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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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Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Guests: Anne-Marie Slaughter Today we’re going to listen to Marty’s conversation with ...

Air Date: March 14, 2017

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Money

Is the ‘gig’ economy forcing changes in workforce classification?

“Gig workers” — the term often used to describe members of today’s workforce who provide services on a “per job,” or per “g ...

9 years ago

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SEPTA Key makes its wide release this month, to debut on the Airport Line in April

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Art and data marry to illuminate stories of life on the Schuylkill River

President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected ...

9 years ago

 Ross Lockwood on top of a volcano in Hawaii, where he simulated living on mars for months. (Courtesy of Casey Stedmen)
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Science

An aspiring astronaut’s life on fake Mars

Ross Lockwood spent four months on top of a volcano in Hawaii. He lived in an inflatable dome the size of a two-bedroom apartment with fi ...

9 years ago

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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Radio Times
Education

Higher ed in the age of Trump

Guests: Sara Goldrick-Rab, Aaron Schenk, Aminata Sy  Betsy DeVos, the recently minted Secretary ...

Air Date: February 22, 2017

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The Hinrichs family, photographed almost a year after Kurt's stroke. (Courtesy of Kurt Hinrichs)
The Pulse
Health

New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients

On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...

9 years ago

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Urban Planning

Bill to give local cops speedometers on Harrisburg’s radar

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA continues to unlock Key: Riders can now replace tokens without buying a pass first, available at 69th Street

9 years ago

wind turbines behind a farmhouse
Radio Times

Is geoengineering an answer to climate change?

Guests: David Biello, David Keith Global temperatures broke records again in 2016 for the third consecutive year. ...

Air Date: January 31, 2017

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cars
Radio Times

The President’s travel ban, then the Road ahead for the auto industry

Guests: Peter Spiro, Sonari Glinton, Dan Neil We start off the hour with a response to the President’s actions ...

Air Date: January 30, 2017

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Urban Planning

SEPTA updates Regional Rail schedules to address delays from new safety system

9 years ago

 John Maeda, the global head of computational design and inclusion at web developer Automattic, speaks with a school group at WHYY studios. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Adding art and a touch of business to turn STEM to STEAM

Drexel University’s Learning Innovation Program launches today with a speaker series featuring John Maeda, the Global Head of Compu ...

9 years ago

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a clothing store
Radio Times

“The Aisles Have Eyes”; first, Spicer’s lies

Guests: Joseph Turow Most of us have probably noticed the how corporations track our consumer behavior online – ...

Air Date: January 23, 2017

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The ExCITe Center brings together experts from varied disciplines for a music hackathon
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Education

More creative approaches to learning can empower students of all ages

On Jan. 24 at 6 p.m., the ExCITe Center of Drexel University will kick off its Learning Innovation initiative with ...

9 years ago

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