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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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The Dolles sign atop the salt water taffy story has been a landmark in Rehoboth Beach for more than a half-century. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Food & Drink

Famous fluorescent sign atop Rehoboth Beach salt-water taffy store coming down — but could resurface nearby

The iconic orange sign atop Dolles Candyland was constructed in 1962 after a storm destroyed the store and much of the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Kenney speaks at a June press conference.
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Jim Kenney’s no good, very bad year: As pandemic and protests roiled Philadelphia, the mayor had regrets

“No big city mayor got it right in 2020,” said one Philly councilmember.

5 years ago

Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester
Medicine
Public Health

Will you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Tell us why — or why not

Are you interested in getting the vaccine as soon as it's available, will you wait, or not get it at all? Let us know, and we’ll use your input to inform our reporting.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Homelessness
Music

Regional Roundup – 12/21/2020

This week; staving off evictions in Philly, a former hotel repurposed as a homeless shelter in Delaware, and remembering Philly blues legend Frank Bey.

Air Date: December 21, 2020 10:00 am

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Customers wearing face coverings to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, shop at a produce stand on South 9th Street in the Italian Market neighborhood of Philadelphia, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The 47: Historias along a bus route

The antojitos of Ninth Street — How cravings connect us back to our culture

The small stores that sell the crunchy and sweet snacks my mother grew up eating in Mexico help me feel like I belong.

5 years ago

Bill Sandeen, dressed as Santa Claus, waits for the opening of a Santa drive-through selfie station in Las Vegas
NPR
Home & Family
Public Health

‘I vaccinated Santa Claus,’ Fauci tells kids

In a virtual town hall for kids on CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he made a trip to the North Pole to get Santa vaccinated for COVID-19. "He is good to go."

5 years ago

A catered dish
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Catering workers describe maskless parties and high-risk gigs, as biz owners hope for a safer spring

Once alcohol starts flowing, COVID mitigation rules often go out the window, staffers said.

5 years ago

Housing activists erect a
NPR
Homelessness
Housing
National

Why the CDC eviction ban isn’t really a ban: ‘I have nowhere to go’

Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extende

5 years ago

Girish Venkatesh with his family before he left India to study in Arizona. He is among the roughly 1 million international students at U.S. colleges and universities. (Courtesy of Girish Venkatesh)
NPR
Home & Family
International
Public Health

Missing your loved ones over the holidays? International students offer a few lessons

For many people, this is the first year they'll spend holidays and other milestones apart from family due to COVID-19. That's something international students know all about.

5 years ago

Jacquie Jones believes that holiday cards can serve as a
Criminal Justice
Home & Family
Social Justice

A holiday card campaign gets more than 1,000 for Delco prisoners to send family

The aim of the Delaware County Coalition for Prison Reform’s drive is to help those who are incarcerated connect with family over the holidays.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Transportation
TV
Billy Penn

Tina Fey’s ‘I’m a SEPTA b*tch’ wouldn’t be a bad slogan, says transit agency GM

Before her recent car purchase, the Philly-area native comedian was a public transportation diehard, she told Jimmy Fallon.

5 years ago

Bob Schwartz, the director of marketing of the Trapp Family Lodge poses outside the lodge on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Stowe, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
Public Health
Travel

Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car.

5 years ago

Protesters exchange points of view outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes were being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health
America Amplified

Trump, Biden, COVID: Perfect recipe for a deeply divided family Christmas

As the pandemic surges and the hyper-polarization of the election has yet to wane, preparing for the holidays this year is causing many families to navigate deep divides.

5 years ago

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The West Avenue Grille in Jenkintown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economic Development
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

Montco announces new grant program ‘specifically for the restaurant industry’

Starting Dec. 30, restaurants and food service businesses can apply for $10,000 through the MontcoStrong 2021 Restaurant Grant Program.

5 years ago

doctor-stethoscope
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware groups get funding to combat root causes of poor health outcomes

New grant money from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield will help fight hunger, homelessness, substance use and other factors that lead to poor health.

5 years ago

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