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Alexandra Horowitz: “On Looking”
Guest: Alexandra Horowitz Take a walk around the block and look around — what do you see? What don’t yo ...
Air Date: March 14, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, March 13, 2013 – Full Show
We hear local reactions to the election of Pope Francis I, including Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput. Maiken Scott reports o ...
Air Date: March 13, 2013
ListenThe justice gap — the challenge of providing legal services for poor people
Guests: MARC BOOKMAN, CATHERINE CARR, JAMES FUNT Fifty years ago this month, in the case Gideon v. Wainwright, ...
Air Date: March 13, 2013
ListenThe pros and cons of working from home
Guests: Raymond Fisman and Jennifer Glass Like many technology companies, Yahoo had a corporate culture that en ...
Air Date: March 13, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, March 12, 2013 – Full Show
Jennifer Lynn reports on the troubling statistics about the treatment of ovarian cancer. Mary Cummings-Jordan heads to the Jersey Shore t ...
Air Date: March 12, 2013
ListenJersey Shore resort towns readying the welcome mats
The season for booking a summer rental is in full swing and the Jersey Shore, still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, finds itself under ...
Air Date: March 12, 2013
The debate over the use of unmanned drones over U.S. skies
GUESTS: BEN GIELOW and JAY STANLEY In five years the Federal Aviation Administration estimates ...
Air Date: March 12, 2013
ListenThe Contradictions of Fair Hope
GUESTS: S. EPATHA MERKERSON and ROCKELL METCALF The Fair Hope Benevolent Society in rural Alabam ...
Air Date: March 12, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight March 11, 2013 – Full Show
Maiken Scott reports on a lawsuit for advocates for the disabled claiming that putting those with mental illness in solitary confinement ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
ListenUsing abandoned mine drainage to frack
We all know by now how much water it takes to frack a well. In the Susquehanna River Basin, just one w ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
Spring is the season for comets
Scientists are studying other moons in the solar system and it turns out our moon is much less dynamic than others. Europa, a moon of Jup ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
ListenGuests: George Ciccariello-Maher, Francisco Toro Last week, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died after a ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
ListenThe legacy of Pope Benedict and hopes for the future of the Catholic church
GUESTS: SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, WILLIAM MADGES, BETHANY WELCH Cardinals from across the globe have gathered in ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
ListenMarch 9, 2013 — Having your soil tested can be very helpful, but the recommendations that come with the results are often ...
Air Date: March 9, 2013
ListenNewsWorks Tonight, March 8, 2013 – Full Show
Elizabeth Fiedler visits some Philadelphia schools now slated for closure. Carolyn Beeler speaks with a reporter whose investigatio ...
Air Date: March 8, 2013
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