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Should Philadelphia continue to offer tax breaks to encourage construction activity? The debate has become a major sore point for many re ...

In his new book, “The Addict,” physician MICHAEL STEIN recounts his year-long treatment of a young woman who is addicted to n ...

Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations CHARLES KUPCHAN will talk about what he thinks President Obama’s tour of internat ...

Do you treat your pet like a child? Is your neighbor’s dog named Jack or Chloe? Our guest, journalist MICHAEL SCHAFFER has found a ...

Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to permit gay marriage. On Wednesday the Vermont legislature voted to do the same. While these tw ...

This month marks the 70th anniversary of African-American contralto Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial. After the Da ...

On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced that it had reduced its overall debt by 28% – without taking any bailout funds from the U.S ...

In the summer of 2007 Philadelphia, in addition to other cities, was making headlines for what our guest Mark Caro calls The Foie Gras Wa ...

In 1984, JENNIFER THOMPSON-CANNINO testified that RONALD COTTON was the man who raped her. Eleven years later, DNA evidence cleared him o ...

Continuing with our celebration of The International Year of Astronomy, Derrick Pitts talks about Galileo’s telescope and how h ...

Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet, was FDR’s Secretary of labor, close friend and advisor. She he ...

We discuss corruption in Luzerne County’s judicial system where judges Mark Ciaverella and Michael Conahan have been charged by fed ...

[REBROADCAST] TEMPLE GRANDIN is the most well-known adult with autism. In her recent book, “Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Bes ...

Members of Philadelphia City Council are holding public hearings on the proposed city budget. At the same time they’re facing a pub ...

[REBROADCAST] NEAL BASCOMB, author of “The Perfect Mile” and “Red Mutiny” tells the story of the manhunt of Nazi ...