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The real ‘Fitz’ talks about taking down the Unabomber
The former Bensalem cop is at the center of a new Discovery Channel series called "Manhunt: Unabomber."
8 years ago
Listen 5:40‘Uncomfortable’ Mississippi Civil Rights Museum aims to face past, move forward
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opens Saturday in Jackson as a testament to the state's complicated, often dark, racial and political history.
8 years ago
Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest
First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.
8 years ago
Listen 8:53Delaware archaeologists find groundbreaking human remains
Eleven 17th century remains have been found in Rehoboth.
8 years ago
Listen 2:13How a slip of paper impacted an AIDS diagnosis
Christopher Harris was diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s. At the time, there was only one drug approved for treatment, and the diagnosis often meant a death sentence.
8 years ago
Painting stolen by the Nazis is returned to Poland
After a tip from Poland's Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, FBI agents recovered the painting in a town near Philadelphia.
8 years ago
For years, Anita Hill was a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for women speaking out
Is it time to re-investigate Hill's allegations against Thomas?
8 years ago
The rise of Nazis; in Germany and in America
Guests: Thomas Childers, Arnie Bernstein On Sunday, The New York Times published an article about a low- ...
Air Date: November 29, 2017
Listen 48:59Groundbreaking for Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is building up one of the oldest Holocaust monuments in the United States.
8 years ago
Is Princeton’s Paul Robeson house trying to tell us something?
The sandal, encrusted with a fine layer of grit, looks like it’s made of stone. A tin of Beecham’s Pills from St. Helen’s, Lancashi ...
8 years ago
Guests: Joseph B. Elliot, Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall, Robert Blackson Philadelphia is filled with unseen spa ...
Air Date: November 27, 2017
Listen 49:00From William Penn to a margarine outlaw, Philly City Archives on the move
There once was a time when you could be arrested for possession of margarine in Philadelphia.
8 years ago
Neighbors hopeful, skeptical about rebuilding homes burned in MOVE bombing
Thirty years after, the city is still trying to rebuild from the ruin it wrought.
8 years ago
Listen 3:45U.K. water companies sometimes use dowsing rods to find pipes
One water company, in a display of honesty, said technicians occasionally use divining rods to locate water mains — "however they are not accurate 100% of the time."
8 years ago
How to enjoy Thanksgiving without swallowing the stereotypes
This week on Ask Code Switch, we're discussing how a new generation of parents and educators should talk to their kids about Thanksgiving.
8 years ago