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Fall is half-way over, so make way for winter

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Air Date: October 29, 2012

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Radio Times

Hurricane Sandy hits the Delaware Valley

Hour 1 With Hurricane Sandy roaring into the Delaware Valley, Radio Times covers the storm’s approach, the pre ...

Air Date: October 29, 2012

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Radio Times

Hurricane Sandy: Philly & Delaware responses, weird weather & storm science

Hour 2 In our second hour examining Hurricane Sandy’s impacts, we’ll talk with Philadelphia Mayor ...

Air Date: October 29, 2012

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You Bet Your Garden

Bad blight is annihilating impatiens!

October 27, 2012 — Planting is easy, growing can be difficult and harvesting is always hard. Mike McGrath, talks with author ...

Air Date: October 27, 2012

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Radio Times

Unraveling the mixed messages of voting rights

HOUR 1 Most Americans know they are eligible to vote at the age of 18, but there are a lot of mixed messages in e ...

Air Date: October 26, 2012

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Jeffrey Toobin on the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court and Citizen United

Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Using his insider reporting and analyses of the legal issues New Yorker sta ...

Air Date: October 26, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight October 26, 2012

Dave Davies reports on this morning’s Pa. Senate debate between Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Tom Smith.  Gallup Poll Edit ...

Air Date: October 25, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight October 25, 2012 – Full Show

Maiken Scott considers the anxiety parents and kids face in the aftermath of news such as the Autumn Pasquale murder.  Elizabeth Fie ...

Air Date: October 25, 2012

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Arts & Entertainment

Laura Linney for “Hyde Park on Hudson”

Laura Linney (the host of MASTERPIECE) talks about her historical character in the film “Hyde Park on Hudson” ...

Air Date: October 25, 2012

Radio Times

Election 2012 and the state of political journalism

Hour 1 Where do you turn to get information about the 2012 presidential campaign?  Is it the cable TV networks t ...

Air Date: October 25, 2012

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Radio Times

Journalist Mark Bowden on “The Finish” of Osama bin Laden

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Air Date: October 25, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight October 24, 2012 – Full Show

Holly Otterbein of “It’s Our Money” examines what would happen if Philadelphia does get hit with the “fiscal clif ...

Air Date: October 24, 2012

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Radio Times

The real stories of bloody Libyan ends of Gaddafi, Amb. Stevens

Hour 1 Hours before the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked on Sept. 11 and Ambassador J. Christopher ...

Air Date: October 24, 2012

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Radio Times

New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov

Hour 2 Are you comfortable choosing wine at a restaurant? Do you know a good value when buying a bottle in a stor ...

Air Date: October 24, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight October 23, 2012 – Full Show

Ben Herold of NewsWorks and The Public School Notebook explains new allegations of and responses to adult cheating in the Philadelphia Sc ...

Air Date: October 23, 2012

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