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Christopher Phillips on ‘The Philosophy of Childing’

Guest: Christopher Phillips What are you going to be when you grow up? That’s a question that’s put to every ...

Air Date: July 11, 2016

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Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: “The Elder Boom,” writer Elie Wiesel, traveling with the Fulani

Guests: Ai-Jen Poo, Elie Wiesel, Anna Badkhen Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review: we’ll he ...

Air Date: July 8, 2016

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The new chemical safety law

Guests: Richard Dennison, Joseph Braun A bill overhauling the way we regulate chemicals was signed into law last ...

Air Date: July 6, 2016

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Reaction to the Supreme Court decisions

Guests: Theodore Ruger, Lisa McElroy As usual, the Supreme Court waited until the final days of its term to annou ...

Air Date: June 27, 2016

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Why don’t young doctors want to work in primary care?

Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...

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Watching TV you hate, then comedian Doug Stanhope

Guests: Erik Adams, Megan McLachlan, Doug Stanhope You hate a show and you watch every week.  This is the phenom ...

Air Date: June 15, 2016

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Author Mary Roach on the science behind warfare

Guest: Mary Roach Thousands of books have been written about war — the battles, the weapons, the strategy, and the heroes, b ...

Air Date: June 7, 2016

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Sebastian Junger on “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”

Guest: Sebastian Junger In his new book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, journalist and documentary ...

Air Date: May 27, 2016

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A single stone marks the grave of 1,500 Philadelphians whose cremated remains were never claimed from the Medical Examiners Office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Health

In Philadelphia, finding dignity for bodies left unclaimed

At Laurel Hill Cemetery in Northwest Philadelphia, it’s easy to overlook a couple of small patches of grass in the center of the s ...

10 years ago

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Health

Protecting the dead, both body and soul

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

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Shraddha Patel, a first year pathology resident, weighs organs during an autopsy. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
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Science

Autopsies contribute valuable scientific data, but they’ve become rare

Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...

10 years ago

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Radio Times

How poverty hurts kids health

Guests: Daniel Taylor, Roy Wade More than 16 million children live in poverty in the United States. That means th ...

Air Date: May 25, 2016

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Radio Times

Recreational sports for adults; and to stretch or not to stretch

Guests: Jason Cooper, Dan Feeney, Denise Donald, Malachy McHugh Most of us played sports when we were kids, but w ...

Air Date: May 16, 2016

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Radio Times in Review: Musician Andrew Lipke, college admissions with Frank Bruni, ‘Vitamania’

Guests: Andrew Lipke, Frank Bruni, Catherine Price Coming up on today’s show: we’ll listen to Marty’ ...

Air Date: May 6, 2016

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Radio Times

Pain and addiction

Pain is the most common reason people visit the doctor, but the over-prescribing of painkillers like OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin has ...

Air Date: April 26, 2016

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