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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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A photo of a Black bakelite telephone. (Darren Pullman/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Science

Hello? From Bell’s First Call to Gen Z’s Telephobia: 150 Years of the Telephone

On the 150th anniversary of the world’s first call, we look back at how the telephone changed the world.

Air Date: March 6, 2026

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Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Live Nation on trial

We’re talking about the ills plaguing the live music industry and why one of the world's largest entertainment companies is in court this week.

Air Date: March 5, 2026 1:00 pm

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael speak to reporters before looking at a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

AI and the future of warfare

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence are changing modern warfare and raising a new batch of ethical questions. What risks come with AI? Who decides the limits?

Air Date: March 4, 2026 12:00 pm

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People boarding trolley at 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway
Urban Planning

SEPTA to install AI cameras on trolleys to catch parking violations in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the first city in the country to employ this enforcement approach on trolleys or light rail.

5 days ago

Scammers and fraudsters have found numerous ways to convince us they're real. So, how do you make sure not to fall victim to scams?
Studio 2
Money

Inside the $16B scam industry (REPRISE)

Why are you getting so many alarming calls and texts from unknown numbers? How can you tell who is really your bank calling and who is a fraudster?

Air Date: February 25, 2026 1:00 pm

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The Johnson & Johnson headquarters
Health

Pennsylvania to grow its life sciences industry with new $1B Johnson & Johnson cell therapy plant in Lower Gwynedd

The project is expected to create more than 4,000 construction jobs and 500 new biomanufacturing roles in the region.

2 weeks ago

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A doctor uses breast imaging AI to get a second opinion on mammography ultrasounds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The Pulse
Health

Will My Doctor Be a Bot? AI and the Future of Medicine

Physician and author Robert Wachter joins us to discuss what AI-powered health care will look like in the near future.

Air Date: February 18, 2026

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The Polymarket prediction market website is seen on a computer screen, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Wyatte Grantham-Philips)
Studio 2
Money

What happens when you can bet on everything?

Today, we pull back the curtain on prediction markets. Who’s using them? How do they make money? And what are the real risks and rewards beneath the hype?

Air Date: February 11, 2026 12:00 pm

Listen 50:37
The roof of a data centre is pictured
Science

Data centers explained: What they are, why the Philly area is seeing more of them and how they affect us

Politicians, energy providers, Big Tech and climate activists are talking about data centers. Here’s what to know.

3 weeks ago

A person looking at their cell phone home screen
Studio 2
Courts & Law

Social media on trial

Should tech giants be held accountable for the teen mental health crisis? And what could regulation look like in practice?

Air Date: February 10, 2026 1:00 pm

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A photo of Mars' Utopian Plain, taken by Viking 2. (NASA)
The Pulse
Science

The redemption of Viking: Did the 50-year-old mission to Mars find life or not?

How NASA’s 1975 mission to Mars led to decades of scientific controversy and confusion over the existence of life on Mars — and why that’s starting to change.

1 month ago

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The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. (NASA)
The Pulse
Science

Challenger at 40: How the Disaster Shaped the Future of NASA

We remember NASA's Challenger disaster: What led up to the mission, what went wrong, and its lasting impact.

Air Date: January 27, 2026

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This image made available by NASA in March 2017 shows Pluto illuminated from behind by the sun as the New Horizons spacecraft travels away from it at a distance of about 120,000 miles. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via AP)
The Pulse
Science

Triumph, Tragedy and Ennui: Three NASA Missions That Shaped the Future of Space Exploration

We look back at the first spacecraft landing on Mars in 1976, the Challenger tragedy in 1986, and the long-game Pluto mission launched in 2006. 

Air Date: January 23, 2026

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Satya Kokonda, estudiante de segundo año en la Charter School of Wilmington
Education

La organización sin fines de lucro fundada por una estudiante de Delaware crece de 300 a casi 58,000 usuarios, ampliando el acceso gratuito a la educación STEM a nivel mundial.

Tras observar que sus compañeros de clase no tenían acceso a recursos de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM), una estudiante de segundo año de secundaria.

1 month ago

Two scientists in the lab at Temple University
Science

Temple researchers hope to remove PFAS, microplastics with sustainable treatment method

Water providers are removing toxic PFAS chemicals from drinking water, but current methods are energy intensive. Temple researchers are looking at alternative technologies.

2 months ago

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