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And then there were (officially) four: Diaz launches Philly mayoral campaign
The ubiquity of “Philly’s mayoral primary is so boring” articles/Tweets/Facebook updates is such that the narr ...
10 years ago
ListenNinetyNine: Your guide to the coming city elections
We introduce our new blog on the city elections, and explain how it got its name. Here at WHYY/NewsWorks, we’re rather excit ...
10 years ago
ListenWhat one avid bicyclist wants from Philadelphia’s next mayor
Bicyclists certainly do not own Philadelphia, but considering theirs is a growing mode of transportation among city dwellers, they ...
10 years ago
Pope will visit NYC, D.C. before ‘big finale’ in Philadelphia
More details are starting to filter out about the papal visit to Philadelphia in September as Pope Francis’ itinerary begins to sol ...
10 years ago
ListenReader question: How do I move on from an unsatisfying job
A reader is seeking advice for how to find the motivation to move on from a job he or she no longer finds satisfying. Sometimes the way f ...
10 years ago
Casting yourself in a better role can mean breaking self-made limits
Do you feel like your particular job lets you feel like yourself? That question served as the courageous pivot into a whole new work ...
10 years ago
New year a good time to examine how humanity intersects with work
Susan Richardson started off the new year introducing “Human at Work” to WHYY’s radio audience with interviews on ̶ ...
10 years ago
ListenThe healthy attitudes toward life that illness and death can bring
“The dying don’t worry about detail.” That’s a stunner of an insight from Dr. Nina O’Connor, a palli ...
10 years ago
Tending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of doctors
Doctors deal with enormous stress working every day with life and death. How can they balance the priority of the patient with their own ...
10 years ago
A Philadelphia pizzeria sparks the spirit of giving
No matter what your approach to the holidays is, I’ll bet it includes some theme of light or warmth — a festival of lights or a s ...
10 years ago
Christmas decorations and holiday music bombard us right after Halloween. For Christians, it seems the holiday had become overly commerci ...
Air Date: December 22, 2014
ListenSometimes the key to avoiding burnout is at work, not home
Medical jobs can be interpersonally intense, including major decisions about someone else’s life — and death. Penn’s D ...
10 years ago
When work/life balance gets thorny, it’s time to prune your choices
I have been thinking more about the time and space in which we nourish ourselves as humans on the job, which brought to mind two ideas: f ...
10 years ago
Desire is a natural part of life, but what happens when desire becomes an insatiable craving? Whether it is drugs, alcohol, too much foo ...
Air Date: December 15, 2014
ListenThe surprising productivity of mindlessness
A recent article in the New York Times Magazine helped me feel vindicated in sticking with my zone-out time. Writer Melissa ...
10 years ago