TV
David Cassidy, singer and 1970s TV heartthrob, dies at 67
One of the biggest music and television stars of the 1970s has died.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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
Listen 49:17That 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 ...
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Listen 1:43Finding your voice — at any age
This month's edition of WHYY's television magazine program, Friday Arts, includes a profile of musician Paul Jost.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Vietnam 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'.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Delaware 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.
7 years ago
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
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
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 ...
8 years ago
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 ...
8 years ago
Listen 9:27CBS3’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 ...
9 years ago
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