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Voices in the Family

Understanding the impact of losing a close friend

Grieving for a close friend affects people more deeply than mental health professionals previously thought. A new study analyzed surveys ...

Air Date: June 17, 2019

Listen 03:37
The smokestack of the Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility looms over a residential street in Chester. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Philly’s trash is Chester’s air pollution

Philadelphia sends one-third of its trash to an incinerator in Chester deemed by researchers to be one of the dirtiest in the nation.

Air Date: June 17, 2019

Listen 10:53
SLF-spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) 4th instar nymph (red body) in Pennsylvania, on July 20, 2018. USDA-ARS Photo by Stephen Ausmus.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Regional Roundup – 06/17/19

This week: The Philadelphia Department of Streets cracks down on illegal dumping, the formerly-incarcerated Board of Pardons secretary, and the invasive spotted lanternfly.

Air Date: June 17, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:13
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Radio Times
Lifestyle

How to have a good fight / Trump on opposition research

We discuss how to fight well with our partners, friends and colleagues. And, we get reaction to President Trump's comments about opposition research from foreign governments.

Air Date: June 14, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:16
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The Pulse
Science

How Did We Miss That?

You’re developing a new, revolutionary product. You have all the science figured out, it works like a charm. Problem is, nobody wants ...

Air Date: June 14, 2019

Listen 48:45
You Oughta Know

I’m Stuffed: Becoming a Professional Taxidermist

What do a deer, a raccoon and a zebra all have in common? Bill ...

Air Date: June 13, 2019

Flicks

Himesh Patel & Lily James for “Yesterday”

Air Date: June 13, 2019

Joe Frazier hits Muhammad Ali with a left during the 15th round of their heavyweight title fight at New York's Madison Square garden in this March 8, 1971 photo. (AP Photo/stf)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Smokin’ Joe Frazier

We talk about the life of Philadelphia boxing legend Joe Frazier with sports writer Mark Kram Jr., author of "Smokin' Joe."

Air Date: June 13, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:17
A scientist opens the lid of a cryotank containing donor sperm samples in an IVF clinic
The Why
Health

A Philadelphia fertility clinic’s secret

The Farris Institute was once Philadelphia's premiere clinic for artificial insemination. But it left an unknown number of children wondering who their fathers really were.

Air Date: June 13, 2019

Listen 13:47
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democracy and truth

American democracy has always had a difficult relationship with the truth, according to University of Pennsylvania history professor, Sophia Rosenfeld.

Air Date: June 12, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
Cancer patient Judy Govatos, of Wilmington, is an advocate for allowing terminally ill people to end their lives with medical help. (Erin Reynolds/WHYY)
The Why
Health

One cancer survivor’s case for assisted suicide

Wilmington resident Judy Govatos has survived cancer twice. If it returns, she wants to be able to choose how to die and is pushing for a controversial bill in Delaware.

Air Date: June 12, 2019

Listen 12:03
President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, Friday, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democrats debate impeachment and ramp up oversight

We discuss the Mueller report hearings, the House vote to hold Don McGahn and AG Barr in contempt of Congress, and the pros and cons of beginning impeachment inquiries.

Air Date: June 11, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
Efforts to limit opioid prescriptions are leading some patients to use more dangerous drugs. (Bigstock)
The Why
Health

The consequences of cutting back on opioid prescriptions

Efforts to limit opioid prescriptions are leading some patients to use more dangerous drugs.

Air Date: June 11, 2019

Listen 13:21
In this May 22, 2018 photo, ruddy turnstones, larger birds, and semipalmated sandpipers walk near the shoreline at Kimbles Beach, Middle Township NJ.  Each spring, shorebirds migrating from South America to the Arctic stop on the sands of Delaware Bay to feast on masses of horseshoe crab eggs. It's a marvel of ecology. It's also one of the world's hot-spots for bird flu and a bonanza for scientists seeking clues to how influenza evolves so they just might better protect people.  (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma). (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 06/10/19

This week: New Jersey's Democratic Party feuds, the eviction crisis in Philadelphia, and saving the shorebirds of the Delaware Bay.

Air Date: June 10, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
Lawyers gather in the hallway at Philadelphia City Hall that houses the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. A computer virus has shut down the court's website. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

Computer virus still crippling Philly courts and their online systems

Normal court proceedings have slowed or stopped since Philly's First Judicial District shut down the court websites after getting a virus almost a month ago.

Air Date: June 10, 2019

Listen 12:48
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