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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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5 iconic Philadelphia food families [photos]

Several of Philadelphia's most iconic fooderies have been passed down from grandfathers to their grandchildren and, in at least one case, great-great-great grandchildren.

8 years ago

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Sometimes you can’t wait to escape from vacation

I now know why people feel compelled to travel. It isn’t for love of the open road, exotic adventure or an overwhelming desire for ...

8 years ago

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Dolls? Trucks? I’ll take what’s behind door No. 3

Elissa yearned for a toy truck. She received a pink Jeep, a pale facsimile of what she had in mind. And I have a memory of browsing the a ...

8 years ago

a community garden
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Food & Drink

Urban Farming

Guests: Chris Bolden-Newsome, Jenny Greenberg, Eric Ellestad Rows of cabbage, eggplant, and sweet potatoes are gr ...

Air Date: July 14, 2017

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Home & Family
Sex & Relationships

A ‘beta’ marriage is a better marriage

While many Millennials may be tying the knot in non-traditional DIY ceremonies, they’re likely still entering into a traditional “until death do us part” marriage. Too bad.

8 years ago

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In cod they trust

Newfoundland was Britain’s oldest colony; in 1949, however, its inhabitants narrowly voted to join Canada, thus becoming the 10th p ...

8 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-167825321/stock-photo-group-of-successful-business-people-clinking-glasses-of-red-wine-during-business-dinner-in-restaurant'>NejroN Photo</a>/Big Stock Photo)
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Business

Rituals of the business lunch

Club toting neanderthals, squatting around a carcass, sniffing and grunting and divvying up property, may have been having the precursor ...

8 years ago

 Protesters prepare signs before a rally outside of Philadelphia City Hall to recognize transgender people of color in the LGBTQ movement. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks).
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Philadelphia

On Philly Pride day, rallying for more recognition for trans people of color in the movement

In the midst of Philadelphia’s Pride Day festivities, a few dozen LGBTQ locals gathered at City Hall to recognize transgender peopl ...

9 years ago

Penn State President Eric Barron is shown in 2014. Penn State’s board of trustees approved changes to the university’s Greek system Friday, June 2, 2017, including taking control of previously self-governing fraternities and sororities, following the Feb. 4, 2017, death of 19-year-old pledge Timothy Piazza, of Lebanon, N.J. Barron says Penn State will lobby for tougher laws on hazing, something sought by Piazza's parents, and host a national conference on Greek Life with other universities. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson, File)
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Toxic masculinity is to blame for fraternity hazing deaths

The tragic and senseless death of ...

9 years ago

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Aging

Are we too old to wear that?

Each spring, we bring our summer clothes down from the attic. We get reacquainted with the T-shirts and cotton pants that we lived withou ...

9 years ago

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Rowing has been a path toward leadership, overcoming fear

My morning path to school is the same every day. The streets are lined with trash, broken glass, and aged needles as a reminder of the chaos from the night before.

9 years ago

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Public Spaces
Sex & Relationships

Essay: Bound by bulletin board, a neighborhood on the right ‘tack’

"Former journalist seeks writing partner for regular meetings to share work in progress (short stories, memoir) and constructive critique."

9 years ago

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Kids

Let dads father and moms mother

On May 4, 2017, I read an article that I feel devalued and misrepresented the true nature of dads in its title: “ ...

9 years ago

Beach replenishment efforts from May 2015 are shown in the borough of Ship Bottom in Ocean County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
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The end of the Shore as we know it

The Jersey Shore is in danger, but instead of forcing it to adapt to what we want it to be and what we remember, we should adapt to what it will eventually become.

9 years ago

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Sex & Relationships

Does a feminist lose her cred when she’s sleeping with another feminist’s man?

The feminist photos and posts and slogans on the Facebook page of Maggie Grey (not her real name) make me angry. ...

9 years ago

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