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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Yansen is a hip-hop dancer and actor in Bay Shore, N.Y. His siblings and his father, Hector, all worked in financial institutions. Yansen decided to go against the grain. Father and son both agree, though, that Yansen is pretty good at what he does. (Dirk Anschütz)
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Tracing The Expanding Definition Of Fatherhood

After his son's birth, Dirk Anschütz photographed fathers and sons for six years. "There's a lot of change going on right now regarding what fatherhood means."

6 years ago

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How to have a good fight / Trump on opposition research

We discuss how to fight well with our partners, friends and colleagues. And, we get reaction to President Trump's comments about opposition research from foreign governments.

Air Date: June 14, 2019 10:00 am

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Jamal Walker and his daughter, Bella (Courtesy Rashena Carter)
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Father’s Day bailout: 10 Philly dads get to spend the holiday with their kids

A criminal justice nonprofit put up thousands of dollars so fathers awaiting trial behind bars could spend the holiday with their families.

6 years ago

A scientist opens the lid of a cryotank containing donor sperm samples in an IVF clinic
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A Philadelphia fertility clinic’s secret

The Farris Institute was once Philadelphia's premiere clinic for artificial insemination. But it left an unknown number of children wondering who their fathers really were.

Air Date: June 13, 2019

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Brandi Burgess (left) as Lina and Angelica Jackson as Jessie, two new moms who meet regularly for coffee in
Shapiro on Theater
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Shapiro on Theater

New mothers ‘Cry It Out’ in perfect Simpatico Theatre production

The play offers characters who deliver their own points of view about being moms — ideas that illuminate the subject, then let you think for yourself.

6 years ago

(Facebook/Free Mom Hugs PA)
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Billy Penn

These moms are coming to Philly Pride for everyone who needs a hug

There’s few things as comforting as a warm, maternal embrace.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Big Stocks)
Radio Times
Health

Kids and screens

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

Air Date: May 28, 2019 10:00 am

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Naomi Scott plays Jasmine in the new live-action Aladdin movie. The character was the first official Disney princess of color in the 1992 animated version of the film. (Daniel Smith/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
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Lifestyle

How Disney princesses influence girls around the world

Disney has made an effort to diversify and empower its princess cast in recent decades, responding to criticisms that the brand is too white and casts women in passive roles.

6 years ago

Gaby Gemetti decided to leave the workforce after having her second child. In March she started a
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Hot job market is wooing women into workforce faster than men

Women returning to jobs at higher rates since 2015 dramatically reverses the trend of the previous three years, when women were leaving the workforce at twice the rate of men.

6 years ago

Christina Paravecchia, plays with daughter Madelyn Rose as her dad, Albert “Two-pops” Catarro helps out by holding baby Amelia Grace who was born March 20. Christina had half her brain removed in 1996, when she was eight-years-old. (William Johnson/The Intelligencer via AP)
Health

For brain surgery patient, greatest challenge is motherhood

To many people, she is remembered as the girl with half a brain. But Christina Santhouse knows there are two little girls who will only know her as something else: Mom.

6 years ago

(Paige Vickers for NPR)
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How to help a kid survive early puberty

From surging hormones and acne to body hair and body odor, puberty can be a rocky transition for any kid.

6 years ago

In 2018, U.S. birthrates fell for nearly all racial and age groups, the CDC says. Here, mothers and babies attend a yoga class in Culver City, Calif., in March. (Jane Ross/Reuters)
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U.S. births fell to a 32-year low in 2018; CDC says birthrate is in record slump

The U.S. birthrate fell again in 2018, with 3,788,235 births — representing a 2% drop from 2017. It's the lowest number of births in 32 years.

6 years ago

Deanna Rubles (left) and her daughter Sara Romain. Sara's brother Zachary has a substance use disorder. (Courtesy of Deanna Rubles)
Health

Siblings also struggle when addiction strikes a family

The basic issue is trust, one expert says: A trust that’s been broken by a brother or sister, and sometimes in deeply painful ways.

6 years ago

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‘All the rage’ isn’t about moms having it all — it’s about moms doing it all

Psychologist Darcy Lockman says there's been progress since the 1950s, but equal partnerships are a long way off. Her book explores the uneven distribution of childcare.

6 years ago

Maria de los Angeles Tun Burgos with daughters Angela, 12, and Gelmy, 9, in their family home in a Maya village in Yucatan, Mexico. (Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR)
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Secrets of a Maya supermom: What parenting books don’t tell you

Parenting doesn't have to be so stressful. Just ask a Maya mom.

6 years ago

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