Movies
The pinelands pipeline, exoplanets, and the Oscars
Guests: Joe Hernandez, Eric Jensen, Hillary Busis
First up on today’s show: New Jersey green-lit a natural gas
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Air Date: February 27, 2017
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Radio Times in Review: Mohsin Hamid, “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” Trayvon Martin’s parents
Guests: Sibryna Fulton, Tracy Martin, Diane Ackerman, Mohsin Hamid
Coming up on this week’s edition of Radio Ti
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Air Date: February 10, 2017
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Hollywood vs. Trump; first, Chelsea Manning
Guests: Dan Ozzi, Joe Concha, David James Jackson
Presidential inaugurations have a long tradition of bringing so
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Air Date: January 19, 2017
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Guests: Sonia Saraiya, Steven Hyden
We continue our “Best of 2016” series by talking about the year-in-televi
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Air Date: December 28, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel on his new film “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel
The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Sar
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Air Date: December 23, 2016
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“Hidden Figures” and supporting women of color in STEM fields
Guests: Margot Lee Shetterly, Yvonne Darlene Cagle
During World War II, NASA hired black female mathematicians to
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Air Date: December 22, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel: from “Slumdog” to “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel
The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Saroo Brierl
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Air Date: November 18, 2016
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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
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Air Date: November 18, 2016
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Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes
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Air Date: October 14, 2016
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Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?
Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ & Nat Turner
The film “The Birth of a Nation” directed, written and produced by Nate Parker tells the story of Nat Turner—a Virginia-bor
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Air Date: October 12, 2016
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Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen
Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit.
When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something.
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Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind
There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see.
I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l
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7 years ago
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Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving
At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b
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7 years ago
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Documentary explores the open secret that is Kenn Kweder
Rock musician Kenn Kweder has been a Philadelphia phenomenon for more than four decades, winning generations of fans. But national fame continues to elude him.
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