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The New Yorker Radio Hour features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation.

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a solar eclipse
Skytalk
Space

You Must Remember This – An Eclipse Is Not Just an Eclipse

Kepler scientists this week announced the 219 newest additions to the exoplanet count – 10 of which are identified as “terres ...

Air Date: June 26, 2017

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StateImpact

How one Philadelphia neighborhood battles rising tides

8 years ago

The space suits from '2001: A Space Odyssey' (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse
Movies
Space
Technology

‘2001’ came and went, but the movie’s ideas still resonate

The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...

8 years ago

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New Jersey
Technology

Verizon Wireless testing drones for airborne 4G LTE for emergency crews

In a remote corner of South Jersey, a group of emergency first responders entered the woods on Tuesday, June 20, to test a drone-based ce ...

8 years ago

Jana Curtis and two of her children walk past one of many construction sites in their river ward neighborhood. Three-year-old Nolyn Pace, center, was poisoned by lead in the soil in their backyard. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Media Network)
NewsWorks Tonight
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Health

How much lead is hiding in Philly’s former industrial neighborhoods?

The construction boom in the so-called “river wards,” once Philadelphia’s industrial hub, has unleashed a “lurkin ...

8 years ago

a binary star
Skytalk
Space

Twice Upon a Time…

Sun’s Original Twin: What happened to it? UC Berkeley astronomer Steven Stahler and Sarah Sadevoy of Smithsonian Astrophysical Obse ...

Air Date: June 19, 2017

Listen 00:06:34
StateImpact

NJ Gubernatorial candidate calls for fracking ban in Delaware River Basin

8 years ago

Nuisance flooding is a part of life in New Jersey's coastal communities.
Environment
New Jersey

NOAA: New Jersey will see an increase in nuisance flooding in 2017

For Jersey Shore residents and regular summer visitors, it’s just part of life. Once in a while, even on a still and sunny day, tid ...

8 years ago

A hot coil in Matt Cline's lab. (Liz Reid/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Energy
Explainers
Visual Arts

Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks

A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...

8 years ago

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Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) finds himself stranded and alone on Mars
The Pulse
Music
Technology
Visual Arts

Science can make blockbuster movies better

Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...

8 years ago

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a solar eclipse
Radio Times

American Eclipse

Guest: David Baron A total solar eclipse will occur on August 21st of this year over the United States ...

Air Date: June 15, 2017

Listen 00:49:00
KELT-9
Skytalk
Space

Some Like it Hot

If you’re sweating from our current heat wave, be glad you don’t live on planet KELT-9, orbiting a blue A-type star 620 light ...

Air Date: June 12, 2017

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StateImpact

Fire fighting foam contamination sites clustered along Delaware River

8 years ago

Shorebirds take flight along the Delware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey.
Environment
New Jersey

Why the Red Knot bird lives and dies by what happens here

Everything is in place along the Delaware Bay beach on an early late Spring morning. The net is carefully folded, the cannons set at the ...

8 years ago

Philadelphia
Skytalk
Space

Philadelphiahenge

Wiltshire, England doesn’t have the monopoly on solar events with summer solstice at Stonehenge. Philadelphia is a suitable site to ...

Air Date: June 5, 2017

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