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You Bet Your Garden

Starting your own plants from seed: Are you up to the challenge?

February 16, 2013 — Starting your own plants from seed is not for the timid. Mike McGrath discusses how to water without b ...

Air Date: February 16, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight February 15, 2013 – Full Show

Holly Otterbein reports on new assessments for each of the more than half a million land parcels in Philadelphia.  Dave Dav ...

Air Date: February 15, 2013

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Health

Grit: Children succeeding with character

How do we measure a child’s success in school or socially? Plenty of attention is given to test scores and IQ. But there’s somethin ...

Air Date: February 15, 2013

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Radio Times

Debating PA Gov. Corbett’s budget proposal

GUESTS: DONNA COOPER and MATTHEW BROUILLETTE Earlier this month, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbe ...

Air Date: February 15, 2013

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Radio Times

‘Eslanda,’ a new look at Paul Robeson’s remarkable and underappreciated wife

GUEST: BARBARA RANSBY Paul Robeson, one of the most interesting figures of the 20th Century, has been the subject ...

Air Date: February 15, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight February 14, 2013 – Full Show

Air Date: February 14, 2013

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Jude Law, Rooney Mara, & Channing Tatum for “Side Effects”

Jude Law, Rooney Mara, & Channing Tatum talk with Patrick Stoner about passing lessons from older to younger actors in “Side E ...

Air Date: February 14, 2013

Radio Times

Cybersecurity and the growing threats

Guests: SIOBHAN GORMAN, ALAN PALLER and JAMES LEWIS On Tuesday, President Obama signed ...

Air Date: February 14, 2013

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Radio Times

Learning about love from arranged marriages; then the science behind online dating

Guests:  ROBERT EPSTEIN, REVA SETH and BENJAMIN KARNEY The notion of an arranged marriage (by choice) seems odd ...

Air Date: February 14, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight February 13, 2013 – Full Show

Shana O’Malley reports on the children of Wilmington courthouse shooting victim Christine Belford. Emma Jacobs looks at a new study ...

Air Date: February 13, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

GOP’er Seth Grossman on beating Chris Christie: It’s not impossible

Atlantic County Attorney Seth Grossman is waging an admittedly uphill battle against Governor Chris ...

Air Date: February 13, 2013

Radio Times

Analyzing the State of the Union address and the Republican response

Guests:  Ben Berger, Lara Brown and Imani Perry Last night, before Congress and the nation, President Obama addr ...

Air Date: February 13, 2013

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Radio Times

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on ‘Citizenville’

GUEST: GAVIN NEWSOM You may recognize the name GAVIN NEWSOM from his historic 2004 decision as S ...

Air Date: February 13, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight February 12, 2013 – Full Show

Shirley Min has the latest developments in the Wilmington courthouse shootings.  Benjamin Herold reports on Philadelphia City Counci ...

Air Date: February 12, 2013

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Radio Times

How to predict the next financial crisis, with Steve Clemons & Richard Vague

GUESTS: STEVE CLEMONS and RICHARD VAGUE Are we missing the forest for the trees by focusing on ...

Air Date: February 12, 2013

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