
History
Studio 2 Extra: Investigative journalist reflects on MOVE bombing
Investigative reporter Linn Washington remembers the MOVE bombing 40 years later .
Air Date: May 13, 2025 3:00 pm
Listen 12:33How a group of middle school students memorialized the MOVE bombing
A West Philly school founder shares the story of how students led a campaign to install a historical marker at the site of the 1985 MOVE bombing.
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The Citadel CEO's first-edition copies will be placed in a new public exhibit, marking the center’s largest renovation since it opened in 2003.
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Exclusive: WHYY News' Tom MacDonald uncovers new details from the helicopter pilot who flew above the MOVE compound in 1985
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Listen 5:45MOVE at 40: Looking back at the 1985 commission and its ‘unconscionable’ findings
After five weeks of hearings with more than 90 witnesses, the MOVE Commission determined the city’s bombing was an “unconscionable” act.
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Listen 7:32The empty visitor center in LOVE Park now lights up with Philly immigrants, old and new
The empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants.
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Listen 1:33The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.
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Listen 6:45‘Cato (Remixed)’ examines the Founding Fathers’ infatuation with ancient Rome
The original “Cato” was a favorite play of George Washington. Philadelphia Artists’ Collective reimagines it with a critical lens.
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Listen 1:30An 1859 fantasy of Black material culture is manifested as a “funhouse” of art and cultural criticism at Winterthur.
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Listen 1:12Prince Edward dedicates Bicentennial Bell during Philadelphia visit
Queen Elizabeth II gifted the bell to the United States from Great Britain during her July 1976 visit.
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Listen 1:13Philly looking for ‘Phambassadors’ to boost city pride in the run-up to 2026
The city’s “Phambassador” program asks people to pledge to “love their city” as it prepares for waves of visitors in 2026.
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Listen 1:18Prince Edward to visit Philadelphia to dedicate historic bell, honor students
As a working royal, the prince promotes the benefits of non-formal education, and works to support the arts, heritage and conservation.
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Listen 1:22A new history of sex and sexuality in America
Rebecca Davis explores the 400-year tension between sex, sexual identity and prudery in America and how it explains some of today’s political conflicts.
Air Date: April 25, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion
The museum in Kansas City, Missouri, is trying to raise $30 million and open in 2027.
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Earth Day 2025: Celebrating Philly’s environmental legacy and the power of poetry
WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.
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