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Our lungs and Covid; Philly schools reopening

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

Air Date: February 24, 2021

Danielle Jackson, the 'Hoodbrarian,' stands outside the old Camden Public Library building on Federal Street, which has been abandoned since 2011. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Camden’s ‘Hoodbrarian’ brings love of books to her community

Danielle “The Hoodbrarian” Jackson shares her extensive book collection and love of reading to help fill a gap in her community in Camden and beyond.

2 days ago

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“Chatter:” how to control our inner voice

Is the voice in your head too critical? Does it make you more anxious instead of less? Psychologist Ethan Kross discusses how to control our self-talk.

Air Date: February 17, 2021 10:00 am

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Authors exchange ideas during the social justice panel at the 29th annual African American Children's Book Fair. (Hopin screenshot)
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‘Thank you to the kids’: Virtual African American Children’s Book Fair attracts guests from around the world

An online audience that included people from Botswana and Albania heard authors and illustrators talk about their work at the Philly-based event.

3 weeks ago

(photo credit, Aliza Torok Schlabach)
Radio Times

“Harnessing Grief”

Maria Kefalas discusses her memoir about coping with her daughter Calliope's terminal illness and how she learned to turn her grief into action and advocacy.

Air Date: February 2, 2021 10:00 am

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The 28th annual African American Children's Book Fair at the Community College of Philadelphia was held pre-pandemic on Feb. 8, 2020
Arts & Entertainment

‘Their stories matter’: The nation’s oldest Black children’s book fair goes virtual for 2021

On Feb. 6, the usually Philly-based African American Children's Book Fair, will be online, interactive, and feature more than 30 authors and illustrators.

4 weeks ago

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Arts & Entertainment

The Lost Pianos of Siberia

Siberia's landscape has long been defined by ice, wind, and darkness. But underneath the region's bleak history and barren geography lives a uniquely Siberian piano culture.

Air Date: January 21, 2021

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How a ‘love affair with Black literature’ kept Lansdale’s Black Reserve Bookstore alive

A rise in pandemic reading and demand for works written from the Black perspective or about social justice made a unique moment in time, the owner says.

1 month ago

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Jericho Brown
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Black, Southern, gay poetry collection selected for One Book, One Philadelphia

Pulitzer-winning “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown has been picked for One Book One Philadelphia, the first time the citywide reading project chose poetry.

1 month ago

Author Thomas Ricks
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What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers

Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."

Air Date: December 31, 2020 10:00 am

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10 Philly authors read about revolution in year-end fundraiser film

Literary collective Blue Stoop is surviving the pandemic by focusing on the local community.

3 months ago

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Novelist James McBride

National Book Award winner James McBride, author of "The Good Lord Bird, joins Marty to talk about his newest novel, "Deacon King Kong."

Air Date: November 26, 2020 10:00 am

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Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.

3 months ago

Author Thomas Ricks
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers

Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."

Air Date: November 17, 2020 10:00 am

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Obama calls Trump’s refusal to concede another ‘breach of basic democratic norms’

In an interview with NPR, the former president offers some of his most wide-ranging remarks on the outcome of the election and says Trump will fail in "denying reality."

3 months ago

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