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Electrifying everything: some optimism for climate change
Saul Griffith's hopeful and realistic action plan for fighting climate change while boosting the job market is to electrify, electrify, electrify.
Air Date: December 10, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:12Amnesia, Opioids and Why We Forget
In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying e ...
Air Date: December 10, 2021
Listen 49:32Giving gifts and the Buy Nothing movement
We discuss the psychology behind why and what we give, how it's received and what its says about us. And we'll look at the growing "buy nothing" movement.
Air Date: December 9, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Pa. Senate and governor’s races
The field of candidates in Pennsylvania's Senate and gubernatorial races keeps expanding. We talk with three political reporters about the candidates and what's at stake.
Air Date: December 8, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00‘Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA’
NPR investigative correspondent Tim Mak on his new book "Misfire" about how the NRA became increasingly tied to the far-right and why the organization is now in jeopardy.
Air Date: December 7, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Regional Roundup – December 6th
Reactions and calls for change after yet another attack against Asian Philadelphians. A Rabbi talks about opioid abuse recovery. The Philadelphia Union is up to something big.
Air Date: December 6, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Tipped workers and the fight for a livable wage
Tipped workers make a subminimum wage and during the pandemic tips have declined while harassment has increased. This hour, improving work and wages for tipped workers.
Air Date: December 10, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Living on a planet that’s been inhabited by humans for hundreds of thousands of years means pretty much every piece of ground that you ...
Air Date: December 3, 2021
Listen 49:17The Supreme Court weighs the right to abortion
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban case on Wednesday. We discuss the arguments, the questions and what's at stake.
Air Date: December 2, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00What we know and don't know about the new COVID variant omicron?
Air Date: December 1, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00An antidote to callout culture
Professor Loretta Ross says calling people out in social media for bad behavior or offensive speech isn't effective, instead we should be calling them in.
Air Date: November 30, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Regional Roundup – November 29th
Reforming city government after the guilty verdict in the trial of a local union leader and city councilmember. And, an unusual heart on display at the Mutter Museum.
Air Date: November 29, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15On this week’s episode of You Oughta Know we take in the sights and sounds of the season, as we head outdoors for some fun ...
Air Date: November 26, 2021