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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Phyllis Marder poses with her cat, Nellie, with food she recently obtained from a local food bank in the dining room of her home
Health

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Trenton, New Jersey.
Health

N.J. officials: 74 percent not cooperating with contact tracers amid COVID spike

Health officials continue to struggle to convince residents to cooperate with contact tracers, who attempt to track how the virus is spreading among people.

5 years ago

Richard Allen
Community

New focus for ‘Delaware Day’ holiday tells history of enslaved people

Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.

5 years ago

Princess Rahman (left) and Hajjah Glover finish installing a raised garden bed in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

Community garden fosters African farming traditions in Southwest Philadelphia

The urban agriculture project Sankofa builds community by giving neighbors the tools and knowledge to grow their own food.

5 years ago

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Counter-snipers take up posts atop The Queen theater and the neighboring Delaware History Museum in downtown Wilmington when Biden is there. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Counter-snipers, checkpoints, armored limo to create ‘giant bubble’ around Biden in Delaware

When Joe Biden visits his Greenville or Rehoboth Beach homes during his presidency, he’ll travel in what one writer has called the “rolling, armored White House.”

5 years ago

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In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a child rides a scooter past barricades at an entrance to Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Health

Watching for signs of child abuse and neglect, but from a distance

With many schools and even doctor’s appointments virtual again, teachers and others must try new strategies to assess how safe a home situation might be.

5 years ago

Listen 1:45
People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 at a testing site in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles
Health

Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down

“The vaccine’s critical,” Dr. Deborah Birx said. “But it’s not going to save us from this current surge. Only we can save us from this current surge.”

5 years ago

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Jones runs during the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles
Community

Eagles show signs of life with Hurts, but fall 30-16 to Packers

Hurts was 5 of 12 for 109 yards with an interception to go along with his touchdown pass. Wentz was 6 of 15 for 79 yards.

5 years ago

Lisa Calvo (left), owner of Sweet Amalia's Oyster Farm, and Melissa McGrath at the pop-up
Community

‘We’re open’: Sisterly Love Citywide Food Fair promotes women-run businesses

Every weekend through Dec. 20, restaurants and gift vendors are hosting pop-ups throughout Philly to help women-run businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Travis Fulgham (13) with the words 'Black Lives Matter' and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jalen Reagor (18) with the name 'Breonna Taylor' seen on their helmets
Community

Eagles players showcase Philly nonprofits with ‘My Cause My Cleats’ campaign

Eagles players will be sporting fresh cleats during Sunday's matchup against Green Bay. And several will be showcasing Philly-area nonprofits.

5 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Community

Philly department of prisons issues shelter-in-place amid COVID-19 spike

People who are detained in the city-run correctional facilities will remain in their cells unless it’s to shower, make phone calls or have virtual meetings with attorneys.

5 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, sits outside of the testing event with her three sons who volunteered to help. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

With virus surge comes a push to be tested, Black Doctors Consortium finds

At a clinic in Parkside, lines were long. The group’s founder says 300 to 500 people in four hours has been the trend since a week before Thanksgiving.

5 years ago

This July 2019 image provided by the Sarah Cannon Research Institute shows Victoria Gray on her infusion day during a gene editing trial for sickle cell disease at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute and The Children's Hospital At TriStar Centennial in Nashville. Since her treatment, Gray has weaned herself from pain medications she depended on to manage her symptoms. (Anthem Pictures/Sarah Cannon Research Institute via AP)
Health

Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease

Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool called CRISPR, may treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election

According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.

5 years ago

The FBI raided Infinity Diagnostic Laboratory in Ventnor. (NBC10)
Health
NBC10

Patients of Jersey Shore lab should get re-tested for COVID, FBI says after raid

The FBI urged patients who recently got a coronavirus test at a Ventnor, NJ lab to be re-tested.

5 years ago

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