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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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State Sen. Doug Mastriano speaks at a campaign event
Politics & Policy
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The role of Christian nationalism in the race for Pennsylvania governor

GOP candidate Doug Mastriano made headlines for his ties to Gab, a Christian nationalist site. Mastriano deleted his account, but Christian nationalism has become a force.

4 years ago

A truck drives near a population sign in Mulberry, Arkansas
Courts & Law

3 Arkansas police officers suspended after video captures beating

The video shows one officer punching the suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen hitting the man with his knee.

4 years ago

Bryce Harper stands by home plate.
Community

Phillies’ Bryce Harper to begin rehab assignment Tuesday

The National League MVP hasn’t played since breaking his left thumb on June 25.

4 years ago

Glass containers display varieties of marijuana for sale on shelves
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Commonwealth Court orders Pa.’s health department to release information on medical marijuana program

For more than a year, the Department of Health has fought to block Spotlight PA’s request for information about the state’s medical marijuana program.

4 years ago

Gov. Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing
Courts & Law

Delaware man found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war.

4 years ago

A close-up of a nurse injecting a syringe, filled with a vaccine, into a patient's arm.
Health

More monkeypox vaccine on the way to Philadelphia

The city health department plans to distribute the vaccine in three phases.

4 years ago

Weeds cover a pile of toxic dirt contained behind corrugated fencing at the intersection of 7th and Chestnut streets in Camden, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Camden’s toxic dirt pile will be cleaned in 2023

Camden officials announced plans to finally clean up the toxic dirt pile in 2023.

4 years ago

Rows of T-shirts bearing the name of Philadelphians lost to gun violence are on display with a fence and bushes in the background.
Community

Philly officials want your ideas on gun violence solutions. Sessions begin this week

Philadelphia is bringing back “listening sessions” to gain community feedback on the gun violence crisis, extending a series held in the spring.

4 years ago

Sonja Michaluk evaluates water quality in the wetlands around Princeton, N.J., by looking at the inverabtrate life found in water samples. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

A teen phenom is working to protect New Jersey’s watershed

Sonja Michaluk has spent a decade working to preserve wetlands and species along the Princeton Ridge.

4 years ago

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This Jan. 25, 2022 photo shows a large trash incinerator in Rahway, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Community

N.J. advocates are mobilizing to prevent fossil fuel companies from expanding in low-income neighborhoods

A statewide coalition will host three workshops, where residents can learn about the harmful health impacts caused by incinerators and other polluting facilities.

4 years ago

Monnette Sudler in her Germantown apartment. (Alex Lewis for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Trailblazing jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler has died at 70

The Queen of Philly Jazz played with the greats, and was a champion of female guitarists.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner speaking at a press conference on Monday, August 22, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA Krasner applauds high bail after family feud ends in gunfire

Larry Krasner doesn’t like cash bail for non-violent offenses, but for gun crimes he believes the sky should be the limit.

4 years ago

A parade of fans stream into Wilmington Country Club for the opening round.
Community

PGA tournament shines bright light on Wilmington and Delaware

About 130,000 spectators descended on northern Delaware for the area’s biggest sporting event ever. Officials hope they all make return visits.

4 years ago

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers his speech addressing the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russian troops bore down on Ukraine's capital Friday, with explosions and gunfire sounding in the city as the invasion of a democratic country fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered new international efforts — including direct sanctions on President Vladimir Putin — to make Moscow stop
Politics & Policy

National Constitutional Center to honor Ukrainian president with Liberty Medal

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to accept the award virtually during an October ceremony.

4 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters
Education

Safe zones and security cameras: Philly officials address safety concerns ahead of school year

Officials say the 2021-22 school year saw nearly 700 incidents of gun violence, 304 of which involved active students.

4 years ago

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