WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane Podcast

Giving the President advice on the Iraq War. We'll talk with two Middle East scholars who participated in closed-door conference with President Bush on Iraq. We'll hear from two of the conference presenters, ERIC DAVIS, a professor of political science ...

Literary blogger Edward Petit has called for Edgar Allan Poe's body to be moved from Baltimore to Philadelphia, claiming that Poe has a closer historical connection to Philadelphia. We discuss this proposal as well as Poe's controversial biography and ...

There are currently 228 people on Pennsylvania???s death row, but according to a panel of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania???s death penalty system is inconsistent and flawed. The panel???s findings were released last week. We talk with ANNE ...

A rebroadcast of Marty's conversation with EDWIDGE DANTICAT. Her new memoir, "Brother, I???m Dying" tells the story of her two fathers: Mira, the man who gave her life and his older brother, Joseph Danticat, with whom Danticat lived in Haiti until she ...

According to Pulitzer-prize winning reporter TIM WEINER, the CIA???s history is one of catastrophic failure starting with its work behind the Iron Curtain to its current efforts in Iraq. Weiner's new book is ???Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" ...

We talk with poets and musicians DAN SIMPSON and DAVE SIMPSON. Twin brothers who are both blind, they are involved with ???Independence Starts Here: A Festival of Disability Arts and Culture??? which begins today in Philadelphia and goes through ...

Should military leaders who are concerned about our role in Iraq be more vocal? Has the administration overreached its authority when it comes to developing and implementing military strategy? We look at the complicated relationship between civilian ...

"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily.??? That???s the first sentence of Alice Sebold???s new book ???Almost Moon,??? uttered by the narrator 49-year old Helen Knightly. It is the story of complex family relationships ??? mother and ...

An update on the Kurdish region of Iraq with BRENDAN O???LEARY, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and PETER GALBRAITH who served as US ambassador to Croatia and East Timor. He is the author of ???The End of Iraq: How ...

Why are there so many corruption investigations involving New Jersey politicians? One might get the impression that corruption is problem there. We'll talk with GEORGE ANASTASIA a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer who is covering several corruption ...

Is Afghanistan's government becoming paralyzed by corruption? We'll talk with ANDREW WILDER the research director of politics and policy at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University. He specializes in Afghanistan and Pakistan affairs. He ...

Musician turned novelist. We talk with EUGENE DRUCKER a violinist for the Emerson String Quartet who has written the new novel The Savior. It takes place in a WWII concentration camp where a German violinist is sent to be the musician for a "rubber ...

Is the Bush administration serious about a possible war with Iran? Our guest REESE ERLICH is author of The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of the U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. He argues that the U.S. is playing a dangerous game that could turn ...

Marty talks with SCOTT WEIDENSAUL author of several works on natural history including, ???Living on the Wind??? which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book is ???Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding.??? He is a licensed ...

Writer and director WES ANDERSON (The Royal Tenenbaums) and actor JASON SCHWARTZMAN (I Heart Huckabees) discuss their latest film, The Darjeeling Limited. The adventure comedy, also starring Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody, follows three estranged brothers ...

Senior writer for Sports Illustrated magazine, L. JON WERTHEIM talks about his new book, "Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler." We'll also hear from professional pool player, DANNY BASAVICH, nicknamed Kid ...

Rethinking the environmental movement. We talk with MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER and TED NORDHAUS authors of the new book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. The duo sparked a lively debate after the release of ...

Have steroids taken over Olympic and professional sports? It seems like every month we hear of another major athlete suspected of doing steroids. This month, Five-time Olympic medallist Marion Jones admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs for the ...

Can we rely on ethanol as our future energy source? Marty discusses the pros and cons with TOM SLUNECKA, Executive Director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, a non-profit alliance of ethanol industry leaders and ROBERT BRYCE, an energy ...