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  • Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah; Trump charging for access

    Guest: Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah 

    For a century, jazz has been recognized as an innovative genre of music. Since the first commercial jazz recording in 1917, musicians have improvised melodies and singers scatted their way to the Billboard charts. CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH, a New Orleans native, Grammy nominated trumpeter and two-time Edison award winner, is giving jazz a new twist. Adjuah is releasing a project called The Centennial Trilogy—three full length albums that combine jazz roots, cultural perspective and political identity. On today’s show, we’ll discuss Adjuah’s style which has been coined, Stretch Music, his life growing up around many black Indian tribes of New Orleans and his music playing app. Then, we’ll talk with USA Today reporter, FREDREKA SCHOUTEN, about how President Trump’s golf course has provided access to the ear of the president to CEOs and lobbyists.

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    49 min
  • PA AG on DACA / Russia meddling update / Irma

    Guests: Josh Shapiro, Joseph Menn, Gabriel Vecchi

    President Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program this week, allowing a six month delay to give Congress time to pass a legislative alternative. Now attorneys general from 15 states and from D.C. are suing the Trump administration over the decision to end DACA.  Pennsylvania’s Attorney General JOSH SHAPIRO is part of the lawsuit.  We start out this hour talking with Shapiro about the suit and President’s decision on DACA.  Then, more information about Kremlin-tied groups attempting to digitally meddle in the 2016 presidential election has surfaced. We’ll talk with Reuters reporter JOSEPH MENN about the latest. Finally, as Irma moves toward the Florida, we’ll talk with Princeton University geoscientist, GABRIEL VECCHI, about the hurricane, storm prediction and the role of climate change.

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    50 min
  • On ‘identity politics’
    Guests: Imani Perry, Linda Hirshman, Briahna Joy Gray
    Political observers and operatives alike are still piecing together how President Trump was able to pull off his surprising victory last year. In particular, the Democrats and other factions on the left are wondering how to shift the party’s messaging to expand their base and appeal to more of the American electorate. Some have faulted the Clinton campaign’s focus on so-called “identity politics.” The term refers to the political strategy of appealing to groups to which people identify – such as racial groups, gender, or sexual identity -  to form a coalition of voters. On today’s show, we’ll discuss if the Democrats have been focusing too much on appealing to voters identities.  Marty will be joined by, IMANI PERRY, professor of African American studies at Princeton University, LINDA HIRSHMAN, who writes about social movements, and by BRIAHNA JOY GRAY, co-host of the SWOTI Podcast who writes for Current Affairs and Paste Magazine.
    50 min
  • The Rohingya crisis intensifies
    Guests: Azeem Ibrahim, Jamila Hanan, Derek Mitchell
    For years, the Burmese government has continued its practice of brutality and expulsion of its Muslim minority population known as the Rohingya. Members of the long-persecuted group are fleeing into neighboring Bangladesh at record numbers – about 15,000 a day – and around 400,000 are stuck in conflict zones where so-called “clearance operations” are taking place. Today, we’ll hear about the history of the Rohingya, why they are continually persecuted, and what the global community can do to address this crisis with AZEEM IBRAHIM, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy and author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide, and with JAMILA HANAN, human rights activist and director of the crowdsourced #WeAreAllRohingyaNow campaign.  Then, we’ll talk about what U.S. policy has been in dealing with this humanitarian crisis and what options are on the table when we speak with DEREK MITCHELL, former Ambassador to Burma under President Obama and Senior Advisor to the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.
    50 min
  • The North Korea conflict; Congress returns to Washington
    Guests: Joe Cirincione, Reid Wilson, Rosie Gray
    North Korea tested a nuclear bomb on Sunday. Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned that even threatening a launch against the United States or its allies “would be met with massive military response.” We start off this hour discussing the escalating conflict between the U.S. and North Korea and how to respond with JOE CIRINCIONE, President of Ploughshares Fund. Then, we turn to domestic politics with Congress back from their August recess and a full plate before them. There’s Harvey relief aid, the debt ceiling increase, tax reform, even the border wall – all while the shadow of the failed Obamacare repeal still lingers, and relations between GOP leadership and President Trump are reportedly souring. We’ll talk about the GOP and White House agendas and the politics that could stand in the way of passing legislation with REID WILSON, correspondent for The Hill, and ROSIE GRAY, White House correspondent for The Atlantic.
    50 min
  • Mark Bowden on “Hue 1968″ and North Korea
    Guest: Mark Bowden
    Historians often point to the battle of Huế, part of the Tet Offensive, as the turning point in the Vietnam War. The surprise fierce fighting by the North convinced Americans that the war was unwinnable, and following the drop in domestic support, the U.S. eventually withdrew from Vietnam. This hour, Marty is joined by journalist and author MARK BOWDEN whose new book, Huế 1968 is a day-by-day account of this pivotal moment in American military history. Bowden is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and contributing editor at Vanity Fair and joins Marty to talk about his new book, and also about his Atlantic cover story, “How to Deal with North Korea.”
    This show was originally broadcast on July, 3rd 2017
    50 min
  • Advances in cancer treatment
    Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide
    The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. The treatment is for a type of childhood leukemia and is what scientists call a “living drug” because it uses the patient’s own immune cells to fight and kill the cancer.  Novartis is manufacturing the immunotherapy but it was developed at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. This hour, we'll talk about these advances with STEPHAN GRUPP, director of the Cancer Immunotherapy Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who was a lead investigator on the drug trials, and ROBERT VONDERHEIDE, director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
    50 min
  • Philadelphia Eagles: A preview of the 2017-2018 season
    Guests: Ray Didinger, Mike Sielski
    The Philadelphia Eagles play the New York Jets tonight in their final game of the pre-season and some fans are feeling optimistic about the Birds' chances this year.  Today on Radio Times, we’ll talk about the upcoming season for the Birds, the Phillies rebuilding effort, the exciting Christmas Day and London games for the Sixers, and more. Comcast SportsNet football analyst RAY DIDINGER and Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist MIKE SIELSKI will be along to talk Philadelphia sports.
    50 min
  • Arpaio pardon / future of DACA
    Guests: Antonia Farzan, Mike Riggs, Elise Foley, María Sotomayor
    On Friday, Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio, much to the chagrin of many Democrats and Republicans alike. Arpaio is the controversial publicity-hungry Sheriff who was convicted of contempt of court after he refused to obey an order to stop detaining immigrants who did not have legal status. Phoenix New Times reporter ANTONIA FARZAN joins us to tell us all about Arpaio’s long tenure as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. We’ll also speak with reporter MIKE RIGGS of Reason who will fill us in on the politics of the pardon. Then; the Trump administration is expected to make an announcement about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which provides protections undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. It’s expected that the administration plans to phase out the program. We’ll talk with the Huffington Post’s politics and immigration reporter ELISE FOLEY about the looming announcement from Trump and we’ll hear from MARÍA SOTOMAYOR, deputy director of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition who was herself a DACA recipient.
    50 min
  • Hurricane Harvey, 5 years after Sandy
    Guests: James Lee Witt, Matt Arco, Tony Broccoli
    Hurricane Harvey has brought floods and devastation to Southeast Texas. The latest major weather event is likely to remind our region of Hurricane Sandy, which hit our shores nearly five years ago. Today on the show, we’re going to discuss the preparedness and imminent recovery in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and how it compares to that of Sandy and Katrina. We’ll be joined by JAMES LEE WITT, former chief of FEMA who consulted with local governments as Sandy approached. We’ll also talk about how Texas lawmakers voted against federal funds for Sandy relief, but now are asking for similar funds as the big price tag of Hurricane relief looms. MATT ARCO of NJ Advance Media joins us to give us the details. Lastly, we’ll discuss the storm itself – how it formed to become one of the largest storms on record, how it compares to Superstorm Sandy, and if climate change played a part in the storm’s intensity – with TONY BROCCOLI, professor and researcher at Rutgers University’s Department of Environmental Sciences.
    49 min

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