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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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Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township neighborhood on March 3. The sinkholes appeared recently near a construction site for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. The PUC ordered Sunoco to shut down nearby Mariner East 1 until it can prove the line is safe to operate amid the sinkholes and geology of the region. (Eric Friedman)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Sunoco says PUC asked for expanded work to ‘stabilize’ ground at Chesco pipeline site

Sunoco is preparing to drill 10 more holes behind homes in Chester County’s West Whiteland Township.

8 years ago

gun show
NewsWorks Tonight

Gun show buyers, sellers say they’re left out of gun control debate

'What we have to eliminate is the extremes on both sides and get together and have a normal conversation,' says gun owner Patrick McCarthy.

8 years ago

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Lynn Yeakel, who nearly defeated U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 1992, says she’s in no position to judge the merits of the Kavanaugh case, but she wishes it would be considered in a thorough, nonpartisan process. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gender
History

Recalling 1992’s ‘Year of the Woman,’ Lynn Yeakel assesses gender equality in 2018

Thursday is 50/50 Day, a global day of action and conversations around gender equality in leadership.

8 years ago

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Public domain image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Seaside Heights nixes plan to allow dogs on boardwalk year-round

A proposed ordinance was tabled after municipal officials received numerous complaints. 

8 years ago

Public domain image.
Down the Shore
Aging
Law
New Jersey

N.J. reaches deal to close 3 firms that targeted elderly

The companies used aggressive and misleading tactics to sell emergency medical response alert systems to elderly residents.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice
K-12
Pennsylvania

NewsWorks Tonight, April 25, 2018

As Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and the First Judicial District look at parole issues, a new report shows Pennsylvania has the highest r ...

Air Date: April 25, 2018

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A kit of drums and a microphones on an empty stage in blue smoke before the concert
Speak Easy

After the music ends, what’s a musician to do?

There’s a whole class of people who don’t get to call themselves artists of any kind when they file their taxes every year.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown.
Cosby Unraveled

Ep 13: The Age of Consent

How a new jury will see the facts in the Bill Cosby retrial, and just as important, how will it decide one key question: Consent.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

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Steelworkers leave a plant at the end of their shift in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1947. Employment in the industry has declined by 80 percent from its peak six decades ago, according to author Douglas Irwin. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
History
Infrastructure

Protection for the steel industry is as old as America

President Trump's tariffs on imported steel aren't the first time the industry has gotten protection from the U.S. government.

8 years ago

Melissa DePino
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

The woman behind the viral video of Philly Starbucks arrests

Philadelphia writer Melissa DePino wanted to stand up as a witness to the racial bias she observed at a Philadelphia Starbucks.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight April 24, 2018

Bill Cosby’s trial wraps up.  Two people convicted in the Bridgegate scandal have their appeal heard in court.  In York county, a ...

Air Date: April 24, 2018

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Evan Lovett said when he was injured in a fire it made him realize how important being able to draw and paint was to me. (Photo courtesy of  Wes Genarie.)
Speak Easy

Devastating fire made him realize his love of art

Despite my addictive personality, I have lived my entire life free of alcohol and drugs. I've substituted work.

8 years ago

Meredith Chapman, a Republican who sought a seat in the Delaware Senate in 2016, was killed Monday in a murder-suicide at her home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Police said a 48-year-old woman shot  Chapman, then turned the gun on herself. (Chapman campaign for Delaware Senate)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Philadelphia

Main Line murder-suicide linked to love triangle involving former Del. Senate candidate

Meredith Sullivan Chapman, 33, was shot to death by a Jennair Gerardot, 48, whose husband, Mark, worked as a creative director with Chapman at the University of Delaware.

8 years ago

Call center employees work for the Facebook Community Operations Team in Essen, Germany, on Nov. 23. The workers review Facebook content and delete it if fails to meet the company's standards. (Martin Meissner/AP)
NPR
National
Politics
Technology

Facebook updates community standards, expands appeals process

Facebook announced changes to its content review policy Tuesday.

8 years ago

This photo shows a bronze statue called
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims

The memorial opens the same week that Alabama marks Confederate Memorial Day, an official state holiday in which state offices will close.

8 years ago

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