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Women on 20s
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Women on 20s campaign; an update on mobile payments

Guests: Susan Ades Stone, Kathleen Brown, Sucharita Mulpuru Look at the bills in your wallet and you might see Ge ...

Air Date: March 16, 2015

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Strip Mine
Radio Times

A successful campaign against investment in strip mining; then, McDonald’s chicken goes anti-biotic free

Eileen Flanagan, George Lakey and Maryn McKenna Last week, PNC Bank announced it would stop financing mountaintop ...

Air Date: March 11, 2015

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Two perspectives on income inequality

Guests: James Pethokoukis, Lawrence Mishel In recent months, Republicans have been incorporating language relatin ...

Air Date: March 3, 2015

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HSBC Bank
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HSBC’s accused of tax evasion and money laundering

Guest: Gerard Ryle A recently released report sheds new lig ...

Air Date: March 1, 2015

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Medical scan
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Making medical and health care prices more transparent

Guests: Betty Long and Jeanne Pinder Your back hurts, your health care provider says you need an MRI, and you sc ...

Air Date: February 27, 2015

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Corn
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The problems with biofuels and feeding the world’s growing population

Guest: Timothy Searchinger Biofuels, such as corn ethanol and soybean diesel, have been heralded as a strategy to ...

Air Date: February 26, 2015

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Chris Christie
Radio Times

The State of NJ Governor Chris Christie’s Presidential Aspirations

Guests: Kate Zernike, Charles Stile, and John Brabender Last year, Chris Christie was the darling of the Republic ...

Air Date: February 25, 2015

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The Opposite of Spoiled
Radio Times

Talking to kids about money

Guest: Ron Lieber Kids ask a lot of questions about money. Are we rich? How much money do you make? Why is our ho ...

Air Date: February 25, 2015

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Dancer
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Making ends meet as an artist in the 21st century

Guests: Kristin Thomson, Amy Smith What does it take to make your living as an artist in the 21st cent ...

Air Date: February 24, 2015

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Nutritional supplements: quality and safety questioned

Guests: Sarah Erush, Anahad O’Connor The New York attorney general’s office tested popular nutritional su ...

Air Date: February 20, 2015

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Ballot Talks: The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Hillary Clinton’s inevitable candidacy

Guests: Bob Brady, Maggie Haberman Here come the Dems! Philadelphia will host the 2016 Democratic National Conven ...

Air Date: February 19, 2015

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Sophia McClennen’s “Is Satire Saving Our Nation?”

Guest: Sophia McClennen Last week, Jon Stewart, long-time host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” announ ...

Air Date: February 18, 2015

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Affordable housing in New Jersey

Guests: Andrew Seidman, Jeffrey Surenian, Kevin Walsh The Mount Laurel doctrine, a series of court rulings decide ...

Air Date: February 17, 2015

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Zephyr Teachout on corruption in America

Guests: Zephyr Teachout There’s nothing new about political corruption according to our guest, law professor ...

Air Date: February 10, 2015

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The pros and cons of natural gas pipelines in Pennsylvania

Guests: Maya van Rossum and Andrew Levine According to StateIm ...

Air Date: February 10, 2015

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