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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Shopping carts filled with free frozen treats outside Rittenhouse Market on Saturday. (Courtesy of Colette Alexandre)
Community
Billy Penn

Free ice cream! Power outage at Rittenhouse Market leads to sweet sidewalk giveaway

“Why not fill up people’s freezers instead?”

6 years ago

Rob Lucas, owner of Donkey's Place in Camden, holds a plaque that recognizes his restaurant's inclusion in the Anthony Bourdain Food Trail, which identifies ten New Jersey restaurants visited by the celebrity chef. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Anthony Bourdain ate here: New Jersey honors its native son with food trail

A year after his death, the host of “Parts Unknown” is being honored by his home state.

6 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Eat Philly’s best BBQ with impressive young first responders — and no lines

The impressive group of first responders we showcased in the latest edition of Who’s Next.

6 years ago

Lettuce sprouts amid rows of plastic covering the ground at One Straw Farm, an organic operation north of Baltimore. Although conventional farmers also use plastic mulch, organic produce farms like One Straw rely on the material even more because they must avoid chemical weed killers, which are banned in organic farming. (Lisa Elaine Held/NPR)
NPR
Science

Organic farming has a plastic problem. One solution is controversial

Many organic farmers would love to find an alternative to plastic, but they say there isn't one at the moment.

6 years ago

Pastrami sandwich at The Rooster (Alexandra Hawkins)
Community
Billy Penn

The Rooster is closing for good: Why CookNSolo is shutting down the charitable diner

After two and a half years, the restaurant was *costing* money instead of making it.

6 years ago

Bren Smith is a seaweed farmer and co-founder of GreenWave, a nonprofit that supports and trains ocean farmers. (Courtesy of GreenWave)
NPR
Science

Kelp has been touted as the new kale, but it has been slow to catch on

While seaweed has a lot of things going for it in terms of nutrition, the lack of infrastructure to process it and people's tastes have not been quick to adopt it.

6 years ago

Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Generations of Yuengling employees say they stay for more than a love of lager

The Yuengling family has run the company for six generations and says 10% of the 150 employees at its Pennsylvania breweries go back at least two generations.

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

Chatayee Venus Kapugthong at her restaurant Chatayee Thai in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

At new Philly restaurant, Thai chef serves flavors of her Bangkok roots

Offering salty, sweet, and spicy tastes — "a whole spectrum of everything that you can imagine in one bowl" — pork shank is a specialty at Philly’s newest Thai restaurant.

6 years ago

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From left, Chefs Elijah Milligan, Carl Lewis, and Yusef McCoy at the Black Restaurant Week 2019 preview event held at Drexel University's Academic Bistro on May 20. (TrenaeNuri/WHYY)
Community

Cooking for the culture: Philly’s 2nd annual Black Restaurant Week

Chefs mix African and Caribbean cultural influences, traditional American cuisine, and a taste of CBD oil as preparations for Black Restaurant Week get underway.

6 years ago

A new study finds that women who ate a low-fat diet and more fruits, vegetables and grains, lowered their risk of dying from breast cancer. But which of those factors provided the protective effect? (Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF)
NPR
Health

Calories, carbs, fat, fiber: Unraveling the links between breast cancer and diet

During the study, some women in both groups were diagnosed with breast cancer, but those who'd changed their diets had a 21 percent lower risk of dying from the disease.

6 years ago

Jessica Choppin Roney, associate professor of history at Temple University, lectures on colonial-era Philadelphia politics at the Cambria Hotel during the city's first Profs and Pints event. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Profs and Pints brings lectures to thirsty students, revenue to academics

Profs and Pints brings lectures out of the halls of academia and into the mainstream for casual students to share a beer and share in knowledge.

6 years ago

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(Facebook/Imperfect Produce)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Ugly fruits and veggies delivered to your door — stoop thieves be damned

Watch out, Philly. More ugly fruits and veggies are coming to town.

6 years ago

South Style Pizza and Deli in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, P.A. offers a free 2 liter with every order over 35 dollars, which was raised from 20 dollars before the soda tax took effect. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Health

Sweetened-beverage sales drop as a result of soda tax, Penn study finds

Penn researchers found sweetened-beverage sales at groceries, pharmacies and mass retailers fell in the year after the controversial soda tax took effect.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 05/13/19

Philadelphia mayoral incumbent Jim Kenney; Michael Solomonov on winning the Beard award for best restaurant in America; the closure of Three Mile Island.

Air Date: May 13, 2019 10:00 am

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