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Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.

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Mitch Nathanson has written a biography of former Philly Dick Allen. (Image courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Press)
NewsWorks Tonight

No one could handle Dick Allen, not even ‘God Almighty Hisself’

Opening day is just around the corner for the Phillies — so it’s an appropriate time to look back at the legacy of one of the bes ...

10 years ago

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The Rev. James Martin
NewsWorks Tonight

Six months after Pope Francis’s visit, does Easter week seem different?

The Rev. James Martin sat down with NewsWorks Tonight producer Kimberly Haas for this commentary. The best thing, to my mind, abou ...

10 years ago

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Geographical Distribution of Negro Population – Philadelphia 1932. City Plans Division. Bureau of Engineering and Surveys. (PhillyHistory.org)
NewsWorks Tonight

Looking at the roots of hypersegregation in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is a city of evolving neighborhoods.  What some of those sections evolved from is the topic taken up in “R ...

10 years ago

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Elyse Schein (left) and Paula Bernstein as children. (Courtesy of Radio Diaries)
The Pulse

The story of two women who found out they were identical strangers

What is it that makes us…us? DNA or life experience? Genes or environment?   Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein sh ...

10 years ago

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Kansas City resident Rob Jefferson describes relearning to hear through a cochlear implant as a challenging but ultimately rewarding experience. (Alex Smith/for WHYY)
The Pulse

What it’s like to relearn to hear through cochlear implants

Rob Jefferson started losing his hearing when he was in his late teens. Sensorineural hearing loss, a progressive degenerative con ...

10 years ago

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Barack Obama
NewsWorks Tonight

Obama’s ‘more perfect union,’ eight years later

“Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now.” Then-presidential candidate Barack Ob ...

10 years ago

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Friday Arts
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Allen Crawford, Enthusiast

Produced by Michael O’Reilly In 2014, the book ...

10 years ago

Somerset Maugham
The Pulse
Health

Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play

The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...

10 years ago

Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz coordinates the Mennonite Central Committee's restorative justice program. (Photo by Jon Styer/Eastern Mennonite University)
NewsWorks Tonight

Creating healthy communities using restorative justice

Reforming the United States criminal justice system is the rare topic that enjoys bipartisan support. However, there is a wide range of i ...

10 years ago

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Joanne Smith
The Pulse

A kidney donation, with an assist from above

Did a religious epiphany save Terry Sukeena’s life? When he was 46 years old, Terry Sukeena had the first major health scare ...

10 years ago

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Angela Bobo and family members take turns caring for her mother
The Pulse

How do caregivers learn skills to keep a loved one safe at home?

Dementia has been slowly stealing Ruth Perez’s memory and thinking ability for 20 years. “She would put food together ...

10 years ago

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The stage is set for a presidential debate. (David Goldman/AP)
The Pulse

Healthcare fades into the background of 2016 election cycle

With Obamacare battles largely behind us, presidential candidates in 2016 seem focused on other issues. Healthcare played starring ...

10 years ago

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Pulse

Burning psychiatry’s bible: A new framework for diagnosing mental illness

The National Institute of Mental Health is searching for a new director who will inherit a battle over how we think about afflictions of ...

10 years ago

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Up-close photo of Joe Sestak speaking into a microphone.
NewsWorks Tonight

Joe Sestak seeking rematch with Pat Toomey for Senate seat

When the late U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat six years ago, former Congressman Joe Se ...

10 years ago

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The Rutgers 250 is based on a tomato developed by Rutgers back in 1934. (Peter Nitzsche)
NewsWorks Tonight

Recreating Rutgers tomato took some sleuthing

A few weeks ago, we heard from listeners whose curiosity and appetite were piqued by a story we aired about limited seed availability for ...

10 years ago

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