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The Why Archive
A chaplain adapts to a lack of embrace
Hospital chaplain Camille Turner says the pandemic has taken away one of her most important tools of the trade: physical touch. Here's how she's adapting to the new normal.
Air Date: May 12, 2020
Listen 12:30Philly schools and the online learning experiment
With the typical tools, like standardized tests, off the table this year, the Philadelphia School District has to think differently about how to measure success.
Air Date: May 11, 2020
Listen 17:28Bonus episode: ‘The sickest I’ve ever been’
In this bonus episode, Annette talks to Asbury Park Press reporter Mike Davis about his bout with COVID-19 — and the cautionary tale he took from it.
Air Date: May 8, 2020
Listen 14:23Tracing COVID-19 with a barebones staff
Pennsylvania has one of the least funded public health departments in the country, which is making it more difficult to contain the coronavirus.
Air Date: May 7, 2020
Listen 21:17Black churches step up to help hard-hit community
As African-Americans die from the virus at disproportionately high rates, some Black churches and doctors are filling in the gaps in testing and health care.
Air Date: May 5, 2020
Listen 13:01Learning about life on Earth at the Wagner Museum
In the next installment of our series 'Why didn’t I go there?' co-host Shai ben-Yaacov and his son take a virtual tour the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philly.
Air Date: May 4, 2020
Listen 18:39What to know about the limits of COVID-19 stats
Every day, the Pa. Health Department releases data about COVID-19 cases in the state. But that data is incomplete — which makes it hard to understand how things are going.
Air Date: April 30, 2020
Listen 15:26Inside the politics of reopening Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf is under pressure to get people back to work, while trying to bring the pandemic under control. And the issue has gotten political.
Air Date: April 28, 2020
Listen 16:00Marking 150 years since Philly’s historic civil rights rally
150 years ago this week, Philadelphia was the site of a historic, but little-known march celebrating the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving black men the right to vote.
Air Date: April 27, 2020
Listen 17:05Philly inmates ‘scared for their lives’
With little opportunity to socially distance, the coronavirus is spreading in Philly's four jails. There are more cases in those facilities than in all of Pa.'s state prisons.
Air Date: April 23, 2020
Listen 17:06Tension over how to hold Pa.’s primary
Pa. Republicans are pushing back on calls for an all-mail-in primary to keep voters and poll workers safe — despite supporting recent efforts to expand vote-by-mail.
Air Date: April 21, 2020
Listen 15:50Can Philly’s once-booming restaurant scene survive?
A conversation with Philly restaurateur Ellen Yin about the tough decisions she's had to make and what she thinks about the future of the city's once-booming food scene.
Air Date: April 20, 2020
Listen 12:45Grocery workers: ‘We didn’t sign up to be heroes’
The federal government has given little guidance on how grocery stores should operate during the pandemic, leaving a patchwork of protections from businesses and states.
Air Date: April 16, 2020
Listen 14:50Inside Philly’s famous rare books collection
Join The Why's Shai Ben-Yaacov and his son for virtual tours of cool Philly spots they wish they could visit instead of being cooped up at home. First up: The Rosenbach.
Air Date: April 14, 2020
Listen 17:00Why a Philly casino is still being built in a pandemic
Gov. Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19. So why have some Philly construction sites remained open while others are not?
Air Date: April 13, 2020
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