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Women 100

Mary Church Terrell

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

Listen 0:58
Hannah Klein, mezzo-soprano; Reese Revak, piano
On Stage at Curtis

Songs from Fauré and Barber

Songs from French composer Gabriel Fauré and American composer Samuel Barber performed by mezzo-soprano Hannah Klein. Fa ...

Air Date: January 10, 2020

In this aerial photo Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, wildfires rage under plumes of smoke in Bairnsdale, Australia. (Glen Morey via AP, File)
Radio Times
Science

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

Listen 48:59
Psychedelic Mushrooms
The Pulse
Science

Psychedelics and Therapy

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

Listen 48:50
Check, Please! Philly

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

The entrance to Hahnemann University Hospital on North Broad Street on July 11, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Health

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

Listen 13:19
You Oughta Know

Songwriting Seniors

102-year-old Alan Tripp just released his first album titled Senior ...

Air Date: January 9, 2020

Flicks

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

(photo credit, Maggie Casey)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Liz Moore on “Long Bright River”

Liz Moore discusses her new crime novel, "Long Bright River" about two sisters, one a police officer and the other a drug-addict, caught up in Philadelphia's opioid crisis.

Air Date: January 9, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Customers place their orders at the Wawa at 6th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why

Wawa’s data breach and the weakness in our payment system

Malware may have compromised credit and debit card information at all of Wawa's 850 convenience stores. Are hacks like this inevitable?

Air Date: January 8, 2020

Listen 12:33
Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The U.S. and Iran: 1953 to today

The U.S. and Iran have had fraught relations since the 1950s. Today we'll talk about the decades of conflict, including the recent killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Air Date: January 8, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Philadelphia Police Department’s headquarters building at 7th and Race Streets. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
The Why
Courts & Law

Missing and mentally ill: How much does the public need to know?

The Philadelphia Police Department used to routinely include mental health information in its public missing persons reports — until one reporter started asking why.

Air Date: January 7, 2020

Listen 13:13
Mayor Jim Kenney speaks after he is sworn in to his second term. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney

This hour, Mayor Kenney sits down with Marty to reflect on his last term and to discuss his plans for his second.

Air Date: January 7, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Members of Philadelphia City Council stand for a prayer at the opening of a meeting at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Philly has a new City Council. What could it get done?

Philadelphia City Council has passed more than 12,000 bills in the last two decades, without much objection. But as new faces are sworn in, that all could change.

Air Date: January 6, 2020

Listen 12:50
A harbor seal has its photo taken at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Brigantine, N.J. The center is tending to the seal brought in with cuts and infection last month from Long Beach Island. (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 01/06/19

This week: legal hemp in New Jersey, Pennsylvania's plan to serve the mentally ill, and seals are washing ashore (but stay away!)

Air Date: January 6, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
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