
Books
The shop gained national fame, but was beloved in Philly as a welcoming home for geeks of all kinds.
3 years ago
The Regional Roundup: July 11, 2022
Everything you need to know about Monkeypox right now. Also, the struggles facing NJ produce farmers, and we talk about a Library Company mental health exhibition.
Air Date: July 11, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00From COVID to censorship: How a right-wing book ban took hold in Bucks County
In exactly one year, a relatively large and diverse school district went from debating masks to targeting LGBTQ books. Here’s how it happened.
Air Date: July 7, 2022
Listen 37:37Sweating is a weird biological function. Journalist Sarah Everts walks us through her taboo-busting book about the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating.
Air Date: July 5, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00In The Secret Life of Secrets, Michael Slepian reveals how secrets impact our minds, relationships and more, and gives strategies to make them easier to carry around with us.
Air Date: June 21, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:29‘Unburnable’ copy of Handmaid’s Tale auctioned for $130,000
Proceeds will be donated to PEN America, which advocates for free expression.
3 years ago
Elijah Anderson on ‘Black in White Space’
Sociologist and author Elijah Anderson joins us to discuss his new book, 'Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life.'
Air Date: June 7, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Library Company displays patient memoirs from 19th-century asylums
Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment.
3 years ago
Regional Roundup: May 30, 2022
On this Memorial Day episode of Radio Times: Legendary sports broadcaster Ray Didinger and Sheryl Lee Ralph's iconic performance in Abbott Elementary.
Air Date: May 30, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:45Port Richmond school gets a library after years of planning, and students are reading up a storm
Donations are helping Liguori Academy fill up the shelves.
3 years ago
Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.
3 years ago
‘Revelations in Air’ and the power of smell
Author Jude Stewart on smell, the least understood of our five senses. And, what we know so far about Covid-19 and loss of scent...some people aren't bouncing back.
Air Date: May 13, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:14There’s no timeline yet for the improvements — and advocates are pressing for more.
3 years ago
‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion’
Stewardesses 60s and 70s could only be single, childless, and attractive women. Nell McShane Wulfhart talks about how stewardesses organized to change these sexist policies.
Air Date: May 3, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history
Historian Shannen Dee Williams' comprehensive and compelling history of America's Black nuns, “Subversive Habits,” will be published May 17.
3 years ago