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Arts & Entertainment

(From left) Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo, members of the cast of Avengers: Endgame in Los Angeles in April. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting a trans character, Feige says. (Willy Sanjuan/Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
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Marvel Cinematic Universe to get first trans character

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said a trans character will appear in a movie that is currently being filmed.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Comedy
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Philadelphia

Martha Graham Cracker

Philadelphia’s famous drag queen, Martha Graham Cracker, stops by to talk about the rumors of retirement, her new album, and what's next.

7 years ago

Listen 17:00
(photo credit, David Goddard)
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Gender
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Kiley Reid’s “Such a Fun Age”

Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such a Fun Age, is receiving wide praise for being both a page-turner and a book that tackles the weighty issues of race and class.

7 years ago

Listen 32:00
(photo credit, David Goddard)
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Books
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Kiley Reid’s “Such a Fun Age” / Martha Graham Cracker

Kiley Reid discusses her debut novel, "Such a Fun Age," about a black 25-year old babysitter and her wealthy white employer. Then, Philly drag queen Martha Graham Cracker.

Air Date: January 2, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
David Bowie is shown performing Wembley Stadium in London in 1985. (AP Photo/Joe Schaber)
Things To Do
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What’s to do in a new decade: David Bowie, wedding expos, dinos and ‘Shrek’

All things bridal, a week-long celebration of a late music legend, and dinosaurs come alive in this week’s Things To Do.

7 years ago

Listen 03:50
Fireworks are launched from a barge in the Delaware River as seen from Penns Landing.(Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
View Finders
Community Events
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philly fireworks draw thousands to welcome the new year with a bang

The annual fireworks displays at 6 p.m. and midnight draw revelers of all ages to the Philly and Camden waterfronts.

7 years ago

MilkBoy co-owners, Jamie Lokoff (left) and Tommy Joyner (right), started their music empire in Ardmore 25 years ago. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Billy Penn

They recorded Miley, Kanye & Nicki Minaj: Philly’s hottest studio is expanding to Maryland

The MilkBoy partners, who also own restaurants and produce movies, are celebrating 25 years in business.

7 years ago

This year's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous  countdown to next year. (Craig Ruttle, File/AP Photo)
Environment
Sustainability

Science teachers, students get Times Square New Year’s stage

New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school teachers and students press the button that begins the countdown.

7 years ago

Director Kathryn Bigelow poses backstage with the Oscar for best achievement in directing for
Gender
Media
Race & Ethnicity

Pop culture in 2010s marked gains in diversity, inclusion

In the decade drawing to a close, the conversation about diversity and inclusion moved to the front burner of our popular culture as never before.

7 years ago

Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of the movie 'Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood' at the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya. Tokyo, 26.08.2019 | usage worldwide Photo by: Kento Nara/Geisler-Fotopress/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Radio Times
Movies

The best movies of 2019

It’s our annual year-in-movie show this Friday when Marty and her guest discuss their favorite films of 2019.

Air Date: December 27, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
RiverRink on the Delaware River waterfront. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Things To Do
Community Events
December 26, 2019 - January 1, 2020

Countdown to 2020: 10 fun Philly things to do before the ball drops in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Whether you are visiting with friends and family or kicking it cozy solo, the week between Christmas and Jan. 1 offers plenty of fun.

7 years ago

Listen 3:47
Stephanie Kindt (left) and Aaron Levy are the curators of Listening Lab, a year-long traveling exhibit that tells the stories of doctors and patients and explores the ways in which listening can improve care. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Medicine
Mental Health

This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening

The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.

7 years ago

Listen 2:03
Radio Times
Changing Communities
Comedy
Poetry

Poet Thomas Devaney / Comedy with 1812 Productions

Thomas Devaney's new book of poems charts his complicated relationship with his home city of Philadelphia. Then, 1812 Productions, a local political satire group.

Air Date: December 24, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Thousands of new holiday songs have been released since 1994, but none have become standards in the way pop songs about Christmas routinely did in the '60s, '70s and '80s. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Music

Why are there no new Christmas songs?

This year, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" turns 25. Her single-item wish list seems to have been the punctuation mark on half a century.

7 years ago

Jean Hersholt, from left, president of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, congratulates James Baskett, second African American to win an Oscar, for his special award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in the 1946 Disney feature film
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

The Jim Crow film that just won’t die, “Song of the South”

Racially segregated movie theaters disappeared decades ago but another element of the era just won’t die: Walt Disney’s 1946 movie “Song of the South.”

7 years ago

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