
Health & Science
First Person: Carper on healthcare
Senator Tom Carper is back with us on First this week. He created a national sensation a couple weeks ago by simply stating th ...
6 years ago
Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. Th ...
Air Date: September 1, 2017
Listen 00:49:17Pennsylvania’s obesity rate rises to 30 percent
Obesity has been on the rise across the country for more than 20 years, and Pennsylvania’s rates have followed suit. Thirty ...
6 years ago
Pa.’s prescription drug monitoring program turns one year old
One of the root causes of opioid addiction is over-prescription of addictive drugs. A major reason it occurs is the practice of do ...
6 years ago
New report recommends ways to prevent and respond to childhood lead exposure
The water and lead crisis in Flint Michigan and parts of Pennsylvania has shone a national spotlight on he problem of childhood lead expo ...
6 years ago
Restoring mussel populations and improving water quality in northern Delaware [video]
The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is attempting to restore mussel populations and improve water quality in Delaware. Adorne ...
6 years ago
Climate change wakeup: Humans likely made Harvey much worse
Hurricane Harvey is precisely the extreme “weather event” that climate scientists have long been warning about. But while Tru ...
6 years ago
Asteroid Florence will pass Earth on Saturday. At 2.4 miles in diameter, it’s the largest since researchers began keeping close tab ...
Air Date: August 29, 2017
Listen 00:06:01Hurricane Harvey, 5 years after Sandy
Guests: James Lee Witt, Matt Arco, Tony Broccoli Hurricane Harvey has brought floods and devastation to Southeast ...
Air Date: August 29, 2017
Listen 00:48:59New role: Deputy coroner helps save heroin overdose victim
A Pennsylvania woman who gets paid to pronounce people dead is being credited with helping save the life of a heroin overdose victim. ...
6 years ago
Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...
6 years ago
Simple boat label could prevent pointless Coast Guard search missions
To avoid long and expensive search-and-rescue missions, the U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters along the Delaware River, and in the regio ...
6 years ago
Interim DA Kelley Hodge / what is boredom?
Guests: Kelley Hodge, Mary Mann Interim district attorney of Philadelphia ...
Air Date: August 24, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Trying to manage mental illness in the workplace
When the CEO responds to your out of the office email about taking ...
6 years ago
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