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Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe.

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The Cooch family home was built in 1760 and once housed British General Cornwallis following a battle in 1777. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Community

Regional Roundup – December 27

We'll talk with Camden Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez and revisit our segments about millennials enduring the pandemic and Cooch's Bridge in Delaware.

Air Date: December 27, 2021 10:00 am

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A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third
NPR
Health

The vaccines work against severe disease. Here’s why boosters are still a good idea

Vaccines still do a solid job at warding off hospitalization from omicron. Scientists explain how boosters help and the best timing to get one.

3 years ago

People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won’t be a live audience to see it happen.
Arts & Entertainment

‘SNL’ ditches audience, limits cast and crew amid omicron

The sketch comedy show announced Saturday afternoon that the night’s episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew.

4 years ago

FILE - Protestors light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 11, 2021. New research indicates that far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining new followers and influence by co-opting conspiracy theories about COVID-19.  (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)
Health

Far-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows

White supremacists and far-right extremists are using the social media platform Telegram to expand their reach and recruit followers.

4 years ago

Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during a taping of his show
Politics & Policy

Fox stars tried to get Trump to act on Jan. 6, texts show

Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade all texted advice to Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as a mob of pro-Donald Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol.

4 years ago

Blue Origin's latest space passengers from left, Laura Shepard Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Michael Strahan, Cameron Bess, Lane Bess, and Evan Dick pose for a photo in front of the booster rocket at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
Science

Michael Strahan flies to space with astronaut’s daughter

The Amazon founder's space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas.

4 years ago

A close-up of an Amazon logo on its website.
NPR
Money

Amazon announces progress after an outage disrupted sites across the internet

The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, and Netflix.

4 years ago

A person DJs at a launch party
Arts & Entertainment

Talking smack and playing cards: World Series of Spades debuts in Philly

Comedian Clint Coley’s streaming tournament of playing cards and talking smack starts its 2nd season with a watch party in Fishtown.

4 years ago

Chris Cuomo attends the 12th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at American Museum of Natural History on December 9, 2018 in New York City
NPR
Politics & Policy

CNN fires Chris Cuomo for role in fighting brother’s sexual harassment scandal

Cuomo's termination follows revelations that shed light on the journalist's role in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

4 years ago

Be. Do. Love call for stories. (Courtesty of Love Now Media)
Community

Be. Do. Love: A new initiative seeks career stories inspired by love

Be. Do. Love: Career Stories Inspired by Love is a new initiative that invites professionals to share what is at the heart of the work that they do.

4 years ago

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File photo: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, appears during a news conference about COVID-19 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 2020, and his brother CNN anchor Chris Cuomo attends the 12th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on Dec. 9, 2018. CNN said Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, it was suspending Chris Cuomo indefinitely after details emerged about how he helped his brother, as he faced charges of sexual harassment
Politics & Policy

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal

The network said transcripts released by New York's attorney general revealed its anchor had a greater involvement in his brother's case than they knew.

4 years ago

Journalists gather outside the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington
Politics & Policy

Biden bill would give local news outlets ‘shot in the arm’

President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the f ...

4 years ago

Two Philly affirmations are pictured side by side
Community
Billy Penn

Meet the person running @phillyaffirmation, the Instagram account perfectly memeing life in Philly

Followers jumped from 3k to 25k in one weekend.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia newspaper columnist Chuck Stone speaks with newsmen after a hostage situation ended at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa., as Stone mediated with inmates who were holding hostages in a kitchen area of the prison following an aborted escape attempt. Longtime journalist and educator Charles Sumner
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

40 years ago, a legendary Philly columnist helped defuse a prison hostage situatoin

The Graterford crisis was one of many negotiated by well-trusted Chuck Stone, who spent two decades at the Daily News.

4 years ago

The exterior of Philly school district headquarters
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Proposed Philly media policy called a ‘gag order.’ District says it’s ‘standard operating procedure’

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers said the proposed policy constituted “egregious and reprehensible attempts” to limit its members’ ability to speak to the media.

4 years ago

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