Skip to content
A one-hour edition of the popular afternoon radio newsmagazine delivering breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews and special features, and transforming the way listeners understand current events and view the world.

Weekend All Things Considered

Listen Live

Listen Live

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
Next

Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Health & Science

Tammy King (left) is comforted by her sister Michelle Rouco, both nurses, who were not allowed to see their father before he succumbed to COVID-19. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Their father died of COVID-19 at the hospital where they worked. They still weren’t allowed to see him

Sisters Tammy King and Michelle Rouco worked as nurses at the same hospital where their father died of COVID-19. They still couldn’t be by his side.

6 years ago

Listen 5:00
A Black doctor performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. (Christopher Norris for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Black churches aid free testing

Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.

6 years ago

Workers screen a patient at Philly's Center City test site. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly expands criteria for coronavirus tests to include new CDC symptoms, more people could be eligible

Chills, muscle pain, sore throat and lost sense of smell are now official signs of COVID-19.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Here is Gov. Murphy’s plan for reopening N.J.

Murphy's six-point recovery plan included steps officials would have to take to slow the spread of COVID-19, minimize new outbreaks of the disease and reboot the economy.

6 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Health

Coronavirus update: No flattening of curve in Delaware as mask requirement takes effect Tuesday

Delaware isn’t ready to start the 14-day countdown to the first limited phase of reopening as the governor takes further steps to limit the spread of the virus.

6 years ago

A group of people stand around a podium.
Health

Coronavirus update: Montco finds widespread, silent spread in prisons

“We’ve been checking temperatures in the correctional facility twice a day now for weeks,” said commission chair Val Arkoosh. “These are not people with symptoms.”

6 years ago

An empty jail cell
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. furloughs prisoners, Murphy outlines reopening plan

After drawing criticism for being slow, New Jersey prisons have begun furloughing some who are most likely to suffer the worst of COVID-19.

6 years ago

(Patrick Siebert for Gov. Larry Hogan / Flickr)
Health
Spotlight PA

States need coronavirus data to make timely decisions. What they share with the public varies widely.

Stateline and Spotlight PA surveyed six states — CO, GA, MD, PA, SC, and WA — to determine what information they have made accessible to the public via their websites.

6 years ago

Rock Ministries in Kensington will be the site of a COVID-19 testing facility for people experiencing homelessness. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Coronavirus test site for Philly’s addicted and homeless populations opens in Kensington

Located next to Rock Ministries, it’s available every weekday afternoon — and interested people can just show up.

6 years ago

(Sally Deng for NPR)
NPR
Health

6 solutions to beat COVID-19 in countries where the usual advice just won’t work

The COVID-19 playbook that wealthy nations in Europe, Asia and North America have come to know will be nearly impossible to follow in much of the developing world.

6 years ago

A wall of plastic trash at Garten Services in Salem, Ore., is headed to the landfill. The vast majority of plastic can't be or won't be recycled. (Laura Sullivan / NPR)
Science

‘Horrible hybrids’: The plastic products that give recyclers nightmares — and what you can use instead

Plastic products designed to be used for a few minutes can take decades or longer to decompose.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the press Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Speaker Pelosi: President Trump’s effort to sideline the WHO is ‘dangerous’

"It's stupid — it's more than stupid; it's dangerous," Pelosi told NPR.

6 years ago

Police tape covers park benches in Rutherford, New Jersey, to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, April 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says N.J. may lift stay-at-home orders ‘as one state’

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to outline the broad strokes of the state’s plan to ease social distancing measures on Monday.

6 years ago

Coronavirus antibody test kits are key to plans for proposed
NPR
Health

‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients are immune, WHO says

The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must confirm whether people are indeed safe.

6 years ago

'Anatomy of the Breast' by Sr. Astley Paston Cooper, 1840. (Jefferson Digital Commons)
Health
Billy Penn

Inside the Jefferson medical archives, where the most popular item is 1840’s ‘Anatomy of the Breast’

Pass time in quarantine exploring health records of Philly’s past.

6 years ago

Page 355 of 615« First«...353354355356357...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Love birds? Philadelphians can help scientists by counting them this Valentine’s Day

    4 hours ago

  • A year after border agent’s killing, 7 Zizians fight criminal charges in 3 states

    5 hours ago

  • ‘Sam the Popcorn Girl’ will be absent from Phillies games for most of the upcoming season

    6 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • Bridging Blocks
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org