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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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Tanya Mayeux, who manages the StoopingPHL Instagram account, says her favorite thing she's ever found is a small ship in a glass bottle. (Elizabeth Estrada/WHYY)
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Everything is ‘Free 99’: How a Philly ‘stooping’ account finds new homes for trashed items

“It's kind of empowering to flip items or give them a new life,” said Tanya Mayeux. “I love the idea of keeping whatever we can out of the landfill.”

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Makoto Hirano uses sketches out the themes of ''The Great American Gunshow'' during an interactive performance in Bloomsburg, Pa. (Elizabeth S. Gorbey)
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The Great American Gunshow investigates the allure of guns

Team Sunshine Performance Corporation has begun a long-term theatrical investigation of America’s conflicted relationship with firearms.

3 years ago

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‘Our Super Bowl’: Golf fans celebrate as top PGA stars tee off in Wilmington

Officials expect the biggest sporting event in the history of northern Delaware to draw more than 130,000 fans, and pump tens of millions of dollars into the economy.

3 years ago

From left, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire perform at the Race to Erase MS drive-in event at the Rose Bowl, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Philly Folk Fest, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire, Clay Fest in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

As the summer days wane, The Philadelphia Folk Festival celebrates 60 years. Plus Ardmore Rock & Ride and cultural festivals at Penn’s Landing.

3 years ago

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Marty with Salman Rushdie  in 2010 when he came to talk about his book,
Radio Times

Salman Rushdie and defending freedom of expression

After the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie, we discuss the continued threats to free expression and why it's worth defending.

Air Date: August 17, 2022 10:00 pm

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Margo Price performs with her band at the Philadelphia Folk Festival
Music
Philadelphia

Philly Folk Festival returns in person for 60th anniversary

After two pandemic years digital, America’s longest-running outdoor festival returns to Old Poole Farm for its 60th anniversary.

3 years ago

Alex Smith looks at the camera and holds his comic book in front of him.
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Kapow! Gay, Black superheroes take on fatphobia while saving an Afrofuturistic Philly

Black, gay, and heavy superheroes save an Afrofuturistic Philly in the new Alex Smith/James Dillenbeck comic "Black Vans."

3 years ago

City officials, musicians, and judges gathered at City Hall to discuss the returning PHL LIVE Center Stage competition on Aug. 15, 2022. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Do you have what it takes? PHL LIVE music competition returns

The city-sponsored event seeks to highlight Philadelphia’s top musical talent. Eleven winners will be awarded $1,000.

3 years ago

The artist, in a pink T-shirt in the center, holds up plastic recycled art while two people, backs to the camera, listen.
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Philadelphia
Sculpture
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From trash to treasure: Magic Gardens event encourages recycling through creativity

Ricky Boscarino started creating art out of recycled plastic around eight years ago, which he says changed his view on how plastics are used daily.

3 years ago

An overhead view of the Goshen County Fair in Chester County, which continues to this day. Philly's last county fair was in 2004. (Goshen County Fair/Facebook)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

100 acres of horses, pumpkins, and aviators: The history of the Philadelphia County Fair, and its modern Fairmount Park cousin

The sweet potato pie contests in the early 2000s were 🔥.

3 years ago

Airea D. Matthews poses for a photo outside
Radio Times
Philadelphia
Poetry

Bonus Interview: Poet Airea D. Matthews

Listen back to our interview with Philadelphia's poet laureate, Airea D. Matthews, who was recently awarded $50,000 by the Academy of American Poets.

Air Date: August 13, 2022 10:00 am

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Anne Heche arrives at the 74th annual Directors Guild of America Awards, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Emmy Award-winning actress died following a car crash on Aug. 5 that left her in a coma. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
NPR

Anne Heche legally dead at 53, a week after a fiery car crash

The actress, best known for her roles in 'Donnie Brasco' and the 1998 'Psycho' remake, leaves behind two sons.

3 years ago

A view from above of many people standing on stage, including security officers.
Books
National
Public Safety

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

His agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

3 years ago

Bernard ''Billy'' Brown hugs a tree in Haddington Woods near Cobbs Creek. Brown is the author of a new guide book, ''Exploring Philly Nature.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Bugs, birds, and plants: This writer wants you to embrace nature in Philly

Urban wildlife exists all around us, and Bernard Brown is on a mission to get people to enjoy it with his new book, “Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons."

3 years ago

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File photo: Bill Russell, (left) star of the Boston Celtics is congratulated by coach Arnold ''Red'' Auerbach after scoring his 10,000th point in the NBA game against the Baltimore Bullets in Boston Garden on Dec. 12, 1964. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, file)
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Sports

Russell’s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league

NBA players who currently wear No. 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the number cannot be issued again.

3 years ago

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