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Young 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
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“Far from the Tree” with author Andrew Solomon
Guest: Andrew Solomon In his new book, ...
Air Date: April 17, 2013
ListenMasterman students make all the right moves to win national chess title
Seven students from Julia R. Masterman Middle School in Fairmount competed in the SuperNationals in Nashville, Tenn., the Super Bowl of c ...
13 years ago
Household chores — figuring out who does what and why it’s so hard
Guests: Wendy Klein, Andy Hinds, Emily Oster Let’s be honest….no one likes doing chores, but the good n ...
Air Date: April 2, 2013
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GUEST: MICHAEL MOSS If you eat processed food, how much do you scrutinize the ingredients on the package? Our gue ...
Air Date: March 21, 2013
ListenTawanda Jones: mother, friend and mentor to youth of Camden, N.J.
Camden, N.J., usually gets negative press for being one of most dangerous cities in America. Too often people assume positivity within ou ...
14 years ago
#innovateRT: The Arts Community
“Kids are everything. Poetry is my passion, but PYPM is my purpose,” says our guest, poet ...
Air Date: January 16, 2013
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Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the historic case that made abortion legal in the United States. The ...
Air Date: January 9, 2013
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Some good news in the childhood obesity battle
This year there’s some good news in the fight against childhood obesity – particularly for Philadelphia. Rates of childhood obesity h ...
Air Date: December 20, 2012
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Perspective on the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy
In an effort to provide thoughtful perspective on the tragic shootings that killed 20 children aged 6-7 and 6 educators at Sandy Hook E ...
Air Date: December 17, 2012
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Contraception, sexual health and teens
The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a recommendation recently to increase teen access to emergency contraception. In a new p ...
Air Date: December 11, 2012
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PA Task Force on Child Protection, post-Sandusky
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection has been meeting for 10 mo ...
Air Date: December 5, 2012
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NPR’s Eric Nuzum gives up the ghost
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] NPR’s Vice President for Programming, ...
Air Date: October 19, 2012
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake with writer Anna Quindlen
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Writer ANNA QUINDLEN ...
Air Date: August 31, 2012
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