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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

President Donald Trump welcomes Ivanka Trump to speak at H&K Equipment Company during a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Trump wades into Pa. race seen as test of GOP strength

Saccone's name would not appear in Trump's prepared remarks, although he greeted Trump at the airport and attended the speech.

8 years ago

(Gary Lindstrom/WHYY)
Delaware
Politics

Gov. Carney’s State of the State speech focuses on economy, education

Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, delivered his first State of the State speech Thursday. He focused on jobs, education and how to address Delaware's budget shortfalls.

8 years ago

Listen 1:51
(File/WHYY)
Delaware

WATCH: Delaware Gov. John Carney delivers State of the State Address

Watch live as Delaware Gov. John Carney delivers his first official State of the State Address to a joint session of the General Assembly in Dover.

8 years ago

The Department of Health and Humans Services is adding a Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom to protect doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to take part in some kinds of care because of moral or religious objections. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Law
Medicine
Religion

Trump will protect health workers who reject patients on religious grounds

The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom will protect workers who refuse procedures like abortion, or treat certain people, like transgender patients.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
National Interest

Will Pennsylvania’s high court zap the rigged Republican map?

The practice of rigging congressional maps for extreme partisan advantage — known, of course, as gerrymandering — is under attack on a number of fronts.

8 years ago

Phil Murphy gives his address after being sworn in as governor of New Jersey during his inauguration, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey

Murphy toughens rule on disclosing gifts as N.J. governor

If Murphy and the gift giver were friends at least three years before his inauguration, he would not have to disclose those gifts.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR

Majority of Americans see Trump’s first year as a failure

As President Trump approaches the end of his first year, a majority of Americans think his first year in office has been a failure — and that he's divided the nation.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

A tale of two State Reps

Guests: Chris Rabb, John Taylor The Pennsylvania legislature has a lot on the docket for 2018. Among the issues b ...

Air Date: January 18, 2018

Listen 49:28
Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district, which is often considered the poster child of gerrymandering. The district cuts through five counties and a number of municipalities.
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Law
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighing decision on fast-tracked gerrymandering case

The court is expected to rule quickly on a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional district boundaries.

8 years ago

Protesters opposed to Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration march outside of Terminal A at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
Immigration
Philadelphia

In Trump’s first year, Philly’s ‘sanctuary city’ label led to more arrests, lawsuits

ICE officers arrested 3,600 people across Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia in budget year 2016. The next year, 5,000 were arrested.

8 years ago

Listen 4:30
Gurbir Grewal, the former Bergen County prosecutor, has been confirmed as New Jersey's attorney general. He is the first Sikh in the nation to serve as a state attorney general.
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. confirms nation’s first Sikh attorney general

Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal becomes the state's top law-enforcement officer.

8 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, file)
Business
Delaware
Taxes

Federal tax cut could mean lower power bills in Delaware

Delawareans should see lower utility bills after a state ruling that any benefit utility companies get from the federal tax cut must be passed on to customers.

8 years ago

Michael Wolff speaks with Dick Polman
National Interest
Books

Wolff’s book resonates because Trump keeps confirming it

Wolff concluded that Trump is unfit to serve. And virtually everything that Trump has done and said since the book’s release has demonstrated that he got it right.

8 years ago

With North Korea planning to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics, delegation head Jon Jong Su, vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, crosses the concrete border to attend a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.
(Yonhap via Reuters)
NPR
International
Sports

North Korean athletes will march with South Koreans at Pyeongchang Olympics

The two countries say their athletes will march together at the opening ceremony under a unification flag.

8 years ago

Gov. Carney announced legislation to keep guns out of the hands of individuals suffering from mental illness. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Delaware
Mental Health
Public Safety

Delaware wants to ban guns for those suffering from mental illnesses

Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware and state legislators introduced a bill that aims to prevent guns from getting into the hands of those with mental illnesses.

8 years ago

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