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Each program mixes interviews with guest travel experts, your call-ins with questions and comments, and music. We talk about our favorite travels in Europe, as well as travel anywhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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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 ...

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PlanPhilly
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

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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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PlanPhilly
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
Speak Easy
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

a whiteboard with French written on it
Radio Times

Learning a foreign language and preserving endangered ones

Guests: Rosemary Feal, Ellen Bialystok, David Harrison Americans are losing their foreign language fluency.  Few ...

Air Date: January 18, 2017

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
Radio Times

The Future of the ACA

Guests: Dan Diamond, James Carpetta, Mollyann Brodie As promised since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 201 ...

Air Date: January 17, 2017

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Vera Rubin at Rocky Mountain National Park with her children in 1961. From left to right: Karl, Dave, Allan, Vera, and Judy. Vera is 33. (Courtesy of Allan Rubin and the Rubin family)
The Pulse
Science

Vera Rubin’s son reflects on how she paved the way for women

His mother wasn’t sure what to do, and the Rubin family was weighing her options around the dinner table. It was 1975, and astrophysici ...

9 years ago

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A part of the declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia's efforts to interfere with the U.S. political process is photographed in Washington
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Trump, the CIA, and the historical fallacy

Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...

9 years ago

Albert Einstein at a chalkboard
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: math edition

Guests: Paul Pasles, Margot Lee Shetterly, John Allen Paulos In this week’s edition of Radio Times in Review; w ...

Air Date: January 6, 2017

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a crowd of people
Radio Times

Universal basic income

Guests: Scott Santens, Josh Barro Would you like an unconditional check from the government every week?  How wou ...

Air Date: January 5, 2017

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