Books
The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.
4 years ago
‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion’ and air travel today
Nell McShane Wulfhart tells the history of how stewardesses became flight attendants and their influence on the labor movement in her book "The Great Stewardess Rebellion."
Air Date: July 29, 2022 10:00 am
Bonus Interview: Michelle Zauner, “Crying in H Mart”
From the Radio Times archive, we revisit Marty Moss-Coane's interview with Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on her musical talent and memoir, Crying in H Mart.
Air Date: July 23, 2022 6:00 am
Listen 47:33Author Susan Cain on ‘Bittersweet’
Susan Cain discusses her new book, "Bittersweet," about the power of the overlocked emotion that allows us to feel sad and happy simultaneously.
Air Date: July 19, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 0:00James A. Michener, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Tales from the South Pacific,” credited his start to a title published in 1930.
4 years ago
The shop gained national fame, but was beloved in Philly as a welcoming home for geeks of all kinds.
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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.
4 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.
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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.
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