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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
Broke in Philly

North Philly’s Stanton community health center now offers COVID-19 testing

“This is a testament to our drive to get more testing in underserved communities,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at Tuesday’s opening.

6 years ago

Families play on a North Philadelphia Playstreet in a 2018 photo. (Courtesy of the City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Philly is making it easier to turn your block into a place for play this summer

Every summer, Philly residents can apply for permits to turn their block into a playground for kids, no cars allowed. This year, the rules are changing.

6 years ago

Yvanna, 13, (right), and Emilia, 12, (left) play with soccer balls on their block. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

How to survive a summer without city pools? Open streets for play, says Philly Parks Commissioner

With city pools closed, Philly’s parks commissioner wants to expand Playstreets, a summer program that closes neighborhood streets to traffic.

6 years ago

Listen 1:51
Family takes walk in Philadelphia amid COVID-19 pandemic
Community
Billy Penn

Springtime vignettes from West Philly: Finding beauty in the April that never was

A photo essay reflects that hope springs eternal — and gives us a chance to reflect on the need for resilience as we edge toward recovery.

6 years ago

Coronavirus testing site in Camden, New Jersey
Health

In Camden, curbing COVID-19 requires more testing, but not just more testing

Camden is expanding its COVID-19 testing capabilities and pairing it with services that address what makes some of its residents so vulnerable to the virus.

6 years ago

A tree in spring bloom next to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
Community
Billy Penn

22 gorgeous Instagrams of pink spring blossoms brightening Philly neighborhoods

Let's remember the good parts of April 2020.

6 years ago

Socially distant art gallery in West Philadelphia yard
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

How to turn your front yard into a socially distant gallery

Quarantine life means no gallery shows, gatherings or classes so we turned our front yard into a place to share art. You can do it too.

6 years ago

Positive Movement Entertainment marches through South Philadelphia on April 19, 2020. (Screenshot via Hate5Six/YouTube)
Community
Billy Penn

Elmo-led drumline cheers South Philly in viral video and stars in new documentary

“Mr. Y Not” highlights the optimism of Positive Movement Entertainment’s founder.

6 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Philly student meals to be distributed Thursday mornings

Starting this week, the School District of Philadelphia’s 49 meal sites will only be distributing student meals once a week on Thursday mornings.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Cathy Coate)
PlanPhilly
Community

Photo essay: 6 quintessentially Philly ‘views from my window’

People all over the world are sharing photos of the view from their windows as they quarantine. Philadelphians are sharing views of rowhouses, roosters and more.

6 years ago

Margeaux Murphy of the Sunday Love Project at McPherson Square this week COURTENAY HARRIS BOND
Community
Billy Penn

Rumors fly in Kensington about coronavirus ‘immunity’ and early jail releases

That’s the word from the Sunday Love Project, which is feeding people in the neighborhood daily.

6 years ago

Philadelphia supervised injection site
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

The messy necessity of community buy-in for Philly’s supervised injection site

Rutgers sociologist Stephen Danley complicated question of how to achieve community consensus on controversial projects, reframing issues of power.

6 years ago

Philadelphia residents from Kensington and beyond attended a community forum in April 2019 discussing about a proposed supervised injection site. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

As debate rages over a supervised injection site, some ask, ‘Do public meetings empower privilege?’

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

6 years ago

Stephanie Sun and Sarun Chan co-facilitated the Census Champion workshop at the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia on Saturday. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

Counting Philly’s Cambodians in the 2020 census: ‘We aren’t invisible’

Philadelphia has the 4th largest Cambodian population among U.S. cities, and a local organization says the 2010 count was low by several thousand.

6 years ago

Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell and Safehouse VP Ronda Goldfein (center) announce plans to open a supervised injection site in South Philadelphia (Michaela Winberg/WHYY)
Health

South Philly injection site: As Rendell touts ‘tremendous’ upside, some neighbors flip out

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

6 years ago

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