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Guests: Frank Bruni, Matthew Kerbel In this week’s edition of Ballot Talks: with the specter of another Bush v ...

Guest: Stewart O’Nan In his new novel, West of Sunset, STEWART O’NAN ...

Tom MacDonald reports the National Rifle Association is suing several Pennsylvania cities, including Philadelphia, for passing its own gu ...

Guests: Michael Mann, Irina Marinov, Naomi Oreskes New data confirms that 2014 is officially the hottest year on ...

Guests: Donald “Guy” Generals, Cecilia Rouse, Katherine Mangan Last week, President Obama unveiled his initia ...

Dave Heller and Phil Gregory discuss New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s state of the state address.  Bill Hangley reports on ...

With 8 exoplanet confirmations this week NASA’s Kepler Space Observatory has identified over 1,000 exoplanets pla ...

Guests: Motoko Rich, Rachel Coleman, Michael Farris, Sr. There are over two million home-schooled children in the ...

Guests: Mary Agnes Carey, Theodore Ruger Enrollment for health plans through the Affordable Care Act is open unti ...

Dave Davies joins us to assess the state of the Philadelphia mayor’s race now that Council President Darrell Clarke has decided not ...

The incidence of depression is escalating throughout the world. So can depression be contagious? Is it part of our social make-up or a bi ...

Guest: Signe Wilkinson, Matt Welch, Erik Wemple The attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo ...

Guest: Victor Pickard Newspapers are struggling with circulation and many are folding.  New online news media ou ...

Mike McGrath reveals the secrets behind super-early tomato success. Plus answers to all your growing questions. ...

Aaron Moselle reports on the funeral for Shane Montgomery, whose body was found in the Schuylkill River after a month long search and who ...