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SEPTA’s new general manager, Leslie Richards
She joins us to talk about her plans to bring the transit authority up to date and create an equitable transportation system.
Air Date: January 29, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59LGBTQ protections in Pa. happening town by town
Pennsylvania is the only Northeastern state that doesn’t outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ people. So advocates are working to pass local ordinances town by town.
Air Date: January 28, 2020
Listen 15:22We talk to the creative team behind the new play "My General Tubman" about Harriet Tubman's life and her continuing significance.
Air Date: January 28, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Giving people of color opportunity in Philly’s construction industry
A new development project in North Philly is taking a unique approach to employ more people of color — and it seems to be working.
Air Date: January 27, 2020
Listen 13:50Alva Belmont used her wealth to support the women’s suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Belmont was born i ...
Air Date: January 27, 2020
Listen 1:00This week: remembering Kobe Bryant, a new promising gene therapy treatment for muscular dystrophy, and teaching kids how to avoid domestic abuse.
Air Date: January 27, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:56No Belt Can Contain This Asteroid!
There’s the asteroid belt that we all know between Mars and Jupiter; there’s the Kuiper Belt out beyond Neptune, the most famous inha ...
Air Date: January 25, 2020
Listen 7:15On Stage At Curtis features Anansi and the Great Light, a children’s opera composed by Nick DiBerardino in collaboration wit ...
Air Date: January 24, 2020
We discuss advances in facial recognition and surveillance technology and what it means for our privacy and civil liberties.
Air Date: January 24, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Sang Kee Peking Duck House, Heartbeet Kitchen & Victor Cafe
Kae Lani and her guests dicuss vegan cuisine, opera singing waiters, and BBQ duck.
Air Date: January 23, 2020
Background check law to protect Pa. kids isn’t being enforced
After the Penn State abuse scandal rocked Pennsylvania, the state tried to strengthen its child protection laws. But one of them isn't being enforced, leaving kids vulnerable.
Air Date: January 23, 2020
Listen 15:32Hosts Shirley Min and Mark Eichmann are preparing for the Grammys this weekend! They’ll take you to famed drummer ...
Air Date: January 23, 2020
Tyler Perry and Crystal Fox for “A Fall from Grace”
Tyler Perry (writer/director) & Crystal Fox (star) talk with Patrick Stoner about Perry’s use of visual “closeness” to enhance ...
Air Date: January 23, 2020
Why are health care costs in the United States so high and why has there been little effort to control them?
Air Date: January 23, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:30Hair can be our crowning glory, a big part of our identity, and a tool for self-expression. We shave it, style it, cut it, dye it — an ...
Air Date: January 23, 2020
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