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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
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Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

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Health

Healthcare’s racial divide

For doctors and patients of color, navigating a healthcare system which favors white people can be challenging and, sometimes, dangerous.

Air Date: March 15, 2019

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(AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith)
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Science

Animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Primatologist Frans de Waal discusses his new book, "Mama's Last Hug" about wide range of emotions that animals display.and what they tell us about ourselves.

Air Date: March 14, 2019 10:00 am

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Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Brexit update / Massage parlor selling access to Trump

We begin by discussing this hectic week in Brexit negotiations. Then, we'll hear about the massage parlor in Florida that allegedly sold access to President Trump.

Air Date: March 13, 2019

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Lifestyle

The challenges of healthy home cooking

We discuss the challenges of cooking healthy family meals for many low-income and middle-income mothers

Air Date: March 12, 2019 10:00 am

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a joint meeting of the Democratic-led Assembly and Senate in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 03/11/19

Regional Roundup: We discuss the flawed system of selling public land in Philly. We'll dig into NJ Governor Phil Murphy's budget address. And the cost of climate change in NJ.

Air Date: March 11, 2019 10:00 am

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Omar stirred controversy last week saying that Israel's supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Ilhan Omar’s Israel comments and the reaction to them

Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about U.S.-Israel relations have drawn accusations of antisemitism. Today we discuss her comments and reactions to them, in government and beyond.

Air Date: March 8, 2019 10:00 am

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Radio Times

Rewriting Native American history

Ojibwe writer David Treuer talks about his new book, "Heartbeat at Wounded Knee," a history of Native Americans starting at with the 1890 massacre,

Air Date: March 7, 2019 10:00 am

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Arts & Entertainment

Laurie Halse Anderson’s new memoir ‘Shout’

A conversation with YA fiction writer Laurie Halse Anderson on her own sexual assault when she was 13 years old and how to talk to young people about sexual violence.

Air Date: March 6, 2019 10:00 am

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(Lucy Schaly/Beaver County Times via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Minimum wage for Pa., raising teacher salaries, dark money in NJ

Today's Regional Roundup: making campaign contributions more transparent in NJ, Pa. Republican State Majority Leader on raising the minimum wage, teacher pay in Pa.

Air Date: March 4, 2019 10:00 am

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(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Community

Gun violence in Philadelphia

Philadelphia saw a 12% increase in homicides last year since 2017. We talk about the epidemic of gun violence and what the city is doing to stem the crisis.

Air Date: March 5, 2019 10:00 am

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Recycling bins on Cuthbert Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Health

Burning plastic recyclables

Since China has stopped accepting America's plastic recyclables, one solution to dealing with the excess material has been to burn it in already-existing trash incinerators.

Air Date: March 1, 2019 10:00 am

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

Michael Cohen’s testimony and what it means

Marty and her guests discuss the public testimony of former-Trump lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, and what it means for the President.

Air Date: February 28, 2019 10:00 am

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Jeffrey Epstein (Palm Beach Sheriff's Office via AP, File), R. Kelly (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast),
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Courts & Law

Sex abuse, the powerful, and criminal justice

We discuss the Jeffrey Epstein and other recent cases of powerful people who, until now, have escaped justice for sex abuse crimes.

Air Date: February 26, 2019 10:00 am

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Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

Online gambling in New Jersey, City Council term limits, nuclear power in Pa.

Regional Roundup: Should Philly's city council have term limits? A Trump administration rule change that could stymie legal sports betting in NJ. The future of nuclear in Pa.

Air Date: February 22, 2019

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