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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks 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

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks 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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Radio Times

The Israel/Gaza conflict

As the air war over Israel and Gaza continues and Israeli’s amass ground troops and tanks along the shared border, Egyptian-led eff ...

Air Date: November 20, 2012

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Radio Times

Ross King on Leonardo da Vinci and The Last Supper

One of the most famous paintings in the world is Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted on the wall of a Dominican convent ...

Air Date: November 20, 2012

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Skytalk
Science

A Planet Hunting Telescope Still Adding Information Since 2009

Now that the Kepler telescope has completed its primary mission, it goes on extended mission. Since 2009 Kepler has identified 2300 poss ...

Air Date: November 19, 2012

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Voices in the Family
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Caring about each other

November 19, 2012 — On Thanksgiving, many families talk about what they’re grateful for. Taken a step further, what if ...

Air Date: November 19, 2012

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Radio Times

Economist Mark Zandi looks at the ending of the Great Recession

We check in with MARK ZANDI, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, o ...

Air Date: November 19, 2012

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Radio Times

Sam Sifton on How to Cook for Thanksgiving

Our guest SAM SIFTON, The New York Times’ national editor and food columnist, may be one of ...

Air Date: November 19, 2012

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You Bet Your Garden

Ginger: DIY

November 17, 2012 — The exotic spice known as ginger is tasty and therapeutic; it’s also ridiculously easy to grow! ...

Air Date: November 17, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight November 16, 2012 – Full Show

State Impact, Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips discusses the implications of shale drilling for the petrochemical industry with Dow Ch ...

Air Date: November 16, 2012

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Radio Times

A look at today’s changing drug laws

Last week Colorado and Washington voters passed ballot initiatives in support of the use of legal recreational marijuana. This is in addi ...

Air Date: November 16, 2012

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Radio Times

Considering the Impeachment of President Abraham Lincoln

[REBROADCAST] What if President Lincoln hadn’t been killed at Ford’s Theatre? What if John Wilkes Booth fail ...

Air Date: November 16, 2012

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight November 15, 2012 – Full Show

Dave Heller talks with Philadelphia Business Journal writer Herb Jackson about the House subcommittee report on the collapse of MF Global ...

Air Date: November 15, 2012

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Arts & Entertainment

Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench for “Skyfall”

Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench talk with Patrick Stoner about “Skyfall” — the best reviewed James Bond film since Sea ...

Air Date: November 15, 2012

Radio Times

A second casino for Philadelphia?

Hour 1 Today is the deadline for proposals to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for a second casino license s ...

Air Date: November 15, 2012

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