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Meet the Movers and Makers breathing new life into old materials. Artist Rina Banerjee uses internationally sourced materials and gathere ...
Air Date: February 28, 2019
Therapy Dogs: The Furriest Way to De-Stress
Meet our new furry friends: the therapy dogs from PAWS for People; hear about a quilter’s ancestral connection to her craft; Raj Ha ...
Air Date: February 28, 2019
Since China has stopped accepting America's plastic recyclables, one solution to dealing with the excess material has been to burn it in already-existing trash incinerators.
Air Date: March 1, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Director Neil Jordan for “Greta”
Neil Jordan, the award winning director, talks with Patrick Stoner about creating suspense in “Greta.” ...
Air Date: February 28, 2019
Michael Cohen’s testimony and what it means
Marty and her guests discuss the public testimony of former-Trump lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, and what it means for the President.
Air Date: February 28, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:28One bishop’s conscience: Why the Catholic Church is slow to change amid sex-abuse crisis
Erie Bishop Lawrence Persico has been outspoken about the sexual abuse scandals that have stained the Catholic Church. Even he is taking a wait-and-see approach.
Air Date: February 28, 2019
Listen 12:35Handling priority mail: Pennsylvania’s prison mail controversy
The controversy has raised the question of what takes precedent: the safety and security of prisons or the protection of attorney-client privilege?
Air Date: February 27, 2019
Listen 12:44Sex abuse, the powerful, and criminal justice
We discuss the Jeffrey Epstein and other recent cases of powerful people who, until now, have escaped justice for sex abuse crimes.
Air Date: February 26, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Creating a paper trail: Why Pennsylvania is shelling out for new voting machines
The state says there's no evidence its voting machines have ever been hacked. So why is Pa. forcing all 67 counties to buy new ones to the tune of $120 million?
Air Date: February 26, 2019
Listen 12:47Volunteers Needed for Stellar Sleuthing
Wanna get your hands dirty in astronomy? Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 is a newly revised version of a Zooniverse Citizen Scientist data-mini ...
Air Date: February 25, 2019
Listen 05:38Beaten behind closed doors: A look into abuse at Glen Mills Schools
After several incidents came to light in the early 2000s, the school said it would take action. So why are beatings still happening?
Air Date: February 25, 2019
Listen 15:55Online gambling in New Jersey, City Council term limits, nuclear power in Pa.
Regional Roundup: Should Philly's city council have term limits? A Trump administration rule change that could stymie legal sports betting in NJ. The future of nuclear in Pa.
Air Date: February 22, 2019
Listen 49:00Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law
Steve Luxenberg tells the history around Plessy v. Ferguson, the disastrous 1896 Supreme Court decision that made racial segregation legal as “separate but equal.”
Air Date: February 22, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:37Troops to Teachers Serves the Classroom
Meet veteran turned science teacher, Al Jackson, who joined Troop ...
Air Date: February 21, 2019
No one wants a school to close in their neighborhood. So when South Philly’s Edward W. Bok Technical High School closed in 2013, Lindse ...
Air Date: February 21, 2019