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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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History

A monument outside the Route 9 Library in New Castle honors the memory of Samuel Crawford, a Wilmington soldier who went missing in action in North Korea in 1950. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

A missing Korean War soldier honored with Delaware monument

A Delaware soldier missing for 69 years will be permanently remembered with a memorial unveiled in New Castle Friday morning.

7 years ago

The Church of the Advocate's sanctuary sits directly above a crypt (James Karmolinski/Kelly Maiello Architects)
Community
Billy Penn

Creepy crypt: A dozen dead bodies are in the basement of this North Philly church

There’s even a complicated pulley system for lowering them down.

7 years ago

Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas, probably early 1918. (OHA 250: New Contributed Photographs Collection, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine)
Health

‘Up close and personal’: Mütter Museum maps the spread of Philly’s 1918 flu epidemic

The Mütter Museum created an interactive online database that maps the 1918 flu epidemic as it swept through Philadelphia.

7 years ago

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Billy Penn

William Penn, public space and avoiding fires: Why Philadelphia looks the way it does

The city’s nearly-perfect street grid dotted by parks became a model for the rest of America.

7 years ago

Dancers with the Fist and Heel Performance Group rehearse at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/14/19

This week: Rep. Andy Kim of N.J., the ongoing UAW strike, and the history and plight of the iconic Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia.

Air Date: October 14, 2019 10:00 am

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The Frank Furness-designed 19th Street Baptist Church (Alex Lewis for WHYY)
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Urban Planning

City denies demolition for Frank Furness’ Point Breeze church

The Philadelphia Historical Commission denied a permit for demolition of 19th Street Baptist Church on Friday, eight months after it was initially filed.

7 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence reacts during an immigration and naturalization ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Who Is Mike Pence?

Reporter Tom LoBianco has been covering Pence since his time as Indiana governor. His new book is a detailed account of Pence's life, outlook, and relationship with Trump.

Air Date: October 8, 2019

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An official Pennsylvania historical marker is unveiled at the Bethel Burying Ground, located under the site of Weccacoe Playground, in Queen Village, on Tuesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Community

As Mother Bethel burial ground gets historical marker, community reflects on those forgotten

The site, which lies beneath Weccacoe Playground in South Philadelphia, is considered one of the first independent cemeteries for free African Americans.

7 years ago

Eliza Powel was a woman with strong ideas, and she wasn't afraid to express them PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH POWEL / BILLY PENN ILLUSTRATION
Community
Billy Penn

Meet the ‘Founding Mother’ of the United States who history forgot

If not for being a woman, her name would be as well known as Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and Washington.

7 years ago

A Naval Aircraft Factory float heads south on Broad Street in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Mütter Museum is reviving a 1918 Philly parade that sparked a killer flu outbreak

Philadelphia was one of the worst-hit cities during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic but no memorial exists for them. The Mütter Museum is changing that.

7 years ago

(Courtesy Powel House)
Community
Billy Penn

Explore the home of Philly’s first independent mayor and George Washington’s abolitionist confidante

Elizabeth Willing Powel was an underappreciated architect of the United States.

7 years ago

A life-sized figure of Richard St. George, a British solider during the Revolutionary War. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Meet the ‘Forrest Gump’ of the Revolutionary War at new Philly exhibit

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is opening an exhibition from the perspective of a single British soldier.

7 years ago

Sophomore Christian Black stands next to a new Vulcanair plane that he’ll be training on at Delaware State University. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware State pays homage to Tuskegee Airmen with new planes

A flight-training program that traces its lineage to the Tuskegee Airmen is expanding with new planes.

7 years ago

The Robert Purvis house is being repaired at 16th and Mount Vernon. MARK HENNINGER / IMAGIC DIGITAL
Community
Billy Penn

Historic Philly Underground Railroad stop that freed 9,000 slaves is saved from brink of collapse

The Robert Purvis House is being repaired despite the property owner’s inaction.

7 years ago

Clarence Smoyer stands outside Midtown Scholar bookstore in Harrisburg at a book signing event. (Tim Lambert/WITF)
Community

96-year-old Army veteran from Allentown awarded Bronze Star in surprise ceremony at WWII Memorial

The "hero of Cologne" was denied the award nearly 75 years ago "over a stick of gum," according to author Adam Makos.

7 years ago

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