
Archives: Episodes
Talking about critical care and death with loved ones
A recent editorial in the New York Times urges families to have “the talk” – that is, the end of life talk. If you were ...
Air Date: June 9, 2020
Listen 04:14Fixing the health care system: lessons from the pandemic
The pandemic has revealed the failures and inequities in our healthcare system. Ezekiel Emanuel, author of "Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare?" discusses reforms.
Air Date: June 9, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:12‘New normal’ for non-COVID health care
As the Philly restrictions, doctors are starting to reschedule routine visits. Here's why many of the changes they've made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will stick.
Air Date: June 8, 2020
Listen 17:30A Day Without Love, fronted & founded by Brian Walker, is a musician who sings about rising above societal and personal adversity through storytelling and prose.
Air Date: June 8, 2020
Walter Trout is a tough rockin' blues guitarist who always keeps his fans guessing.
Air Date: June 8, 2020
On this week's Regional Roundup: Pennsylvania primary election, the Frank Rizzo statue, Philly sports update.
Air Date: June 8, 2020
Listen 48:58Billie Jean King has 39 Grand Slam titles to her name and is praised as one of the greatest tennis players of all times.
Air Date: June 8, 2020
Listen 1:00The Impact of Police Violence on Health
The killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis has sparked another wave of national outrage over police brutality and viol ...
Air Date: June 5, 2020
Listen 48:58The future of small businesses as the country reopens
How are businesses going to navigate reopening during a health pandemic and national civic unrest?
Air Date: June 5, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Police allowed Fishtown mob to threaten neighbors who want answers
A group of white men carrying baseball bats assaulted at least three people in Fishtown. Why did police allow them to assemble past curfew while telling protesters go home?
Air Date: June 4, 2020
Listen 15:49Will there be police reform in the wake of George Floyd’s killing?
With so many incidences of police violence against Black Americans, many are asking why are we here again?
Air Date: June 4, 2020
Listen 49:58Kristin Scott Thomas & Sharon Horgan talk with Patrick Stoner about the little known activities in “Military Wives” — a film b ...
Air Date: June 4, 2020
Race, protest and media coverage
We talk about how the media's coverage of the protests, the images and the language that is used, and how it shapes the narrative and influences public opinion and policy.
Air Date: June 3, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:14‘Why did this just happen?’ Philly’s escalating protests
WHYY reporters chronicle how protests, looting and the police response have escalated in Philly, taking us deep into what they've seen, heard and experienced on the ground.
Air Date: June 2, 2020
Listen 34:56What the George Floyd protests say about policing and black life in America
We talk about the protests over police violence against black Americans, the political implications, the public reaction and what comes next.
Air Date: June 2, 2020 10:00 am
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