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Omar Mateen
Radio Times

The connections between mass shootings and domestic violence

Guests: Jeannine Lisitski, Azadeh Aalai, Michael Hirsh As mass shootings have multiplied, researchers are searchi ...

Air Date: June 21, 2016

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We Are Orlando sign
Radio Times

Making Sense of the Orlando Tragedy from LGBT and Latinx perspectives

Guests: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick and Sabrina Vourvoulias Last Sunday’s tragedy in Orlando struck ...

Air Date: June 17, 2016

Listen 00:48:45
Orlando officials
Radio Times

The Orlando mass shooting

Guest: Jeff Brady, Karen Greenberg, Mark Potok Sunday morning’s attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando is ...

Air Date: June 13, 2016

Listen 00:48:44
Reacting to Orlando killings
Radio Times

Reaction to the Orlando Mass Shooting

Guests: Noah Michelson, Charlie Winter, Asawin Suebsaeng We continue our conversation on the mass shooting at a g ...

Air Date: June 13, 2016

Listen 00:48:39
Radio Times

A conversation with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf

Guest: Governor Tom Wolf  Pennsylvania ...

Air Date: June 9, 2016

Listen 00:48:45
Radio Times

Implications of national immigration policy

Guests: Michael Matza and Seung Min Kim During his time in office, President Obama has been forced to handle immigration efforts ...

Air Date: June 7, 2016

Listen 00:48:45
In order for human bodies to be used for transplants, research and education, they need to be the subject of a gift. (Photo by Maiken Scott/WHYY)
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

Listen 00:48:44
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

Listen 00:48:46
Officer by bridge
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

Listen 00:48:43
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

Listen 00:48:45
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

Listen 00:48:45
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

Listen 00:48:46
Tyree Carroll holds his daughter (Carroll family photo)
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

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