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Sex & Relationships

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Lifestyle
Billy Penn

I swiped right on 4,000 people to discover how Philly dated in the year of COVID

Dates at Walmart, peeing in bushes and fetishes on Zoom.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Community

“Fault Lines: Fractured Families and how to Mend Them”

Family gatherings may be physically distant this year but the tensions and old resentments will still show up over Zoom or on phone calls.

Air Date: December 22, 2020

Listen 49:44
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Health

Blood, plasma donation policies reflect fears born in an earlier epidemic: HIV in the 1980s

Men can’t give blood, or plasma for COVID patients, if they’ve had sex with men in the past 3 months. Some hope to reverse what they see as anti-gay bias.

5 years ago

Listen 3:06
At Condom Kingdom on South Street, business is booming. (Flickr Creative Commons/Terry Robinson)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Philly sex shops are seeing some interesting coronavirus shopping trends

An app-controlled vibrator is one of the most popular items.

5 years ago

(Big Stock)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Sex, love and COVID-19

We discuss the strains that the coronavirus has put on our romantic relationships -- dating with masks, sex and physical distancing, and marriages under quarantine.

Air Date: July 29, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:27
Big Stock
Radio Times
Community

What do you suggest? Advice columnists give us some tips

It seems that every day brings something new to worry about. So how do we get through these days? We invited the advice experts.

Air Date: June 12, 2020

Listen 49:00
Philly sex workers march in 2012
Community
Billy Penn

It’s really hard to be a sex worker during a pandemic, so Philly relief fund tries to help

Two nonprofits have raised more than $50,000 in donations.

5 years ago

In this photo illustration, a person looks at an abortion pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Va. Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict rules surrounding how the pill is dispensed. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

More patients seek abortion pills online during pandemic, but face restrictions

Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict regulations surrounding how mifepristone is dispensed.

5 years ago

(Instagram/@Phillyis_blind)
Community
Billy Penn

A dating game inspired by Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ is launching in Philly

Do dates with strangers work on Zoom? We’re about to find out.

5 years ago

Kathleen Poliski (Courtesy of Kathleen Poliski)
Lifestyle

Social distance dating isn’t as bad as it sounds

Kathleen Poliski never thought she’d have a first date with someone she never met. But has social distancing changed the rules to dating?

5 years ago

Peck's Food owner Theodore Peck touches hands with a customer through window glass while closing his storefront due to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Health

Productivity and physical touch during coronavirus

We dive into why you're not feeling very productive right now and why we miss human touch so much.

Air Date: April 16, 2020

Listen 49:15
(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

How not to hate your partner: 7 tips to help your relationship survive Philly’s lockdown

If your partner loads the dishwasher, thank them. Seriously.

6 years ago

It’s normal for friendships to end. How can we approach that in a way that minimizes damage — and leads to healing? (motortion/Big Stock Photos)
The Pulse
Science

The painful path of friend break ups

It’s normal for friendships to end. How can we approach that in a way that minimizes damage — and leads to healing?

6 years ago

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This is a reproduction of the Thoreau cabin on the property of Roland W. Robbins in Concord, Mass., former president of National Thoreau Society, May 12, 1971. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Solitude and the creative life

Author Fenton Johnson joins Marty to talk about his decision to live in relative solitude. Then, we discuss the nuances of modern marriage with sociologist Kristi Williams.

Air Date: February 14, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
A couple makes a heart shape with their hands
The Pulse
Science

The Science of Love

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

Air Date: February 14, 2020

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