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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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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
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
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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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Locally-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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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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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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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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December 15, 2012 — Want to attract Monarch butterflies as they migrate down to Mexico? Mike McGrath shares what to plant ...
Air Date: December 15, 2012
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How 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
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The 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
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