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States react to the Affordable Care Act
With President Obama’s reelection, the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. During the presidential campaign, Republican candidate Mitt ...
Air Date: November 26, 2012
ListenWilliam Ecenbarger on the ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal
Between 2003 and 2008, Luzerne County juvenile court judge Mark Ciavarelli sentenced thousands of children who committed minor offenses t ...
Air Date: November 26, 2012
ListenNovember 24, 2012 — Got weeds? Get a goat! Mike McGrath reveals how goats are one of the our best weapons in the war again ...
Air Date: November 24, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight November 23, 2012
Maiken Scott reports on a pharmaceutical company using genetic testing to improve responses to anti-depression medications. Kevin T ...
Air Date: November 23, 2012
ListenThe role religion does play and should play in American government
[REBROADCAST] In this era of “faith and value politics,” we find ourselves frequently debating the role religion ...
Air Date: November 23, 2012
Listen[REBROADCAST] All across the country, college campuses are bustling once again. Students are moving into dorms, sayi ...
Air Date: November 23, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight November 22, 2012 – Full Show
In a special Thanksgiving edition of NewsWorks Tonight, we share some stories we’re thankful for. Kevin McCorry tells us abou ...
Air Date: November 22, 2012
ListenAdam Gopnik explains why The Table Comes First
[REBROADCAST] Journalist and cultural critic ADAM GOPNIK believes “what goes on arou ...
Air Date: November 22, 2012
ListenMatthew Quick on Silver Linings Playbook
[REBROADCAST] The dramatic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook,” ...
Air Date: November 22, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight November 21, 2012 – Full Show
Dave Davies investigates allegations of traffic ticket fixing by elected officials in Pennsylvania. Ben Herold explains how questio ...
Air Date: November 21, 2012
ListenSally Field and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on “Lincoln”
Sally Field and Joseph Gordon-Levitt talk with Patrick Stoner about their real-life characters (wife and son) in Steven Spielberg’s ...
Air Date: November 21, 2012
The Jersey Shore, after Sandy: To rebuild or not to rebuild
When Superstorm Sandy slammed into and through the southern Jersey Shore near Ocean City in the evening of Oct. 29, the full-moon high ti ...
Air Date: November 21, 2012
ListenOur sense of hearing and how it shaped the mind
Sound is everywhere in this world – you can’t escape it. Our ears process millions of noises all day long –laughter, car horns, m ...
Air Date: November 21, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight November 20, 2012 – Full Show
Our special production “North Broad on the Rise” examines recent efforts at revitalizing the North Broad corridor. ...
Air Date: November 20, 2012
ListenNewsWorks Tonight November 19, 2012 – Full Show
Tom MacDonald reports on a prisoner re-entry program saved from the budget-cutting block. Carolyn Beeler talks with child sexual ab ...
Air Date: November 20, 2012
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