLINTON ANDERSON Last week the New Jersey State Senate committee passed a bill that would outlaw licensed therapists practicing gay conversion therapy. Governor Chris Christie has not signed the bill, co-sponsored by […] -
Douglas Rushkoff’s Present Shock March 27
Guest: DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Do you often feel you aren’t on your game because you’re not hip to the new trend and are behind in your tweets? Our guest, author DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, has been observing our culture’s need to […] -
The health and stability of our financial system March 26
Guests: Jesse Eisinger and Anat Admati Is the financial system any safer today four years after the bank bailout? The Dobb-Frank financial reform bill was supposed to bring stability, accountability and transparency to Wall Street but a lot […] -
State takeover of Camden public schools March 26
Guests: Matt Katz, John Mooney and Sean Brown Saying that the crisis in the Camden schools is “chronic and severe,” Governor Chris Christie yesterday announced the state will take over the city’s public school system within as little […] -
The controversy surrounding “Being White in Philly” March 25
GUESTS: ROBERT HUBER and TOM MCGRATH Philadelphia Magazine’s March cover story, “Being White in Philly: Whites, Race, Class, and the Things that Never Get Said,” has created a local media phenomenon. The story, written by journalist ROBERT HUBER, […] -
Online Comments March 25
Guests: Dietram Scheufele, Meghan Daum, Bob Cohn Do you read the comments at the end of an article or blog? Do you post responses yourself? A recent study examined the effect of online comments on readers and found […] -
Pennsylvania’s new Megan’s Law March 22
Guests: CAPTAIN SCOTT PRICE, TED GLACKMAN and GREG ROWE Pennsylvania’s new and stricter Megan’s Law took effect in December making the Commonwealth the sixteenth state to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. The […] -
Jonah Berger on how products, behaviors and ideas catch on March 22
Guest: Jonah Berger Why does a fad become a fad? Why does a video go viral? What makes some products catch on when others fail? Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger has spent the last 10 years researching the […] -
Salt, Sugar and Fat March 21
GUEST: MICHAEL MOSS If you eat processed food, how much do you scrutinize the ingredients on the package? Our guest, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, MICHAEL MOSS, has considered the quality of these ingredients, including identifying the 8,500 milligrams […] -
Rethinking law schools March 21
Guests: Brian Tamanaha, Lawrence Mitchell Law schools are in trouble. Applications are at a 30-year low and rising tuitions have led to high student debt. A weak job market has meant that many graduates can’t find a good […] -
Assessing the media coverage of the war in Iraq March 20
Guests: JONATHAN LANDAY, MARK THOMPSON In 2004, the New York Times ran an unprecedented apology for its reporting in the lead-up to the U.S. war in Iraq admitting that their work “was not as rigorous as it should have […] -
Should the PLCB be privatized? March 20
GUESTS: LEW BRYSON and MARC STIER On Monday, Pennsylvania’s House Committee on Liquor Control presented their revised version of Governor Corbett’s bill to privatize the sale of wine and hard liquor. The plan includes potentially slowing down the […] -
The legacy of the war in Iraq March 19
Guests: CELESTE ZAPPALA, LAURA JACOBY, PAUL RIECKHOFF Ten years ago today, the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq without finding weapons of mass destruction but eventually toppling the reign of Saddam Hussein. Since the war began at least […] -
Mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin asks “Do You Dream in Color?” March 19
Our guest, mezzo-soprano, LAURIE RUBIN, has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has sung under John Williams’ baton, and is a co-founder of a performing arts school. She’s recorded two CDs, and has written a book, which […] -
Dueling Budgets March 18
Hour 1 Guests: Michael Tanner and Jared Bernstein Last week House Republicans and Senate Democrats unveiled their competing budget plans. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposal aims to balance the budget in a decade by cutting $4.6 […] -
A conversation with Philadelphia activist and restauranteur Judy Wicks March 18
Guest: Judy Wicks JUDY WICKS founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house along a row of threatened brownstones in West Philadelphia. Over the years she grew what began as a small muffin shop […] -
Lincoln’s code: the fundamentals of international war time conduct March 15
[REBROADCAST] 1863 was a very bloody year as thousands of Americans were killed in many Civil War battles, despite the hopeful start of the year, as the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1st. But […] -
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court March 15
Guest: Sandra Day O’Connor Justice SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR was the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court. She joins us in studio to discuss her new book, “Out of Order: Stories from the History of […] -
Fishermen’s Energy & the future of wind energy in New Jersey March 14
GUESTS: CHRIS WISSEMANN, JEFF TITTEL and STEFANIE BRAND We examine the future of wind energy in New Jersey from three different perspectives. Should wind farms come to the Garden State? First, we get an inside look from Fishermen’s […] -
Alexandra Horowitz: “On Looking” March 14
Guest: Alexandra Horowitz Take a walk around the block and look around — what do you see? What don’t you see? Cognitive scientist ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ says that most of us fail to see a lot of the world […] -
The justice gap — the challenge of providing legal services for poor people March 13
Guests: MARC BOOKMAN, CATHERINE CARR, JAMES FUNT Fifty years ago this month, in the case Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that poor people charged with a felony were entitled to government-financed legal representation. Over the […] -
The pros and cons of working from home March 13
Guests: Raymond Fisman and Jennifer Glass Like many technology companies, Yahoo had a corporate culture that encouraged employees to work remotely providing them with flexible work hours and less time spent commuting. All that will come to an […] -
The debate over the use of unmanned drones over U.S. skies March 12
GUESTS: BEN GIELOW and JAY STANLEY In five years the Federal Aviation Administration estimates that there will be 7,500 commercially operated drones flying in the United States, and even more if you include public institutions. The idea of […] -
The Contradictions of Fair Hope March 12
GUESTS: S. EPATHA MERKERSON and ROCKELL METCALF The Fair Hope Benevolent Society in rural Alabama was an organization that originally helped former slaves bury their dead, and aid the sick of transitional families in the late 19th century. […] -
The Chavez Legacy March 11
Guests: George Ciccariello-Maher, Francisco Toro Last week, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died after a two-year battle with cancer at the age of 58. He was a polarizing figure in Venezuela and the world. To some, he was a […] -
The legacy of Pope Benedict and hopes for the future of the Catholic church March 11
GUESTS: SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, WILLIAM MADGES, BETHANY WELCH Cardinals from across the globe have gathered in Vatican City in preparation for the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict announced his resignation from the […]