Archives: Episodes

Principal Jovan Weaver knows well the trauma that many of his students experience. We hear his struggle to overcome a tumultuous childhood.

The debate that led to Wister’s conversion to a charter school raised questions of politics, access and influence. And it pitted Philadelphia neighbors against one another.

As principal, Jovan tries to find a balance between Mastery's “no excuses” culture and the “love and positivity” mission he envisions based on his own traumatic childhood.

Wister’s 5th grade students see themselves reflected in a faculty that has adopted a civil rights mission. And Jovan makes a major personal decision.

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Bill Cosby’s trial wraps up.  Two people convicted in the Bridgegate scandal have their appeal heard in court.  In York county, a ...

Our sun, like so many others, was born as part of a cluster of stars. Sibling stars have the same chemical composition and can be discove ...

Guest: Leslie Odom Jr. You may not have scored the tickets to see the original cast of “Hamilton,” but ...

The defense rests it’s case in the Cosby sexual assault retrial. Philadelphia High Schoolers tell their stories to shed light on e ...

Research shows that character strengths are as important as I-Q and socioeconomic status to achievement and well-being in life. The ...

Guest: Melissa Dahl Awkwardness isn’t just a teenage emotion that goes away once the braces are off and pimple ...

Violinist Stephen Tavani is the concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Mr. Tavani graduated with an Artist Diploma from ...

Teenage protesters rally for a voice in the national debate on gun violence. Preservationists want to save an old Philly chocolate factor ...

Changing Hands Family heir Ben DuPont and a former DuPont company executive recently announced they’re buyin ...

Soil solarization is a powerful tool in the organic arsenal—but can you solarize a bed that has a tree in the middle?! On the latest ...