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NewsWorks Tonight January 12, 2015 – Full Show
Dave Davies joins us to assess the state of the Philadelphia mayor’s race now that Council President Darrell Clarke has decided not ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
ListenIs depression contagious? A fresh look at a debilitating condition
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 ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
Listen“Charlie Hebdo” and the right to offend
Guest: Signe Wilkinson, Matt Welch, Erik Wemple The attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
ListenThe history of America’s news media and what went wrong
Guest: Victor Pickard Newspapers are struggling with circulation and many are folding. New online news media ou ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
ListenHow to have the first ripe red tomatoes on the block
Mike McGrath reveals the secrets behind super-early tomato success. Plus answers to all your growing questions. ...
Air Date: January 10, 2015
ListenNewsWorks Tonight January 9, 2015 – Full Show
Aaron Moselle reports on the funeral for Shane Montgomery, whose body was found in the Schuylkill River after a month long search and who ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
ListenFirst for Friday, January 9, 2015
New year, new faces 2015 is already off to a wild start. DelDOT will have a new leader, Delaware is offering ‘Endless Dis ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
We hear about cancer risks all the time. Smoking, of course, terrible diets, alcohol, vices – and of course, your family history. B ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
ListenMartin Freeman for “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
Martin Freeman talks with Patrick Stoner about playing Dr. Watson in Sherlock & the lead in the latest “Hobbit” ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
Julian Zelizer: “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
Guests: Julian Zelizer Between 1963 and 1966, President Lyndon Johnson, with huge majorities in his Democratic Pa ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
ListenRadio Times in Review: Journalist Tony Horwitz, Musician Donald Fagen, Novelist Adam Johnson
Guests: Tony Horwitz, Donald Fagen, Adam Johnson Today on Radio Times in Review, our new weekly feature where w ...
Air Date: January 9, 2015
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, January 8, 2015 – Full Show
Dave Heller and Dave Davies discuss the grand jury recommending charges against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Tom MacDonal ...
Air Date: January 8, 2015
ListenBallot Talks: The 2015 Mayoral Campaign
Guests: Dave Davies, Patrick Kerkstra In this week’s edition of Ballot Talks: we’re joined by WHYY’s ...
Air Date: January 8, 2015
ListenThe Psychology of racial bias and stereotyping
Guests: Stacey Sinclair, Jack Glaser What does it mean to be a racist? Go online and you can take an implicit bia ...
Air Date: January 8, 2015
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, January 7, 2015 – Full Show
Kevin McCorry reports that another former Philadelphia School District principal has been charged in the test cheating scandal. In our ne ...
Air Date: January 7, 2015
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