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The Pulse
Science

How are our bodies regulated after death?

Thousands of people donate their bodies to science each year, to be dissected by wide-eyed med students during their first-year anatomy c ...

10 years ago

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Radio Times

The TSA and air travel this summer

Guests: Ron Nixon, Scott McCartney Thousands of travelers have missed their flights in recent months because of l ...

Air Date: May 31, 2016

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Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: novelist Stewart O’Nan, writer Sherman Alexie, Team Foxcatcher

Guests: Stewart O’Nan, Sherman Alexie, Bennett Miller, Nancy Schultz Coming up on today’s edition of Radio T ...

Air Date: May 27, 2016

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Radio Times

“Bridgegate” update

Guests: Matt Katz, Ted Mann “Bridgegate” – the media’s preferred name for the scandal involving allegedly ...

Air Date: May 18, 2016

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Radio Times

Indictments, quid pro quo, and the Feds – then, Thomas Frank’s “Listen, Liberal”

Guests:  Tom Ferrick, William Brennan, Thomas Frank Last week, Pennsylvania State Senator Larry Farnese was indi ...

Air Date: May 17, 2016

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Bathroom sign
Radio Times

Bathroom bills and transgender students

Guests: Matt Apuzzo, Samantha Michaels, Harvey Molotch The Obama administration has issued a sweeping directive t ...

Air Date: May 16, 2016

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LBJ
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: LBJ with Julian Zelizer and Robert Caro, the LGBT movement with Michaelangelo Signorile

Guests: Julian Zelizer, Robert Caro,  Michelangelo Signorile Coming up on today’s show: next weekend, HBO will ...

Air Date: May 13, 2016

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Courts & Law

Lawyer for Philly man beaten by police accuses officer of trying to discredit client

A Philadelphia police officer who was among the cops filmed beating an unarmed man has been accused of filing trumped-up possession charg ...

10 years ago

Officer Samuel Cruz with the Philadelphia Police Department's recruiting division chats with a would-be recruit at a job fair at Temple University.(Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Courts & Law

As quest for new police recruits continues, Philly department scraps college-credit requirement

The Philadelphia Police Department has been ramping up recruitment efforts across job fairs, colleges and on social media, desperate to r ...

10 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police on horses outside Beaver Stadium before an NCAA college football game between the Penn State and the Michigan State in State College
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Half of Pa. municipalities rely fully on state police

And they don’t pay a dime for it. All taxpayers in Pennsylvania pay for the state police, and the state police serves all ta ...

10 years ago

Radio Times

‘Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy’

Guest: Mary Frances Berry You’re at home, and someone knocks on your door representing a campaign for Senate, U ...

Air Date: May 3, 2016

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Radio Times

“Stop and frisk” in Philadelphia

Guests: Craig Straw, Mary Catherine Roper In this hour, Marty and her guests debate the efficacy of pedestrian st ...

Air Date: May 2, 2016

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Radio Times

Ballot Talks: Unbound delegates

Guests: Chris Potter, David Hopkins, Kenneth Gross Understanding a representative democracy like ours can be hard ...

Air Date: April 28, 2016

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Pre-election cram session

Guests: Dave Davies, Thomas Baldino Pennsylvania goes to the polls tomorrow – so, we’re going to bring you a ...

Air Date: April 25, 2016

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John Rafferty
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Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General: John Rafferty

Guests: John Rafferty In the final installment of our series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates for sta ...

Air Date: April 20, 2016

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