Skip to content
Today, Explained is Vox's daily explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day.

Today Explained

Listen Live

Listen Live

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.
Next

Fresh Air

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.

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
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Opinion & Essay

 The author is shown with her son, Kent. (Courtesy of Joyanna Wentzel)
Speak Easy
Health

A precarious 101 days for a premature baby

When I went to the doctor on a cold November evening to find out whether I was having a boy or a girl, the last thing I was expecting to ...

8 years ago

 FBI Director James Comey is shown in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
National Interest

Trump’s totally predictable Tuesday Night Massacre

Now that Der Leader has deposed the lead investigator of Der Leader — sabotaging the rule of law, the kind of thing that typically happ ...

8 years ago

 FBI Director James Comey listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
The Philadelphia Experiment

Firing Comey opens the door for a special prosecutor

Just hours before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, media outlets learned that federal prosecutors had subpoenaed as ...

8 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-2864623/stock-photo-school-desks'>rob@enteravalon</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Education

The negative effects of implicit bias in schools

Last week at Colgate University in central New York, reports of a black male carrying a gun — which in reality was a Colgate student ca ...

8 years ago

 Eight candidates for Philadelphia district attorney are shown at a candidate debate on March 23 (clockwise from top left) Michael Untermeyer, Teresa Carr Deni, Rich Negrin, Joe Khan, Beth Grossman, Larry Krasner, Tariq El-Shabazz, and Jack O'Neill, met for a debate at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

Distinguishing among Philly DA candidates’ positions on the death penalty

On May 16, Philadelphians will effectively elect a new district attorney, and the candidates have different positions on an important iss ...

8 years ago

 French President-elect Emmanuel Macron, attends a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Monday, May 8, 2017. France's youngest president faces the daunting task of reuniting a troubled and divided nation riven by anxieties about terrorism and chronic unemployment and ravaged by a bitter campaign against defeated populist Marine Le Pen. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
National Interest

Trumpism is trounced: Seven ways to love the French

Vive La France! You gotta love those people. Let us count the ways: 1. The ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Judge Neil Gorsuch during a re-enactment in the Rose Garden of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, April 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

Imagining an America without Roe v. Wade

With the ascension of Neil Gorsuch, were the Supreme Court to jettison Roe v. Wade, it’s fair to say the court would be ushering in a dark regime such as prevails in … Europe?

8 years ago

 A protestor holds up a sign during a rally across the street from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, where President Donald Trump arrived for the 75th Anniversary Battle of the Coral Sea Commemorative Dinner on the USS intrepid, Thursday, May 4, 2017, in New York. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
National Interest

The politics of Trumpcare: Five reasons why an ’18 Democratic wave may not happen

According to the new conventional wisdom, Democrats will surf a tsunami of public anger over Trumpcare and capture the House of Represent ...

8 years ago

Amos Ben-Yaacov, 1 day old
Speak Easy
Health

A newborn boy with a genetic heart condition; a father’s joy and dread

On Aug. 10, 2016, less than one month before my wife Kate was due to give birth to our second child, she and I received news that would change our lives forever.

8 years ago

Listen
Nurses in the operating room at Hahnemann Hospital, in Philadelphia. (Elana Gordon/WHYY File Photo)
National Interest

Let’s diagnose the Republicans’ health care hypocrisy

We don’t know whether the Republican crusade to kill affordable health care for millions of Americans will ultimately live or die, ...

8 years ago

National Interest

Stephens misfire recalls Buckley’s ‘Cancel your own goddam subscription!’

I rise today to defend Bret Stephens, the new conservative columnist at The New York Times. Readers who were incensed by his Saturday deb ...

8 years ago

 Labor leader John Dougherty may be quiet but powerful backer of Jack O'Neill for Philadelphia district attorney. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Dougherty a force in the Philly DA’s race?

Is political powerhouse electricians’ union leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty quietly helping candidate Jack O’Neill in the ...

8 years ago

Listen
 In this April 1, 2017, tweet, President Donald Trump shares his opinion about the news media and what he calls 'fake news.'
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

In the fight against ‘fake news,’ we are all responsible

Anyone who has been in any profession other than priestly confessors knows that telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but is more the exception than the rule.

8 years ago

 In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. In the background is a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson which Trump had installed in the first few days of his administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
National Interest

Professor Trump’s strong terrific history curriculum

Scholar Donald Trump, on Sirius XM yesterday, lecturing on American history: “They love Andrew Jackson in Tennessee. I m ...

8 years ago

 The labor-funded super PAC that fueled Mayor Jim Kenney's successful mayoral campaign two years ago is weighing in with a $123,000 ad buy that sources say will support Jack O'Neill in the Democratic primary for district attorney of Philadelphia. (NewsWorks file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Super PAC backs O’Neill in Philly DA’s race

The labor-funded super PAC that fueled Mayor Jim Kenney’s successful campaign two years ago is weighing in with a $123,000 ad buy i ...

8 years ago

Page 101 of 538« First«...99100101102103...»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

  • Dozens of animals unaccounted for after barn fire at Montgomery County animal sanctuary

    5 hours ago

  • In Philadelphia’s Chinatown, Gov. Shapiro talks tea and tariffs with business leaders

    8 hours ago

    Listen 1:14
  • Roots Picnic, Pride Weekend and West Philly Porchfest in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

    9 hours ago

    Listen 5:24
  • 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
  • Billy Penn
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • 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
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

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

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with