Archives: Episodes
Back to school and the Pa. mask mandate
With students back in classrooms, we look at how to keep kids safe from COVID and discuss Pennsylvania Governor Wolf's new mask mandate for schools.
Air Date: September 2, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Opioid overdoses rose during the pandemic by 30% -- in Philadelphia over 1200 people died in 2020. This hour we'll talk about what's fueling the growing opioid crisis.
Air Date: September 1, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Andrei Doroshin, Philly Fighting COVID’s CEO, ran the company like a high school clique and former staffers describe a crude, volatile leader.
Air Date: September 1, 2021
Listen 34:17The US has remained firm on the August 31st deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, even amidst the devastating chaos of the last few weeks.
Air Date: August 31, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00The PA GOP may carry out an audit of the 2020 election. Plus, efforts to restore beaches at the Jersey shore might not be enough to address rising sea levels.
Air Date: August 30, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:14Our summer interns share what it was like being part of the You Oughta Know team and producing their own stories about a South Philly res ...
Air Date: August 27, 2021
This is the Voice, The Voice Catchers
John Colapinto, author of This is the Voice, joins us to talk about the extraordinary architecture of our sonic sounds. Then, Joseph Turow on his new book, The Voice Catchers.
Air Date: August 27, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Energy fuels our lives in ways that seem almost magical. It can transform darkness into light, cold into warmth, water into ice. Of cours ...
Air Date: August 27, 2021
Listen 49:33Corona-somnia: Sleep disorders and the global pandemic
Struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep? The stress and uncertainty of COVID-19 increased rates of insomnia, restlessness and something called revenge bedtime procrastination
Air Date: August 26, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00The Pulse Presents: Half Vaxxed — The Rise and Fall of Philly Fighting COVID
The first episode looks at the promise of the nimble, young startup that pledged to vaccinate Philadelphia.
Air Date: August 25, 2021
Listen 25:06The Icepick Surgeon: Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.
Air Date: August 25, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Michael Keaton talks with Patrick Stoner about needing less takes to get it right as he’s grown older. ...
Air Date: August 25, 2021
Ep 1. ‘Shooting for the Heavens’
Philly Fighting COVID was a young startup that pledged to vaccinate Philadelphia. What did the city’s health department see in this group in the first place?
Air Date: August 25, 2021
Listen 23:59Coronavirus update and WHYY’s Half Vaxxed: The story of Philly Fighting Covid
Will we see more vaccine mandates, and when? Dr. Bettigole joins us. Also, a new podcast that explores how a 22-year old with no experience got a sweet distribution deal.
Air Date: August 24, 2021 10:00 am
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