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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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 It's been five years since Phillies fans celebrated their team's victorious moment after the final out of the 2008 World Series.  The Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in game 5 of the series for their first world championship since 1980. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle)

Sports fans used to Philly teams ‘almost always going to almost win’

In 2008, Harry Kalas’ game-winning World Series call ignited crazed jubilation as the Philadelphia Phillies ended the city’s ...

12 years ago

 The Mural Arts Program restored a mural by iconic pop artist Keith Haring on the corner of 22nd and Ellsworth Streets. (Nathaniel Hamilton/For Newsworks)

Rare Keith Haring collaborative mural repaired and relished in Point Breeze

A mural by Keith Haring, one of America’s most popular public artists, has been restored in Philadelphia. “We The Yout ...

12 years ago

 Nathaniel Popkin is the author of a new historical fiction novel

‘Lion and Leopard’ charts 19th century artistic clash centered at PAFA

On opposite walls in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts historic building on Broad Street, two figures face off in an old, old fig ...

12 years ago

Rare Vermeer painting makes a rare appearance at Philadelphia Museum of Art

People do not collect Vermeers, they collect viewings of Vermeers. There are only 36 Johannes Vermeer paintings known to exist, but they ...

12 years ago

 Josh Carpenter (left), Sonja Field, Ralph Edmonds and John Preston in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by extremes

Hooray for hyperbole!!!!! When it works, it’s the wind beneath the wings, to quote a song that works with plenty of it. (When it do ...

12 years ago

Dancers Rina Yamaguichi, Kaitlin McElroy and Tsubasa Nozaki prepare for the debut of Atlantic City Ballet's

Atlantic City Ballet interprets commotion of Sandy in new dance

For the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the Atlantic City Ballet is premiering an original dance based on the hurricane that devas ...

12 years ago

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 Isa St. Clair (left) as Juliet and Rachel Gluck as Romeo in Curio Theatre Company’s
Shapiro on Theater

Critic’s Notebook: Gender-swapped Romeo provocative, but is it effective theater?

Reports that the small and feisty Curio Theatre Company in West Philadelphia has been getting hate mail — even a death threat — aimed ...

12 years ago

First

First for Friday, October 25, 2013

Lessons from Sandy It was one year ago today when we were watching Hurricane Sandy coming up the East Coast. At just 60 feet ab ...

Air Date: October 25, 2013

 Rachel Gluck (left) as Romeo and Isa St. Clair as Juliet in Curio Theatre Company’s

Hate mail not only surprise about same-sex version of Romeo and Juliet

The small theater company in West Philadelphia has altered Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” by making both Romeo and Ju ...

12 years ago

Head football coach Mark Schmidt (right) runs a drill with the Neshaminy High School Redskins. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)

‘Redskins’ nickname must be axed, Neshaminy H.S. newspaper says

A high school newspaper in Bucks County has vowed not to print the word “Redskins,” the long-cherished nickname for all of th ...

12 years ago

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First Extra: The University of Delaware’s new future

This special edition of First features an in depth interview with University President Patrick Harker. He discusses a renewed focus on s ...

Air Date: October 24, 2013

 Workers unroll a mural of George Washington by N.C. Wyeth to be displayed at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey.  (Image courtesy of Thomas Edison State College)

Iconic N.C. Wyeth painting, a Trenton treasure, continues residence in city

Thomas Edison State College in Trenton has just received an enormous painting by N.C. Wyeth. The painting is regarded as one of  the ...

12 years ago

 A U.S. soldier walks atop his armored vehicle at sunset as he  prepares for a night military exercise, in the Kuwaiti desert south of the Iraqi border, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)

‘Yellow Birds,’ called first great novel of Iraq War, is Philly’s pick for ‘One Book’

Buried on Page 14 of “The Yellow Birds,” author Ke ...

12 years ago

 Wes Haskell as John and John Jarboe as M in Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater

Review: The ‘Cock’ of two different walks

John is having the quandary of his young-adult life. He’s fallen in love unexpectedly with a divorced woman who also loves him and ...

12 years ago

 Miche Braden as the singer Bessie Smith in
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘The Devil’s Music’ is in the details

When we first see blues singer Bessie Smith descend the stairs of an after-hours joint in the show “The Devil’s Music,” ...

12 years ago

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