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Pensive man
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The Vanishing male worker; why some women opt out

Guests: Binyamin Appelbaum, Judith Levine, Jerry Jacobs In a recent New York Times ...

Air Date: December 22, 2014

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Cuban Flag
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The Pakistani Taliban school attack ; restoring relations with Cuba

Guests: Michael Kugelman, Peter Kornbluh The brutal attack on a school in Peshwar, Pakistan, that killed over 130 ...

Air Date: December 19, 2014

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Glass of water
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The Safe Drinking Water Act turns 40

Guests: Howard Neukrug, Mark Weir, Charles Fishman Thirsty?  In most parts of the country you can safely fill yo ...

Air Date: December 16, 2014

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Falling oil prices

Guests: Tom Kloza, Amy Myers Jaffe Plunging crude oil prices may mean bargains at the gas pump, but for U.S. oil ...

Air Date: December 16, 2014

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A Chicken
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Why did the chicken cross the world?

Guest: Andrew Lawler, Dan Charles The average American eats close to 100 pounds of chicken a year. There are thre ...

Air Date: December 12, 2014

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How to be a smart giver this holiday season

Guests: Paco Underhill, Andrew Goode, Chris Morran This time of year, with “Cyber Monday” today and “Giving ...

Air Date: December 1, 2014

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The Language of Food

Guests: Dan Jurafsky and Sybil Yang [From the Radio Times archive] When most of us look at a res ...

Air Date: November 27, 2014

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The Growing Crisis in Mexico: Disappearing Students, the Rule of Law, and President Enrique Peña Nieto

Guests: Tracy Wilkinson and Duncan Wood On September 26th, 43 college students went missing in Iguala, Mexico. Th ...

Air Date: November 25, 2014

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Shane Harris on cyber war

Guest: Shane Harris In his new book @War, SHANE HARRIS ...

Air Date: November 24, 2014

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A conversation on the State of Young Philadelphia; Obama’s immigration plans

Guests: Laura Meckler, Ben Stango, Michelle Freeman, and Kellan White Over the course of the past week, the 2014 ...

Air Date: November 21, 2014

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Bennett Miller’s New Film “Foxcatcher”

Guests: Bennett Miller, Nancy Schultz [From the Radio Times archive] The highly anticipated film ...

Air Date: November 21, 2014

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Eric Dezenhall on managing crisis, scandal and reputations in this digital age

Guest: Eric Dezenhall In this digital age, good news and bad news travel fast. For individuals and companies, scandal and contr ...

Air Date: November 19, 2014

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Update: Philly casinos, immigration reform and the Keystone XL pipeline

Guests: CHRIS BRENNAN, BRIAN BENNETT and JOE WERTZ We’ll get updates on three pressing news stories this hour. Up front, w ...

Air Date: November 17, 2014

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David Grimm’s “Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs”

Guest: David Grimm [From the Radio Times archive] Last year Americans spent a whopping 55 billio ...

Air Date: November 17, 2014

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The U.S. and the global economy

Guests: Mauro Guillen and Eswar Prasad Even though we may not be feeling it, the U.S. is the bright star in the global economy. U ...

Air Date: November 14, 2014

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