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Guest: Jonathan Rosen Today we’ll discuss the MS-13 gang, who is so often referred to by President Trump when calling for in ...
Air Date: July 5, 2018 10:40 am
Listen 16:58Who is Mexico’s new president?
Guest: Christy Thornton Mexico just elected a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, more commonly referre ...
Air Date: July 5, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 31:56NewsWorks Tonight, July 4, 2018
Independence Day in a deeply divided United States is causing many Americans to ponder patriotism. Activist Giana Graves joins the show t ...
Air Date: July 4, 2018
Listen 22:04Edward Ayers “The Thin Light of Freedom”
Guests: Edward Ayers Most histories of the civil war focus on the decisive battles, the military leaders, the bat ...
Air Date: July 4, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:30NewsWorks Tonight, July 3, 2018
Philadelphia’s anti-ICE demonstrations turn into an occupation. Former Philadelphia water commissioner Howard Neukrug explains what ...
Air Date: July 3, 2018
Listen 21:59NewsWorks Tonight, July 2, 2018
The Democratic Party is seeing a surge of socialist-approved candid ...
Air Date: July 2, 2018
Listen 19:30Irving Berlin: Immigrant, patriot, songsmith
Guests: Gary A. Rosen, Drew Nugent The life story of composer Irving Berlin is a quintessential 20th ...
Air Date: July 3, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Guests: Michael Slepian, Maurice Schweitzer How many secrets are you keeping? Most of us hold about 13 in our minds. Researchers h ...
Air Date: July 2, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:06Celebrating the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of July
Independence Day is sandwiched between the start of the dog days of summer and Aphelion. The dog days of summer are traditionally ...
Air Date: July 2, 2018
Listen 07:18NewsWorks Tonight, June 29, 2018
A week after having the police called on them at a Cinemark theater in West Philadelphia, a black couple are calling for a boycott of the ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
Listen 18:02Economic rebirth After a decade of dormancy, the former GM vehicle assembly plant near Newport is about to get a m ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
Keep Your Credit Cards Out of the Compost!
A British gardening magazine recommends pouring grass clippings on top of shredded paper to make “quick compost.” On You Bet Your ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
Listen 46:36The Supreme Court: Kennedy’s retirement and recent rulings
Guests: Lisa Tucker, David Rudovsky Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced this week that he would be re ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin talk about “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.” ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
Science and the Fourth of July
Rebroadcast: Happy Birthday, America! From the very beginning, science has shaped this country. Many of the Founding Fathers — Madison, ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
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