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Each program mixes interviews with guest travel experts, your call-ins with questions and comments, and music. We talk about our favorite travels in Europe, as well as travel anywhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Science

The Transformative Power of Awe

We talk with Keltner about his new book “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life.”

Air Date: December 22, 2023

Listen 48:18
haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J.
Science

Orange skies, flash floods, and offshore wind drama: Here are WHYY News’ top climate stories of 2023

Climate change took a big toll on the Philly region this year, featuring everything from wildfire smoke to serious flash floods. And yet, climate solutions abound.

2 years ago

Secretary Xavier Becerra, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra announced Wednesday his agency is seeing record enrollment numbers for Affordable Care Act health plans. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League)
NPR
Health

For the third year in a row, ACA health insurance plans see record signups

More than 19 million people have already signed up for health insurance through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. And you can still enroll through Jan. 16.

2 years ago

This Feb. 13, 2012, file photo shows a Cabot Oil Gas Corp. wellhead in Dimock, Pa.
Science

Drilling under Pa.’s ‘Gasland’ town has been banned since 2010. It’s coming back

“I was played a fool,” said one resident, who will have a gas well running under her land. “This was the most egregious betrayal I’ve experienced."

2 years ago

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City
Science

Wind farm off New Jersey likely to ‘adversely affect’ but not kill whales, feds say

NOAA said there should be no impact to any critical habitat for the North Atlantic right whale, only 360 or so of which remain in the world.

2 years ago

Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters
NPR
Health

A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023

This was the year many people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still here and there are lessons we haven't learned.

2 years ago

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is expected to combine with Allentown-based Lehigh Valley Health Network in a deal expected to close by the end of 2024. (Courtesy of Jefferson Health)
Health

Jefferson Health merger with Lehigh Valley Health Network would make it Philly’s largest employer, with a 30-hospital network

The proposed deal between Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network could close by the end of 2024, according to a joint announcement from the hospital systems.

2 years ago

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This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2023, shows three recalled applesauce products - WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” lead levels in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids. The FDA said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, the agency is continuing to investigate. (FDA via AP)
Health

FDA finds ‘extremely high’ lead levels in cinnamon at Ecuador plant that made tainted fruit pouches

The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids.

2 years ago

This Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 photo shows organ donation paperwork at Mid-America Transplant Services in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis)
The Pulse
Health

New organ donation technique challenges line between life and death

A new organ donation technique can recover more organs from each donor, and organs that are less likely to fail. But some doctors say it’s unethical.

2 years ago

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Silhouette in the tunnel with rays of light. Concept - leaving from a life death
The Pulse
Health

The Blurred Line Between Life and Death

On this episode, we explore the space between life and death — changing views on where the line is between the two, terminal lucidity, and what happens after we die.

Air Date: December 15, 2023

Listen 49:30
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River
Science

EPA proposes new water quality standards for fish living in the Delaware River

Environmentalists have been calling for improved water quality for the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon for more than a decade.

2 years ago

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At Market Blooms in Reading Terminal Market Anndee Hochman attempts to smell the aromas of lilac and eucalyptus. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse
Health

Why don't doctors screen patients for smell loss? Researchers tell us why

Screenings are a big part of preventative health care, but getting the medical profession to accept a new screening into practice is challenging.

2 years ago

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A deer in the woods
Science
Spotlight PA

Pa. introduces new rules for hunters to limit the spread of ‘zombie deer disease.’ Here’s what to know

Pa. has seen an increase in chronic wasting disease since 2012. While the state has implemented tracking and mitigation efforts, testing is still optional for hunters.

2 years ago

A health care worker peers into a COVID-19 patient's room. (Will Stone/NPR)
Health

Delaware responds to nursing shortage with ‘Tuition Incentive Program’

Delaware's 'Tuition Incentive Program' aims to alleviate nurse shortages by offering financial support for CNA training and workforce development.

2 years ago

Listen 1:03
Wil Durant, a standardized patient, after work at Jefferson University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Meet the paid medical actors at Jefferson Health trying to unionize amid budget tightening

There’s pressure from a new union inside Jefferson Health for higher worker wages during a period where the umbrella organization is trying to narrow its operating losses.

2 years ago

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