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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, author of Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Irony and Outrage

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young argues that conservative talk radio and liberal political satire might be two halves of the same whole for their audiences.

Air Date: December 4, 2019

Listen 49:00
Jules E. Mastbaum High School on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Education

Frequent school lockdowns take a toll on Philly students

Over the past decade, Philly's public schools experienced an average of one lockdown every other day, leaving many students with nightmares.

Air Date: December 3, 2019

Listen 14:30
A SEPTA train on the Market Frankford line approaches Center City
The Why
Health

Dealing with death on the rails is part of the job at SEPTA

People getting hit and killed on the SEPTA tracks is a common tragedy — it happens almost every month. For train drivers, it's a traumatic hazard of the trade.

Air Date: December 2, 2019

Listen 13:23
(AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)
Radio Times
Science

Climate change: where science and politics collide

As world leaders and scientists gather at the UN climate summit in Madrid, we discuss the state of the climate crisis and clash between science and politics.

Air Date: December 3, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
This image, taken on September 7, 1996 by NASA's Galileo orbiter, shows two views of the trailing hemisphere of Jupiter's ice-covered satellite, Europa. Europa is about 3,160 kilometers (1,950 miles) in diameter, or about the size of Earth's moon.
Skytalk

Water, Water Everywhere

There are lots of hints regarding the possibility of the existence of liquid water around the solar, system, the galaxy, and the universe ...

Air Date: December 2, 2019

Listen 05:32
Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, speaks before Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs legislation into law at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 12/2/19

This week: auditing Philadelphia City Council's effectiveness, the declining rate of childhood obesity in NJ, and extending the statute of limitations on clergy sexual abuse.

Air Date: December 2, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
Condos at 1834 Frankford Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Predatory lending, redlining, gentrification, and the American homeowner

The financial collapse of 2008 led to many Americans losing their homes, while others profited. Today, unfair lending practices continue to benefit well-connected investors.

Air Date: November 29, 2019

Listen 49:45
Nurses in the operating room at Hahnemann Hospital, in Philadelphia. (Elana Gordon/WHYY File Photo)
The Pulse
Health

The Changing Roles of Nurses

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

Air Date: November 29, 2019

Listen 49:13
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Radio Times
Lifestyle

Radio Times: on being human

For Thanksgiving, we’re going to bring you some of the best interviews from Radio Times past about the human condition.

Air Date: November 28, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 50:00
Workers bring in the harvest at Pine Island Cranberry farm in Chatsworth, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Science

Love N.J. cranberries? Thank the resilience of the Pinelands

Commercial cranberry farming can be rough on the environment, but there's new research finding New Jersey's industry might not be so bad.

Air Date: November 27, 2019

Listen 13:17
Flicks

Sir Ian McKellen & Dame Helen Mirren for “The Good Liar”

Helen Mirren & Ian McKellen talk with Patrick Stoner about the British acting community camaraderie & how that helps in films l ...

Air Date: November 27, 2019

(via Bigstock)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Meet the parents

The dos and don’ts of meeting your new partner's parents, what’s at stake, and we’ll hear some personal stories of meeting the parent’s gone good, and bad.

Air Date: November 27, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Neshaminy Redskins basketball team plays at home in January 2019. Thanks to a recent Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ruling, the team will have get rid of to any logos and imagery “that negatively stereotype Native Americans,
The Why
Education

Neshaminy ‘Redskins’ controversy continues with puzzling ruling

The Pa. Human Relations Commission says "Redskins" is a slur for Native Americans, but will allow a Bucks County school district to use the nickname for its sports teams.

Air Date: November 26, 2019

Listen 13:40
(The First Thanksgiving by J.L.G. Ferris. circa 1912/Wikimedia Commons)
Radio Times

The real history of the first Thanksgiving

Historian David Silverman tells the troubling history of the first Thanksgiving from the perspective of the Wampanoag.

Air Date: November 26, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
A photo taken by a former teacher at Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School shows a boy holding a cup of water the teacher said was drawn from a drinking fountain at the school in June of 2016. (Provided)
The Why
Education

Lead in school drinking water could be worse than we know

The drinking water at a N. Philly elementary school recently tested extremely high for levels of toxic lead. It's probably not the only one.

Air Date: November 25, 2019

Listen 14:52
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