Skip to content
A journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, and new ways to think and create. Based on riveting TEDTalks from the world's most remarkable minds.

TED Radio Hour

Listen Live

Listen Live

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.
Next

Freakonomics

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.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Kids

(Fahmida Azim for NPR)
NPR
Education

As ’13 Reasons Why’ returns, schools try to help students who are thinking of suicide

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. And experts argue it's more than just an individual mental health issue. It's a public health issue.

8 years ago

The author's daughters/girlbosses standing in front of their jewelry in MonkeyFish.
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Girl bosses go retail

A year ago I was right here with you talking about the Loopholes Boutique Etsy shop my daughters had launched to sell their ...

8 years ago

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns. (PBS)
PBS
Courts & Law

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns

The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.

8 years ago

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, a 19-year-old transgender teen, who declined to be identified because she feared for her life after receiving death threats this summer at a halfway house, poses for a photo. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
WITF
Health

Study: Teen depression rates soared in recent years

Rates of major depression are up 63 percent among teens, and are up nearly 50 percent among young adults.

8 years ago

Meara Lim-Goyette, 11, (center) rehearses with Musicopia, for a performance of Mark Laycock's
Arts & Entertainment

New work for Philly youth orchestra allows every musician to shine

Philadelphia youth orchestra Musicopia will premiere a new composition written just for them.

8 years ago

Todd Zartman gives his 'Kiddynomics' presentation.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

With ‘Kiddynomics,’ an attempt to teach youngest learners how to manage money

The Federal Reserve Bank has developed a curriculum to teach children as young as 3 and 4 the basics of financial literacy.

8 years ago

Listen 2:07
Jenaveve Mitzel, 17, a cystic fibrosis patient at CHOP, worked with students from Drexel University to direct and animate a film. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients

Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Director Jason Reitman on ‘Tully’

Guest: Jason Reitman In the new film Tully, Charlize Theron plays an already stressed-out mother who’s ...

Air Date: April 30, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
When Gov. John Carney recently signed the alternate diploma bill into law, parents, educators, advocates and students were delighted. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Education

Disabled students can now check ‘diploma’ box on job applications

Delaware's alternate diploma will give students a major boost when it comes to job prospects in grocery stores, clerical work and so much more, advocates say.

8 years ago

The capitol building in Harrisburg
Courts & Law

Activists rally for changes to Pa. child custody laws

The efforts of the group, known as the National Parents Organization, have inspired fierce opposition from domestic violence organizations.

8 years ago

Voices in the Family

Can we teach character strengths to kids?

Research shows that character strengths are as important as I-Q and socioeconomic status to achievement and well-being in life. The ...

Air Date: April 23, 2018

Listen 03:49
5,500 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they've engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they've bullied themselves this way more than once.
(Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

When teens cyberbully themselves

They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons talks about school shootings with students at Middletown High School in Middletown, Delaware. (photo via Facebook/Sen. Coons staff)
Politics & Policy

Delaware students talk school shootings with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons

While hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms to protest gun violence today, about 400 students talked about their concerns with Delaware U.S. Sen. Chris Coons.

8 years ago

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, seen here in February on Capitol Hill, announced the birth of a daughter, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

After lawmaker gives birth, Senate poised to allow infants in for votes

The measure would allow moms and dads to bring an infant along to votes until the child reaches one year.

8 years ago

This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)
Health

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

8 years ago

Page 75 of 100« First«...7374757677...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Should governments regulate unhealthy food like tobacco? Some Penn researchers say yes

    8 hours ago

  • New Jersey election 2026: These 4 Republicans hope to unseat U.S. Sen. Cory Booker

    9 hours ago

  • 2 environmental organizations seek to join legal fight against ICE’s plans for warehouse detention centers in Pa.

    20 hours ago

    Listen 0:50
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Hittin’ Season
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • Bridging Blocks
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org