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Winter is here and it’s the end of the world according to the Maya
This Wednesday marks the start of the Saturnalia celebrations. Saturnalia, the Roman mid-winter festival, was used by early Christians t ...
Air Date: December 17, 2012
ListenPerspective on the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy
In an effort to provide thoughtful perspective on the tragic shootings that killed 20 children aged 6-7 and 6 educators at Sandy Hook E ...
Air Date: December 17, 2012
ListenWorker safety in the global marketplace — whose responsibility is it?
Over the past several months, major factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh have killed over 400 people working for companies that manuf ...
Air Date: December 17, 2012
ListenDecember 15, 2012 — Want to attract Monarch butterflies as they migrate down to Mexico? Mike McGrath shares what to plant ...
Air Date: December 15, 2012
ListenHow the Internet has changed the music industry
In the old days when you loved a band you would head to your local record store and buy their album and the artists and record label woul ...
Air Date: December 14, 2012
ListenThe Pulse: At the Heart of Health, Science and Innovation
Hour 2 of Radio Times is pre-empted for the WHYY Health and Science special, THE PULSE. Residency has been descr ...
Air Date: December 14, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight December 13, 2012 – Full Show
Ben Herold has the latest on the Philadelphia School District’s school closings. Dave Davies looks back at other big events i ...
Air Date: December 13, 2012
ListenTom Hanks and Halle Berry for “Cloud Atlas”
Tom Hanks and Halle Berry talk with Patrick Stoner about overcoming doubts about roles as in “Cloud Atlas” ...
Air Date: December 13, 2012
The risks and rewards of older parenthood
Among the many changes in American families over the past few decades is the increasing number of parents who are having children later i ...
Air Date: December 13, 2012
ListenA conversation with former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker
Our guest in this hour of Radio Times, RYAN C. CROCKER, recently stepped down as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Crocker ...
Air Date: December 13, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight December 12, 2012 – Full Show
Tom MacDonald reports on the new contract between the city of Philadelphia and the new security guards’ union. Temple Univers ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
ListenTurbine agreement saves migrating whales from noise pollution
Plans to construct offshore wind farms along the East Coast include an agreemen ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
Camden drill team marches past the competition
Drive south through Camden on Interstate 676, and off to your left you’ll see a large, white water tower. At the top, in faded blue ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
ListenSome suggestions about how we can live with guns
Gun control hardly came up during the 2012 election. Obama briefly mentioned an assault weapons ban in one of the debates but neither G ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
ListenNikki Johnson-Huston: from homeless to lawyer
City of Philadelphia tax solicitor and 2012 USA Eisenhower Fellow, ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
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