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Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen talk with Patrick Stoner about using their real life marriage to create a natural sense of timing in t ...
Air Date: November 26, 2025
Fake water bills and phantom UPS deliveries are nearly unavoidable. And now with AI, scams are just getting more sophisticated. How do we avoid becoming a victim?
Air Date: November 25, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:27It’s the most successful and the most maddening play in professional football right now: the tush push. If you’re a football fan, you ...
Air Date: November 28, 2025 9:00 am
Listen 51:05Last week, Lower Merion Township passed a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Many are happy to wave goodbye to noisy and pollutive equipment. Others have reservations.
Air Date: November 24, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:40From pain to purpose: how one Philadelphia woman built a lifeline for women facing infertility
When the path to parenthood gets tough, one Philly woman is stepping in with hope and support.
Air Date: November 24, 2025
Listen 5:29Studio 2 Extra: Rep. Houlahan on Trump’s ‘punishable by death’ comment
Six Democratic lawmakers urged military members and intelligence personnel not to obey unlawful orders. President Trump accuses Pa.’s Houlahan, others of ‘seditious behavior.’
Air Date: November 21, 2025 1:00 pm
Listen 9:00Studio 2 Extra: Provenance chef Nicholas Bazik on Michelin star
The newly crowned Michelin-starred chef and owner of Provenance in Philadelphia’s Society Hill neighborhood talks with Studio 2 co-host Avi Wolfman-Arent.
Air Date: November 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 35:59Learning to focus on what matters most
Psychologist Diana Hill explains how to revitalize our relationship with ourselves and focus on what really matters.
Air Date: November 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:14An ode to Philly’s lost concert halls, Part 1
On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin documents some of the most noteworthy live music played in Philly’s glorious bygone music ven ...
Air Date: November 21, 2025
Listen 7:23What Science Says About How Much Our Food Choices Matter
Ahead of Thanksgiving, we take a look at new nutrition research, and what we should — and shouldn’t — be eating.
Air Date: November 21, 2025
Listen 49:34How to avoid a nightmare workplace
On top of the usual workplace specters, like long meetings and bad bosses, many companies are now imposing return-to-work requirements and pushing their employees to use AI.
Air Date: November 20, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:27Comfort and Floyd, El Chingon, Southwark
This week on Check, Please! Philly we talk diner pancakes, sourdough tortillas, and Italian amuse bouche.
Air Date: November 20, 2025
Joel Edgerton & Felicity Jones talk with Patrick Stoner about the story of a man who spent his life in the deep woods after his home ...
Air Date: November 19, 2025
Visit Philly’s only revolutionary tavern
Located on Spruce Street near the Delaware Waterfront, "A Man Full of Trouble" was a place for the working class to meet, drink and imagine what independence could look like.
Air Date: November 19, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:28The Hidden Jewish History Inside the American Revolution
This Jewish merchant in Philadelphia shaped America's ideals of religious freedom.
Air Date: November 19, 2025














