International
Stemming the crisis in Ukraine
Guests: Corey Flintoff, Angela Stent and Charles Kupchan
Pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings i
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Air Date: April 21, 2014
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Understanding hemp as a legal crop with “Organic Cowboy” Doug Fine
Guest: Doug Fine
As the widely contested legalization of marijuana in the United States is increasingly making he
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Air Date: April 18, 2014
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Parenting styles and children’s lives
Guest: Annette Lareau
How do parents influence their children’s achievement in school and in life? Penn sociologist
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Air Date: April 17, 2014
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Guests: Eric Sauers & Lisa Hall
As the Philadelphia region is experiencing a spike in temperature, all kinds
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Air Date: April 15, 2014
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The true story of war, brutality and forgiveness in the new film, “The Railway Man”
Guests: Patti Lomax & Andy Paterson
The late Eric Lomax was a British soldier tortured as a POW by the Japane
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Air Date: April 11, 2014
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Guests: David Wood & Dr. Peter Yeomans
About two million men and women served in the Iraq and Afghanistan war
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Air Date: April 10, 2014
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Max Brooks on his graphic novel “The Harlem Hellfighters”
Guest: Max Brooks
World War I was said to be “The War to End All Wars,” and our guest, author
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Air Date: April 2, 2014
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The new climate change report: impacts and adaptation
Guests: Michael Oppenheimer, Benjamin Horton
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just
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Air Date: April 1, 2014
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Guests: Arthur Caplan, Howard Bryant, Susan Fiske, S. Jay Olshansky, & Nicholson Baker
We continue The Best o
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Air Date: March 28, 2014
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Guests: Merl Reagle, Salman Rushdie & Amanda Ripley
Today we’re listening to some of our favorite recent Ra
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Air Date: March 27, 2014
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Guests: Danielle Citron and Amanda Hess
Online harassment has become a major problem. Women across the internet h
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Air Date: March 26, 2014
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The plight of Christians in the Middle East
Guests: Hisham Melman and James Zogby
The Middle East uprisings over the past several years have had a serious impact on Christian
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Air Date: March 24, 2014
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Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal and Sarah Shourd on their imprisonment in Iran
Guests: Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal and Sarah Shourd
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Air Date: March 20, 2014
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The Senate vs. the CIA — interrogations, detentions and the balance of powers
Guest: Jonathan Landay
Last week, Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the C.I.A. of hampering her committee’s investigation of Bush
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Air Date: March 19, 2014
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Guests: Steven Pifer and William Burke White
Crimeans cast their votes in yesterday’s referendum on whether the region shoul
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Air Date: March 17, 2014
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