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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

13 years ago

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Are these the 15 nerdiest places in Philly?

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

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With new job title, William Penn Foundation seeks new leader

After an abrupt split with ...

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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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Eight ‘green innovators’ square off at Greenfest Philly

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

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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 ...

13 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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Dolphin Deaths off the East Coast; Cancer Sniffing Dog Research at Penn

Hour Two Guests: Robert Schoelkopf, Perry Habecker, and Cindy Otto Last week, scientists ...

Air Date: September 3, 2013

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Could ‘connected vehicle technology’ have prevented this South Jersey school bus crash?

In February 2012 in Chesterfield, N.J., a school bus was T-boned by a speeding dump truck. The crash killed an 11-year-old girl.  ...

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End of Darkness

HR 1 Guests: Paul Bogard [REBROADCAST] When was the last time you ...

Air Date: September 2, 2013

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Hardanger fiddle player and composer DAN TRUEMAN

HR 2 GUEST: DAN TRUEMAN [REBROADCAST] Our guest Princeton music professo ...

Air Date: September 2, 2013

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With Philly as test market — and tech toys in hand — NRG aims for electric ‘engagement’

An electricity company is using Philadelphia as a launch pad for a new service. NRG Residential Solutions is not unique in ch ...

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