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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Philosophy professor Abby Everett Jaques of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand the pitfalls of tech. (Courtesy of Kim Martineau, MIT Quest for Intelligence)
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Education

Solving the tech industry’s ethics problem could start in the classroom

Ethics is something the world's largest tech companies are being forced to reckon with.

7 years ago

The construction landfill just south of Wilmington has nearly reached its capacity of 130 feet in height, and the owners want the state to allow it to grow to 190 feet. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Delaware dump seeks ‘vertical expansion’ as it nears capacity but politicians cry foul

A Delaware landfill owned by Waste Management Inc. is seeking state approval to increase its height by almost 50 percent, to 190 feet.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Money

How much do you make?

More companies and municipalities are passing salary transparency rules. We examine the effect they have on workers and wages, and discuss how to negotiate a salary or raise.

Air Date: May 30, 2019 10:00 am

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In this Friday, April 12, 2019, file photo, Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., (center), leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic. They want the Sackler family name removed from the building at Harvard. In New York, there’s a Sackler Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Sackler Center for Arts Education at The Guggenheim. There’s a Sackler Room at the National Gallery in London, a Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Health

OxyContin maker Purdue caught up in European opioid probe

No other country is experiencing an addiction problem on a U.S. scale, Mundipharma noted. But, globally, the network continues to expand.

7 years ago

Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan
Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

What happens to business when restaurants close for Ramadan?

Proprietors say cooking while you’re thirsty is worth it for faith. And relatively speaking, the monetary hardships don’t weigh heavily on many Muslim restaurateurs.

7 years ago

The owner of Nam Son Bakery behind the counter of the South Philadelphia shop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

New homes to replace one of South Philly’s pioneering Vietnamese shopping plazas

A residential development targeting young professionals is slated to replace a beloved Vietnamese bakery and other shops on the corner of Washington Avenue and 16th Street.

7 years ago

Senate President Steve Sweeney, (right), D-Gloucester, listens as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks in the Assembly chamber of the Statehouse in Trenton. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Tax on wealthy, business incentives emerging as top issues in N.J.

Raising taxes on the wealthy and renewing an expiring business incentive program are emerging as top fights as New Jersey's budget deadline approaches.

7 years ago

One of Wawa's newest Philly stores at 9th and South (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Wawa threatening to disrupt 7-Eleven’s convenience store dominance in Philly

The brand with the most convenience stores in the city is 7-Eleven. It’s been the Philly market leader for over a decade — but Wawa is closing in.

7 years ago

Gaby Gemetti decided to leave the workforce after having her second child. In March she started a
NPR
Lifestyle

Hot job market is wooing women into workforce faster than men

Women returning to jobs at higher rates since 2015 dramatically reverses the trend of the previous three years, when women were leaving the workforce at twice the rate of men.

7 years ago

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 during a time exposure at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, May 23, 2019. (John Raoux/AP Photo)
Science

SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, with many more to come

SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage.

7 years ago

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Money
Billy Penn

Journalism job cuts: Philly Inquirer plans buyouts to reduce newsroom staff

Rumor was 10% of the workforce would be slashed. Management disputes that figure.

7 years ago

Atlantic City casino
Money

Atlantic City casino earnings way down amid more competition

More casinos have meant less profit in Atlantic City since two gambling halls reopened last summer.

7 years ago

Two Democrats in Congress have introduced bills that would bar brick-and-mortar businesses nationwide from rejecting cash. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)
Money

U.S. may follow Philly and New Jersey to ban cashless businesses

Two Democrats in Congress have introduced bills that would bar brick-and-mortar businesses nationwide from rejecting cash.

7 years ago

Zakary Pashak started Detroit Bikes when he moved to Detroit in 2011, at a time when the city was reeling. (Courtesy of Melany Hallgren)
NPR
Money

For one U.S. bike-maker, tariffs are a mixed bag

Zakary Pashak is a rare breed. His company, Detroit Bikes, is one of the very few American bicycle makers. Most bikes come from China.

7 years ago

The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Candace Elliott/Reuters)
NPR
Money

U.S. will lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

The tariffs will be lifted within two days, according to a joint U.S.-Canada statement posted by Canada's foreign ministry.

7 years ago

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