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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Arts & Entertainment

Comic book heroes battle for democracy: Philly nonprofit uses comic books to inspire voter turnout

Konkret Comics, Show Up Strong and The Voter Project joined forces to create "Liberty Knights," to encourage and promote voter registration in Philadelphia.

8 months ago

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Author Adriana Erin Rivera at a booth
Community

Celebrating culture and resistance: 6th annual Latin American Book Fair uplifts Latino voices in Philadelphia

The weekend-long event put a spotlight on Latino literature for Hispanic Heritage Month. “These fairs are an act of resistance and cultural reaffirmation,” one author said.

9 months ago

The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Health

The case for hopeful skepticism and the science of human goodness

Psychologist Jamil Zaki explains how to avoid cynicism and why most people are better than we think.

Air Date: October 4, 2024 12:00 pm

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Hillary Clinton sits and speaks
Education

Clinton Foundation’s ‘Too Small to Fail’ initiative to focus on early literacy across Pa.

About 31% of Philadelphia students in grades 3-8 scored at or above the reading benchmark on the Star Assessment in winter 2023–24.

9 months ago

Zenobia Lundy in the window
Arts & Entertainment

This is what reading looks like: Local authors became live models in a Philadelphia bookstore window

Barnes and Noble asked two dozen local authors to silently read a favorite book in the storefront window. They all jumped at the chance.

10 months ago

Sara Nović at a table
Education

Right2Read Philly campaign reaches 100,000 families this summer

The summer reading campaign was celebrated with an Aug. 29 event at Franklin Square that featured a book giveaway, a sing-along and double Dutch jump rope.

10 months ago

Books are seen on display at a Philly bookstore
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly Bookstore Crawl returns for its second year this Saturday

Forty Philadelphia-area stores will be participating in this year’s event with discounts, giveaways, and author talks and signings.

10 months ago

the outside of Wilmington Public Library
Community

Delaware’s first lady kicks off reading tour promoting literacy with new children’s book, ‘Books for Blue’

Tracey Quillen Carney kicked off her reading tour in Wilmington as part of an ongoing effort to inspire Delaware kids to embrace the importance of libraries.

10 months ago

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Linn Washington Jr. and Mike Africa sit at a table with a microphone and water bottles
Community

A survivor’s tale: Mike Africa Jr.’s ‘On a Move’ tells the story of the MOVE bombing

“It's Philadelphia history,” Africa Jr. said while discussing his new book at Temple University. “It's Black history. It’s revolutionary history. It's American history.”

11 months ago

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Jordan Baumgarten sits in a chair with his dog
Arts & Entertainment

Kensington photography book captures a bubble of joy inside a neighborhood in crisis

The photography in “The Group for Mutual Improvement” shows a group of misfit Kensington neighbors building unlikely bonds.

11 months ago

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John Carney and a woman stand behind a podium
Health

Bilingual ‘Captain Westside’ book aims to alleviate medical fears for Wilmington kids

Westside Family Healthcare's new bilingual book aims to boost literacy and ease kids' medical anxieties by combining health education with storytelling.

11 months ago

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Dr. Ala Stanford stands in front of a health clinic with her arms crossed
Health

Philadelphia physician Dr. Ala Stanford publishes memoir on overcoming adversity and the health care system

The pediatric surgeon founded the Black Doctors Consortium and worked as a regional health director under the Biden administration.

11 months ago

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Studio 2

Amy Tan sketches backyard birds, the secret life of food critic Craig LaBan, and ‘The Dictionary People’

Amy Tan discovers the joys backyard birding, Philadelphia Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan, and the surprising history behind the Oxford English Dictionary.

Air Date: August 1, 2024 12:00 pm

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Leslie Miller's perennial garden blooms in mid-June.
Arts & Entertainment

New book peeks over the wall into Philadelphia’s grand gardens

“Private Gardens of Philadelphia” showcases beautiful places few people have seen.

12 months ago

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Arts & Entertainment

How writer Sebastian Junger came face-to-face with his mortality

Journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger almost died. His new book explores coming to terms with his own mortality and what might come after death.

Air Date: July 12, 2024 12:00 am

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