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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren for “Hitchcock”

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren talk with Patrick Stoner about the real Alfred Hitchcock and his wife in the film bearing his name. ...

Air Date: December 20, 2012

Radio Times

Some good news in the childhood obesity battle

This year there’s some good news in the fight against childhood obesity – particularly for Philadelphia. Rates of childhood obesity h ...

Air Date: December 20, 2012

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Radio Times

How to protect yourself from scams

Tens of billions of dollars are lost each year to consumer fraud and when the economy is down, fraud goes up.  These last years have bee ...

Air Date: December 20, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight December 19, 2012 – Full Show

Benjamin Herold has the latest in the Philadelphia School District cheating allegations.  John George of the Philadelphia Business J ...

Air Date: December 19, 2012

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Radio Times

Downsizing the Pentagon budget; then, what suicide bombers & rampage shooters have in common

Should the U.S. slide off the fiscal cliff in a few weeks, over $55 billion in spending cuts a year for the next decade will kick in at t ...

Air Date: December 19, 2012

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Radio Times

Lincoln’s code: the fundamentals of international war time conduct

1863 was a very bloody year as thousands of Americans were killed in many Civil War battles, despite the hopeful start of the year, as th ...

Air Date: December 19, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight December 18, 2012 – Full Show

Bill Hangley has the latest on the Philadelphia School District’s school closure plan and a counter proposal from the unions. Emma ...

Air Date: December 18, 2012

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Radio Times

Investment pioneer JOHN BOGLE on investment vs. speculation

When our guest, JOHN BOGLE, founder of the mutual fund, ...

Air Date: December 18, 2012

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Radio Times

Locally-born, Kabul-based Oscar nominated filmmaker Sam French

Locally-born-and-raised filmmaker SAM FR ...

Air Date: December 18, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight December 17, 2012 – Full Show

In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Zack Seward checks gun laws in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.  We talk to N ...

Air Date: December 17, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

Emphasis on school security may detract from education

The Connecticut school shooting has schools across the country looking at the possibility of tighening security, as many did after the sc ...

Air Date: December 17, 2012

Voices in the Family
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Caring about each other, Part II

Last month, we started a conversation about what it really m ...

Air Date: December 17, 2012

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Skytalk
Science

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

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Radio Times

Perspective 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

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Radio Times

Worker 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

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