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Internet shopping and brick-and-mortar stores

Guest : David Bell Online shopping may be the fastest growing segment of the retail industry, but according to Wh ...

Air Date: September 3, 2014

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Pessimism and worry over the U.S. economy

Guests: Neil Irwin, Carl Van Horn, Stephanie Coontz Although the economy has been expanding and unemployed has be ...

Air Date: September 2, 2014

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Does downtown Philly need another casino?

Guests: Suezette Parmley, Michael Paladino, Patrick Gillespie Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board still has yet to choose the wi ...

Air Date: August 20, 2014

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How the internet tells us what music to like, what books to read and what to buy

Guests: CLAYTON CRITCHER and KARTICK HOSANAGAR Recommender systems are everywhere online when browsing for books, movies, music, ...

Air Date: August 13, 2014

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The State of Public Schools in Camden: Part Two

Guests: David Sciarra, Stephen Danley, and Carmen Crespo Last month, Marty sat down with Camden City School Distr ...

Air Date: August 12, 2014

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Paid vacations: Who gets them and why some people don’t take them

Guests: Brigid Schulte, John Schmitt Do you get paid vacation from work? Over a quarter of workers in the United ...

Air Date: August 8, 2014

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Backyard beekeeping and chicken raising

Guests: Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Brian Moyer, Bea Tassot These days, it’s not uncommon to find bee hives and chick ...

Air Date: August 8, 2014

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Corporate inversions and reforming the tax code

Guests: Richard Harvey, David Cay Johnston To escape paying U.S. taxes, more American corporations are merging wi ...

Air Date: August 4, 2014

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Three Stories About Water

Guests: Ian James, Matt Helms, & Vicki Blazer A look at water-related stories around the country. First, we ...

Air Date: July 31, 2014

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Corbett’s pension plea/ ACA update

Guests: Marc Levy, Mary Agnes Carey First, with Governor Corbett touring the state last week in an attempt to emphasize what he ca ...

Air Date: July 28, 2014

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Congress approaches summer break

Hour 1 Guests: Robert Costa, Jay Newton-Small President Obama has called the 113th Congre ...

Air Date: July 22, 2014

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A conversation with PFT president Jerry Jordan

Guest: Jerry Jordan Throughout this past school year, Philadelphia teachers have been coping with the effects of a budget crisis t ...

Air Date: July 17, 2014

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A conversation on millennials

Guests: David Burstein, Juliana Reyes, and Emaleigh Doley Millennials get a bad rap these days – lazy, entitled ...

Air Date: July 17, 2014

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Hunger in the suburbs

Perhaps the most devastating aspect of living in poverty is being “food insecure,” a term devised by the government to describe those ...

Air Date: July 16, 2014

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The State of Public Schools in Camden

Guests: Paymon Rouhanifard and Nyeema Watson Over the past year, the Camden City School District has gone through ...

Air Date: July 16, 2014

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