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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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More fringe than Fringe, the SoLow theater festival opens this weekend

After 9 years, SoLow has established itself as the anti-establishment theater festival. This year it presents a confessional comedy about suicidal depression.

8 years ago

Highlights from the 10th Annual Juneteenth Festival. (Photo Courtesy/Tieshka Smith for the Johnson House Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA)
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Celebrating Juneteenth at Philadelphia’s Johnson House

Just over a month ago, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum opened in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to the victims of white supremacy in the Unit

8 years ago

DJ Jazzy Jeff spinning in Philadelphia in 2003.
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From Lady B to Meek Mill, tracing the roots of Philly hip-hop — June 15, 2018

Dig into the history of hip-hop in Philadelphia with two short documentaries at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

The Not-Its! performing at the 2017 Kidchella. (Photo Courtesy/Jeff Bogle)
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Kidchella, a fantastic reason to visit Philly this summer

They drive to Philadelphia from North Carolina once or twice a summer — a mom and her teenage son, together for 20 hours up and back. ...

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, June 8, 2018

Two months after two black men were arrested at a Center City Starbucks, the Philadelphia Police Department has a new policy for handling ...

Air Date: June 8, 2018

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Taylor Mac performs
NewsWorks Tonight
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Philly-area performers chime in on ’24 Decade History’ of American resistance

Local performers add voice to Taylor Mac's marathon theater spectacle, 'A 24 Decade History of Popular Music'

8 years ago

Listen 4:51
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Minas

Producer: Monica Rogozinski Minas takes Brazilian and American roots to create a sound that is fresh and innovati ...

8 years ago

(FalzVEVO via YouTube/Screen grab by NPR)
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Nigerian rapper goes viral with his take on ‘This Is America’

Last week, a Nigerian rapper released his own version of Childish Gambino's hit song and music video "This Is America."

8 years ago

Nels Cline will offer a homage to Philly's storied music history with
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Guitarist Nels Cline plays a love song to Philly

Many cities tout their importance in the pantheon of American music, but it's hard to dispute the depth and range of Philadelphia's.

8 years ago

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Black Thought of The Roots is ready for his close-up with the release of Streams Of Thought, Vol. 1. (NPR)
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Between the World and Black Thought

South Philly-bred co-founder of The Roots, born Tariq Trotter, on the release of his first side project, Streams of Thought Vol. 1.

8 years ago

 Laurel Hill Cemetery (Steven Ujifusa/For NewsWorks)
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The Divine Hand Ensemble brings a haunting concert to Laurel Hill Cemetery — June 2, 2018

It's never too late to have a goth phase. Get spooky at this ethereal concert, which will showcase the otherworldly tones of the theremin.

8 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill leaves Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center Wednesday morning, May 30, 2018, where his request for a new judge was denied.
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Philly judge says he doesn’t have authority to reassign Meek Mill’s case

Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley has presided over Mill’s case since his 2007 arrest on drug and gun charges. The rapper and the longtime judge have publicly feuded.

8 years ago

Friday Arts
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Friday Arts June 2018

Mayor: The Best Job in Politics Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts visits the campus of The Univer ...

Air Date: June 1, 2018 7:30 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra
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Philadelphia Orchestra begins European tour, including first stop in Israel in 25 years

The Philadelphia Orchestra has left town for a two-week European tour. A planned three-day swing through Israel has raised hackles.

8 years ago

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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra performs at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. (Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography)
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Delaware Symphony performs Mahler’s ‘underdog’ work that inspired its future director

Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s director David Amado will lead the group in its first ever performance of Gustav Mahler’s “Seventh Symphony,” which fascinated him as a child.

8 years ago

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