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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Compared to the above-ground air, SEPTA stations are relatively cool DANYA HENNINGER / BILLY PENN
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

We measured the temp at SEPTA stations around Philadelphia

While the mercury cracks triple-digits above ground, the subway stays cool.

7 years ago

(July 20, 1969) Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, walks on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Radio Times
Science

Walking on the moon

On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, we discuss the mission, what we learned about the moon and space, the evolution of the spacesuit, and the new space race.

Air Date: July 19, 2019 10:00 am

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Townsends Inlet Bridge, connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City, New Jersey. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Officials: Troubled Shore bridge on track to reopen this summer

Officials are optimistic that the troubled Townsends Inlet bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City could reopen this summer.

7 years ago

A bicyclist is shown from behind biking in a bike lane as cars go by them.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly has $800K to make Spring Garden the bike path of our dreams but the clock is ticking

Spring Garden Street through Center City may only be 2.1 miles long, but it represents an opportunity for the cycling community — in Philadelphia and across the East Coast.

7 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

SEPTA upgrade project to disrupt travel on 3 Regional Rail lines

The Media/Elwyn line, the Wilmington/Newark and Airport lines will be affected from July 20 to Aug. 4.

7 years ago

Jessica Bray and her husband, Anthony Bray, pose with their 1970 Volkswagen Beetle. Anthony converted his Beetle to an electric car.
NPR
Community

A bug’s life: Remembering the classic Volkswagen Beetle

The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Mexico this month. We remember the beloved automotive icon with stories from our listeners.

7 years ago

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Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Summer bike commute: Tips on how to avoid being a sweaty mess

In the summer months, heat can be a deterrent for folks who want to ride their bikes, but don’t want to smell like a teenager who just entered puberty while surrounded by thei

7 years ago

Sikorsky S-92 rotor (David Monniaux [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Money

After Trump request, Lockheed keeps Coatesville helicopter plant open

Wednesday night's announcement comes little more than a month after the company told the Coatesville facility's 465 employees the plant would close by the end of the year.

7 years ago

A SEPTA bus travels west on Walnut Street.
Urban Planning

SEPTA gets bold with new transit map

New transit maps coming to 100 stations

7 years ago

Philadelphia's City Hall Tower (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

City Council cheat sheet: What Philly’s legislators wanted to do and how it actually worked out

Bay windows, curb cuts, community benefits, zoning, L&I inspectors. Lots of issues were tossed around. The session wasn’t soda-tax dramatic, but still…

7 years ago

A pedestrian threads his way through snarled traffic at Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Report: Congestion costs Philly $152 million a year

SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.

7 years ago

A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Politics & Policy

After N.J. woman’s murder, state tightens rules on rideshare drivers

Rideshare drivers in New Jersey will have to display more identifiers on their vehicles under a new state law named for a woman who was recently killed.

7 years ago

CEO Kevin Thompson and COO Naim Statham present their fleet of close to a hundred Verve E-scooters, stored at a former hamburger take-out restaurant located at the corner of Roosevelt Blvd and F Street, on June 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S

Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.

7 years ago

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Westville residents (from right) Amberly Lynn, Jay Gray and Lamar Majette, wade through flood waters on Broadway. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Severe weather spurs flooding, disrupts rail service in Pa., N.J.

The flooding forced the closures of several roads. PATCO service between Philadelphia and New Jersey was also suspended due to storm damage.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

NPR’s Frank Langfitt on “The Shanghai Free Taxi” and Brexit

The former Shanghai correspondent discusses his new book, "The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China."

Air Date: June 19, 2019 10:00 am

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