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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Behavioral Health

Children walk hand-in-hand down a tree-lined street, with yellow crime tape visible in the corner.
Education

School counselors sound cry for help after Buffalo shooting

In many schools, the Buffalo shooting and others before it have prompted staff discussions on how they might respond to students' threats of violence.

3 days ago

A sign and entrance are visible for a tan brick building.
Health

Delco sues Prospect Medical, Crozer hospitals to keep behavioral health services open

Crozer has promised officials it will temporarily stop the closure of the behavioral health services at Delaware County Memorial and Crozer-Chester as a gesture of good faith.

6 days ago

The championship of Russia on mountain climbing.
The Pulse
Health

Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers

Skydiving, BASE jumping, climbing the highest peaks, adventuring to remote parts of the world — pushing the boundaries of safety. For t ...

Air Date: May 20, 2022

Listen 49:12
A 2017 photo shows daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes with his steam-powered rocket constructed out of salvage parts. (Waldo Stakes / AP)
The Pulse
Science

The life and death of daredevil ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes

The daredevil known as “Mad Mike” Hughes died in a rocket crash in 2020. He was an amateur rocket builder on a quest to prove that the Earth is flat.

7 days ago

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Kim Porter (front row, second from right), and the Board of Be Part of the Conversation. (Provided by Be Part of the Conversation)
Health

‘It saved me’: Pa. nonprofit tackles stigma around substance use, recovery

The Pennsylvania nonprofit aims to equip people with the tools they need to understand and cope with substance use, addiction, and trauma.

1 month ago

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Penny Martin (left) and the Rev. Michelle Simmons, founder and executive director of Why Not Prosper, hug outside of a recovery home in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Oversight of Pa. addiction recovery homes will begin soon, but operators slow to opt-in

Only a few dozen addiction recovery homes in Pennsylvania have applied for a license despite the licensing program being designed to bring more oversight to the industry.

1 month ago

Teens started dying in greater numbers from fatal drug overdoses in 2020, raising alarm that the trend could continue or worsen. (tillsonburg/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills

For the first time in a decade, overdose deaths among teens in the United States rose dramatically in 2020 and kept rising through 2021 as well.

1 month ago

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

Listen 49:29
Camden, New Jersey (Alan Tu / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Camden County hails opioid settlement with J&J as ‘game changer’

Camden County will receive $32 million of the state’s settlement that will be used toward education and treatment for residents.

2 months ago

Volunteers from Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the founding organizations of HER.
Community
Billy Penn

New group HER is working to improve Philly’s dangerous recovery house scene, as the first state regulations take effect

“This is a life and death situation,” said the owner of Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the committee’s founding members.

2 months ago

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., center, speaks with reporters after he and Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee met with President Joe Biden to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Radio Times

The Regional Roundup – March 14th

How can we talk to kids about Ukraine? And, we hear from U.S. Senator from Delaware Chris Coons about the war unfolding, Biden's SCOTUS pick, inflation and more.

Air Date: March 14, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A protester gathers containers that look like OxyContin bottles at an anti-opioid demonstration in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington in 2019.
(Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Corporate opioid payouts now being finalized would top $32 billion

This comes as communities across the U.S. are scrambling for resources to combat an opioid crisis that keeps getting worse.

3 months ago

Sijara Eubanks, right, fights against Roxanne Modafferi during the second round of a women's flyweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 230, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
The Pulse
Science

Get angry, and use it? When emotion helps us win

When the margin of victory is slim, elite athletes look to harness the power of emotions

3 months ago

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File - Supplies are shown on a desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection site in San Francisco,  Aug. 29, 2018. The Justice Department is signaling it might be open to allowing so-called safe injection sites, or safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdoses. The department's stance comes a year after federal prosecutors won a major court ruling that found the sites would violate federal law. The Justice Department tells The Associated Press it is talking to regulators about “appropriate guardrails” for the sites. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sites

The position is a drastic change from its stance in the Trump administration, when prosecutors fought vigorously against a plan to open a safe consumption site in Philadelphia

4 months ago

Coins in a glass jar with the word
The Pulse
Health

The Generosity Spectrum

When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...

Air Date: January 14, 2022

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