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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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 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 ...

9 years ago

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. (Photo by Shannon Grant, courtesy of Brianna Wu)
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Science

Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...

9 years ago

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Quilts for the walls: Delaware artist goes from teaching biochemistry to making ‘art quilts’

Virginia Abrams was teaching biochemistry, when she discovered art quilts. She's since traded the lab for a sewing machine.

9 years ago

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Delaware man’s hobby strikes the right chord [video]

After suffering four heart attacks, Thom Allen retired from his stressful sales job and started making cigar box guitars.

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Why can’t you tell me how you feel?

It's hard to communicate our emotions. The effects of this are harmful, and as a country, we are arguably the most overtly divided and disconnected we have been in years.

9 years ago

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Science

The Science of the Cinema

Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...

Air Date: October 14, 2016

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Sarita Kimble holds an audio description device at the Ritz Five movie theater in Philadelphia. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Science

Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind

There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...

9 years ago

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A lion high up on a pedestal in the Mammal Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Science

Natural History Museums

Come with us as we step inside a time capsule of life on earth — the natural history museum. On this specia ...

Air Date: September 15, 2016

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Science

Diorama dilemma: The art and science of museum displays

A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums.

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Jerry Pinkney’s illustrated world, an escape from a nation in conflict

To this day, as the world gets more complicated, with more stress on me, my family, my community, our world, I can retreat to my imagination and the act of making pictures.

10 years ago

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Community members help fill in the decorative elements of what will become the 'Windows of Peace' part of the mural. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Mural project draws support for North Philly Muslims [photos]

The Al-Aqsa Islamic Society hosted a Community Paint Day Saturday, inviting members of the larger community to help paint a mural that wi ...

10 years ago

 Hasan, West Philly (Photography by Hannah Price)
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Photographer turns lens on Philadelphia street harassment [photos]

Women on the streets of many cities are used to it: the whistles, catcalls and other unsolicited attention. One photographer in Philadelp ...

12 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 7: The stars, a hard truth, and a sweet surprise

In Day 7 of “Certain Poor Shepherds,” our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, the story concludes with one parting ...

13 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 6: There arose such a clatter

In Day 6 of “Certain Poor Shepherds,” our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, our heroine, Nora Gallagher, takes h ...

13 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 5: Tomato soup, good dirt and Amadeus

In Day 5 of “Certain Poor Shepherds,” our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, our heroine Nora Gallagher visits he ...

13 years ago

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