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Louisiana crawfish caught in waters in and around Berlin are on display at Fisch Frank fish restaurant in Berlin. They are an invasive species and authorities recently licensed a local fisherman to catch them and sell them to local restaurants. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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For Berlin, invasive crustaceans are a tough catch and a tough sell

In a shaded stream in the middle of Berlin's rambling Tiergarten park, fisherman Klaus Hidde lowered himself into the water recently.

8 years ago

Geffen Reinherz, 5 (left), and Skyla Car, 7, draw with chalk at Broad and Poplar Streets while Broad Street is closed off for Philly Free Streets on August 11, 2018. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
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Philly Free Streets enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, beach lovers — but not drivers

Inspired by the Pope’s 2015 visit, the event closed down Broad Street from City Hall to Germantown Avenue.

8 years ago

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Home & Family

Mourning and instagramming the death of a pet

When Isis died in 2015, she left an emptiness a story could help fill. Gannaway started posting photographs of Isis for 100 consecutive days on Instagram as a way to grieve.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Mental Health
Travel

Americans vs. vacation

Guests: Heather Boushey, Helaine Olen, Katie Denis Half of American workers didn’t take all the paid vacation d ...

Air Date: August 8, 2018 10:00 am

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Oran Z. Belgrave, founder of the now defunct Oran Z's Black Facts & Wax Museum in Los Angeles, stands in front of the shipping containers that have held most of the contents of his independent African-American history museum since it closed in 2011.
(Samir S. Patel/Atlas Obscura)
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Changing Communities
Reinvention

Through a looking glass of black Americana: the long, strange journey of Oran Z

In the western tip of the Mojave Desert, a couple of hours north of Los Angeles, a lone McMansion-style villa sits on 10 acres surrounded by a fence.

8 years ago

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Gender
Home & Family
Kids

Masculinity & raising boys

Guests: Michael C. Reichert, Michael A. Lindsey  “Man up.” “Boys don’t cry.” Our culture starts teachi ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018 10:00 am

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Vegetarian food. (Photo/Courtesy BigStockPhoto)
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

How to travel the world with young vegetarians

Whale in Norway, frog legs at sea, and a parade of red meat across the American heartland; menus are a minefield when traveling with a pair of young vegetarians.

8 years ago

Why is it so hard to talk about whiteness in America? (LA Johnson/NPR)
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National

Why it’s still ok to ‘trash’ poor white people

For some reason, the term "white trash" manages to come across as less offensive than most other racial slurs.

8 years ago

The brains of female soccer players who head the ball frequently show white matter alterations. (Krista Long/Getty Images)
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Gender
Kids
Sports

Heading may be riskier for female soccer players than males

It's already known that female soccer players are at a higher risk of concussion than males.

8 years ago

This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) was to encourage the American colonies to join the Albany Plan for Union. From The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754. (Benjamin Franklin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
History
Philadelphia

Got at least $40k? You could bid on historic copy of Ben Franklin’s ‘Join, or Die’ cartoon

"Join, or Die" is a political cartoon showing a snake broken into eight pieces, and was first seen in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper in 1754.

8 years ago

Drake's latest No. 1 hit
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Media
Music

Who’s entertaining who?: How the internet picks up Drake’s slack

As the #DoTheShiggy Challenge proves, Drake doesn't even need to dance anymore. We'll do it for him.

8 years ago

The '80s VHS-style art for Gotye's
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Music

The strange magic of YouTube’s ’80s remix culture

Whether you thought of the 2000s emo-punk boom as a watershed moment or the nadir of modern music, there's one song from that era that's hard to forget.

8 years ago

In this Oct. 23, 1946 file photo, singer Frank Sinatra and his wife Nancy smile broadly as they leave a Hollywood night club following a surprise meeting. Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. (AP Photo/File)
National

Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

"She was a blessing and the light of my life," her daughter said.

8 years ago

Fans of the professional video gaming team, the Philadelphia Fusion, gather at Xfinity Live to watch the first round in the Overwatch League playoffs. (Emily Cohen/WHYY)
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Philadelphia Fusion fans celebrate a playoff win

More than 300 fans turned out at Xfinity Live to watch the Philadelphia Fusion as they played the Boston Uprising in game one of the inau ...

8 years ago

Jos Duncan is chief storyteller at Love Now Media, a social enterprise with a mission to tell stories through media. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community Events

The sanctuary of story

I didn’t know how to articulate true stories without also reliving the loss of the community and people who had once been close to me.

8 years ago

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