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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Behavioral Health

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Education

Lincoln, Cheyney latest to ban tobacco on campus

Fewer than half of the 102 historically black colleges and universities have comprehensive smoke-free or tobacco-free policies.

9 years ago

A pedestrian's umbrellas is upset during a winter snowstorm
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Don’t let the holiday onslaught bring you down

Truly, this can be society’s rock-bottom moment, a cry for help wrapped in LED lights and garland.

9 years ago

Matt Meyer and New Castle County police announce a grant to combat opiate addiction.
(WHYY/Zoe Read)
Health

New Castle County to hire addiction coordinator

The New Castle County Police Department will use new grant money to hire a coordinator for its addiction treatment program

9 years ago

Paul Butler works at the 24-hour hotline at the main psychiatric hospital in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Crisis averted: scenes from the nation’s 24-hour helpline

The call came in late one summer night. Immediately, Paul Butler’s stomach sank, his heart sped up and he started listening.

9 years ago

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Cherry and white Temple University flag hangs outside of old stone buildings
Community

Temple student dies after being found unconscious in university library

A student found unconscious in Temple University’s Paley Library on Monday was pronounced dead after he was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital.

9 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks about Pennsylvania's opioid crisis during a meeting at Independence Blue Cross headquarters in Philadelphia.
Health

Wolf backs opioid-prescribing limits health insurer says are effective

The Philadelphia-based insurer now covers a maximum five-day supply for most new opioid prescriptions since adopting the policy in July.

9 years ago

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Pa. hotline links those in need with help to confront opioid addiction

Pennsylvania far exceeds the national average of drug-related overdose deaths. Last year, 4,642 such deaths were reported — and the number is expected to rise this year.

9 years ago

Anthony Edwards
Speak Easy
Health

As sexual abuse victims find their voice, don’t forget the process of their recovery

I have been counseling survivors of all types of abuse and assault for over 20 years. It is not uncommon for me to meet someone decades after their trauma occurred.

9 years ago

(Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
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Community

Nonprofit gives clients with intellectual disabilities a meaningful day

Randy Johnson Sr. and his wife Susan of New Castle have high expectations for their three children.

9 years ago

Akbar Hossain, a student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School who immigrated to the United States from Saudi Arabia as a child, speaks at the Anti-Defamation League's annual Youth Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Education

Students learn to combat hate at Philly conference

The annual gathering hosted by the Anti-Defamation League aims to combat hate through a day of workshops and tough conversations.

9 years ago

Volunteers and residents mingle in Camp Alpha at dinnertime.
The Pulse
Health

Offering homeless vets social support first — before housing

Veterans on Patrol runs controversial, sometimes illegal, camps to get chronically homeless vets off the street.

9 years ago

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A law enforcement official stands watch outside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. The dead ranged in age from 5 to 72 years old. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Texas Church shooting raises familiar questions

Guests: Lily Raff McCaulou, Melissa Jeltsen, Allison Anderman The plague of mass shootings in America continued t ...

Air Date: November 7, 2017

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The Pulse
Science

Abandoned

What happens when we step away from people and places?

Air Date: November 3, 2017

Listen 48:50
Students leave Burlington City High School at the end of the school day.
Education

Burlington City, N.J., schools to push back start times by 20 minutes

The change goes into effect in September of 2018 and affects most grades.

9 years ago

President Donald Trump at the podium
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Does Trump's health emergency declaration do enough to address the opioid crisis?

Trump’s public health emergency will allow the federal government to spend from a public health emergency fund, but that fund currently stands at a paltry $57,000.

9 years ago

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