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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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The Pulse

Hair and our Health

Hair can be our crowning glory, a big part of our identity, and a tool for self-expression. We shave it, style it, cut it, dye it — an ...

Air Date: January 23, 2020

Listen 49:12
Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019
Environment
Pennsylvania

PFAS chemicals found in drinking water nationwide, report says

In Philadelphia, the survey found two of the most commonly researched PFAS chemicals at levels far below the EPA’s recommended limit.

6 years ago

H5N1 bird flu virus is the sort of virus under discussion this week in Bethesda, Md. How animal viruses can acquire the ability to jump into humans and quickly move from person to person is exactly the question that some researchers are trying to answer by manipulating pathogens in the lab. (SPL/Dr. Klaus Boller/Science Source)
NPR
Biology

How much should the public be told about research into risky viruses?

The U. S. government this week is pondering how much the public needs to be told about funding decisions for lab research that could make risky viruses even worse.

6 years ago

DEP spokesman says, “These are very complex discussions that will take years to resolve…” (Bokskapet/Pixabay/NJ Spotlight)
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. DEP’s PFAS directive to chemical companies will take ‘years’ to resolve

Five chemical companies have been accused of contaminating many areas of New Jersey with toxic PFAS chemicals.

6 years ago

Fisherman on the Susquehanna River. It supplies half the freshwater flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment

Maryland plans to sue Pa. over Chesapeake Bay pollution

The Republican governor said that Pennsylvania is “repeatedly falling short” of goals to curb pollution flowing down the Susquehanna River into the bay.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Business
Environment
Transportation
Travel

Travel, climate change and guilt

We talk about the impact of flying on climate change, the "flight shaming movement," and the pros and cons of carbon offsets with two climate scientists and a travel writer.

Air Date: January 14, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
In this aerial photo Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, wildfires rage under plumes of smoke in Bairnsdale, Australia. (Glen Morey via AP, File)
Radio Times
Environment
International

Is Australia’s fire the world’s future?

We look at the bushfires raging in Australia and discuss the role climate change is playing on wildfire severity and frequency around the globe.

Air Date: January 10, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
A person bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
The Pulse
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy

After a long history of erasure, communities of color are reclaiming psychedelic traditions to heal from trauma.

6 years ago

Listen 11:54
Psychedelic Mushrooms
The Pulse

Psychedelics and Therapy

After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are taking a fresh look at the potential of psychedelics in therapy. Could substances like ketam ...

Air Date: January 10, 2020

Listen 48:50
a pair of glasses focused on a forest
The Pulse
Biology
Environment

Vision 2020

The New Year is often a time for a fresh start. We reflect on our past habits, and resolve to do better — eat healthier, work harder, o ...

Air Date: January 3, 2020

Listen 48:51
David Fajgenbaum leads a research lab at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to studying Castleman disease, a rare illness that nearly killed him five times. He has recently shifted his focus to look at ways of treating COVID-19. (Courtesy of David Fajgenbaum)
The Pulse
Biology
Medicine
Philadelphia

5 lessons one doctor learned from the times he almost died

How five near-death experiences drove David Fajgenbaum to live his life to the fullest, and discover a novel treatment for Castleman's disease.

6 years ago

Listen 18:16
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane takes off in the rain. (Ted S. Warren/ AP Photo)
The Pulse
Environment
Transportation

What happens when academics fly less to conferences?

Sometimes, it means better conferences, as collaboration and access improve.

6 years ago

Listen 08:09
(Collage: The Pulse/WHYY)
The Pulse
Medicine

The Pulse’s favorite episodes of the year

Here’s a list of some favorite episodes, curated by The Pulse team members themselves.

6 years ago

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch set a new record Saturday, Dec. 28, for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Gender
Space

U.S. astronaut sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

6 years ago

Seabeach amaranth plant
Down the Shore
Biology
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. officials report 600% increase of endangered plant along state’s beaches

An annual plant census along New Jersey's beaches reveals a significant surge of a federally threatened and endangered plant species, state officials announced.

6 years ago

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