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Jenifer Lewis arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
Health

‘The dream that sustained me:’ ‘Black-ish’ star Jenifer Lewis on living with mental illness

She’s best known for her starring role on the TV comedy “Black-ish,” but these days Jenifer Lewis, is increasingly making a name for herself as a mental health advocate.

8 years ago

Della Reese
Arts & Entertainment

Della Reese, of TV’s ‘Touched by an Angel,’ has died at 86

Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer has died at age 86.

8 years ago

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Sexual assault: in politics, in Hollywood

Guests: Michelle Goldberg, Tyler Coates This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men get ...

Air Date: November 15, 2017

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That TV show you love so much doesn’t make you interesting

At a recent dinner party, I was seated next to a woman in her 70s, who, my hostess had told me, ran a suc ...

8 years ago

WHYY's Lincoln Financial Digital Studio is filled on Oct. 12, 2017, for a public discussion with Lynn Novick, director of PBS'
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Community

Vietnam’s paradox: Veterans and objectors alike can feel like ‘moral deserters’

We accepted that we were free to choose our life’s direction and obligated to choose morally, but our choices were all so unpalatable. There was no exit, no honorable option.

8 years ago

Community College of Philadelphia student Darlene Monts, left,
Arts & Entertainment

Improving Philly writers with poetry slam-turned game show

An effort at the Community College of Philadelphia to use slam poetry to help improve students' writing skills has become an Emmy-nominated reality TV-style game show.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Finding your voice — at any age

This month's edition of WHYY's television magazine program, Friday Arts, includes a profile of musician Paul Jost.

8 years ago

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W.D. Ehrhart teaches humanities at the Haverford School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Vietnam vet turned activist reflects on war experience as a poet, writer

Former Marine Sgt. W.D.Ehrhart, who now teaches humanities, is a poet, writer, and Vietnam War scholar. He was featured prominently in the PBS documentary 'The Vietnam War'.

8 years ago

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Debris is strewn through the scene of a mass shooting at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Community

Delaware professor encourages media to put viewers' needs over ratings

The latest mass shooting in Las Vegas has prompted a University of Delaware professor to speak out against how crises like these are covered in the news.

8 years ago

 The budget blueprint for President Donald Trump's first budget and released by the Office of Management and Budget is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Arts & Entertainment

Attacking the NEA does not put ‘America first’

I thought about my grandmother last week, when Donald J. Trump unrolled a federal budget proposal that, to no on ...

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

So you want to be a celebrity? You’ll need some Trumpian brashness; talent is optional

Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British television scourge and scold, told me that television will destroy journalism, ...

8 years ago

 Donald Trump, the billionaire developer, and producer of NBC's
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Arts & Entertainment

Pop culture is the new president

Last week, America promoted Donald Trump from being the boss of a reality TV show to being the boss of the nation. This is a historic fir ...

9 years ago

In season 1 episode 5 of The Flintstones, Fred gets conked on the head (as pictured here) and it completely changes his personality. A second conk later on reverses it. (Screen grab of The Flintstones)
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Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?

Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...

9 years ago

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Community

CBS3’s Meisha Johnson says prayer showed the way to Philly

A wing and a prayer. That’s how CBS3 Philadelphia’s new traffic anchor Meisha Johnson landed in Philadelphia to start her job ...

10 years ago

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Television has a negative influence on kids and should be limited

Do you want to ruin your child by putting them in front of the television? Recent studies from all over the world show how badly televisi ...

11 years ago

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