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Move over, brisket. There are fresher foods ‘Too Good To Passover’
Abadi's new cookbook, Too Good To Passover, collects Passover recipes from nearly two dozen countries.
8 years ago
MIN JIN LEE’s new novel, PACHINKO, chronicles four generations of ...
Air Date: March 23, 2018 10:00 am
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In Philly, Sally Yates commends librarians as holders of truth
Acting U.S. attorney general was fired by Trump over stand against travel ban.
8 years ago
Ian Buruma’s “A Tokyo Romance”
New York Review of Books’ editor IAN BURUMA, knew almost ...
Air Date: March 15, 2018 10:00 am
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Author answers hot-button questions on fracking, including climate impact
As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.
8 years ago
Delaware artist Susan Benarcik brings the outdoors in with her unique artwork
During the day Susan Benarcik is an urban gardener, she loves nature and the outdoors, during the winter months she brings both indoors through her artwork.
8 years ago
Front row to American history, on a Kensington barstool
A new book about a Kensington veterans club is a small peephole onto the national stage.
8 years ago
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One of the oldest African-American children’s book fairs returns to Philly
One of the country’s oldest book fairs devoted to African-American children's literature returned to Philadelphia Saturday for its 26th year.
8 years ago
Philly author’s first novel featured at nation’s oldest African-American children’s book fair
The 26th Annual African-American Children’s Book Fair is set to host more than 3,500 readers at the Community College of Philadelphia Saturday.
8 years ago
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Max Boot’s “The Road Not Taken”
MAX BOOT, military historian and author, writes the story of Edward Lansdale —a bri ...
Air Date: February 1, 2018
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Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve”
ELIF SHAFAK is an award-winning Turkish novelist who writes about women’s and min ...
8 years ago
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Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve” / Trump’s address
Guest: Philip Bump, Elif Shafak ELIF SHAFAK is an award-win ...
Air Date: January 31, 2018
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One Book, One Philadelphia – a conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
Guest: Jacqueline Woodson We listen to Marty’s conversation with writer ...
Air Date: January 29, 2018
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There’s no right way to grieve
Guests: Megan Devine, Julia Cooper All of us will experience the death of a loved one in our lives, yet many of u ...
Air Date: January 26, 2018
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Ursula K. Le Guin, whose novels plucked truth from high fantasy, dies at 88
Le Guin crafted fantastic worlds to grapple with profoundly difficult questions here on Earth, from class divisions to feminist theory.
8 years ago