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Biking behind bars; female inmates pedal for their health
The gym at Riverside Correctional Facility is through the metal detector, two heavy doors and down the hall. There’s a ...
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ListenIf your heart stops…let it be at the craps table
Ah…ah…ah…ah…Stayin’ Alive. The moment your heart stops pumping blood is the moment you stop ...
10 years ago
ListenUsing a balloon, a fishnet and a camera to calculate crowds
Will they come? Or rather, how many? The number of papal pilgrims who come to see the pontiff in Philadelphia next weekend is one of the ...
10 years ago
ListenThe unlikely relationship between zebrafish and human hearing
Early hearing loss was hard for Rob Jefferson to accept, even though it runs in his family. “No, it couldn’t have been ...
10 years ago
ListenHow Old Faithful earned its name
This week in 1870, the most famous of the geothermal landmarks received its name. Today, Yellowstone National Park i ...
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PRODUCED BY KAREN SMYLES From Hollywood insiders to Florida retirees, much of Mary Ellen Mark’s work explores ...
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Joe Casey on past, present and future of SEPTA
After 34 years with SEPTA, the train is coming for general manager Joe Casey. He sat down with NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to l ...
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ListenA new documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Black Panther movement
Using the voices of former Black Panther members and police, music and archival footage, the ...
10 years ago
ListenNJ township looks to consolidate 9 fire districts
Hamilton Township in New Jersey’s Mercer County has nine, count it, nine fire districts for a population under 100,000. That means ...
10 years ago
ListenDemystifying Philly city planning for the layman
NewsWorks Tonight’s Brad Linder discusses a program designed to help members of the community learn about zoning and planning with& ...
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ListenART OF FOOD – PRODUCED BY MONICA ROGOZINSKI ...
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What we learned about disaster response from 9/11
Survivors and researchers have been working together to better understand human responses in the midst of major emergencies. ...
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ListenHomo Naledi – missing link or missing context?
Science gets a moment in the spotlight and does what science is best at… An ancient man was trending on Twitter this week. ...
10 years ago
ListenBeep, beep, beep – hospital alarms sound mostly without real cause
Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper o ...
10 years ago
ListenWith three generations under one roof, Lao and English merge to form a third language
Catzie Vilayphonh is a Philadelphia-based spoken word artist who focuses on the preservation of Lao culture and history among area refuge ...
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