History
Native American massacre from colonial Pa. history to be retold in comic book
The Library Company of Philadelphia is turning the 1763 massacre of the Conestoga Native American tribe into a comic book.
7 years ago
Listen 2:15‘Am I dreaming?’ Letter excerpts from WWI’s last day
A hundred years later, their words can still pierce hearts.
7 years ago
World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice
"The traces of this war never went away," Macron said.
7 years ago
Unsung heroes, animals were vital part of WWI war machine
They were messengers, spies and sentinels. They led cavalry charges, carried supplies to the front, and died by the millions during World War I.
7 years ago
Delaware midterm turnout highest since 1994
More than 360,000 Delawareans voted in Tuesday’s midterm elections. That translates to a turnout rate of 52 percent.
7 years ago
Pennsylvania will send a record-setting four women to Congress next year, up from the current total of zero. Is the "Year of the Woman" here again?
Air Date: November 7, 2018
Listen 12:08Princeton’s comic book exhibit spotlights superheroes of civil rights movement
From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King Jr. to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, comics illustrate the fight for equality.
7 years ago
Listen 4:49Long sealed, newly released Watergate ‘road map’ could guide Russia probe
Last week, one of the last remaining secrets from the Watergate scandal was finally revealed.
8 years ago
As thousands of migrants walk to America to escape the violence in Central America, I’m disappointed that a president who is the son of ...
8 years ago
O’Connor, Rehnquist and a supreme marriage proposal
Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious.
8 years ago
Guests: Katherine Howe, Mark Binelli People accused of witchcraft in the 17th and 18th cent ...
Air Date: October 31, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:14Frankenstein, now 200 years old, shows its roots
A theatrical lecture at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia demonstrates the scientific roots of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
8 years ago
A taste of cookbook author Edna Lewis at Haverford College
Edna Lewis, the late doyenne of Southern cuisine, gets her due at Haverford College.
8 years ago
A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.
Air Date: October 29, 2018
Listen 14:19Blaming victims for mail bombs carries echoes of Civil Rights bombings
The conspiracy theories flying around hearken back to another era in American history — the 1950s and '60s — when bombs were a tool of political intimidation.
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