Show archive for December, 2008

Gaza, Philadelphia Libraries Stay Open, State Court Funding Crisis, Lease for Trade, Richard Yates Revealed

Madoff, Unemployment Figures, Credit Crunch, Lemon the Duck, Anne Sofie Von Otter

Curt Nickisch spent an evening following Dr Jennifer Millen in the ER at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Israeli Strikes at Gaza, Homelessness on the Rise, Charitable Giving, A Night in the ER, The Shack

Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill, Living to 100, Smart Grids, Women Don’t Ask Why, Elvin Bishop

We talk with Travis Strong, his wife Misty and with John Gonsalves, founder and director of “Homes for Our Troops.”

Homes for Our Troops, Foreclosure and Tenants’ Rights, Inaugural Ode, Letters to God, England’s Choirmaster

The story behind Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

Secretive about how much shopping you’re doing? You may have an addiction.

Reform and Afghanistan’s justice system.

Travel Delays, Afghanistan, Shopping Addiction and Charles Dickens’ Christmas

U.S. Economy Shrinks, Depression Santa, Facebook Usage, Boston Santa

Pakistan One Year After Bhutto Assassination, Bailout Money, Frost/Nixon, Still No Power in Central Massachusetts, Teenage Love Poetry

Rescue for Detroit, Fed Ex Cuts Wages and Benefits, “Guerilla” Toy Tester, Road Salt Shortage, Oprah Loves the Kindle, but Will You?, “A Christmas Story” Franchise

Obama and Economic Regulation, “The Year We Disappeared”, Madoff Fallout, The Schlepometer, James Isaacs Holiday Gift Picks

We speak with Paul Levy, CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Paul Levy, Political Wrap-Up, A Mother’s Justice, Santaphobia, Birdscapes

We examine the impact of what’s being called the world’s largest Ponzi scheme.

Madoff Scandal, Unemployment Funds Drying Up, New College Board Test, Smaller Holiday Films

We take a look today at the current state of labor-management relations in a recession economy.

Labor in America, Bush in Iraq, Senator Grassley on College Affordability, Palestinian Charity, The Great Books

What’s Next for the Auto Industry?, News Business in Trouble, Organized Labor, A Smoker’s Lament, Home-Baked Holiday Gifts

Illinois Corruption Scandal Creates Headache for Obama; Novelist Wally Lamb; Praying for the Auto Industry; Sports; Before Sarah Palin, There Was Michael Palin

What Next In Illinois?; Behavioral Economics; Rating Companies and the Economic Downturn; Chocolate, the Ancient Way; Eliott Carter Turns 100

Auto Industry Bailout–More Than Detroit Bargained For?; India and Pakistan; Governor Blagojevich’s Arrest; A Red Kettle For Modern Times; An Inauguration Gift From Earl Stafford; Young at Heart

Matching Homeless People with “People-less” Homes; Factory Occupation; Middle East; Letters; The Taste of Conquest

The Economy; The Man; Digging Out Haiti; Low Wage Workers Reflect on a Bad Economy; The Return of Hard Rock

Auto Industry Bailout; Corporate Pay; The Saturn Auto Brand’s Failure; California Egg Farmers; Tele-Medicine; Olive Kitteridge

Auto Workers Meet; Healthcare in the USA; Fuel Efficiency; Red Sox Caskets; Bill Littlefield’s Sportswriting Picks

Balance of Power in Senate Hinges on Georgia Run-Off; Military Acquisitions; Celestial Triangle; Obama and Governors Meet; Hospital Singer; James Isaacs on Ray Davies