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National politics: Guns, fiscal cliff & more
In this week’s national news roundup, Marty chats with two Washington D.C.-based journalists about the big two topics dominating the na ...
Air Date: December 21, 2012
ListenDebunking doomsday 2012 junk science
[REBROADCAST] Today is December 21st, 2012. And the hype about the “end of the world” has reached a super ...
Air Date: December 21, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight December 20, 2012 – Full Show
Carolyn Beeler reports on conjoined twins successfully separated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who were introduced to the ...
Air Date: December 20, 2012
ListenAnthony 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
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
ListenHow 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
ListenNewsWorks 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
ListenDownsizing 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
ListenLincoln’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
ListenNewsWorks 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
ListenInvestment pioneer JOHN BOGLE on investment vs. speculation
When our guest, JOHN BOGLE, founder of the mutual fund, ...
Air Date: December 18, 2012
ListenLocally-born, Kabul-based Oscar nominated filmmaker Sam French
Locally-born-and-raised filmmaker SAM FR ...
Air Date: December 18, 2012
ListenNewsWorks 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
ListenEmphasis 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
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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