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E.J. Dionne and Norman Ornstein’s “One Nation After Trump”
E.J. DIONNE JR. and
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Air Date: October 11, 2017
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The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims’ “Real American: A Memoir”
Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims
Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mothe
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Air Date: October 4, 2017
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Comcast’s Brian and Aileen Roberts give $450,000 for Philly school books
Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.
6 years ago
On ‘Radio Times’: Salman Rushdie, over the rainbow
Novelist Salman Rushdie may be best known for his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which forced him into hiding after Iran’s Ay
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6 years ago
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Salman Rushdie, “The Golden House”
Guest: Salman Rushdie
SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel,
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Air Date: September 28, 2017
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Book explores how kids cope with parents in prison
Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.
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Listen 0:00Stephen Greenblatt’s “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve”
Guest: Stephen Greenblatt
STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame
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Air Date: September 15, 2017
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Novelist Nicole Krauss; the Caribbean post-Irma
Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss
NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t
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Air Date: September 14, 2017
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Route 9 Library in New Castle opens to the public
A county library years in the making came to fruition Tuesday.
Adults and children were greeted by the smell of new
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6 years ago
Hey, Hillary, we already know what happened
Al Franken said it well last spring: “I love Hillary … and I think she has a right to analyze what happened. But we do have t
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6 years ago
The art of preserving and fixing rare books
Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years.
Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for
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Imagine trying to write Philadelphia’s history in a short book
The challenge of writing a brief history of Philadelphia has been taken up by Roger Simon, professor of history at Lehigh University.
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6 years ago
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Bucks County author Michael Becker talks about his memoir ‘A Walk with Purpose’
He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going.
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6 years ago
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Zinzi Clemmons; Trump coaches Jr.
Guests: Zinzi Clemmons, Carol Leonnig
Author ZINZI CLEMMONS
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Air Date: August 3, 2017
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