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‘A Place at the Table’ for Witnesses to Hunger: A new documentary
GUESTS: BARBIE IZQUIERDO, MARIANA CHILTON, LORI SILVERBUSH and KRISTI JACOBSON ...
Air Date: March 1, 2013
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The history and legacy of mass incarceration in the U.S.
GUESTS: KEITH REEVES, JANE SIEGEL, HEATHER ANN THOMPSON As a result of stricter drug laws and more rigid sente ...
Air Date: February 27, 2013
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Bullying. From the playground to cyberspace, for victims it can be a minefield of teasing, taunting, threatening, shunning, and sometime ...
Air Date: February 22, 2013
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Vow: A Memoir of Marriage (And Other Affairs)
GUEST: WENDY PLUMP WENDY PLUMP found out from a frien ...
Air Date: February 22, 2013
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‘A Place at the Table’ for Witnesses to Hunger: A new documentary
GUESTS: BARBIE IZQUIERDO, MARIANA CHILTON, LORI SILVERBUSH and KRISTI JACOBSON ...
Air Date: February 20, 2013
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Obama’s early education proposal
President Obama wants to provide quality early education for all low to moderate income 4-year olds. Last week the White House ...
Air Date: February 20, 2013
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Addiction: tightening the gap between research and practice
Are addiction treatment centers prepared to provide the care necessary for sustainable sobriety? And how can we successfully track those ...
Air Date: February 19, 2013
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The secrets of happy families with Bruce Feiler
Guest: BRUCE FEILER For his new book, ...
Air Date: February 19, 2013
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Grit: Children succeeding with character
How do we measure a child’s success in school or socially? Plenty of attention is given to test scores and IQ. But there’s somethin ...
Air Date: February 15, 2013
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Learning about love from arranged marriages; then the science behind online dating
Guests: ROBERT EPSTEIN, REVA SETH and BENJAMIN KARNEY The notion of an arranged marriage (by choice) seems odd ...
Air Date: February 14, 2013
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‘Soul Food Junkies’: Filmmaker Byron Hurt examines African American foodways & health
In the new PBS film “Soul Food Junkies,” Newark, NJ-based filmmaker ...
Air Date: February 7, 2013
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The Philadelphia School District’s proposed plan to close 37 public schools by the end of the school year has some people worried about ...
Air Date: February 6, 2013
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‘Pull of Gravity,’ a documentary about re-entry after prison
Seven hundred thousand inmates are released from U.S. prisons each year. A new documentary film funded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in ...
Air Date: January 31, 2013
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The early causes and lasting impact of the education and knowledge gap
For their newly-published book, Giving Our Children A Fighting Chance, e ...
Air Date: January 31, 2013
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An end to the combat ban for women
Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that he was ending the military’s ban on women serving in combat positions. “Femal ...
Air Date: January 28, 2013
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