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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
ListenMediaeval Baebes began when a group of friends broke into a North ...
Air Date: September 26, 2013
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
ListenChanging 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
ListenGun 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
ListenThe 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
ListenNewsworks 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
ListenNewsWorks 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
ListenThe challenging economics of higher education
Guests: Jon Marcus and Marian Wang Despite rising tuition costs, some financial analys ...
Air Date: September 24, 2013
ListenBiographer A. Scott Berg on Woodrow Wilson
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A SCOTT BER ...
Air Date: September 24, 2013
ListenNewsworks 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
ListenThe 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
ListenGlobular 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
ListenThe 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
ListenMatthew 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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