Archives: Episodes
The Big Picture: Artist Photographs Students in Quarantine
Find out how a Drexel photographer's remote portraits of quarantined students were printed in Time Magazine.
Air Date: July 2, 2020
A moment of reckoning: What histories do our monuments commemorate?
Amidst the weeks of protests, an old conversation has gained new traction: what do we do with our monuments to slaveholders and other problematic historical figures?
Air Date: July 2, 2020
Listen 48:58The author of the best selling books about young boy who fights evil fairies talked with Patrick Stoner about the Irishness in “Artemis ...
Air Date: July 1, 2020
Russian bounties for US troops in Afghanistan
How should the U.S. respond to reports that Russia paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan?
Air Date: July 1, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Sometimes internationally famous super-hackers occupy a metaphorical underworld. Other times… ...
Air Date: July 1, 2020
Listen 15:09In Philadelphia and around the country, people are complaining about loud, mysterious booms at night. Are they fireworks? ATM explosions? ... military PSYOPs?
Air Date: June 30, 2020
Listen 20:05Joy Ike, Jeffrey Gaines, Cliff Hillis, and the Spin Doctors' Eric Schenkman perform in this hour long live session of rock, blues and pop music.
Air Date: June 30, 2020
Battleground 2020: the state of the presidential race
Recent polling in Pennsylvania shows presidential candidate Joe Biden leading President Trump. We discuss the factors influencing the state's voters.
Air Date: June 30, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:12A virtual tour of ‘every thing it took to make America’
In the next installment of "Why didn’t I go there?," The Why's Shai Ben-Yaacov and his 10-year-old son take a virtual tour of the time capsule that is the Mercer Museum.
Air Date: June 29, 2020
Listen 17:43Matt Vantine, a Philadelphia singer/songwriter, gained local attention as the front man for The Fleeting Ends from 2008-2018.
Air Date: June 29, 2020
Lights Out is a four-part Philadelphia vocal group that has long been hailed as "America's #1 Tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons".
Air Date: June 29, 2020
Healthcare workers feel the mental health toll of the pandemic
Healthcare workers have witnessed so much suffering and tragedy, worked long hours, dealt with PPE shortages, and feared for their own safety.
Air Date: June 29, 2020
Listen 04:25This week; taking the police out of Philadelphia schools, what next school year might look like in Camden, and what will come of Phillies baseball?
Air Date: June 29, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Meryl Streep cemented her reputation as one of Hollywood’s finest dramatic actresses in 2003 when she received an unprecedented 13th Academy Award nomination.
Air Date: June 29, 2020
Listen 1:00“The Biggest Bluff:” on luck, life and poker
Author and psychologist Maria Konnikova used high-stakes poker to explore luck, skill and decision-making. Along the way she become a professional poker player.
Air Date: June 26, 2020 10:00 am
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