The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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.

07/20/2025

Coming up at noon: how to live and work with artificial intelligence.

07/17/2025

Coming up tomorrow at noon...whether you're excited or afraid, pervasive artificial intelligence is reality. We'll talk with an AI expert to understand the "technology" and how to exist with it, for now.

Listen at noon on WHYY then download wherever you get your podcasts.

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07/10/2025

Gisele Barreto Fetterman, wife of U.S. Senator John Fetterman, has been mistaken for “the help” more than once during her time in the public eye. In her new memoir, Radical Tenderness, she talks about dignity and compassion even through incidents like these. Listen to her interview with Marty Moss-Coane tomorrow and Sunday at noon on WHYY.

07/09/2025

Paige and Debbie here...this is our view right now from the control room.

That's Giselle Fetterman, wife of Pa. Senator John Fetterman. Her episode is coming up Friday...more to come...

07/03/2025

Some anti-self-help is coming your way tomorrow at noon.

Our guest, Oliver Burkeman, wrote a popular psychology column for The Guardian. He says what he discovered is that "self-help" rarely works.

His advice is to learn to celebrate our imperfections and the unpredictable messiness of life and to push back against those popular messages of relentless self-improvement and control.

Join us at 12pm tomorrow & Sunday and wherever you get your podcasts.

Author Oliver Burkeman on why it's time to settle for your imperfections and ditch the relentless self-help messaging of productivity and control.

06/27/2025

ICYMI: As part of our discussion about the creative brain, Marty spoke with Jennifer Higdon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

We played a piece of her music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

06/26/2025

Why do we get some of our best ideas, or find solutions to a problem that’s been nagging us, when we’re in the shower? Find out tomorrow at noon!

Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.

06/19/2025

In 1975, Celestine Tate Harrington won a custody battle against the Phila. Dept of Child Welfare when they sought to take away her infant daughter, Nia Tate-Ball, claiming that she could not provide adequate care because she was a quadriplegic. Tomorrow at noon, listen to her story & others featured in the new film “Caregiving,” which focuses on the struggles and triumphs caregivers face nationwide.

06/13/2025

We taped a wonderful, thoughtful interview about social justice — a timely topic as usual— with brothers Bryan and Howard Stevenson.

Listen live today at noon!