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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Lifestyle

How Pa. startups are getting $75M more in state funding

With government budgets tight, Harrisburg is finding new ways to help Pennsylvania tech entrepreneurs — by borrowing against future tax ...

12 years ago

 Geoff DiMasi, P'unk Avenue principal, organized this week's Junto Retreat as a place for business leaders to talk about how to make a positive impact. (Photo Courtesy of of Kevin Monko)
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‘For profit, for good’: How ‘Junto 2013’ rallied local business leaders

“This is a business retreat, but maybe not the business retreat most people would imagine,” said ...

12 years ago

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: A Look at Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Airline Industry

Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation officials recently announced a weight limit on vehicles crossing over 1,000 aging and crumb ...

Air Date: September 27, 2013

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Radio Times

Changing Attitudes Toward Driving and the Automobile

A recent report from the Federal Highway Administration found that Americans are driving less. Car usage reached its peak in 2007 and has ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

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Lifestyle

CHOP partners with VC fund to funnel revenue back into research

Commercializing research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is nothing new. One of its biggest hits is a rotavirus v ...

12 years ago

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Can a hackathon make it easier to get around town?

Thirty-plus coders and a handful of local transportation agencies say, yes, it can. It’s the third year SEPTA is asking loca ...

12 years ago

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 This machine loads individual pills into custom-designed packaging — labeling, sealing and loading the pills into large plastic 'magazines' (at right). (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
Lifestyle

How a new robot in Phoenixville dispenses meds to area nursing homes

A Baltimore company is expanding into the Philadelphia area, using robots to supply medications to nursing homes and long-term care facil ...

12 years ago

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Radio Times

The threat of superbugs

The CDC released a sobering new report on drug-resistant microbes. It ...

Air Date: September 19, 2013

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 A $6 million grant will help fund a new overhead trail for the zoo's big cats. (Rendering courtesy of Philadelphia Zoo)
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Philadelphia Zoo nets $6M grant from William Penn Foundation

There’s a bunch of other stuff, too, but a $6 million grant will partially fund “an overhead passageway allowing the Zoo̵ ...

12 years ago

Lifestyle

Are these the 15 nerdiest places in Philly?

Nerds, geeks, dorks: Help us out here. A lifelong Philadelphian, Chris ...

12 years ago

Philadelphia's Center City skyline
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With new job title, William Penn Foundation seeks new leader

After an abrupt split with ...

12 years ago

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Education lessons from around the world

American students routinely score low compared to other industrialized countries on problem-solving tests in math, science and reading.  ...

Air Date: September 10, 2013

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 (Photo courtesy of Greenfest Philly/Sally Wall)
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Eight ‘green innovators’ square off at Greenfest Philly

From wool dryer balls to a company that builds ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter with Brand.com President Michael Zammuto. (Zack Seward/WHYY)
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Nutter welcomes Brand.com to new HQ in Center City Philadelphia

Want to look good online? That’s what Brand.com promises. On Thursday, Philadelphia ...

12 years ago

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Can Silicon Valley save the world’s poor?

Guests: Charles Kenny, Justin Sandefur Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is trying to bring the internet to five billi ...

Air Date: September 3, 2013

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