WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane Podcast
WHYY's Radio Times With Marty Moss-Coane Podcast
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. Includes mp3 enclosure.
Writer EDWIDGE DANTICAT
In her new memoir, "Brother, I???m Dying," writer EDWIDGE DANTICAT 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 was twelve and her parents were ...
Should Iranian President Ahmadinejad been allowed to speak at Columbia U?
Should he have been allowed to speak? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University in New York yesterday amid howls of protests. Today he is scheduled to address the United Nations. We'll check in with TRITA PARSI is President of ...
Attracting men to teaching
The number of male teachers in public school is at a 40-year low. Do men bring something different to the classroom, why aren???t there more male teachers, and what can we do to attract more men to the profession? We talk with State Rep. JAMES ROEBUCK ...
Radio Times news briefs. Updates on 3 developing stories.
Radio Times news briefs. We catch up on three stories
That caught our attention. 1-Philly gets community based cable access TV. We'll hear from GRETJEN CLAUSING, Co-founder of Community Access Coalition. 2- Dream Act 101, a controversial immigration ...
Philadelphia's call for 10,000 men
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson has put out a call for 10,000 men to patrol Philadelphia neighborhoods in an effort to create a safe environment. Will it work or is it just a band-aid solution to a much more complex issue? We talk with Police ...
Do military contractors in Iraq need more oversight?
Do military contractors in Iraq need more oversight? A firefight between Blackwater and suspected insurgents left at least eight dead, and raised tensions between the U.S. and the Iraqi Government. We'll hear about the kind of work Blackwater and other ...
The Zookeeper's Wife
In her new book, The Zookeeper???s Wife, writer DIANE ACKERMAN tells the true story of a Polish husband and wife who during the Holocaust saved save over 300 Jews by hiding them from the Nazis in the Warsaw zoo. Ackerman is in the studio with Marty.
How to repair the Justice Department
Observers of the Justice Department say that the institution is struggling after the Gonzales scandal, resignation of high-ranking officials, resulting low morale and the questionable handling of a range of issues. We talk with two former Justice ...
The relationship between the US and France and the friendship of Washington and Lafayette
The relationship between U.S. and France and the story of the friendship between two of each country???s early leaders ??? Washington and Lafayette. Marty hosts author James Gaines whose new book is "For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette and their ...
How strong is the U.S. economy?
How much of a threat is the sub-prime meltdown to the U.S. economy? We'll talk with two leading economists on the state of economy and Whether yesterday's Fed rate cut can turn things around, and whether past Fed Chair Alan Greenspan fueled the sub-prime ...
What the words we use say about us with STEVEN PINKER
What do our words say about us? Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker explores the connection between human nature and language in his new book, ???The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.???
International tribunals and crimes against humanity
This summer, the first indictment of a member of the Khmer Rouge was issued by a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia. In June, the Special Court for Sierra Leone began trying Liberia???s Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity. ...
The 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock public schools
September marks the 50th anniversary of the embattled desegregation of Little Rock???s Central High School when nine African American students were prevented from entering the all-white school. We remember this watershed moment in American civil rights ...
Is Barack Obama a symbol of a new generation of black leaders?
Is Barack Obama a symbol of a new generation of black leaders? We'll talk about who are today's opinion leaders who grew up after the Civil Rights Movement. We'll talk with JOE MADISON, former NAACP National Board member who in the 1970s was named as ...
Ray Didinger and Sal Paolantonio join Marty to talk football
The Eagles return to the field Monday night after a messy loss to the Green Bay Packers We talk about last Sunday's game, look ahead to Monday Night Football and the rest of the season with two veteran sports analysts, RAY DIDINGER and SAL PAOLANTONIO. ...
Rise and fall of Norman Hsu, a major democratic fundraiser
The rise and fall of democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu. We'll talk with Wall Street Journal senior staff writer IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN who is covering this story about who Hsu is, and how he raised millions for democrats and why he is now in jail. Then we'll ...
Changes in how Pennsylvanians can purchase beer
The State Supreme court is considering a case that would allow for the purchase of beer in supermarkets that have restaurants and cafes. Yesterday, the House Liquor Control committee held hearings on a related bill. We hear both sides of the issue from ...
Preview of the upcoming Iraq debate in the U.S. Congress.
Preview of the upcoming Iraq debate in the U.S. Congress. Did this week's Iraq progress report change anyone's minds on Iraq? We'll talk with Two Pennsylvania Congressmen, republican JIM GERLACH and democrat JOE SESTAK. Then we'll hear from Congressional ...
Murder after forty years
Forty years ago, a rookie cop named Walter Barclay was shot by William Barnes. Barnes served twenty years for the crime and is now charged with murder after Barclay's recent death. We discuss the case with GEORGE NEWMAN, criminal defense attorney ...