Studio 2 Archive
AI and your skyrocketing electric bill
Are you shocked by your electric bill? AI data centers are driving up energy cost and straining our overworked power grid. How can we possibly meet the ever-growing demand?
Air Date: September 24, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:12What science says about autism and Tylenol
While President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. linked Tylenol to autism, the FDA and other scientists took a more cautious approach.
Air Date: September 23, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC and broadcast media under Trump
After Kimmel’s suspension for remarks following the killing of Charlie Kirk, voices across the political spectrum are raising questions about the power of the FCC over media.
Air Date: September 22, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:12Why are more moms quitting their jobs?
More than 200,000 women have quit this year alone. That’s the steepest decline in four decades and washes away many of the job gains from the pandemic.
Air Date: September 18, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:12Right-wing cancel culture and free speech
Demands to fire people for their opinion have ramped up after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who talked a lot about the importance of open debate.
Air Date: September 17, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:12How to combat AI in college classrooms
Blue books are back in college classrooms! Remember those? Professors are embracing the old exam booklets ...
Air Date: September 16, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Charlie Kirk’s killing and cycles of political violence
What are the forces driving political violence in America? Can we learn from the past to break the cycle and reset?
Air Date: September 15, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:11Studio 2 Extra: Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning journalist Trymaine Lee
Trymaine Lee reflects on his book, childhood trauma and systemic violence in Black communities, emphasizing empathy, understanding and hope for healing and change.
Air Date: September 12, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 19:16The Nation’s Report Card shows troubling K-12 education trends
New data from the Nation’s Report Card reveals troubli ...
Air Date: September 11, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:11Is Trumponomics eroding capitalism?
Are Trump’s economic policies eroding free-market capitalism? We hash it out with a Libertarian and a Republican.
Air Date: September 10, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:16How can we make Philly safer for cyclists, pedestrians, others?
Electric scooters, bikes, unicycles, cars – Philly's streets are a mix of fast-moving vehicles. Is it still safe for traditional cyclists and pedestrians? We ask the experts.
Air Date: September 9, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Should Democrats avoid using “woke” words?
A center-left think tank says Democrats should stop using "woke" words like privilege, triggering, birthing person, and unhoused to appeal to more voters.
Air Date: September 8, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 58:31Delco stars in Brad Ingelsby’s “Task”
The writer behind "Mare of Easttown" is Berwyn-based. He's back with a new crime drama, Task, that centers working-class Americans and is again set in Delaware County, Pa.
Air Date: September 5, 2025 1:00 pm
Listen 9:57Why are Americans having less sex?
Americans are having less sex than decades past. And this sex recession cuts across all demographics--age, gender, race, married and single. What's going on?
Air Date: September 4, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:38Politics of policing: Trump deploys National Guard to 'blue' cities
Supporters of President Trump point to the fact that crime in D.C. has decreased since troops arrived in August compared to the same period in '24, according to data from MPD.
Air Date: September 3, 2025 12:00 pm
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