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NewsWorks Tonight, October 29, 2013 – Full Show
In this Newsworks Tonight special edition, area-residents tell us how Superstorm Sandy has affected them, from the things they lost in th ...
Air Date: October 29, 2013
ListenLooking Back on Superstorm Sandy One Year Later
Guests: Justin Auciello, MaryAnn Spoto, and Orrin Pilkey One year after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Jersey Shor ...
Air Date: October 29, 2013
ListenTerry Teachout on the life and music of Duke Ellington
GUEST: TERRY TEACHOUT We’ll learn about the man whose name is associated with over 1,500 compositions from the ...
Air Date: October 29, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight October 28, 2013 – Full Show
The debate over whether to build dunes to protect the Jersey shore gives way to a debate over HOW to build them. We visit a ballet inspir ...
Air Date: October 28, 2013
ListenResearch tells us the brain is wired to learn quickly from bad experiences, while ignoring good ones. Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson says ...
Air Date: October 28, 2013
ListenOur sun’s celebrity pales compared to some stars
Largest known star (16,000 light years away) shows signs of imminent destruction. W26 is 3,000 times the diameter of o ...
Air Date: October 28, 2013
ListenGuests: Mary Helen Immordino–Yang, Scott Barry Kaufman Children are often told to stop daydreaming. But n ...
Air Date: October 28, 2013
ListenThe legacy of The Mercury Theater on the Air’s War of the Worlds
GUESTS: LAURENCE MASLON & NATHAN GABRIEL October 1938 was a time when fear ...
Air Date: October 28, 2013
ListenCalling all northern gardeners: Imagine planting an orange tree!
Mike discusses how to thin patches of overcrowded companion plants, what to do with “Zoo-Doo”, how to care ...
Air Date: October 26, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight October 25, 2013 – Full Show
Holly Otterbein reports on Philadelphia’s foot-dragging when it comes to consolidating abandoned properties into larger land banks. ...
Air Date: October 25, 2013
ListenFirst for Friday, October 25, 2013
Lessons from Sandy It was one year ago today when we were watching Hurricane Sandy coming up the East Coast. At just 60 feet ab ...
Air Date: October 25, 2013
Heroin and opioid addiction in our neighborhoods
Guests: Jeremiah Daley and David Fialko The Philadelphia region has seen an alarming increase in prescription d ...
Air Date: October 25, 2013
ListenMK ASANTE’S memoir of being a buck in 90s North Philadelphia
GUEST: MK ASANTE [REBROADCAST] Born in Zimbabwe to American parents and raised ...
Air Date: October 25, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, October 24, 2013 – Full Show
Aaron Moselle reports on a Bucks County high school controversy centered around the name of its sports teams. Maiken Scott looks at a stu ...
Air Date: October 24, 2013
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