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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Oscar the cat sits in his carry on travel bag after arriving at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

U.S. seeks to tighten rules covering service animals on planes

The days of passengers bringing rabbits, turtles and birds on planes as emotional-support animals could be ending.

6 years ago

Black Girl Ventures founder Shelley Bell is pictured with the 25 change agents who will lead the expansion effort in Philadelphia; Birmingham, Alabama; Durham, North Carolina; Houston, Texas; and Miami, Florida. (Courtesy of Black Girl Ventures)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

D.C.-based Black Girl Ventures launches Philadelphia chapter

This initiative is the latest in a growing nationwide movement to address the diversity gap in entrepreneurship.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Chicago-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners buys PES refinery for $240 million

The Chicago-based real estate company was the winning bidder for the South Philly complex as part of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy, according to documents filed.

6 years ago

Campbell's headquarters with a flower garden
The Why

Is Campbell Soup staging a comeback?

The activist investor who was pushing to sell Campbell Soup is now singing a different tune and the iconic Camden company's new CEO is hot on returning to its roots: soup.

Air Date: January 21, 2020

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Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Future of PES refinery could be decided Friday behind closed doors

A New York law office will host the bankruptcy sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex, closed since June’s explosion and fire.

6 years ago

A water main break in Old City has shut down 3rd and Arch Streets and all of 3rd Street to Market Street. Confused motorists were forced to turn around on one-way streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Old City needs 2 months of repairs; the open streets experiment isn’t going well

It’s normal for busted water mains to stop the flow of water, but a main break in Old City is slowing the flow of cash small business owners.

6 years ago

MICHAELA WINBERG / BILLY PENN
Community
Billy Penn

Once incarcerated, this Philly man is opening the barber school of his dreams — so others can chase theirs

Final Touch Academy will offer scholarships and life lessons along with scissor skills.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Science

Travel, climate change and guilt

We talk about the impact of flying on climate change, the "flight shaming movement," and the pros and cons of carbon offsets with two climate scientists and a travel writer.

Air Date: January 14, 2020 10:00 am

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A Mack truck outside of Mack Trucks, Inc. headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/AP Photo)
Money

Mack Trucks to lay off 300 at Pa. assembly plant

The company is blaming the layoffs at its Lower Macungie Township plant on a downturn in the heavy-duty truck market.

6 years ago

In this 2015 photo, several brands of cigarettes are on display. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Health

Philly health department busts 149 tobacco retailers for selling to kids

Permits will be revoked at businesses that sold to minors at least 3 times in the past 2 years. Philadelphia has the highest smoking rate of any U.S. city.

6 years ago

Mother and daughter duo Brittany and Marcel Maldonado took their bakery food truck business Milk + Sugar on the road in 2013. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mother and daughter duo to open bakery in South Philadelphia

When Marcel and Brittany Maldonado were laid off from their respective jobs several years ago, they turned their passion for baking into a full-time business venture.

6 years ago

A farmer operates a combine to harvest soybeans in Wyanet, Ill. Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019. It's the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Farmers got billions from taxpayers in 2019, and hardly anyone objected

Farm subsidies jumped to their highest level in fourteen years, most of them paid out without any action by Congress.

6 years ago

Postcard of Garden State Plaza, circa 1968 (Ryan Khatam/Flickr)
Money
NJ Spotlight

The long and winding road: How the Garden State Became the Mall State

Malls are inseparable from the history of postwar New Jersey, and American Dream is far from the first to promise a heady mix of retail and entertainment.

6 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

2020 brings higher wages and possibly higher salaries for New Jersey workers

New law aims to prevent employers from low-balling women and job applicants of color.

6 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Community

The Wawa data breach: What happens now?

Typically, a long process of corporate accountability unfolds after a breach like the one Wawa announced Dec. 20, affecting 850 stores.

6 years ago

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