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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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Supporters attend a hearing at Philadelphia City Hall on fair workweek legislation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

How’s your schedule looking?

Philly could be the next city to pass a bill to help fix a nagging problem impacting about 20 percent of the city's workforce: their often unpredictable work schedules.

Air Date: November 14, 2018

Listen 12:38
Philadelphia is planning to redevelop the Maplewood Mall in Germantown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

$3.3M Maplewood Mall remake to break ground in 2019

Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce is putting the finishing touches on a request for proposal for a $3.3 million remake of Maplewood Mall.

8 years ago

People in shaddow walk past a geometric building (Amazon's Seattle HQ)
PlanPhilly
Money
PlanPhilly

Philly’s Amazon HQ2 loss could be a long-term win for city, experts say

Mayor Jim Kenney responded to the news with a thank you to Amazon.

8 years ago

Listen 1:57
Amazon has wrapped its search for HQ2. (Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Amazon’s grand search for 2nd headquarters ends with split: NYC and D.C. suburb

Amazon's HQ2 is getting divided by two.

8 years ago

Women's Entrepreneurship Day conference organizer Elisa Bloom speaks to attendees in Philadelphia Monday. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Veterans celebrated at women’s entrepreneurship conference in Philly

Conference in Philadelphia focusing on women entrepreneurs honors four veterans making their own way in business.

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Fair Workweek legislation

Guests: Helen Gym, Earlene Bly, Mark Price, Melissa Bova Hourly workers in the hotel, retail and fast-food indust ...

Air Date: November 13, 2018 10:00 am

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Collectible trade cards were part of the advertising that catapulted Hires root beer to national prominence. (Boston Public Library)
Health

Root beer’s Philadelphia roots

The concoction of sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry, wintergreen, and ginger has been saluted as one of the country's first convenience foods.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
Noelle St-Clair kicks off ImpactPHL's Investing to End Poverty panel. (Provided)
Money
Broke in Philly

5 smart lessons about investing to end poverty in Philadelphia

ImpactPHL's recent panel asked experts to share tips for managing cross-sector partnerships, building ethical development projects in low-income areas and more.

8 years ago

Splitting Amazon's second headquarters between two locations would dilute the company's original promise of a megadeal, but it could also relieve Amazon of being blamed for worsening traffic and increased housing prices. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
NPR
Urban Planning

Amazon plot twist: 2 cities will split the 2nd headquarters

The split of the second headquarters dilutes the company's original promise of a megadeal.

8 years ago

Conceptual rendering of Schuylkill Yards, a site being put forth for Amazon's second headquarters (Brandywine Realty Trust)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Kenney ‘won’t speculate on speculation’ that Philly’s out of running for Amazon HQ2

"We're in the running until they tell us we're not."

8 years ago

(Juliana Feliciano Reyes/Philadelphia Media Network)
Money
Broke in Philly

Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers

Around the country, stakeholders have raised the alarm about the "silver tsunami": the large number of baby boomer business owners approaching retirement.

8 years ago

This undated image provided by AcelRx Pharmaceuticals shows the dispenser and a tablet for the company's medication Dsuvia. On Friday, Nov. 2. 2018, U.S. regulators announced the approval of the fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. (Craig Sherod Photography/AcelRx Pharmaceuticals via AP)
Science

FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller

In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.

8 years ago

(David Maialetti/Philly.com)
Community
Broke in Philly

City Council votes to move ‘fair workweek’ scheduling bill forward

The  ...

8 years ago

Wendell Whitlock is the Board Chairman Emeritus of Sullivan Progress Plaza. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Nation’s first black-owned shopping center celebrates 50 years

The shopping center on Broad and Oxford Streets might not look out of the ordinary to the average passersby. But that hasn’t stopped po ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:55
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry answers questions during a media availability following a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. (Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Energy Sec. Perry stumps for ‘all of the above’ energy in Philadelphia, Camden

Perry spoke at a water conference and toured the Holtec International plant on the Camden waterfront.

8 years ago

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