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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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The execution of Clayton Lockett

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The ethics around testing for Alzheimer’s

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Defining hate crime

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Frank Schaefer, same-sex marriage and the United Methodist Church

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The story of the 1971 break in of the FBI office in Media and its lessons for government surveillance

Hour 2 Guests: Betty Medsger, Bonnie Raines and John Raines On March 8, 1971, Philadelphians BONNIE AND JOHN RAINES were tw ...

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Same-sex marriage in PA and NJ

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Changing religions: A look at Catholicism and American Judaism

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US, Iran and Israeli relations

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Air Date: October 2, 2013

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