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Remember the HAL 9000 from the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey? Though it seemed like pure wild imagination that a computer could se ...

A Glimpse Into the Future Advanced placement tests are given to high school students around the country who have c ...

Guests: Samantha Phillips, Jeffrey Knueppel, Joe Martin, Colby Itkowitz As part of WHYY/NewsWorks’ con ...

Radio Times in Review is pre-empted by a NEWSWORKS/WHYY election special h ...

Tom MacDonald gives an update on the crash of Amtrak train 188 in north Philadelphia.   Susan Phillips investigates whether o ...

Carey Mulligan talks with Patrick Stoner about exploring the world of a Victorian woman in “Far From the Madding Crowd” ...

Guests: Bobby Henon, Jim Saksa, John Baer, Thomas Mann In this week’s edition of Ballot Talks: we discuss voter ...

Guests: Jim Kelly, Maria Kefalas, Amy Waldman Six rare diseases were added to Pennsylvania’s newborn screening ...

Host Dave Heller gets an update on the fatal train derailment that occurred in Philadelphia late Tuesday night from Tom MacDonald. Todd B ...

Guests: Allan Zarembski, Tom MacDonald, Cezary Podkul, Rick Gray First up on today’s show, we get updated on la ...

Guest: Buffy Sainte-Marie North American-Indian singer-songwriter and political activist ...

Tom MacDonald profiles the Democractic incumbents in Philadelphia’s crowded city council race. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Mar ...

Guests: Josh Gerstein Alex Abdo, Benjamin Wittes When Edward Snowden exposed the National Security Administratio ...

Guest: Jayne Thompson [From the Radio Times archive] In February of 2011, JAYNE THOMPSON ...

Phil Gregory reports on a bill to regulate breast milk banks in New Jersey. Bobby Allyn has a remembrance of a cyclist killed in an accid ...