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Reexamining Pennsylvania’s hate crime law
Guests: Brian Sims, Stacey Sobel, Ann Pellegrini Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has pressed charg ...
Air Date: September 25, 2014
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, September 24, 2014 – Full Show
Mary Wilson reports on the signing of the Philadelphia cigarette tax into law today, to raise funds for the school district. Dave Heller ...
Air Date: September 24, 2014
ListenAudiences have been struck by this band’s onstage swagger, mixing unrestrained rock melodies and relentless touring since the early ...
Air Date: September 24, 2014
The battle to save Syrian antiquities
Guest: Amr Al-Azm and Brian Daniels As the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria takes over more territory, archaeolog ...
Air Date: September 24, 2014
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Air Date: September 24, 2014
ListenNewsWorks Tonight September 23, 2014 – Full Show
Dave Heller talks with The Scranton Times-Tribune reporter Joseph ...
Air Date: September 23, 2014
ListenFor more summer, go South… or way North
Summer ended at 10:29 p.m. Monday. If we were on Mars we could enjoy summer for a whole 6 months, thanks to it’s ...
Air Date: September 23, 2014
ListenThe $15 minimum wage and fast-food labor activism
Guests: Kate Goodman, Jordan Weissman, William Finnegan The fast-food worker movement has been gaining momentum i ...
Air Date: September 23, 2014
ListenGuests: Harvey Rubin and Jeffrey Stern As the Ebola epidemic continues to spread and ravage West Africa, we look ...
Air Date: September 23, 2014
ListenNewsWorks Tonight September 22, 2014 Full Show
Elana Gordon reports on registered nurses at Crozer Keystone Hospital in Chester who went on strike today. Irina Zhorov visits Johnstown, ...
Air Date: September 22, 2014
ListenA discussion on domestic violence
When celebrities engage in domestic violence, it saturates the headlines, but then often fades into the background. However, domestic vio ...
Air Date: September 22, 2014
ListenLaurence Steinberg on the challenges of adolescence
Guest: Laurence Steinberg LAU ...
Air Date: September 22, 2014
ListenThe science of bringing back the dead
Guest: David Casarett Thanks to new medical technologies, health care providers are now able to save patients wh ...
Air Date: September 22, 2014
ListenDon’t underestimate the weed known as “Jack in the Pulpit”
Mike McGrath explains how to get rid of yellow jackets and borers safely, what benefits thousand-leggers offer, the bes ...
Air Date: September 20, 2014
ListenNewsWorks Tonight September 19, 2014 – Full Show
Dave Heller talks with Kevin McCorry about the continuing problems in The Philadelphia School District following the second week of class ...
Air Date: September 19, 2014
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