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How does Burning Man leave the desert squeaky clean?
70,000 people, nine days in the Nevada desert, and zero trash.
9 years ago
Listen 0:00Pushing musical boundaries with the October Revolution
The October Revolution of Jazz and Contemporary Music showcases musicians who defy easy categories.
9 years ago
Listen 0:00Gallup: Americans think corporations, wealthy people pay too little in taxes
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
9 years ago
Listen 0:00Review: A ‘Cabaret’ for this moment (Arden Theatre Company)
I'm swept away by Arden Theatre Company's new production of "Cabaret."
9 years ago
Listen 0:00Produced by Monica Rogozinski Tuan Phung and his family/team opened Bahn Mi and Bottles with the help from his fa ...
9 years ago
Opera Philadelphia offers array of works during O17 festival
After embracing the challenges of staying relevant amid evolving audience tastes and technological transitions, Opera Philadelphia is rea ...
9 years ago
ListenBeth Beverly’s basement looks like a workshop – with a twist. A meat hook dangles from the ceiling. A head mount of a ...
9 years ago
ListenRecovering and recycling a critical chemical in research
Some physicists are leaving their field because of rising helium prices. A few years ago, Sophia Hayes, a chemist at Washington Un ...
9 years ago
ListenProducer Michael O’Reilly While seemingly a study in incongruity, a “Combat Artist” has been a part of mili ...
9 years ago
Restoring buffalo to the landscape
Robbie Magnan of the Fort Peck Tribes is pushing to bring back America’s bison herds. At one point, there were 50 million wi ...
9 years ago
ListenThe age-old quest to preserve native languages
Understanding and teaching the languages of tribes. Thomas Jefferson was convinced that the languages of native tribes in North Am ...
9 years ago
ListenThe art of preserving and fixing rare books
Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...
9 years ago
ListenDigging for clues from the past in historic remains
What started as a box of bones has turned into a massive undertaking. In Philadelphia, just a stone’s throw from the Liberty ...
9 years ago
ListenProducer: Karen Smyles From a warehouse studio in East Falls, Peter Handler works away creating vibrant furniture pieces of alumin ...
9 years ago
Celebrating a century of Philly’s iconic Parkway — and looking down the road
Fourteen months of commemorative events along the Ben Franklin Parkway are underway to mark the thoroughfare’s 100th anniversary. ...
9 years ago
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