Radio Times

Guests: Josh Shapiro, Joseph Shapiro

We start the hour with Marty’s series of one-on-one interviews with candidates for statewide office when she speaks with JOSH SHAPIRO, the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General. Then, we’ll talk with NPR reporter JOSEPH SHAPIRO about his investigative report on Lewisburg federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania, in which the guards employ the practice of shackling violent inmates.

Guests: Brent Johnson, Amy Rosenberg, Alexandra Bervon

Starting tomorrow filling up your car in New Jersey is about to cost a bit more – 23 cents more per gallon.  Revenue from the gas tax will go to fund transportation and infrastructure projects in the Garden State, but there’s been a lot of push back from Republicans and consumers. We’ll get an update on the new tax from BRENT JOHNSON, reporter for NJ Advance Media's Statehouse Bureau in Trenton.  Then, we check in on Atlantic City and its fiscal recovery plan with AMY ROSENBERG, reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer.  And we end the hour talking with The Wall Street Journal's ALEXANDRA BERZON about how casinos are faring in the country with more competition and the push for online gambling.

Guests: Ryan Godrey, Lorraine Minnite, David Wilson

Since candidate Trump did not declare that he would accept the election results when questioned at the third presidential debate, much has been made about the electorates trust in the process of voting.  Between hacking, accuracy, fraud, and a ‘rigged system,’ many citizens, including half of Donald Trump’s voters, do not believe the results will reflect the will of the people.  And Philadelphia in particular has been a flashpoint in this claim, as skeptical members of the GOP often question the fact that Mitt Romney did not receive a single vote in some Philly precincts. Today, we’ll talk with Philadelphia elections official, RYAN GODFREY, about the processes that are in place to prevent voter fraud and about his observations from elections past. Then, are Americans losing faith in our democracy? Marty talks with two political scientists, DAVID WILSON, of the University of Delaware, and LORRAINE MINNITE, from Rutgers University-Camden, about that and the charges of voter fraud and “rigging” in our elections.

Guests: Steve Viscelli and Ellen Voie

The trucking industry has changed a lot over the decades. It was once a steady, decent paying jobs but it has become a grueling gig in which truckers spend weeks on the road away from home, living out of their trucks and often working the equivalent of two full-time jobs, for little more than minimum wage. We’ll hear about the impact of industry deregulation, the daily life of truckers now, and the toll the job takes on truckers’ bodies and relationships. Radio Times Producer Elizabeth Fiedler sat down with STEVE VISCELLI, to talk about the dozens of interviews he conducted for his new book “The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream”. Viscelli’s also a sociologist, a Fox Family pavilion scholar, and a Senior Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Then, we’ll be joined live by ELLEN VOIE, President and CEO of the “Women In Trucking Association,” to talk about why the non-profit organization encourages more women to join the industry, and the obstacles they face.

Guest: Lincoln Caplan

During the last presidential debate, candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took on questions about the Supreme Court, how the constitution should be interpreted, gun laws and abortion laws. In this hour, Marty will talk with LINCOLN CAPLAN about the state of a 4-4 Supreme Court in transition, the politicization of the nomination of justices, and what a Clinton court or a Trump court could mean for the country. Caplan's new book is "American Justice 2016," and he will be at the National Constitution Center today at noon.

Guest: Margo Brooks-Cathon, Lisa Laphan-Morad and Julie Rovner

“Oh, you’re just a nurse?” Many nurses deal with just that sort of comment on a regular basis. Yet, daily they perform important life-extending and life-saving work. We’ll discuss the public perception of the field and the daily work nurses do. We’ll be joined in studio by registered nurse practitioner MARGO BROOKS-CARTHON, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, and and Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner LISA LAPHAN-MORAD, the associate chief nursing officer at Cooper University Health Care. And for a big picture look at how the field has changed, and the impact of the ACA, we’ll talk with JULIE ROVNER, Senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News.

Guests: Doug Blank, David Blank

Many of us have families who disagree on politics, but the Blank Brothers, DOUG BLANK and DAVID BLANK, are practically on different universes. Doug is a computer scientist at Bryn Mawr College, and atheist, and an avowed liberal Clinton supporter. David is a Christian ER doctor who founded the Tea Party in his Indiana county, and is a Trump supporter. So, they started a blog, “Blank Versus Blank,” where they hash out their views on the world in order to defend their beliefs and maybe even reach some form of understanding. In this hour of Radio Times, the Blank Brothers join Marty to talk about their party allegiances, the 2016 election, and how they handle their different views on politics and life.

Guests: Tim Arango, Douglas Ollivant, William McCants

The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS continues this week.  Experts warn that the military operation will be difficult and could last months.  Along with the military challenges that Iraqi, Kurdish Peshmerga and U.S. special operation forces are facing, there are also humanitarian concerns about the large civilian population in Mosul and the potential for sectarian violence if the city is retaken.  This hour, we discuss the assault on Mosul and why it has the potential to be a turning point in the fight against ISIS and for future stability in Iraq with TIM ARANGO, Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times, DOUGLAS OLLIVANT, senior fellow at New America, and WILLIAM MCCANTS, director of the Brookings Institution’s Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World and the author of The ISIS Apocalypse.

Guests: JD Vance, Jon Ronson

Who makes up Donald Trump’s core base of supporters?  While research suggests that the majority of Trump voters are relatively well-off people who live in areas with a limited immigrant populations, the Republican presidential nominee has courted a variety of Americans. In this hour of Radio Times, we’re going to explore two alleged factions of the people who attend and cheer at Donald Trump’ rallies.  We’ll begin with J.D. VANCE, whose book, Hillbilly Elegy, describes his childhood in Kentucky and the anti-government, anti-elitist sentiment that runs deep.  Then, we’ll hear from JON RONSON about the rise of conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, who supports Trump  on his InfoWars network, claiming that the candidate is the best way to dismantle the globalist agenda known as the New World Order. Ronson wrote about his relationship with Jones in his new Kindle single, “The Elephant in the Room.”

Guests: Coral Davenport, Jean Chemnick and Andrew Light

Negotiators in Kigali, Rwanda recently agreed to a legally binding accord to counter climate change by cutting the use of a chemical that’s used in air-conditioners and refrigerators. Experts say the reduced use of chemical coolants called hydrofluorocarbons could have a great impact on efforts to slow the warming of the planet. To discuss the agreement made by more than 170 countries we’ll be joined by CORAL DAVENPORT, the Energy and Environment Correspondent for The New York Times, and JEAN CHEMNICK, a reporter for E&E News, an online media company that offers daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. Then, we’ll talk with ANDREW LIGHT, a former senior State Department climate change official, about why climate change is not getting more attention in the Presidential race.