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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Philadelphia

Episcopal Community Services hosts free forum on racial equity, ending poverty

Episcopal Community Services is a grassroots Philadelphia organization that has been involved in the fight against poverty in the region for decades.

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Delaware
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6abc

Police: Auto-pedestrian accident leaves 2 injured outside football stadium in Wilmington, Delaware

Police say a vehicle hit pedestrians. One of the victims was reportedly flown to the hospital.

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SNCC emerged as a force in the southern civil rights movement through their involvement in Freedom Rides and voter registration campaigns.

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Philadelphia
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Eagles trade Zach Ertz to the Arizona Cardinals

The Philadelphia Eagles have sent 30-year-old Ertz, a three-time Pro Bowler, to the undefeated Cardinals for rookie cornerback Tay Gowan and a 2022 fifth-round pick.

5 years ago

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Behavioral Health
Mental Health
Philadelphia

Meet Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot, Instagram healer

Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot is a licensed behavioral therapist who has built a community around a practice of self-care that she says she didn’t have growing up.

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Carli Lloyd takes a selfie with some young soccer fans during a celebration of her storied soccer career in her hometown of Delran, N.J.
New Jersey
Sports

Delran throws ‘biggest party’ ever for retiring hometown soccer star Carli Lloyd

As she winds down her playing career, soccer star Carli Loyd was the honoree of the biggest party ever in her hometown of Delran, New Jersey.

5 years ago

Resident Ann Gelfond stands in front of a pile of rubble behind her yard. She pointed to disturbances she’s experienced for the past few three years of construction of the Lower Merion School District’s new middle school taking place behind her house, as an indication of what the construction of athletic fields in the neighborhood would be like. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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‘Disconcerting to be a taxpayer and not be heard’: Lower Merion residents rebuke school district in open space battle

Opponents say plans to clear a woodland area in Villanova for playing fields would decimate the green space, and bring traffic and pollution.

5 years ago

Ancient pottery discovered in present day Honduras indicates that pre-Colombian cultures dating back to as early as 1100 B.C. made a fermented, alcoholic beverage from the sweet pulp of the cacao fruit. (Francois Nascimbeni/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
History
Race & Ethnicity

If you love potatoes, tomatoes or chocolate thank Indigenous Latin American cultures

As the country celebrates all things Latino, we think it's time to show some culinary appreciation for some of the tastiest foods indigenous to Latin America.

5 years ago

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Animals
Philadelphia

Meet Philly’s pair of hungry hippos that just became TikTok famous

A viral video taken at the Philadelphia Zoo has amassed millions of views overnight, where a pair of hippos are chomping on whole pumpkins.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Weavers Way eyes Germantown for a big new grocery store, the co-op’s fourth

The member-supported supermarket’s Mt. Airy flagship is overwhelmed by demand.

5 years ago

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Transportation

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to dirt bikers defying city ban

P.O.C. hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are feeling about dirt bikers defying the city ban.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
6abc

Rats are running wild in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood

"It jumped up on my couch and went on the floor, and it had claws," said Nydra Skinner of the rat problem.

5 years ago

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.

5 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.

5 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.

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