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Each program mixes interviews with guest travel experts, your call-ins with questions and comments, and music. We talk about our favorite travels in Europe, as well as travel anywhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Cohen Thompson is trying to turn West Philadelphia’s Granahan Playground into “Skate University.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

West Philly’s roller skating medical worker is turning a neglected park into ‘Skate U’

Granahan Playground and Skatepark is getting a smooth makeover thanks to Cohen Thompson.

5 years ago

New Normal
The Pulse
Health

What’s Here to Stay or Gone Forever?

COVID-19 hasn’t just changed the world — it’s transformed the way we live. On a national scale, it has upended politics and flatten ...

Air Date: June 26, 2020

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Gardeners (from left) Josh Reaves, Mirta Gonzalez, Sara Vega, Willow Zef, Morgana Ginet, Anthony Batrick, Lauren Troop and Ada Marie Biaz at the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

South Kensington gardeners challenge housing project — and win a conversation

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha is partnering with Scannapieco Development Corporation on the mixed-income development.

5 years ago

The 2020 census form. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Skipped the census? A knock on your door may be coming as early as July

To prepare for logistical challenges brought on by the pandemic, the Census Bureau has moved up the start of in-person visits to households that haven't filled out forms.

5 years ago

Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Reopening economy in a COVID-19 hotspot stresses doctors in rural Pa.

Businesses are hurt. Unemployment is unprecedented. But coronavirus cases in this rural Pa. town have still been spiking. Now, as restrictions ease, hospitals could be tested.

6 years ago

Workers on the job at 19th and Reed Streets in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Not gonna break my bank’: Developers say coronavirus won’t end Philly’s real estate boom

Philadelphia real estate professionals say the coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause temporary problems, but won’t derail the sector’s growth.

6 years ago

Cars line up at a drive-thru coronavirus test station in the parking lot at Citizens Bank Park.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Life during coronavirus: the Pennsylvania shutdown in pictures

Across the state, Pennsylvanians are trying to adjust to a new normal. Life in our homes, our public spaces, and our economy looks much different than it did mere weeks ago.

6 years ago

A group photo of the 18 people who participated in the Bread and Roses Giving Fund project. (Bread and Roses)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why 18 strangers spent 6 months raising $150,000 for Philly public spaces

The Giving Project brings together people to collectively raise money and then give it away. This week, the group decided how to disseminate $150,000.

6 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

‘Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale’ takes on gentrification, collective memory at the Wilma Theater

Three friends chronicle the gentrification of their changing hometown and call for a new Harlem Renaissance in the Wilma Theater’s newest production.

6 years ago

Listen 1:27
Bridesburg is a proud working-class safe haven in Philadelphia that rarely makes the police blotter. Can it overcome its reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist? (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philly border fight: How a ‘secret’ working-class neighborhood built its own wall

Bridesburg is a working-class safe haven in Philly that rarely makes the police blotter. But it has a reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist.

6 years ago

Listen 14:00
Lance Walker with a customer at his barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

A barber breaking the bubble: Trump voter with ‘buyer’s remorse’ seeks conversations of ‘grace and mercy’

At this barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa., red, blue and other come together for conversations of political ‘grace and mercy.’

6 years ago

Listen 5:20
Fredy Garcia Morales and his mom Margarita talk to his sisters on the phone while sitting in the King Street Ministry Center in Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Speaking Mam in MAGA country: Immigration, education and the teenage boy in the middle

Where low-wage immigrant labor undergirds the local economy, stress is put on other institutions — especially public schools, which face a mandate to educate all.

6 years ago

Listen 7:21
Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

West Philly’s new council rep blasts West Park tower sale

New West Philly Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is challenging a Philadelphia Housing Authority plan to sell two of the last public housing high-rises in her district.

6 years ago

Longer working hours, longer commutes and the rise of dual-income households have left less time for volunteer firefighting. (Bas Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘So tragic’: Volunteer firefighter shortage threatens Pa. traditions and public safety

Mike Kitsock never thought he’d still be fighting fires as a sexagenarian. ...

6 years ago

Listen 5:19
Brothers Andrew Barrow and Ronald Stanley 'Stosh' Webb (right) have been on a mission to fight racism in Schuylkill County. Is it working? (Bas Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Cancel culture’ in Coal Country: Two Trump-voting brothers on a mission to fight racism

After experiencing overtly racist behavior by a quasi-public official, two brothers are on a crusade for accountability. Will anyone in their community care?

6 years ago

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