The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

09/05/2025

We’re smiling but sad that Paige is leaving us! Thanks for everything…

09/04/2025

Today's hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. comes almost five years after Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. passed 200,000.

While we shared the coronavirus pandemic with the rest of the world, the crisis bred mistrust in our political system, our healthcare system, the media and each other. Fights over masks devolved into disagreements over medical treatment and eventually the vaccine.

This week we ask: have we recovered? Join us at noon.

Five years ago we were in the throes of the Covid pandemic. Many businesses were shuttered, their employees working from home or online. Essential workers were putting their lives at risk. Most schools had gone to remote learning. Hospitals were overwhelmed and bodies were literally piling up.

08/29/2025

Paige here: I have kids' music stuck in my head most of the day. What about you? Today we're talking about how music repeats in our mind...and tons of other fascinating stuff. Join Marty at noon.

There are songs that can transport us to memorable moments from our past, especially from our adolescence. Those memories are often vivid, conjuring up intense feelings about a first love, a broken heart, a shared experience with friends. Music, even just a few notes, has a way of unlocking forgotte...

08/21/2025

Did you know the plural of "octopus" is "octopuses"?

Did you also know that they are very anti-social creatures? But...when you give them M**A, they're friendly and even touchy-feely?!

Our guest this week, UC Berkeley neuroscientist Gül Dölen, figured that out in her research into psychedelics. We'll talk about M**A, psilocybin, L*D and other psychedelics as they show therapeutic promise...but aren't a magic pill.

Join us.

08/15/2025

08/14/2025

Do you want to live forever?

Right now we're asking philosopher Stephen Cave that very question.

08/08/2025

Marty and guest Kate Marvel can't hear each other yet (Zoom!) so they just wave 🙂

08/07/2025

Instead of reducing CO2 emissions, the Trump administration is in the process of dismantling environmental regulations, undermining renewable energy programs and investing in fossil fuels.

Climate scientist Kate Marvel is our guest on The Connection this week and says it’s only human to feel angry and afraid when faced with unchecked global warming. She says there are also reasons to feel hopeful about the future.

https://whyy.org/episodes/human-nature-and-climate-change/

08/01/2025

🍅Paige here: Shoutout your favorite crop and farmstand!

How's your summer produce tasting lately? I like Headhouse Square's Sunday market and Old City has a great one on Wednesday's. Marty's picking up some fruit and veg at a local farm right now. 🌽🫐

07/31/2025

Join us at noon!

07/25/2025

Writer Edward Hirsch is one of the country’s most celebrated poets.His dad was a gambler, his mom had no boundaries, his stepdad had a temper and comedy was a sport. In his new book, he reveals some hot takes on a Skokie jewish deli.Listen to his full interview with Marty Moss-Coane on today at noon on WHYY.

07/24/2025

Marty just had a fascinating and at times hilarious conversation with writer Edward Hirsch. Tomorrow at noon, hear him talk about the origins of his poetry, his colorful childhood and losing his eyesight.

Poet Edward Hirsch on his complicated and colorful Jewish Midwestern family and childhood where comedy was a competitive sport.