Archives: Episodes

Pa. lawmakers haggled for six months over how to spend $1 billion in CARES Act money while businesses struggled. In the end, Gov. Wolf sided with Republicans.

Professor, minister and author Michael Eric Dyson on his book, "Long Time Coming," written as letters to victims of police violence from Emmett Till to George Floyd.

There's been resistance to wearing masks and many people report they're reluctant to getting a COVID vaccine. This hour, how to get people to think and act more pro-socially.

Paul Bettany and director/writer Alan Ball talk with Patrick Stoner about the importance of knowing for whom a film is made. ...

We examine the latest attempt to get Congress to provide relief money to Americans, and we look specifically at the struggles of restaurants and their workers.

Can we all finally admit that we have no idea what Figgy Pudding is?

Not only are women serving as caregivers for family members and monitors over their children's virtual learning, but they're also more likely to lose their jobs in 2020.

Emme is a 17-year-old Americana singer-songwriter from Berks County, Pennsylvania.

With a line-up of Philly musicians whose influences range from Sun Ra to Bulgarian brass bands, West Philadelphia Orchestra is a unique ensemble in today’s auto-tuned world.

Ethan Anderson is a Seattle-based musician, educator, and an international torchbearer of Americana music, with a touring history that spans 12 different countries.

The Durty Rotten Parrots are a musical comedy band.

We discuss the end of Trump's election challenges in Pa. Then, we look at the future of U.S.-Iran relations after the assassination of their top nuclear scientist.

The Wanamaker Organ, still spreading holiday joy at Macy's in Philadelphia, has endured and entertained through the 1918 Spanish Flu and 2020 coronavirus pandemics.

A new study finds that people who are cheerful and content, what psychologists call "positive affect," are less likely to experience memory decline as they age.

Lorraine Hansberry wrote the celebrated "A Raisin in The Sun", the first play by an African American woman to be performed on Broadway.