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The New Yorker’s George Packer
GUEST: GEORGE PACKER The New Yorker staff reporter ...
Air Date: June 19, 2013
ListenThe legacy of toxic dumping in Toms River
Guest: Dan Fagin When chemical companies came to the New Jersey town of Toms River in the 1950s, the community sa ...
Air Date: June 12, 2013
ListenDonald Kraybill on “The Amish”
GUEST: DONALD KRAYBILL The Amish population in the United States is just about a quarter of a million people toda ...
Air Date: June 11, 2013
ListenFatherhood will be celebrated this month on Father’s Day. For many, fathers and father figures are key to supporting and raising childr ...
Air Date: June 10, 2013
ListenPhiladelphia building collapse; Lead Wars
Guests: Elizabeth Fiedler, David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz We start out this hour getting an update on the Philade ...
Air Date: June 6, 2013
ListenThe strict parenting style described in the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua comes under fire in writer ...
Air Date: June 3, 2013
ListenThe alimony reform movement in New Jersey
Guests: Amy Goldstein and Stuart Kurtz New Jersey is just a handful of states in which permanent alimony — ...
Air Date: June 3, 2013
ListenYoung adults in the foster care system
Guests: Anne Marie Ambrose, Margarita Davis-Boyer, Debra Schilling Wolfe Families who take in older foster childr ...
Air Date: June 3, 2013
ListenSexual assault in the U.S. military
Guests: Anu Bhagwati, Jessica Hinves Last month an annual survey from the Pentagon showed that sexual assaults in ...
Air Date: May 31, 2013
ListenThe sequester, poverty and politics
Guests: Erik Stegman, Debbie Weinstein and Darren Samuelsohn According to a new Washington Post poll, six out of ...
Air Date: May 30, 2013
ListenGrit: Children succeeding with character
[Rebroadcast] How do we measure a child’s success in school or socially? Plenty of attention is given to test scores and IQ. But ther ...
Air Date: May 27, 2013
ListenParenting with a mental illness
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Daily demands add up and can be stressful and unnerving. For parents who’ve been diagnosed wi ...
Air Date: May 20, 2013
ListenWho’s getting married, who isn’t and why
Guest: Andrew Cherlin In honor of the start of wedding season, we’re going to spend the hour talking about t ...
Air Date: May 15, 2013
ListenShould refusing medical care for children be considered neglect?
Guests: Paul Offit and Shawn Peters Eight-month old Brandon Schaible died last month after his parents re ...
Air Date: May 14, 2013
ListenGovernor Christie’s weight-loss surgery
Guests: Matt Katz, Thomas Wadden, Margaret Bonafide New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
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