Books
Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon”
Guests: Deborah Plant, Autumn Womack, Johnnie Hobbes Jr.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo
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Air Date: July 31, 2018 10:00 am
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The Philadelphia Tribune
Poignant, personal, painful: To editor, this book is not just history
“Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo,’” immediately landed on the New York Times bestselling list.
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Step aside Hardy Boys, Biden and Obama are on the case
A new book unites Joe Biden and Barack Obama as a crime-fighting duo investigating the suspicious death of an Amtrak engineer in Delaware.
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If you didn't book your tickets to Hogwarts in time, celebrate the birth of the Boy Who Lived at one of these local events.
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Jon Meacham on The Battle for Our Better Angels
Guest: Jon Meacham
Presidential historian JON MEACHAM j
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Air Date: July 13, 2018 10:00 am
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At a ‘grit’ gathering, talking to teachers about character development
At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.
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Book delivery from Philly kids to federal detention center hits snag
The goal was to provide a token of comfort, escape, to the roughly 20 migrant kids staying at the center in Berks County.
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As immigration debate boils, Philly nonprofit sends books to detention center
With the help of a $3,000 grant, Mighty Writers is giving more than a hundred books to migrant children at the Berks County Residential Center.
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Leonard Bernstein: father and composer
Guests: Jamie Bernstein, Jonathan Coopersmith
Leonard Bernstein would have turned 100 this year. The revered cond
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Air Date: June 20, 2018 10:00 am
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Shh! This is a… jungle gym? Philly libraries remade for play
Three Philadelphia libraries now have "play-and-learn space," designed to bust up the old notion that libraries are quiet places.
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Mayor: The Best Job in Politics
Producer: Karen Smyles
Friday Arts visits the campus of The University of Pennsylvania for an interview with Mich
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How a black detective infiltrated the KKK
In his new memoir, Black Klansman, he tells the story of how he hoodwinked the Ku Klux Klan into thinking he was one of them.
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Bill Clinton sticks to book and literacy in Philly appearance
Speaking at a book tour event in Philadelphia, former president Bill Clinton said that if it wasn’t for
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6 years ago
Cookbooks, comics, and capitalism: Book clubs for every reader
Choose your own adventure with these book club offerings in Philadelphia and beyond.
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A novelist and psychiatrist reflect on school shootings
Guests: Tom McAllister, Steven Berkowitz
The aftermath of a school shooting is the subject of Philadelphia author
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Air Date: June 4, 2018 10:00 am
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