History
Forever ‘frenemies’: Barnes and Stokowksi
The Philadelphia Orchestra is bringing together strange bedfellows.
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Of protest and patriotism: A 1968 gold medalist remembers the games
In response to the protest, the International Olympic Committee stripped Carlos and Smith of their gold medals.
6 years ago
Viking invasion at the Franklin Institute
New Vikings exhibition at the Franklin Institute focuses on the savagery of the ancient Scandinavians.
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American Revolution museum honors filmmaker Ken Burns
The medal and $25,000 prize will be presented at a private event at the museum April 11.
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It’s complicated: Life and work of Rube Goldberg at Philly’s Jewish Museum
Exhibit on life and work of Rube Goldberg opens at National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
6 years ago
Philadelphia’s Museum of American Revolution names CEO
A year and a half after opening, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia gets a new leader.
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Air Date: October 5, 2018
Listen 47:15Women’s rage and political change
Air Date: October 4, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:57The history of submarine warfare off the Jersey coast
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The Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Air Date: October 3, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:55Bones reveal the Brontosaurus had an older, massive cousin in South Africa
The newly discovered dinosaur, Ledumahadi mafube, translates to "a giant thunderclap at dawn."
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World War I battle devastated U.S. forces, broke hearts at home
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Drug overdose deaths have been rising for 40 years, and opioids aren’t the only problem
Drug overdose deaths "have been on an exponential growth curve" that began years before the rise in opioid prescriptions seen in the mid-1990s.
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As Philly honors former mayor with street sign, protesters assail Goode’s MOVE legacy
'I’m going to man up for what happened on May 13,' says W. Wilson Goode Sr.
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Listen 2:26100 years later, we’re still learning from deadly Spanish flu
Philadelphia was particularly hard hit by the flu epidemic of 1918.
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