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Mental Health

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Angela Duckworth on ‘Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance’

Hour 1 Guest: Angela Duckworth [From the Radio Times archives] Grit is a ...

Air Date: November 25, 2016

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Hopper
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: appreciating insects

Hour 2 Guests: Fran Sorin, Jon Gelhaus, David Rothenberg, Daniella Martin, Paul Rozin Bug ...

Air Date: November 25, 2016

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Radio Times

Puerto Rico is exporting addicts to Philly

Guests: Alfred Lubrano, Maria Quiñones-Sanchez, Andrea Duffy Opioid addiction is the public health crisis of our ...

Air Date: November 21, 2016

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a letter
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: memoirist edition

Guests: William Giraldi, Richard Blanco, Bobby Rydell Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review, we ...

Air Date: November 18, 2016

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E. coli bacteria
Radio Times

Antibiotic resistance, then environmental education and sustainability

Guests: Maryn McKenna, Carole Williams-Green and Christine Knapp Bugs resistant to our arsenals of antibiotics ar ...

Air Date: November 17, 2016

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frat boys cheering for Trump
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: Trump’s appeal

Guests: J.D. Vance, Nancy Isenberg, Thomas Frank Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review; we’ll ...

Air Date: November 11, 2016

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a broker cries at the sight of Donald Trump
Radio Times

Election recovery

Guests: Nate Persily and Neil Irwin While many people are elated with the election results, half the country is n ...

Air Date: November 10, 2016

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a happy kid
Voices in the Family
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Cultivating joy in children

Kids tend to be overscheduled and stressed out these days, and a slew of new parenting articles and books tal ...

Air Date: November 7, 2016

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a gun
Radio Times

Domestic violence, guns, and coercive control

Guests: Susan Sorenson, Renee Norris-Jones, Jeannine Lisitski, Krista Dahl-Campbell Guns are used in roughly half ...

Air Date: November 7, 2016

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Soldiers
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: soldiers at war

Guests: David Morris, Eric Fair, Mary Roach On today’s edition of Radio Times in Review; we’re going to talk ...

Air Date: November 4, 2016

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Radio Times

Charles Duhigg on motivation and why some people get so much done

Hour 2 Guest: Charles Duhigg [From the Radio Times archives] In this hou ...

Air Date: November 3, 2016

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a kid in a halloween costume
Radio Times

Blackface, sexy pumpkin, superheros: Halloween marketing and costume choices

Guests: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Kit Yarrow, Susan Scafidi Boo! We’ll take a look at the economics of Hallow ...

Air Date: October 28, 2016

a truck driver standing by a row of trucks
Radio Times

The human toll of the long haul trucking industry

Guests: Steve Viscelli and Ellen Voie The trucking industry has changed a lot over the decades. It was once a ste ...

Air Date: October 27, 2016

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two Rock'em Sock'em robots
Radio Times

Blank versus Blank

Guests: Doug Blank, David Blank Many of us have families who disagree on politics, but the Blank Brothers, ...

Air Date: October 25, 2016

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two chimpanzees in bonnets
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: monkey business!

Guests: Frans de Waal, Daniel Smith, Francine Prose On today’s show, monkey business! First, we’ll hear from ...

Air Date: October 21, 2016

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