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Brexit Update: the fallout in the UK and beyond, the future of the European Union, & more

Guests: Mauro Guillén and Sebastian Mallaby To many in the United Kingdom and Europe, the unthinkable has happen ...

Air Date: July 1, 2016

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Mayor Kenney

Guest: Jim Kenney In this hour of Radio Times, Marty speaks with Philadelphia Mayor ...

Air Date: June 30, 2016

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Tom Steyer
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Environment show: jellyfish, Tom Steyer, climate change and 2016

Guests: John Gaynor, Tom Steyer, Rachel Leven An environmental edition of Radio Times today.  First up, clingin ...

Air Date: June 30, 2016

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Baby names
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Turkey terror attack; What do baby names say about our child and ourselves?

Guests: Adam Alter and Pamela Satran Yesterday’s deadly terror attack at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turke ...

Air Date: June 29, 2016

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School funding in Pa, NJ

Guests: Kevin McCorry, Donna Cooper, John Mooney Pennsylvania has adopted a new school funding formula, yet the s ...

Air Date: June 28, 2016

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Venezuela’s economic crisis

Guests: George Ciccariello-Maher, Francisco Toro Empty supermarket shelves, rolling power outages, skyrocketing i ...

Air Date: June 24, 2016

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The Brexit vote; US Rep Chaka Fattah’s corruption conviction

Guests: Aaron Moselle, David Rennie, Richard Deeg Tomorrow, Britons will vote on whether the United Kingdom will ...

Air Date: June 22, 2016

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Beach replentishment
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The Jersey Shore and rising environmental threats

Guests: Diane C. Bates, David Robinson, MaryAnn Spoto The effects of Superstorm Sandy still reverberate to this d ...

Air Date: June 22, 2016

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Radio Times

Klancy Miller’s ‘Cooking Solo’ & Steven Raichlen’s ‘Project Smoke’

Guests: Klancy Miller and Steven Raichlen Summertime means the advent of outdoor cooking and socializing – barb ...

Air Date: June 20, 2016

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Sign: Corporations are not people
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WaPo’s Matea Gold on the role of money in politics

Guest: Matea Gold Marty talks with The Washington Post national political reporter ...

Air Date: June 15, 2016

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The Mission to sabotage Hitler’s atomic bomb; SEPTA’s new e-fare system

Guests: Neal Bascomb, Jeffrey Knueppel In February of 1943 a group of nine Norwegian resistance fighters set out ...

Air Date: June 14, 2016

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A conversation with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf

Guest: Governor Tom Wolf  Pennsylvania ...

Air Date: June 9, 2016

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I voted sticker
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Reaction to yesterday’s primary results: HRC’s big day, Trump’s sweep, and Sanders vow to fight on

Guests: Ross Baker, Joe Garofoli, and Rebecca Traister Yesterday was a big day for Hillary Rodham Clinton. She be ...

Air Date: June 8, 2016

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Radio Times

Implications of national immigration policy

Guests: Michael Matza and Seung Min Kim During his time in office, President Obama has been forced to handle immigration efforts ...

Air Date: June 7, 2016

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Portraits
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Push to loosen the statute of limitations on Pa. child sex abuse cases

Guests: Mark Rozzi and George Foster Recent clergy abuse scandals, along with high profile sexual abuse cases, i ...

Air Date: June 3, 2016

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