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History

Studio 2

Big Tobacco’s Addictive Snacks, Medical Aid in Dying, Opera Philadelphia

We’ll find out how cigarette manufacturers made some processed food addicting. Then, Judy Govatos talks about death with dignity. Opera Philadelphia's David Devan also joins.

Air Date: September 21, 2023 12:00 pm

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Several human skulls on display as part of the exhibit
Studio 2

Mütter Museum Controversy, the History of Pockets, the First Emoticon

Philadelphia's Mütter Museum is wrestling with ethical questions about its displays of human remains. Also, the invention of the pocket and the first emoticon :-).

Air Date: September 19, 2023 12:00 pm

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Newspaper sketch of Cordelia Botkin at the time of her 1904 retrial. (Wikimedia Commons; Billy Penn illustration)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

125 years ago, a cross-country murder case gave new meaning to the term ‘death by chocolate’

Delaware couple John and Mary Dunning did not have a happy marriage.

2 years ago

Mexican Cultural Center staff released colored smoke during the El Grito de Dolores ceremony
Community

Why Mexican Independence Day revelers in Philadelphia shout ‘Viva Mexico’ in historical battle cry

Communities across the Delaware Valley this week hosted historical re-enactments of El Grito de Dolores.

2 years ago

A google doodle celebrating Luisa Moreno
NPR
Community

Google Doodle honors Guatemalan-American labor activist Luisa Moreno

Labor organizer Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S., inspired Friday's Google Doodle.

2 years ago

Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to the crowd at the March on Washington in 1963
Community

Martin Luther King’s legacy lives on through Palmyra graduate Dr. Clarence B. Jones

When asked what MLK would think of today’s gun violence, Jones said: “He would put his head in his arms, and he would just weep.”

2 years ago

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Carol Orzel had FOP, a rare disorder in which connective tissue is replaced by bone. She wished her skeleton to be displayed at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Mütter Museum launches public engagement program over the future of its collection

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains.

2 years ago

''Staircases and Mountaintops: Ascending Beyond the Dream'' by Willis Nomo Humphrey at the Martin Luther King Jr. Rec Center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia.
Community
Billy Penn

‘Where do we go from here?’: A look at Black Philadelphians’ economic state, decades after the March on Washington

A new report measures the pace of progress towards economic parity since the famed civil rights demonstration.

2 years ago

Salman Rushdie speaks from a screen. Behind the screen are windows looking out over Independence Hall.
Community

Salman Rushdie addresses rising authoritarianism during First Amendment Summit in Philadelphia

“One of the preconditions for the rise of an authoritarian strongman is that people cease to believe in the truth,” Rushdie said.

2 years ago

Listen 1:04
Actor Mark Wahlberg, right, rides a moped with Gabriella Papale, daughter of Vince Papale, on the football field at Texas Stadium during a break in the filming a scene of a 1976 football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagle for the motion picture titled Invincible in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 19 , 2005. In the film based on a true story, Wahlberg plays Vince Papale an Eagle's fan with no organized football experience that answered a open tryout call and won a roster spot. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

It’s a fact: Mark Wahlberg actually is an honorary Philadelphian

It’s a title the Philly mayor bestowed a decade ago upon the Boston native, who famously played Eagle Vince Papale (and intro'd the pope).

2 years ago

Ahchipaptunhe of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and Cherokee, created large scale paintings inspired by the geometric designs on Lenape stamped baskets and pottery. His work is featured in ''Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories,'' at the Michener Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Contemporary Lenape artists offer their perspective on Lenape history

“Never Broken” at Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa., asked Indigenous artists to tell the history of the Lenape people.

2 years ago

Listen 1:27
Hagi Abucar puts flowers on the 9/11 Memorial during the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York
Community

The U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska

People gathered Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

2 years ago

A postcard image of Central High School in Philly in 1904
Education
Billy Penn

The fight to admit girls to Philly’s Central High School

It took two court battles, including a Supreme Court case, to change the status quo at what was considered a bastion of academic excellence.

2 years ago

A replica of Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress on display at Winterthur
Arts & Entertainment

Say yes to the dress: Ann Lowe’s gowns for high society adorn Winterthur

Called “society’s best-kept secret,” Ann Lowe made gowns for special occasions, including Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress.

2 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The Roundhouse moves closer to historic preservation with committee vote

The curvy building is considered both an architectural marvel and a symbol of police brutality.

2 years ago

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