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From snakebites to leadership, students learn medicine in the wild
When you’re trading your medical school classroom for a soggy, chilly nature reserve — you better be prepared. During a wi ...
8 years ago
ListenWith corruption case against associate dropped, where does former Pa. treasurer stand?
Good news for Chester County businessman Richard Ireland. His corruption case was dismissed yesterday by a federal judge. Th ...
8 years ago
ListenVeteran with PTSD gets a helping paw from a shelter dog
Many veterans come home and have trouble adjusting to civilian life, and that adjustment weighed heavily on Russel Keyser. In 2004 ...
8 years ago
ListenWhy do rates of global sea level rise vary locally?
One of the most visible signs of climate change is rising seas. Coastal cities have seen more frequent and larger storms – think Hu ...
8 years ago
ListenCan the eucalyptus ever be accepted as a ‘native’ Californian?
Two decades after the Oakland Hills firestorm, neighbors are still battling over the ‘flammable’ forest. Walking along ...
8 years ago
ListenFor Rick Steves, travel informs his politics
Rick Steves, prolific author, public television mainstay, and host of “Travel with Rick Steves” Sunday mornings at 5:00am on ...
8 years ago
Peter Rose (NOT the ball player)
Peter Rose (NOT the ball player) Produced by: Michael O’Reilly Peter Rose is an internationally-recognize ...
8 years ago
Corruption probe suggests Philly-style politics has arrived in Allentown
Allentown mayor Ed Pawlowski’s aspirations to serve a fourth term took a hit Wednesday when the city’s former managing direct ...
8 years ago
Philly election: How did the only person on the ballot get just 8%?
Tuesday’s special election for the 197th legislative district in Philadelphia is all the more unusual because the only candidate on ...
8 years ago
Candidates struggle to be known in N.J. gubernatorial race
The race for governor in New Jersey is heating up. With the June 6 Primary looming the biggest challenge for the candidates right no ...
8 years ago
Both a mom and a med student: one woman’s midlife career change
Growing up, Regan Causey Tuder heard something that a lot of yo ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:15What the Mexican consulate is telling immigrants
Many among the roughly 200,000 Mexicans and people of Mexican descent living in the Philadelphia area are worried as the Trump administra ...
8 years ago
Sharks aren’t just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists
It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:37Game 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 ...
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Listen 5:06Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first
The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...
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