Kevin McCorry is an executive producer and host at WHYY. He oversees production of shows including “Studio 2,” “Radio Times Rewind,” and “Ask Gov. Meyer.” He also creates the weekly “Jukebox Journey” segment that airs Fridays on All Things Considered, and he was the original host and creator of WHYY’s narrative podcast “Schooled.”
Kevin is a Philadelphia native who has more than a decade of journalism experience as a reporter, editor and manager. He started on the education beat covering city schools, became the leader of the Keystone Crossroads statewide collaborative reporting project, and led another major Philadelphia newsroom before returning to WHYY.
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On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin details the daring cross-continental trek of the small-but-mighty monarch butterfly — from Ca ...
Air Date: October 10, 2025
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Air Date: September 12, 2025
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Air Date: July 18, 2025
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Samples as Echoes Through Time
On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin explores the power of sampled music as a musical conversation through history, reflecting on ho ...
Air Date: July 11, 2025
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On this edition of Jukebox Journey, a move west across the American continent as a coming-of-age tale, blending beat poetry and music thr ...
Air Date: July 4, 2025
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On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin unpacks the wonder of a day at the Jersey Shore, with little kids who are growing up too fast. ...
Air Date: June 27, 2025
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On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin contemplates his first big crush, set to the soundtrack of Philadelphia artists and their summe ...
Air Date: June 20, 2025
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This debut edition of Jukebox Journey contemplates graduation season while blending a selection of songs that were pop hits the second we ...
Air Date: June 13, 2025
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The class of 2020: Three students come of age as pandemic meets racial reckoning
The class of 2020 is bound for the history books. Here, we tell the stories of three students coming of age in a moment where the world feels both 'on hold' and 'on fire.’
Air Date: June 25, 2020
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On 12th day of police protests in Philly region, suburbs take center stage
Gatherings were planned Wednesday in Upper Darby, Lansdowne and Pennsauken as Philadelphia’s streets were relatively quiet.
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Stop using tap and bring in ‘safe water,’ physician urges North Philly school officials
A health expert said every school in the city that has plumbing joined by lead solder should stop allowing children to use drinking fountains immediately.
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Hope, love and basketball: Summer at North Philly’s Hank Gathers Rec Center
A summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center will tell you everything about North Philadelphia that the headlines leave out.
Air Date: August 28, 2019
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