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STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for City of Philadelphia

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We take a look at the Philadelphia's recent budget cut proposal with STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for the City of Philadelphia. He has worked on city, state and federal governments on budgets, economic development, and management for 20 years. He has prepared budgets and manages finances for many cities including San Francisco and Milwaukee.

Michelle Obama as First Lady

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Michelle Obama will be our first African American First Lady. What will her role be and what might it mean to have an African American woman in such a visible and powerful position. Our guests are ALLISON SAMUELS, National Correspondent for Newsweek Magazine and MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL, Associate Professor of Politics and African-American Studies at Princeton University.

The on-going battle over same-sex marriage

Tue, Dec 2 Listen
Same-sex marriage proponents suffered a blow on election day when bans were passed in Arizona, Florida and California. There is growing debate within the gay community as to what the next step should be in the battle to extend the right to marry to gay couples. We talk with JOHN CULHANE, professor of law at Widener University and GARY MUCCIARONI, chair of the political science department at Temple.

Obama's Foreign Policy Team/ India terror bombings

Tue, Dec 2 Listen
We take a look at Obama's foreign policy team with LAWRENCE KORB, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and SHIBLEY TELHAMI, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution. Then a conversation about US Foreign Policy and the bombings in India with CHRISTINE FAIR, Senior Political Scientist at RAND Corporation.

Immigration in the Philadelphia region

Mon, Dec 1 Listen
Seventy-five percent of job growth in the Philadelphia region can be attributed to the employment of immigrants. The 500,000 foreign born residents living in the area???s 11 counties come from countries throughout the globe and their diversity presents enormous opportunities and challenges for government and employers. We talk with University of Pennsylvania professors MICHAEL KATZ and DOMINIC VITIELLO about the face of immigration in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Historian Barbara Savage's book,

Mon, Dec 1 Listen
Historian BARBARA SAVAGE talks her new book, "Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion." It's about the tension between faith and political activism in black churches. Savage is Professor of American Social Thought and History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kathryn Shevelow

Fri, Nov 28 Listen
We learn about the origins of animal protection, when people began to keep pets and when the first laws for animal protection were passed from KATHRYN SHEVELOW, author of "For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement." She is a professor at the University of California, San Diego who specializes in eighteenth-century British literature and culture.

Phil Roy

Fri, Nov 28 Listen
Songwriter PHIL ROY brings his guitar into the studio for a career retrospective and to perform songs from his new CD, "The Great Longing." Roy, a native Philadelphian, has written songs for Ray Charles, Pops Staples, Mavis Staples and Aaron Neville.

Havana Nocturne

Thu, Nov 27 Listen
In the 1950s, American gangsters made Havana, Cuba its hub with casinos, hotels, and nightclubs and patrons including John F. Kennedy and Frank Sinatra. The story of the rise and fall of the mob in Havana is told by T.J. ENGLISH in his new book, "Havana Nocturne." English is a writer, whose books include "The Westies," "Paddy Whacked" and "Born to Kill." He has written for Esquire, Playboy, and New York Magazine and been a screenwriter for NYPD Blue and Homicide.

Tom Moon

Thu, Nov 27 Listen
What's your favorite song? Album? Musical collaboration? Musical riff? What music do you listen to on your ipod? What are the tunes you use as a soundtrack for a long road trip? Music critic TOM MOON was given an assignment by Workman Publishing, decide on 1000 pieces of music that meet the criteria of great... a life changing, peak experience. He spent more than three years listening and has made his final list. Coming up we talk about music and hear selections from his new book. Tom Moon's...

What does Thanksgiving mean to you this year?

Wed, Nov 26 Listen
Food, family and ritual brings meaning to our annual feast of the harvest. We???ll talk to Philadelphia chef, JOSE GARCES about his favorite way to cook a turkey. And Philadelphia Inquirer food columnist RICK NICHOLS tells us why Thanksgiving is more than just one day of celebrating this year.

Sal Paolantonio on How Football Explains America

Wed, Nov 26 Listen
Watching football on TV has become another Thanksgiving tradition in homes across the country. Our guest, SAL PAOLANTONIO takes it one step further in his new book, "How Football Explains America." In it he explores how the game helps us understand the American psyche and how we live, work and play.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz on FDR and the banking crisis

Tue, Nov 25 Listen
The economic crisis facing President-elect Obama is being compared to the Great Depression and the banking crisis that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inherited. This hour, a conversation with Princeton historian SEAN WILENTZ on Obama, FDR and lessons from past presidents.

Rebuilding the nation's infrastructure

Tue, Nov 25 Listen
President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention over the weekend to create 2.5 million new jobs by using American workers to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize schools and create more sources of alternative energy. In this hour of Radio Times we talk with EMIL FRANKEL of the Bipartisan Policy Center and ROBERT PUENTES of the Brookings Institution about our ailing infrastructure ??? how we can repair it and finance the work.

Jon Meacham on his new book American Lion about the presidency of Andrew Ja

Mon, Nov 24 Listen
In his new book, American Lion, JON MEACHAM explores the presidency of Andrew Jackson which Meacham says can be useful in understanding the ways of contemporary Washington. Meacham is the Editor of Newsweek Magazine .

Becoming screen literate with Wired magazine' s Kevin Kelly

Mon, Nov 24 Listen
According to Wired magazine founding editor KEVIN KELLY, we are at a significant moment in our cultural history as our written tradition of record-keeping and story-telling shifts from writing to a video-based system. His article on the topic was published in this weekend???s New York Times Magazine ???Becoming Screen Literate.???

Will Obama provide

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
We get a post-election check on the Obama administration from progressive bloggers CHRIS BOWERS and ADAM BONIN. We???ll talk about Cabinet appointments, the newly-elected Presidents agenda and the challenges he faces in keeping promises he made to the liberal left.

Vampires revisited

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
Vampires are in this season — in the movies and on television. The highly anticipated teen vampire movie "Twilight" opens today and HBO's new vampire series "True Blood" has garnered many fans. This hour we talk about our endless fascination with all things vampire and how the depiction of vampires in pop culture has evolved. Our guests are ERIC NUZUM, NPR pop culture critic and MARK DAWDIDZIAK author of "The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Dracula."

Guantanamo and Its Aftermath

Thu, Nov 20 Listen
Human rights experts LAUREL FLETCHER and ERIC STOVER discuss their report, Guant??namo and Its Aftermath: U.S. Detention and Interrogation Practices and Their Impact on Detainees, published by the Human Rights Center of the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights. The report details the experience of detainees at Guant??namo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan, from the time of their capture through their return home.

Presidents Lincoln and Obama

Thu, Nov 20 Listen
Many comparisons are being made between President-elect Barack Obama and President Abraham Lincoln. How accurate are they what can Obama learn from Lincoln's administration. Our guests are ALLEN GUELZO, Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize. He is author of "Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America" and "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation" and JAMES MCPHERSON, Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University. He is...

Help for the Big Three Automakers

Wed, Nov 19 Listen
Detroit automakers Ford, GM and Chrysler have asked Congress to loan them $25 billion dollars. That???s in addition to the $25 billion loan Congress approved in September to help the companies develop more fuel-efficient cars. Should the government bail out the big three or is letting them declare bankruptcy and reorganize a better option? We???re joined by University of Chicago law professor DOUGLAS BAIRD and Wharton professor JOHN PAUL MacDUFFIE.

Laurence Tribe on the Invisible Constitution

Wed, Nov 19 Listen
Harvard law professor and constitutional scholar LAURENCE TRIBE is with us in the studio to talk about his new book, "The Invisible Constitution." In it he argues that some of our most closely held beliefs are not written in the Constitution but can be pieced together from the document's design and history. Tribe has argued more than three dozen cases before the Supreme Court.

PGW update

Tue, Nov 18 Listen
Philadelphians pay more for natural gas than residents of any other U.S. snow-belt city. A report issued last month by the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia takes an in depth look at the progress made and the challenges facing Philadelphia Gas Works, a city-owned utility company plagued with a history of mismanagement and inefficiency. Our guests are PGW president THOMAS KNUDSEN and STEVEN WRAY of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.

William Hitchcock's

Tue, Nov 18 Listen
Americans are justly proud of the role the United States played in World War II. But how did Europeans experience the liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny. This is the topic of WILLIAM HITCHCOCK's new book "The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe." Hitchcock is a Professor of History at Temple University.

Economy update with Peter Coy of Businessweek

Mon, Nov 17 Listen
We get a check on the latest news about the economy from PETER COY of Businessweek. We???ll talk about everything from this weekend???s global economic summit and a proposed bailout for U.S. automakers to the shift in fed strategy to ease the credit crunch and the decline in consumer spending. Guest host DAVE DAVIES fills in for Marty.

Philadelphia civil rights lawyer DAVID KAIRYS

Mon, Nov 17 Listen
We talk with Philadelphia lawyer DAVID KAIRYS about his new memoir, Philadelphia Freedom, which chronicles his career as a leading Civil Rights Attorney. His most noted cases involve free speech, race discrimination, police sweeps of minority neighborhoods, and city lawsuits against handgun manufacturers.

The Vice-Presidency

Fri, Nov 14 Listen
We take a look at the role of the Vice President how it was changed by Cheney and what Biden might bring to the job. Our guests are ROBERT DALLEK, presidential historian, author of several books including "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power," "An Unfinished Life: John Fr. Kennedy, 1917-1963," and a two volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. His new book is "Harry S. Truman." And BARTON GELLMAN, special projects reporter at The Washington Post. His series on Vice President Dick Cheney with...

Behind the scenes of the Obama campaign

Fri, Nov 14 Listen
Newsweek correspondent DAREN BRISCOE covered Barack Obama???s race for the presidency since its inception and wrote about the candidate as early as 2004. His work is published in a seven-part series running in this week???s edition of Newsweek. and he's here with Marty to talk about it.

Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

Thu, Nov 13 Listen
We discuss civilian casualties in Afghanistan, why there have been so many, and what can be done to alleviate some of the loss and win local support. Our guests are SARAH HOLEWINSKI, Executive Director of The Campaign For Innocent Victims in Conflict and ALEXANDER THIER, Director of the Future of Afghanistan Project at the United States Institute of Peace.

Hannibal Lokumbe

Thu, Nov 13 Listen
Composer and trumpet player HANNIBAL LOKUMBE tells us about his life and music. He is in Philadelphia for the premier of "A Shepherd Among Us" in honor of the 10th Anniversary of Art Sanctuary. Lokumbe's work includes, "African Portraits," for which he received a Grammy nomination.

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