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India Targets South Pole (of the Moon)

After a four-week journey from earth, the Indian Space Research Organization announced its Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft successfully entered ...

Air Date: August 31, 2019

Listen 05:19
Rapper Meek Mill, (center), arrives at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.  (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Meek Mill and Pennsylvania parole reform

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill has been battling with the city’s criminal justice system for 12 years after he was arrested on gun and drug charges when he was 19.

Air Date: August 30, 2019

Listen 49:04
The Pulse
Science

Science At Work

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...

Air Date: August 30, 2019

Listen 47:13
Flicks

The Stars of “Brittany Runs a Marathon”

Jillian Bell & others talk with Patrick Stoner about the difficulties of portraying a troubled but charming character in “Britany ...

Air Date: August 29, 2019

You Oughta Know

Challenge Accepted: Adaptive Surfing in New Jersey

Celebrating its 9th year, the They Will Surf Again event in Wildwoo ...

Air Date: August 29, 2019

Fire consumes the jungle near Porto Velho, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Brazilian state experts have reported a record of nearly 77,000 wildfires across the country so far this year, up 85% over the same period in 2018. Brazil contains about 60% of the Amazon rainforest, whose degradation could have severe consequences for global climate and rainfall.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Radio Times
Science

Amazon fires and U.S. forests

First we look at the fires burning in the Amazon -how they started, the response, and the impact on climate change. Then, we discuss threats to U.S. forests.

Air Date: August 29, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Finn Nahill got the first gender neutral marker on a driver's license issued by the Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania DMV. (Photo provided by Morgan Selkirk)
The Why
Community

The secret way some got a gender-neutral Pa. driver’s license

Trans and nonbinary Pennsylvanians got gender-neutral markers (“X” or “U” instead of “M” or F”) long before PennDOT said they could.

Air Date: August 29, 2019

Listen 13:32
From the left, Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a work session during the G7 summit at Casino in Biarritz, southwestern France, Monday Aug.26 2019. G-7 leaders are wrapping up a summit dominated by tensions over U.S. trade policies and a surprise visit by Iran's top diplomat. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump and the international community

President Trump recently attended the G7 summit of world leaders to discuss global trade and security issues. This happens as his he engages in a trade war with China.

Air Date: August 28, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Voices in the Family

The mental health impact of being a veterinarian

Working around pets and animals sounds like it should be fun and enjoyable. But new research finds that veterinarians and people who volu ...

Air Date: August 28, 2019

Listen 03:09
(Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
Education

Hope, love and basketball: Summer at North Philly’s Hank Gathers Rec Center

A summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center will tell you everything about North Philadelphia that the headlines leave out.

Air Date: August 28, 2019

Listen 45:44
Women officers are graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy on October 9, 1976. (James A. Craig/Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA)
The Why
Community

Female cops face a blue wall of silence when reporting sexual harassment

Richard Ross resigned after ignoring sexual harassment claims filed by a female officer. Could there be a systemic problem within the Philadelphia Police Department?

Air Date: August 28, 2019

Listen 17:05
Elise Schiller, author of Even if your Heart Would Listen (Photo courtesy of author)
Radio Times
Health

Reflections on love and loss in the opioid crisis

Elise Schiller lost her daughter to a heroin overdose while she was in treatment. Now she's speaking out about opioid use disorder and the holes in the US treatment system.

Air Date: August 27, 2019

Listen 49:02
Kevin Roster moved from his longtime home in New Jersey to California so he could access its medical aid-in-dying law. Suffering from sarcoma, he died with medical assistance in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on July 26, 2019, six days before New Jersey's law took effect. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Health

N.J.’s push and pull over aid in dying

A geriatrician's lawsuit has New Jersey's aid in dying law on hold. It's part of a long fight over similar laws across the country.

Air Date: August 27, 2019

Listen 12:04
(photo credit: Ray Gilbert)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 08/26/19

This week; Philly's City Controller reacts to the scandal at the Police Department, a the history of Newark's water crisis, and scaring away NJ's seagulls using falcons.

Air Date: August 26, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
Tamaqua School board member Nicholas Boyle (left) and School Board President Larry Wittig (center) are joined by Joe Egan, a representative of The Buckeye Firearm Foundation at a meeting in November 2018. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
The Why
Education

Pa. school district still pushing to arm teachers

Whether Tamaqua, Pa. teachers will be secretly armed depends on competing interpretation of the law and an ugly school board election in the near future.

Air Date: August 26, 2019

Listen 14:26
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