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The cost of ‘free’ returns

"Free returns" policies have made online shopping too good to resist, but an estimated 25% of merchandise never makes it back to the shelf, often ending up in landfills.

Air Date: April 26, 2022 10:00 am

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Steven Eng as Gordon Hirabayashi in Hold These Truths. (People’s Light/Charles T. Brastow)
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The Regional Roundup: April 25th 2022

Gun violence increases in Philadelphia, recreational cannabis is legal in New Jersey, a story of resistance to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

Air Date: April 25, 2022 10:00 am

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(photo credit Cyndi Shattuck, FSG Books)
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Arts & Entertainment

What reality TV says about us

Are you a reality TV fan or too embarrassed to admit it? Sociologist Danielle Lindemann celebrates reality TV and says it provides a window into who we are as Americans.

Air Date: April 22, 2022 10:00 am

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Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in Mariupol
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Politics & Policy

Russia and Ukraine battle for Donbas

Russia says it's entering a new phase of war, focused on capturing Ukraine's Donbas. We look at the military forces, strategies, tactics, weapons and where the war is headed.

Air Date: April 21, 2022 10:00 am

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Mass transit riders wear masks as they commute on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in New York. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, Fla., on April 18, 2022, voided the national travel mask mandate as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials. The mask mandate that covers travel on airplanes and other public transportation was recently extended by President Joe Biden's administration until May 3. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Health

Masks on, masks off, and the latest on COVID

Philly reinstated an indoor mask mandate, a federal judge struck down the mask mandate on planes, trains, and public transportation, and COVID infections are climbing.

Air Date: April 20, 2022 10:00 am

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Lifestyle

The Shame Machine: Who Profits In The New Age Of Humiliation

We discuss the public shaming on social media, where one tweet or post can make you the subject of humiliation by millions of people and end your career in an instant.

Air Date: April 19, 2022 10:00 am

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Customers wearing face masks at Reading Terminal Market.
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The Regional Roundup: April 18, 2022

The controversial mask mandate begins Monday; a powerful tranquilizer making drugs more dangerous for those with substance use disorder; save Atlantic Sturgeon in the Delaware

Air Date: April 18, 2022 10:00 am

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Traffic on I-95 heads south toward Center City.
Radio Times

The Rise in Reckless Driving

Instances of reckless driving and super-speeding are worse than pre-pandemic levels, as millions resume their work commutes and spring brings more pedestrians and cyclists.

Air Date: April 15, 2022 10:00 am

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Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist is published by W.W. Norton and Company. Photo by Catherine Marin.
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Arts & Entertainment

Frans de Waal on gender roles and primates

In studying a society of male dominated monkeys and comparing them to a female-led group of monkeys, primatologist Frans de Waal challenges human assumptions about gender.

Air Date: April 14, 2022 10:00 am

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Kathy Barnette, left, Mehmet Oz, and George Bochetto take part in a forum for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday, April 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Pa. Elections: Political Roundtable

We're talking PA politics with WHYY's Katie Meyer, PennLive columnist John Baer, and Chris Borick, Director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.

Air Date: April 13, 2022 10:00 am

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Rising depression and anxiety for teens worsened significantly in the past two  years.  (Nicole Xu for NPR)
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Health

CDC studies prove teens are in crisis

Kids started remote learning over two years ago, and new CDC reports say their mental health has sharply declined, with many citing physical and emotional abuse at home.

Air Date: April 12, 2022 10:00 am

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Many adults in the U.S. take out student loans but never finish their degree — leaving them in a vicious cycle of debt (LA Johnson/NPR)
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Arts & Entertainment

Regional Roundup: April 11th

Freezing payments vs. forgiving student loans , mice that "sweat" out their body fat, and a conversation with "Pachinko" author, Min Jin Lee,

Air Date: April 11, 2022 10:00 am

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Fran Lebowitz at NYIT Auditorium on Broadway on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)
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Arts & Entertainment

Satirist Fran Lebowitz and Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation

Fran Lebowitz on bookstores, Putin, rats, NATO, being old and her friendship with Toni Morrison. And, two Penn law students reflect on Judge Jackson's confirmation.

Air Date: April 8, 2022 10:00 am

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Dumping at Fairhill and Annsbury streets
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Urban Planning

Illegal dumping and piles of litter plague Philadelphia

Philadelphia's illegal dumping plaque remains out of control, and a new street sweeping program will try to clean up litter. When will we conquer our mountain of trash?

Air Date: April 7, 2022 10:00 am

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Arts & Entertainment

Special Edition: Remembering Bobby Rydell

From the archives, our 2016 interview with Bobby Rydell, whose musical stardom emerged from South Philadelphia in the 1950s. He passed away this week at the age of 79.

Air Date: April 6, 2022 12:00 pm

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