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Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Hosted by Meg Wolitzer.

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Behavioral Health

A woman reaches out to help another woman.
Speak Easy
Health

Suicide prevention is everyone’s job

More people die by suicide than by motor vehicle crashes. And if you think you are immune, you are not.

9 years ago

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
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Health

Washington Post, 60 Minutes investigation finds bill helped fuel opioid crisis

9 years ago

Memory Wall
Health

Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction

The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Weinstein and how to treat sex offenders

Guests: Margaret Sullivan, Vicki Magley, Brandi Stewart The Harvey Weinstein scandal is continuing to unfold, and ...

Air Date: October 13, 2017

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Philadelphia Councilman Mark Squilla (second from right) speaks with a colleague at a City Council session Thursday. (Joel Wolfram/for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Safe sites to inject heroin get support from some Philly City Council members

Two members of City Council want Philly to open a safe injection site for opioid users. One says make it in his district.

9 years ago

Listen 1:44
Betsy Levy Paluck, winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant (YouTube)
Arts & Entertainment

Princeton professor wins MacArthur 'genius' grant

Research psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck wins major prize for her work in conflict resolution.

9 years ago

Listen 0:00
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announces a drug bust in which authorities seized a kilogram of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Courts & Law

Major fentanyl bust marks Montco’s designation as heavy drug-trafficking area

"Enough fentanyl to kill half the population of Montgomery County" was confiscated during a drug bust at a Cheltenham shopping center, county officials said Tuesday.

9 years ago

Israel Reyes, 61, recently lived on the Conrail Train tracks in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. He recieved assistance to move into a studio apartment since the clean-up began. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Housing comes first at Philly program for homeless heroin users

Pathways to Housing Pa. uses what's called a "housing-first" approach. Its program for those with severe opioid addiction is one of the first of its kind in the country.

9 years ago

Listen 5:57
A new historical marker at 13th and Locust streets in Philadelphia commemorates Dr. John Fryer, aka Dr. Anonymous (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Community

Philly honors history of LGBT community: Dr. Anonymous, AIDS Library commemorated

The man who helped remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders 45 years ago has been honored with an official Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia.

9 years ago

Zombies
Health

N.J. mental health advocates say Halloween ‘zombie’ hunt still contributes to stigma

Mental health advocates again are criticizing a New Jersey Halloween attraction they say stigmatizes people with mental illness.

9 years ago

Roughly 6,000 people gathered in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Community

On a sunny morning in Philly, thousands come ‘Out of the Darkness’ for suicide prevention

More than 6,000 people gathered in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday for the city's annual Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention.

9 years ago

Listen 0:00
Elbert-Palmer Elementary School in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood has been selected for a $106,832 state
Education

Needy Delaware schools get $1 million in ‘opportunity’ grants’

Nine Delaware school districts and charter schools have received a total of $1 million in so-called "opportunity grants." the governor's office announced Tuesday.

9 years ago

Nine-month-old Aarav Vyas (right) wears a shirt with the slogan ''I sleep with this side up.'' He and his mother, Aasta Mehta, along with Jasmine Pitt-Mitchell and her 6-month-daughter, Leilani (left) helped to kick off Philadelphia's safe sleeping campaign. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly launches effort to prevent infant sleeping deaths

Each year, 30 infants die sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia, that’s part of why the city’s infant mortality rate is worse ...

9 years ago

Author Marta Rusek is shown in various photographs at various ages of her life.
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Autism found me, and then I found my voice

Since my diagnosis with autism in 2015 at age 30, a bolder, more outspoken side of myself has emerged.

9 years ago

A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Health

Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials

Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.

9 years ago

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