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Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records and the Right-to-Know law
Guest: Terry Mutchler Pennsylvania had long been considered one of the least transparent states in the country u ...
Air Date: May 16, 2013
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Should refusing medical care for children be considered neglect?
Guests: Paul Offit and Shawn Peters Eight-month old Brandon Schaible died last month after his parents re ...
Air Date: May 14, 2013
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Analysis of President Obama’s trip to Mexico
GUESTS: TIM JOHNSON and CHRISTOPHER WILSON Is a new Mexico emerging? That’s what President Obama said in a speech Friday during h ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
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Guest: Adrian Raine Why does someone commit a violent crime? Is it their genes, their environment or a combinat ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
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Solitary confinement: the historical and contempory practice
Guests: Sean Kelley, Jules Lobel and Shirley ...
Air Date: April 30, 2013
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Senate politics: Immigration reform and gun laws
Last week was an interesting one in the U.S. Senate. A bi-partisan “Gang of Eight” unveiled their long-awaited bill to overha ...
Air Date: April 23, 2013
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Continuing coverage of the bombings in Boston
Guests: John Chovanes, Ron Fournier and Heather Hurlburt As the detai ...
Air Date: April 17, 2013
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An update on the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility
CAROL ROSENBERG, BENJAMIN WITTES & DAVID FRAKT At least 31 prisoners at the ...
Air Date: April 1, 2013
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Cell phone video & public-police relationship
GUESTS: DAVID RUDOVSKY, JERRY RATCLIFFE, TIMOTHY B. LEE Cell ...
Air Date: March 7, 2013
ListenHour 1 Guests: Carol Rosenberg, Benjamin Wittes, David Frakt At least 31 prisoners at the ...
Air Date: March 1, 2013
The history and legacy of mass incarceration in the U.S.
GUESTS: KEITH REEVES, JANE SIEGEL, HEATHER ANN THOMPSON As a result of stricter drug laws and more rigid sente ...
Air Date: February 27, 2013
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Cybersecurity and the growing threats
Guests: SIOBHAN GORMAN, ALAN PALLER and JAMES LEWIS On Tuesday, President Obama signed ...
Air Date: February 14, 2013
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GUESTS: RICHARD FELDMAN and ROBERT SPITZER Vice President Biden is in Philadelphia today to hold ...
Air Date: February 11, 2013
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The Philadelphia School District’s proposed plan to close 37 public schools by the end of the school year has some people worried about ...
Air Date: February 6, 2013
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