Skip to content
 The Middle is a national public radio call-in program that centers conversations on people who are in

The Middle with Jeremy Hobson

Listen Live

Listen Live

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Delaware Valley – from news and politics to science and the arts– delivered with a fresh perspective, all in an hour. Learn something new and add your voice to energizing live conversations with co-hosts Avi Wolfman-Arent and Cherri Gregg.
Next

Studio 2

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Delaware Valley – from news and politics to science and the arts– delivered with a fresh perspective, all in an hour. Learn something new and add your voice to energizing live conversations with co-hosts Avi Wolfman-Arent and Cherri Gregg.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Community

A driver travels down a street in Philadelphia.
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philadelphians seek help with bullet damage to cars as shootings continue

Neither the city nor state offers assistance, and repairs can be costly.

4 years ago

Workers box up the statue of Christopher Columbus in Marconi Plaza. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Sculpture

These Italian Americans want Philly’s Chris Columbus statues taken down

Italian Americans have a crucial role in speaking out against the myth that we all support Columbus, or that his symbols and monuments honor us.

4 years ago

Fans wearing masks walk through security at the Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Sports
6abc

Wells Fargo Center calls on Sixers, Flyers stars to explain new Code of Conduct

The arena released a YouTube video that lays it all out, featuring players like the Flyers' Cam Atkinson and the 76ers' Matisse Thybulle and Danny Green.

4 years ago

FILE - This image filed May 15, 2019, in federal court as part of a forfeiture complaint by the U.S. attorney's office in Boston shows a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette, that was stolen from the Massachusetts Archives decades ago.  The letter written by  Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives was returned Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, following a federal appeals court decision. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)
History

Alexander Hamilton letter at center of legal fight returned

A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives has been returned.

4 years ago

Children dressed in halloween costumes, while wearing face masks, trick-or-treating
NPR
Home & Family
Kids
Public Health

Get the candy bowl ready: Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating for Halloween this year.

4 years ago

Four activists speak during a panel discussion hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Indigenous Peoples' Day. Clockwise, from top left: Amber Starks, Joy SpearChief-Morris, Autumn Rose Williams and Kyle T. Mays.
Screenshot by NPR/Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

Young, Black Native activists say it’s time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

The diversity of the Indigenous community is underrepresented and misunderstood.

4 years ago

Norma's Kitchen partners with Philabundance
Community Events
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
6abc

Philabundance, Norma’s Kitchen partner to pack fresh meals, give Afghan refugees a taste of home

Philabundance is partnering with a Cherry Hill restaurant to pack up fresh meals that will give Afghan evacuees a taste of home in our area.

4 years ago

Kai'Lyn Ellis, 5, and her sister, Li'Ana Ellis, 10, members of the Nanticoke Lenape tribe, perform a toe dance while their father, Tyron Ellis chants at Philadelphia's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Penn Treaty Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘We’re a living presence’: Philly celebrates first officially recognized Indigenous Peoples Day

Philadelphia’s fifth annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration was the first to be formally recognized and drew attendees from as far away as South Dakota and Canada.

4 years ago

PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Employment
Energy
Philadelphia

PECO offers a chance at employment to some residents in underserved Philly neighborhoods

Twenty-three Philly residents are participating in the program, which PECO bills as a way to provide communities it serves with a path to family-sustaining jobs.

4 years ago

Sonny Liston holds a china dog from his collection as he sits with his wife Geraldine
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Sports
Billy Penn

How racial profiling drove away Philly’s first heavyweight boxing champion

"I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia."

4 years ago

A demonstrator marches to Faneuil Hall with other protesters while participating in the Indigenous Peoples Day rally and march in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020. (Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
History
National

Goodbye, Columbus? Here’s what Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to Native Americans

4 years ago

Charron Powell stands with a photo of her son, LeGend Talieferro, at her home
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Gun violence is killing an increasing number of U.S. children and teens. These are some of their stories

Shaquille Barbour, Legend Taliferro, and Amaria Jones are just a handful of the rising number of children and teenagers who have lost their lives to gun violence in the U.S.

4 years ago

Yuengling Lager
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
WESA

Pennsylvania’s wine, beer and cider industries awarded nearly $2 million in support grants

Some $600,000 of that total given by the Liquor Control Board was awarded to Penn State University for eight different wine and malt and brewed beverage projects.

4 years ago

Eden Hall
Animals
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Preservation
WESA

‘We look at this and see a catastrophe in the making,’ says researcher about Pennsylvania’s forests

"Forests get the double whammy of both too many invaders, many species, and too many deer.”

4 years ago

Runners take off at the start of at the start of the Broad Street Run. Participants had to provide proof of vaccination. (Mallory Falk, WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia

Broad Street Run a ‘rejuvenating’ return to a new normal in Philly

The nation’s largest 10-mile road race was back on in Philly on Sunday — with some notable changes. Many of the 18,000 runners said it still felt good to be back.

4 years ago

Page 365 of 919« First«...363364365366367...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

    15 mins ago

  • Trump administration eliminating LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline worries Philadelphia community

    3 hours ago

  • Pa., Del. and N.J. sue Trump’s FEMA over end of grant program that helps states prevent flooding

    3 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with