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Celebrating Steampunk culture; then the Associated Press and the Department of Justice
GUESTS: MANO DIVINA, GIL CNAAN and JANE KIRTLEY Strap on your brass goggles, tuck into a fantasy airship and enjo ...
Air Date: May 16, 2013
ListenThe global garment industry: Bangladesh, workers’ safety and us
Guests: Scott Nova and Pietra Rivoli After last month’s factory fire in Bangladesh that killed over 1,000 w ...
Air Date: May 15, 2013
ListenWho’s getting married, who isn’t and why
Guest: Andrew Cherlin In honor of the start of wedding season, we’re going to spend the hour talking about t ...
Air Date: May 15, 2013
ListenShould refusing medical care for children be considered neglect?
Guests: Paul Offit and Shawn Peters Eight-month old Brandon Schaible died last month after his parents re ...
Air Date: May 14, 2013
ListenChimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her new novel “Americanah”
Guest: Chimanamda Ngozi Adichie ...
Air Date: May 14, 2013
ListenHere in the U.S., odds that a couple will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary are about 50/50. That’s sobering news for young men ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenNominate your name to travel to Mars
Not as big as the Big Bang, but this Big Blast blows away any other explosion ever seen by astronomers. The supermassiv ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenGovernor Christie’s weight-loss surgery
Guests: Matt Katz, Thomas Wadden, Margaret Bonafide New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenBunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution
GUEST: NATHANIEL PHILBRICK Was the order, “Don’t fire ‘till you see the whites of their eyes” really shou ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenWhat’s the pH of your garden plot?
Mike McGrath advises his listeners in guarding against ticks, building a raised bed garden, using rabbit pellets in com ...
Air Date: May 11, 2013
ListenThe director and stars of “Kon Tiki”
The directors and star of the most expensive film in Norway’s history talk with Patrick Stoner about the classic tale of Thor Heyer ...
Air Date: May 10, 2013
First for Friday, May 10, 2013
This special First Extra edition features the members of the WHYY Health and Science Desk reporting on how technology is influen ...
Air Date: May 10, 2013