Archives: Episodes
Democrats debate as primary season approaches
Guest host Mary Cummings-Jordan and her guest discuss Tuesday night's debate, and what the candidates are saying in the lead up to the first round of primaries.
Air Date: January 15, 2020 10:00 am
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The Comcast executive who’ll be a key power player in 2020
You may have never heard of David L. Cohen, the Philly power broker and Comcast executive. But most presidential candidates sure have.
Air Date: January 14, 2020
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Travel, climate change and guilt
We talk about the impact of flying on climate change, the "flight shaming movement," and the pros and cons of carbon offsets with two climate scientists and a travel writer.
Air Date: January 14, 2020 10:00 am
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Parents call Judge Lyris Younge a menace on the bench
Lyris Younge will stand trial before the Judicial Conduct Board. She's accused of violating parents due process rights in family court. Will she be removed?
Air Date: January 13, 2020
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Gloria Steinem was one of the most prominent faces of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 70s. Steinem used her skills as a journalist ...
Air Date: January 13, 2020
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This week: An update on the legal battle over safe injection sites in Philly, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, and the oldest form of American music, sacred harp singing.
Air Date: January 13, 2020
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Supernovae are known as element factories, but astronomers are now discovering that merging neutron stars and fast-spinning supernovae ma ...
Air Date: January 11, 2020
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Mary Church Terrell was born during the Civil War, right after the Emancipation Proclamation. The daughter of former slaves who became su ...
Air Date: January 10, 2020
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Songs from French composer Gabriel Fauré and American composer Samuel Barber performed by mezzo-soprano Hannah Klein. Fa ...
Air Date: January 10, 2020
Is Australia’s fire the world’s future?
We look at the bushfires raging in Australia and discuss the role climate change is playing on wildfire severity and frequency around the globe.
Air Date: January 10, 2020 10:00 am
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After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are taking a fresh look at the potential of psychedelics in therapy. Could substances like ketam ...
Air Date: January 10, 2020
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Bittersweet Kitchen, Vedge & Saad’s Halal
Kae Lani is joined by writer Jake Mattera, IT program manager Clay Stewart, and realtor Sierra Crosby. The group gushes about the comfort ...
Air Date: January 9, 2020
Hahnemann Hospital’s closure could create a malpractice crisis
Hahnemann Hospital's closure means it may not be able to pay for malpractice insurance for its doctors, who treated some of the city's poorest and sickest patients.
Air Date: January 9, 2020
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102-year-old Alan Tripp just released his first album titled Senior ...
Air Date: January 9, 2020
Jonathan Pryce and Fernando Meirelles for “The Two Popes”
Jonathan Pryce, star, & Fernando Meirelles, director of “The Two Popes” talk with Patrick Stoner about making a nominated film p ...
Air Date: January 9, 2020