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NewsWorks Tonight

Newsworks Tonight, September 26, 2013 – Full Show

Tom MacDonald hears Philadelphia City Council’s report on the Center City building collapse investigation. Scott Gurian meets Sandy ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

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Mediaeval Baebes

Mediaeval Baebes began when a group of friends broke into a North ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

Radio Times

The Nairobi mall attack and what it says about the fight against terrorism

In the aftermath of the siege on a Nairobi mall that killed an estimated 67 people and injured hund ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

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Radio Times

Changing Attitudes Toward Driving and the Automobile

A recent report from the Federal Highway Administration found that Americans are driving less. Car usage reached its peak in 2007 and has ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

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Radio Times

Gun rights advocates focus sights on mental illness

Last week there were two mass shootings – one at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard and another at a park on Chicago’s South Side.  But s ...

Air Date: September 25, 2013

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Radio Times

The good news about books and publishing

The rise of e-readers and the closing of major bookstore chains certainly has challenged the book publishing indu ...

Air Date: September 25, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

Newsworks Tonight, September 25, 2013 – Full Show

Host Dave Heller speaks with Maiken Scott about three local MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipients.Holly Otterbein reports on a recent p ...

Air Date: September 24, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, September 24, 2013 – Full Show

Dave Davies reports on Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord’s candidacy for Governor.  Kevin McCorry meets a Philadelphia public ...

Air Date: September 24, 2013

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Radio Times

The challenging economics of higher education

Guests:  Jon Marcus and Marian Wang Despite rising tuition costs, some financial analys ...

Air Date: September 24, 2013

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Radio Times

Biographer A. Scott Berg on Woodrow Wilson

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A SCOTT BER ...

Air Date: September 24, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

Newsworks Tonight, September 23, 2013 – Full Show

Holly Otterbein reports on whether the School Reform Commission could soon control how much city residents pay in sales taxes.  Eliz ...

Air Date: September 23, 2013

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Voices in the Family
Health

Our creative process

The creative process. It comes easily for some and is complicated for others. Dr. Dan Gottlieb and his guests discuss what’s p ...

Air Date: September 23, 2013

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Skytalk
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Globular clusters offer delicious evidence of dark matter

Hubble discovers a globular cluster cluster – 2.25 billion light years from earth in a cluster of galaxies called ...

Air Date: September 23, 2013

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Radio Times

The State of the economy as the Federal Reserve continues stimulus

The Federal Reserve voted last week to continue their stimulus bond-buying program. The news surprised financial experts who predicted th ...

Air Date: September 23, 2013

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Radio Times

Matthew Quick on his new YA novel

MATTHEW QUICK’s powerful new young adult novel is about a troubled teen p ...

Air Date: September 23, 2013

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