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Marty here: On Today's show.... where have all the workers gone? We talk about what's being called "The Great Resignation" ...people quitting their jobs or holding out for better pay and benefits before getting a new job. Is this you?
Despite school reopenings and the end of some federal aid, many people are in no rush to land a job. Savings and health concerns are playing a role.
Marty here: Here's an article by today's guest Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder and publisher of The Haitian Times, to give you a preview of the show.
After Jean Bertrand Aristide was deposed on September 30, 1991, one of many conditions that the United States imposed for his return to Haiti was that the Haitian government sell off several key assets and create private-public partnerships.
Paige here: Did you see the FDA updated guidelines for sodium intake this week?
Maybe I should have been paying more attention to this, but I didn't realize just how important it is to limit the amount of salt in our diets - eating less salt can literally save lives.
I just chatted with the president of our local American Heart Association chapter, and I am going to take the salt shaker off the kitchen table!! His name is Dr. Deon Vigilance, and he'll be Mary's guest on Monday's Radio Times Regional Roundup.
If you have questions about salty foods, how much is too much, how to be healthier, and what we can do to keep our hearts in great shape - Dr. Vigilance is the one to ask! Do you limit your salt intake? Do you eat too much salt?!
You can leave some questions and comments for him under this post, tweet them at us @whyyradiotimes or email [email protected]. Talk to you Monday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG8RCuZNbeA
You’ve heard it before…too much sodium leads to high blood pressure, a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. Check out these 4 ways to cut back your so...
Tomorrow, guest host Kevin McCorry will be talking about the Mariner East 2 pipeline, and the related charges for allegedly allowing drilling fluids to spill into PA backyards, wetlands, streams and lakes, not disclosing the leaks, and the usage of unapproved additives.
As AG Shapiro brought the criminal charges forward, he said this...
“There’s a real wide gap between what our Constitution guarantees and the reality of families and communities in the path of this pipeline. We can’t rely on these companies to police themselves — hell, they work for shareholders, not for us.”
https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-ag-reschedules-mariner-east-pipeline-pipeline-probe-announcement/
A 69-page grand jury report details sinkholes, drilling mud spills, and drinking water contamination at 22 sites in 11 counties across Pa.
Our guest tomorrow is distinguished historical non-fiction author Erik Larson, known for his "fact-crime" writing.
Now, he's venturing into fiction writing with an audio book about mysterious disappearances...including a family of four. One review said, "This eerie blend of the ghostly and the real will keep listeners captivated till the blood-chilling end."
By the way, this is Paige, and I'm very hesitant to pick up spooky reading material...but maybe October is a good month to try Larson's audiobook? If you have questions you want to ask Larson about his work (or ghosts!) we'll take them here and during the show tomorrow as usual!
https://whyy.org/episodes/erik-larsons-ghost-story-no-one-goes-alone/
Writer Erik Larson on his audiobook-only ghost story "No One Goes Alone," about a group of Victorian-era ghost hunters.
Marty here: It was a happy reunion today with Susan Greenbaum. She began working at Radio Times back in 1999 and was a producer for almost two decades. We're thrilled that she is back filling in for producers Debbie Bilder and Paige Murray-Bessler. She said producing again was almost like riding a bike!
Marty here: It was a happy reunion today with Susan Greenbaum. She began working at Radio Times back in 1999 and was a producer for almost two decades. We're thrilled that she is back filling in for producers Debbie Bilder and Paige Murray-Bessler. She said producing again was almost like riding a bike!
Marty here: Yes, I still write my interview questions by hand. Here's my prep for tomorrow's interview with Robert Costa on "Peril"... about the tumultuous last days of the Trump administration as former President Trump refused to admit defeat and tried to subvert the election results. What questions do you have?
Marty here: Yes, I still write my interview questions by hand. Here's my prep for tomorrow's interview with Robert Costa on "Peril"... about the tumultuous last days of the Trump administration as former President Trump refused to admit defeat and tried to subvert the election results. What questions do you have?
Marty here: As Facebook users did you watch 60 Minutes on Sunday or the testimony of whistle-blower, Frances Haugen, before congress on Tuesday? On Thursday's show..... what did we learn about the inner workings of this social media giant and can FB be reformed? Haugen said "FB products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy." Do you agree?
Frances Haugen, who left the social network in May and leaked internal documents, gave senators rare insight into its inner workings.
Marty here: When I saw this headline I knew I wanted to do a show about people who interrupt and it turns out to be more complicated than I thought. Deborah Tannen joins us on Wednesday to talk about the dynamics of interrupting and the subtle ebb and flow of conversation. What do you do when you are interrupted?
Sometimes people talk over each other and it totally works.
Marty Here: When the 2021 MacArthur Fellows were announced this week ( the "genius awards") we were so excited that poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts was one of the winners. He was a guest on RT two years ago when he talked about discovering the power of poetry while in solitary confinement in prison. Here he is is after the show, reading a poem from his beautiful and brutally honest book of poems, Felon.
Tomorrow's guest, Christopher Mims, picks up a USB charger at an electronics factory in Vietnam - then studies its 14,000 mile voyage to North America.
He calls shipping containers “the one object most responsible for the state of today’s world..."
What do you think? Are you an online shopper? Are you concerned about the impact of our need to have things delivered in the blink of an eye?
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-298795-2
Wall Street Journal technology columnist Mims chronicles a product’s journey from manufacturer to doorstep in his timely debut, an enlightening exploration of e-commerce. Combining studies of
Marty here: There are so many diets and new studies about health and nutrition it can be confusing to decide what to eat. On Thursday's show we'll get the latest food news... the ongoing debate about carbs, fat and calories, the do's and don't's of fermented foods, the effect of diet on sleep, fake meat, the power of the food industry and of course your questions.
The sugar-laden, high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they are, may be the least likely to benefit our mental health.
Marty here: Is this anyway to run a government? On Wednesday's show...everything you need to know about the debt ceiling, reconciliation, discretionary spending, Build Back Better, infrastructure, the filibuster and the congressional battles over a possible government shutdown.
Democrats must untangle a potential government shutdown Thursday, a potential federal default, a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a related vote on as much as $3.5 trillion in spending.
Marty here: While we humans debate what to do about climate change…nature is already responding. On Tuesday’s RT I'll talk with conservation biologist Thor Hanson about how plants and animals are reacting to the warming planet…. Some are adapting, some are adjusting and some are going extinct. His new book is "Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid."
That's Tuesday at 10 AM on WHYY .... you can always podcast our interviews wherever you get your podcasts.
Thor Hanson’s new book explains the biology behind climate change and why some species may be better able to survive a quickly changing planet.
Marty here: One of the perks of my job is getting books in the mail...every day. The one that arrived today makes me very happy ..a companion to the Peter Jackson Beatles 3 part documentary that's set to air in November. Do you have a favorite Beatles album or song? Of course you do! I gotta pick A Day in the Life. It still just blows me away...
Marty here: One of the perks of my job is getting books in the mail...every day. The one that arrived today makes me very happy ..a companion to the Peter Jackson Beatles 3 part documentary that's set to air in November. Do you have a favorite Beatles album or song? Of course you do! I gotta pick A Day in the Life. It still just blows me away...
Marty here: On Friday's RT...why shootings and gun deaths have dropped in Chester, Pa. We'll talk about an innovative program that uses carrots and sticks to deal with the small group of people responsible for most of the violent crime. It's been tried in Philadelphia and other cities with mixed results. Will it work in Chester?
A former Obama administration official on his $1oom strategy to save lives across 40 cities
Marty here: On Thursday's RT.... Dr. Paul Offit on all things Covid19...from vaccines for children, boosters shots for oldsters, masks, testing and why it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated. We'll also discuss the role of risk in medical innovation and his new book " You Bet Your Life." Send us your questions!
Pfizer and BioNTech tested a two-dose regimen of 10 micrograms — about a third the dosage used for teens and adults — administered three weeks apart.
Marty here: On Wednesday's RT...Afghanistan. We find out about life for Afghans under the Taliban rule and life for Afghan refugees in this country, specifically living in the Philadelphia area. What are they owed for helping the US?
The U.S. apology was welcomed. But they want someone held accountable for the attack that claimed 10 lives.
Marty here: Here's a quickie synopsis of Tuesday's show with Anne-Marie Slaughter about the hard lessons she learned from a personal and professional crisis and what our country can learn from facing up and owning up to our own crises.
Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics,’ by Anne-Marie Slaughter (Princeton University Press, Sept. 21)
As president of the New America Foundation, a Google-funded think tank, Slaughter faced a backlash in 2017 after firing a scholar who had been critical of Google. People both inside and outside the institution said the move compromised New America’s intellectual freedom. Here Slaughter draws on the lessons she learned during that professional crisis and attempts to connect them to broader social change. As she writes, “Individual experience can teach us about the path to collective renewal. We often forget that personal transformation can illuminate and inspire social change.”
Marty here: In spite of the heat and torrential rains this summer, I got a pretty good crop of tomatoes from my garden. Peppers and eggplant...not so much.. some critter ate the tops off my beans.. and you can only eat so much kale and Swiss chard. I'm not complaining because it looks like enough pasta sauce to freeze for the winter. How did your garden grow? Pictures please!
Marty here: In spite of the heat and torrential rains this summer, I got a pretty good crop of tomatoes from my garden. Peppers and eggplant...not so much.. some critter ate the tops off my beans.. and you can only eat so much kale and Swiss chard. I'm not complaining because it looks like enough pasta sauce to freeze for the winter. How did your garden grow? Pictures please!
Marty here: If you are a registered voter in Pa. Republicans in Harrisburg want to subpoena your name, DOB, driver's license number, the last four digits of your Social Security number, your address and date of the last time your voted. R Jake Corman said they want this info to make better public policy. D Jay Costa said it's an attack on voting rights. What do you say? Join us on Friday.
G.O.P. lawmakers approved subpoenas seeking license and partial Social Security numbers for every voter. Democrats pledged to fight the requests in court.
Marty here: On Thursday's show..... the right wing rally in DC in support of the January 6th insurrectionists, the House investigation into the January 6th attack on the capital, the threat posed by domestic extremists and what we are learning about the attack from the new Woodward/Costa book, Peril. Here's an excerpt from the book when then VP Pence reportedly asks former VP Dan Quayle about whether he can overturn the results of the Electoral College.
QUAYLE: Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away.
PENCE: You don’t know the position I’m in.
QUAYLE: I do know the position you’re in. I also know what the law is. You listen to the parliamentarian. That’s all you do. You have no power.
Marty here: On Wednesday's show.... the fight in DC ...including between democrats.... about how many trillions of dollars to spend on social service programs and infrastructure projects, the plans for taxing the rich and an assessment on the state of the US economy still reeling from the pandemic. We want to hear from you.
The economy is undergoing massive changes. There’s a big mismatch at the moment between the jobs available and what workers want.
Marty here: On Tuesday's show.... I'll talk with Sarah and Larry Nannery about their neuro-diverse relationship and their book "What to Say Next."
When one or more family members are autistic, things can be a little different.
Marty here: Dan Gottieb was in the house on Thursday for our September 11th anniversary show. It was great to be on the air with him after so many years. Here he is with engineer Al Banks, The Pulse host Maiken Scott, WHYY VP/COO Kyra McGrath and me after the show.
Marty here: Dan Gottieb was in the house on Thursday for our September 11th anniversary show. It was great to be on the air with him after so many years. Here he is with engineer Al Banks, The Pulse host Maiken Scott, WHYY VP/COO Kyra McGrath and me after the show.
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The conversation doesn’t always stop when the mics are off. Like today, Marty and her guests kept on going after the show talking about all things impeachment. Check out this video for a little bit more casual version of Radio Times!
We took our Meyers-Briggs personality tests in preparation for Marty's interview with Merve Emre who wrote on the subject. It was a fun exercise and perhaps we learned a little more about ourselves! You can hear this interview Friday at 11pm, at whyy.org/radiotimes or download the podcast.
I hope you all got to hear today's guest - poet and lawyer, Reginald Dwayne Betts. He talked about his time in prison and read some poems from his extraordinary new books of poetry, "Felon." He discovered the power of poetry while in solitary confinement and his work is beautiful and brutally honest. Here he is reading his poem, " If Absence Was the Source of Silence."
We had a lot of fun at our country music event last week at World Cafe Live. We played some clips from the new Ken Burns Country Music documentary, talked with some local country music experts, and then had a performance by Americana artist Langhorne Slim. The conversations were illuminating and veered all over the place, tying in music of all kinds, observations about American life and history and feminism. Here's a little video we made to commemorate the night! Also - you can tune into the multi-part Ken Burns documentary on WHYY-TV, at 8pm all this week.
Marty here: Here's another mini- behind the scenes look at Radio Times.... this time with Derek Pitts, friend of the show and chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute. Here he is talking about how the 1969 moon landing inspired him as a 14 year old.
Producer Jon here: I took a road trip vacation through the south last week to visit some friends. Unbeknownst to me, one old buddy I hadn’t seen in years is now a paragliding instructor! So... of course I took part. Turns out it’s a very peaceful, non-traumatizing, experience!
Here’s producer Jon Ehrens trying to name all the candidates for the Thursday night debate. How did he do?
Here's another glimpse into the Radio Times studio, this time with our guest from Wednesday - Frank Langfitt. Here he is talking with Marty about taking his children to protests in Hong Kong. Do you like these behind-the-scenes videos? Let us know what you want to see more of in the comments!
Marty here: We've been experimenting with different ways you can "watch" Radio Times. Here's a short clip from my interview with Libyan born comedian, Mohanad Elshieky, who was in Philly earlier this month. A short bio on him.... he grew up in Benghazi, came to the states to study, received asylum last year because it was too dangerous for him to go home and has been developing his stand up career. In this section he describes how his radio station in Benghazi got burned down because of his radio show. Watch and tell us what you think.
Lou Rulli stayed for a few minutes after the show to chat with Marty about what Philly DA Larry Krasner is doing about civil asset forfeiture. Give it a listen:
Even though our guest Richard Blanco has been traveling for two weeks and still has two weeks left to go, he made time to sit with us after the show to read one more poem. Here he is reading "Complaint of El Río Grande":
To prepare for tomorrow's show about the Myers-Briggs personality test, the Radio Times production team decided to take the test ourselves! What's your Myers-Briggs? Comment below! If you don't know, take a version of the test here: https://www.16personalities.com/
Today we took a look at the life, songwriting, and patriotism of Irving Berlin. Jazz musician Drew Nugent joined us in studio to play some tunes live, and he stuck around after for a short private concert. Full episode here: https://whyy.org/episodes/irving-berlin-immigrant-patriot-song-smith/
Gregory Pardlo's book Digest won the Pulitzer Prize in 2015. Here he reads a poem from the collection about the relationships between fathers and children, and what he calls "small 'd' domestic violence." Gregory's new book is Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America. He spoke with Marty in studio today.
The view from inside the Radio Times studio as Marty interviews Tony Award-winning 'Hamilton' star, Leslie Odom Jr.
Marty here talking with poker champ, Annie Duke, about why she should write a book about Russia instead of her new book, Thinking in Bets. All the top selling books are about Russia!
Marty here and another behind the Radio Times’ scene video. This is Luke Harding author of Collusion. We talked about all things Russia. He was expelled from that country in 2011.
Marty here talking with Daniel Pink about how he became VP Al Gore’s speech writer back in the 90’s and “Pod Save the World” the podcast from Obama’s former speech writers.
Marty here going over clips this morning with Dan Shapiro, former US ambassador to Israel. We talked about PM Netanyahu’s problems at home and where US/Israel relations are going from here. BTW.. Shapiro served under Obama.
Marty here chatting with David Bianculli and Sherri Hope Culver about Mr. Rogers and hoping we won’t weep too much during the show. There were tears but no obvious sobbing.
Marty here prepping our guests before today’s show about the opioid epidemic and safe injection sites.
Marty here talking with David Cay Johnston before the show today about names. I said I didn’t want to burden my son with a hyphen and he talked about a woman he met who was a “ junior” ...
Producer Jon here: Here's some more footage of Broad St. insanity I caught last night. Yes, that's a garbage truck all of those people are sitting on. No, it wasn't the only garbage truck people were sitting on.
Producer Trenae here: Here's how my family celebrated the Eagles win! The children stayed up all night! GO EAGLES!!!
Here’s todays’s guest Elif Shafak talking about listening to heavy metal music when she writes. BTW... she had a lot of fascinating things to say. Check out the interview if you missed it.
Marty here with another short behind the scenes video before the start of the show. This is physician Nadine Burke Harris.. today’s guest.
Marty here chatting with the Auditor General, Eugene DePasquale, about the show, his background and the Eagles, of course.
Marty here talking with the two Joes before the start of today’s show. Oh, and that's engineer Diana Martinez getting them set with their mics.
Slate’s Sam Adams and me dissing “The Walking Dead” right before we went live today talking about the best TV of 2017. Go ahead and diss us “Walking Dead” fans!
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