With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
Pulchrinomics – the economics of beauty with Daniel S. Hamermesh
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Air Date: September 26, 2011
ListenThe President’s speech, Republican plans and the politics of jobs and the economy
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Air Date: September 9, 2011
ListenA conversation with Michael Kelly, executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority
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Air Date: August 23, 2011
ListenTogether we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal