
Health & Science
Hurricane 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. ...
8 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 ...
8 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 ...
8 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 ...
8 years ago
ListenWhy vacations might make you a better worker
There are science-based reasons to take all your vacation days. Each Labor Day, we acknowledge workers for their contributions to ...
8 years ago
ListenSelf-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete
In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...
8 years ago
ListenSouth Jersey paint factory caused ‘cancer cluster,’ lawsuit alleges
Several current and former Camden County residents have developed cancer and other illnesses as a result of toxic contamination emanating ...
8 years ago
ListenNew Jersey offers ‘Care Cam’ to nursing home patients, families
A state-run program employing hidden cameras to prevent and catch elder abuse in New Jersey is reaching new territory. Attorney Ge ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:05Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods
In a city where far too many lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables, opportunities for communities to create their own sources of hea ...
8 years ago
Find the positive in feeling negative
When you’re feeling grumpy, or irritated, or sad – the best remedy might be to embrace those negative feelings – that ...
Air Date: August 22, 2017
Listen 00:03:40Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.
Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun
8 years ago
ListenPanic is the biggest enemy for those caught in a rip current
“Don’t Panic.” In Douglas Adam’s brilliant sci-fi comedy “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ...
8 years ago
Trenton Water Works alerts homeowners of high lead levels, warns against drinking water
Dangerously high lead levels have been discovered in water at more than a dozen of nearly 120 homes and buildings tested recently by the ...
8 years ago
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