Economy
More low-wage workers would escape poverty if tax credit included childless
Those of us focused on the well-being of Americans with low incomes have many concerns about the incoming Trump administration, but we se ...
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Controverisal payout to former PPA head, then the Pa. legislature
Guests: Eugene DePasquale, John Baer and John Micek We’ll start by talking with Pennsylvania Auditor General ...
Air Date: January 6, 2017
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Guests: Scott Santens, Josh Barro Would you like an unconditional check from the government every week? How wou ...
Air Date: January 5, 2017
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Obama’s drilling ban and his environmental legacy
Guests: Andrew Revkin, Lisa Friedman President Obama recently banned new offshore oil and gas drilling in parts o ...
Air Date: December 27, 2016
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Guests: Nathaniel Philbrick, Louis Masur, Mallory Carra, Sean Wilentz We’re bringing you an hour of American po ...
Air Date: December 23, 2016
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National security and the controversial U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay
Guests: Sheri Fink and Karen Greenberg Despite President Obama’s efforts, the Guantánamo Bay prison remains in ...
Air Date: December 21, 2016
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Muslim-Jewish unity fights stereotypes and hate
Guests: Amber Khan, Symi Rom-Rymer and Jacob Bender Muslim and Jewish women, members of the Sisterhood of Salaam ...
Air Date: December 20, 2016
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Trump: Commander-in-chief and Chairman of the Board
Guests: Drew Harwell, Libby Nelson, Danielle Brian There are questions regarding President-elect Trump’s confli ...
Air Date: December 16, 2016
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How to ask for a raise and negotiations at work
Guests: Hannah Riley Bowles, Nancy Rothbard Philadelphia will soon have a new ordinance barring employers from as ...
Air Date: December 14, 2016
Listen 00:49:15“Revenge Porn” and how laws are protecting victims
Guests: Anisha Vora, Jim Carpenter and Danielle Keats Citron New Jersey was the first state in the nation to ban ...
Air Date: December 12, 2016
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A tale of two Cubas, before and after Castro died
When Fidel Castro died on Nov. 26, I was in Cuba on a cultural exchange with my school. I had the unexpected opportunity to experience th ...
10 years ago
Michael Lewis on his new book ‘The Undoing Project’
Guest: Michael Lewis In this special edition of Radio Times, Marty heads to WHYY’s Hamilton Media Commons audit ...
Air Date: December 9, 2016
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Did economics or bigotry motivate Trump voters? It was both.
There seems to be some bickering happening in the post-mortem analysis of the recent election. I sense a failure among shell-shocked libe ...
10 years ago
Trump’s phone and foreign policy
Guests: Jacques deLisle, David Rothkopf, Jeet Heer Trump broke 37 years of US policy when he spoke with Taiwan’ ...
Air Date: December 6, 2016
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Climate change: altering life in Alaska, how policy could change under a President Trump
Guests: Erica Goode, Susan Phillips, Evan Lehmann and Jeremy Schulman Alaska is on track to experience the warmes ...
Air Date: December 5, 2016
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