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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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Politics & Policy

Students hold up mural created for King Day of Service. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philly’s King Day of Service focuses on defusing deadly violence

For the 10th year, Girard College will have 4,000 to 5,000 people involved in everything from civic engagement to holding a jobs fair.

7 years ago

A volunteer hands out a poster as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was set to address a “Medicare for All” rally in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018.  Sanders hasn’t announced intentions for another bid in 2020. But in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election, he’s visiting more than half a dozen states to stump with congressional candidates. (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo).
Radio Times
Health Care

Pros and cons of ‘Medicare for All’

Guests: David Rubin, Matt Bruenig  The idea of  a single-payer healthcare system has been gaining ...

7 years ago

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Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein stands during opening ceremonies at the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Orlin Wagner/AP Photo)
Radio Times
National
Politics

The future of the DOJ

Guest: Katie Benner  Rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney general, is expected to leave the Jus ...

7 years ago

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In this June 30, 2018, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, (left), discusses his state budget deal with Democratic legislative leaders, as state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, (right), listens during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Murphy-Sweeney feud could lead to laws shining more light on dark money

As an issue-advocacy group tied to Murphy goes back on its promise to disclose donors, Sweeney fast-tracks legislation that has been sidelined for years.

7 years ago

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 70th anniversary. Hillary Rodham Clinton at Oxford University to honour the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Picture date: Monday October 8, 2018. (Victoria Jones/PA Wire/Press Association via AP Images)
National Interest

If President Hillary Clinton had stormed out of a meeting …

Alternative news: President Hillary Clinton storms out of a White House meeting after she doesn't get what she wants ...What do we imagine the reaction would be?

7 years ago

Joe Egan, right, a representative of The Buckeye Firearm Foundation, at a Tamaqua School Board meeting in November 2018. Board member Nicholas Boyle, left, and School Board President Larry Wittig, confer with him. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Officials vote to postpone policy to arm teachers

School board members in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania have voted to postpone a policy allowing teachers to carry guns in school.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was elected in 2017 in part with a surge in turnout among younger, progressive voters. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

Young voters ready to roar in Philly Council races

Surging turnout among young voters could bring progressives to Philadelphia City Council in May election.

7 years ago

Jacinda, whose husband is a TSA officer in Portland, Ore., working during the shutdown without pay, with her two young children. Her family is worried about how they will pay their rent, electric bill and cellphone bill (Courtesy of Jacinda)
NPR
National

‘I’m scared’: TSA families fear falling behind on bills, losing their homes

The government shutdown is increasingly straining employees who are essential to keeping the nation's aviation system safe and running.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump waves as he departs after speaking on the South Lawn of the White House (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
National

Trump stalks out of shutdown session with Dems — ‘Bye-bye’

Efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over the president's demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

7 years ago

(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Patrick D. Kelley)
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey
Politics

Shore congressman introduces bill to fund Coast Guard during government shutdown

A freshman Shore congressman has introduced a bill that will fund the U.S. Coast Guard during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

7 years ago

In this March 1, 2018 photo, a customer leaves Dylamatos Market owned by Dianne Shenk in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. About a quarter of Shenk's customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Food & Drink
Government Accountability

Shutdown fight raises questions about fate of food stamps after January

 An estimated 1.8 million low-income Pennsylvanians currently receive the benefits.

7 years ago

Federal Aviation Administration employee Michael Jessie, who is currently working without pay as an aviation safety inspector for New York international field office overseeing foreign air carriers, holds a sign while attending a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Newark, N.J. U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez called a news conference at the airport to address the partial government shutdown, which is keeping some airport employees working without pay. (Julio Cortez/AP)
Government Accountability

White House tries to hold jittery GOP in line on shutdown

There's growing concern about the toll the shutdown is taking on everyday Americans, including disruptions in payments to farmers and trouble for home buyers.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)
Radio Times
Immigration
Politics

Jamil Smith on Trump’s border address

Marty spoke to national affairs writer for  Rolling Stone, J ...

7 years ago

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Darius Brown is sworn in as a Delaware state senator at Legislative Hall in Dover in January 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware General Assembly begins session with 17 new faces

Following a year where 15 of 62 Delaware state lawmakers didn’t seek re-election, 17 newly elected legislators were sworn in on the General Assembly’s first day in session.

7 years ago

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth (center) went with his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Jalil Jabbar al-Rubaie (center left), for a tour of Baghdad's most crowded neighborhoods on Friday.
(Mootaz Sami/AP Images for NPR)
NPR
International
Military

A U.S. commander went for a rare stroll in Baghdad. Many Iraqis just shrugged

Sixteen years after the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq, most Iraqis still blame the U.S. for disbanding the Iraqi army and the civil war that followed.

7 years ago

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