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Annenberg study: Smoking on TV strongly influences cigarette use
Cigarette ads were banned from TV in 1971, but there is no network programming prohibition for portraying smoking on the small screen.&nb ...
12 years ago
ListenMagpie Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Coming from a Pennsylvania Dutch background and a long line ...
12 years ago
A lesson in the ‘patient experience:’ Program requires med students to follow patients over time
A medical student learns about chronic health issues through the lens of a patient in an 18-month intensive course requirement at the Uni ...
12 years ago
ListenLocal activists call for an end to street harassment
Have you been the target of whistles and catcalls by strangers on the street? You’ll want to hear how these artists and activ ...
12 years ago
ListenEarly TV ads still holding sway in race for PA governor
The Pennsylvania governor’s race is heating up, as voters prepare to go to the polls for party primaries on May 20th. A new F ...
12 years ago
ListenPrinceton professor wins prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Professor Simon Levin, explains his work aimed at understanding and, hopefully, preserving delicate environment. What does math ha ...
12 years ago
ListenOne doctor’s mission to recycle pacemakers for patients in India
A Pennsylvania doctor is turning medical trash into life-saving gold. It’s not every day that I discuss the best way to evad ...
12 years ago
ListenBedside manner matters, but maintaining physicians’ empathy levels requires some TLC
What do patients want from physicians? Skills? A laser-sharp brain? A steady hand? Sure. But – they want something else, too. ...
12 years ago
ListenPulse contributor Bethany Brookshire shares the latest findings on bat calls and milk production among naked mole rats. ...
12 years ago
ListenGoogle’s free education apps: turning big data into big brother?
Free software widely used by schools, including many in the Philadelphia region, is raising concerns about the information it collects ab ...
12 years ago
ListenWhy did the Eagles really get rid of Jackson?
When the Eagles try to improve on last season’s success that landed them back in the playoffs after a two year void, they’ll ...
12 years ago
ListenReporter’s Roundtable: Samson out as Port Authority Chief, ACA signup comes down to the wire
On this week’s Reporter’s Roundtable, WNYC’s Matt Katz and WHYY’s Elana Gordon talk about this week’s big s ...
12 years ago
ListenArt of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles The mission of the Melodic Caring Project ...
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More taxes for schools? Philly’s unlikely champion
The importance of funding for public education is not lost on the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the eleven-county region’s ...
12 years ago
ListenArt of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Located in the South Kensington Arts District, ...
12 years ago