Rebecca Walz

If, indeed, children are our future, as so many like to say, what might that future look like, given the many challenges our children face: declining resources for education, intervention when they are victimized by predators, and nutrition programs, neighborhoods that are unsafe and so much more.  With an election just a few weeks away, the public policy debate appears to be ignoring this critically important but voiceless constituency.

Host Laurie A. Siebert, CPA, CFP(r), AEP(r) discusses all the nuances and differences of IRAs and ROTH IRAs including taxation, contributions and conversions.

Host Laurie A. Siebert, CPA, CFP(r), AEP(r) and her guest Mike Ippoliti, CFP(r) discuss
strategies available in your retirement planning including cash flow, Social Security, required minimum distributions and income taxes.

The economy is bad.  The economy is good.  It needs to be stimulated.  It needs to be left alone.  It's good for Obama.  It's good for Romney. With the discussion leading up to the November election focusing on the economy, host Alan Jennings welcomes guests Kamran Afshar, economist, and Tony Ianelli, CEO of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Hosts George Miller and Kate Scuffle welcome Jp Jordan and Christopher Shorr from Touchstone Theatre.  The duo will share highlights of The Pan Show: In Pan We Trust, running October 4-13. 

Host Waldemar Vinovskis interviews Allentown Symphony Hall music director and conductor Diane Wittry about this weekend's performance of To Russia with Love. Also in the studio, Conrad Tao, an 18-year-old pianist The New York Times calls “hugely gifted… with impressive technique, poise, and feeling”and Chris Ramaekers, music director at the Hyde Park Youth Symphony.

Produced and presented by Annie Prince and Bruce Wilson, this week's segment features Karen Feridun, coordinator of the new 350 Berks & Lehigh Valley Climate Action and Berks Gas Truth organizations.  She talks about how they are both relevant to the issue of global warming.

Paul Willistein reviews "The Master". 

Host Lydia Panas discusses the upcoming Walker Evans and the American Social Landscape Photographers exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum , with curator, Diane Fischer and art collector, David Sestak, whose photographs grace the exhibit. During the second segment she will speak with Kiki Nienaber, director of FUSE, an organization bringing experimental art to alternative spaces in the Lehigh Valley.

Host John Pearce welcomes four administrators from Lehigh County to the program to discuss mental health issues.  They discuss crisis intervention and to prevent suicide, among other topics.