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Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott (35) celebrates his touchdown run with wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) and tight end Dallas Goedert (88) during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
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6abc

Philadelphia Eagles Divisional Round playoff tickets to go on sale Tuesday

The Eagles have a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks to pass against the New York Giants
Philadelphia
Sports

Hurts returns from injury, leads Eagles to No. 1 seed in NFC

The Eagles clinched the NFC East. They also earn home field throughout the playoffs.

4 years ago

Detroit Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) fouls Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden (1)
Philadelphia
Sports

Harden’s triple-double leads 76ers to easy win over Pistons

Tyrese Maxey added 23 points and Montrez Harrell scored 20 for the Sixers, who have won four of five.

4 years ago

Russell Banks, author of ''Cloudsplitter,'' delivers a keynote address during the Hemingway & Winship Awards ceremony at John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, April, 4, 2004
Books
National

Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82

Banks was a self-styled heir to such 19th century writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman, aspiring to high art and a deep grasp of the country’s spirit.

4 years ago

2023 PA Farm Show food
Animals
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Best bites at the 2023 PA Farm Show (omg that creamsicle milkshake!)

Two meats and four sweets that show off the commonwealth’s best agriculture.

4 years ago

A close-up of a butter sculpture of a calf.
Animals
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Sculpture
Billy Penn

PA Farm Show butter sculpture: 1,000 lbs. and all the stats you could possibly want to know

For the 2023 edition, sculptors carved a multi-generational scene of a dairy farming family, with a keystone backdrop showing a bucolic farm.

4 years ago

Archival photo of the Indie rock band Pavement
NPR
Music

Take a walk down memory lane with Pavement

Pavement is one of the most beloved and influential indie rock bands of the 1990s.

4 years ago

David Bowie is seen in a black and white photo
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Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Philly celebrates David Bowie, ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ Fire & Frost, and First Friday at the Barnes in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 5 - Jan. 8: Philly Loves Bowie week, Opera Delaware benefit, “SpongeBob The Musical” in N.J., are among the area’s weekend highlights.

4 years ago

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The Philly Pops played the Harry Potter theme music at the announcement of Harry Potter: The Exhibition, an exhibit coming to the Franklin Institute in February, 2022, on November 3, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘Hope for a path forward’: Philly POPS may not be over after all

The orchestra had announced it would dissolve in July, but the Christmas concerts breathed new life into the ailing organization.

4 years ago

TCU quarterback Max Duggan and Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett. ((AP Photo/Rick Scuteri and Brynn Anderson)
Higher Education
National
Sports

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title

The four-team playoff has been littered with lopsided semifinal games, but these were both thrillers.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) pulls in a touchdown reception in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Sports

Saints win 20-10 in Philly, deny Eagles top spot in NFC

The Eagles played for the second straight week without injured quarterback Jalen Hurts.

4 years ago

The Joey Howlett Jr. Saints brought their
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Thousands line sidewalks for annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia

String bands and brass sections echoed through the streets around City Hall, as the fumes of Uhauls and gold spray paint filled the air for the parade.

4 years ago

Listen 1:16
Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts passes during the second half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles’ Hurts misses 2nd straight game with sprained shoulder

The Eagles are turning to backup Gardner Minshew to try to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC with a win against New Orleans.

4 years ago

Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe with ''2023'' projected on the building, at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during New Year celebrations in Paris. (Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community Events
International

Countries across the world ring in the new year

From Bangkok to Berlin, one time zone at a time celebrated the entry into 2023.

4 years ago

A troupe performs during the 2022 Mummers Parade. (Michael Reeves for Billy Penn)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Why the Mummers Parade has a new sponsor and new TV partner this year

Also, a calendar quirk means the cost for city services will be about double the norm.

4 years ago

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