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The New Yorker Radio Hour features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation.

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Archives: Segments

Physiological psychologist Leslie Stein tips back a sip of PTC, a chemical cousin to a compound found in Brussels sprouts. Stein finds the flavor unpleasant, while others find it intollerably bitter, and to some its taste is neutral. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Same genes, different tastes

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

8 years ago

Listen 05:38
Families gather in the Great Stair Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for ArtSplash, a kid-friendly summer program that is having extraordinary success.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Art Museum summer program caters to young Modernists

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's summertime Art Splash program takes cues from urban Modernism.

8 years ago

Listen 1:53
Renee Tartaglione exits the federal courthouse in Philadelphia Wednesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Renee Tartaglione sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for defrauding nonprofit

The sentence was far less than a punishment at the statutory maximum of 15 years of imprisonment.

8 years ago

Listen 2:05
Biologist Jessy Bokvist holds a coho salmon tissue sample in a lab at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Before DNA can be analyzed, Bokvist has to isolate it from tissue samples. (courtesy of Molly Segal)
The Pulse
Science

Epigenetics may hold answers to the survival of hatchery-born salmon

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

8 years ago

Listen 06:23
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announces an audit of the PPA as Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale looks on
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Controller takes aim at Parking Authority’s spending

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announced her office would audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s on-street parking enforcement expenses

8 years ago

Listen 2:01
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

U.S. Senate approves ceremonial bill from Toomey sending trade message to Trump

The measure states that the president can’t use the national security concerns to invoke tariffs — known as Section 232 — without congressional approval

8 years ago

The Wingohocking combined sewer outfall carries storm and sewer water into the Frankford Creek, and trash.
PlanPhilly
Science

Looking to cut plastics pollution in the ocean? Start upstream

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

8 years ago

Listen 5:13
Packages containing a nasal inhalant
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

N.J. may require that students learn to administer OD-reversing drug

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.

8 years ago

Listen 1:47
Eugene Gilyard (center) and Lance Felder (second from left) were exonerated in 2014 after spending 16 years in prison for a murder they did not commit. (Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

After 16 years in prison, two men falsely accused in killing to share $3 million from Philly

Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder spent 16 years behind bars until an inmate serving time for another murder confessed.

8 years ago

Listen 2:17
EMTs unload Parag S. Gohel from an ambulance at UPMC Presbyterian's ER. Gohel is in an isolation pod because he’s pretending to have an infectious disease for the hospital’s yearly drill. (Sarah Boden/WESA)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Fake patient, real threat: UPMC prepares for worst case scenario

To prepare for the possibility of Ebola or another deadly disease, hospitals practice protocols created to keep staff and patients safe.

8 years ago

Listen 3:43
Seth Grossman is a Republican congressional candidate in South Jersey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

National GOP disowns South Jersey congressional candidate Seth Grossman

The Republican National Congressional Committee says New Jersey candidate Seth Grossman should reconsider his candidacy, saying bigotry has no place in Congress.

8 years ago

Listen 2:33
Left: Downtown Pittsburgh (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Right: Philadelphia skyline (SeanPavonePhoto/Bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh: Five charts and two families at the center of the school choice debate

Since the state enacted a charter school law 20 years ago, starkly different trends have played out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

8 years ago

Listen 7:37
A sign is seen outside a bail bondsman across the street from Mercer County criminal courthouse Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in Trenton, N.J.
Courts & Law

Federal court ruling leaves New Jersey’s bail overhaul in place

The reconfigured pretrial justice system virtually eliminates money bail in favor of methods that aim to ensure defendants on release stay out of trouble and show up for trial

8 years ago

Listen 4:34
In this Thursday, July, 5, 2018 photo, a bay of 40-foot shipping container fill the stern of a container ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. The United States and China launched what Beijing called the
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

When it comes to trade, majority of Americans say they don’t know enough to have an opinion

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 5:34
Immigration policy protesters have moved from the ICE headquarters at Eighth and Cherry streets to City Hall and are asking Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to end an agreement with ICE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Mayor Kenney agrees with ICE protesters, but doesn’t want a repeat of Occupy Philly

Protest moves from ICE office to City Hall, pressuring Philadelphia mayor to end agreement allowing immigration officials to view a real-time arrest database

8 years ago

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