Police have responded to multiple nights of disorderly conduct from large groups of teens outside City Hall. Temple University gave up a $55 million gift. And, on the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, a Bucks County therapist who lost her husband published a memoir on grief. Matt Leon breaks down those and more of the week’s biggest headlines with KYW Ne ... Show More
Sep 5
Trump grants Johnny Doc freedom, Eagles preview, Coltrane 100 | The Week in Philly
The news broke late in the week, and it was big: President Trump, after earlier in the year denying convicted union leader John Dougherty an early release from federal prison, reversed course. City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb, who has covered the case against Dougherty from the st ... Show More
34m 8s
Aug 29
PA's first measles deaths in 35 years, and Medicaid changes could leave 100k Philadelphians without coverage
Changes to Medicaid that take effect in phases starting October 1 could cause more than 100,000 Philadelphians to lose health care coverage. KYW’s City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb explains what the city is doing to help. Two people have died of measles in Lancaster County - the fi ... Show More
33m 57s
Dec 2021
Four days of work?
The pandemic changed how we think about work. In this repodcast, Vox’s Anna North says it might be time to change how much we work, too.
Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean ... Show More
26m 59s
Sep 2021
September 5, 2021 | On GPS: A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special: The Post-COVID-19 World. Once the extraordinary measures are over, how will our world have changed? How should it be different?
Fareed talks to Joanne Lipman, former Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, on how the pandemic has made us rethink the workplace and our work-life balance. Then, former U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, tells Fareed how the transition to digital school came with a big learning c ... Show More
39m 58s
Jun 2020
The Struggle to Teach From Afar
<p>Ronda McIntyre’s classroom is built around a big rug, where her students crowd together often for group instruction. But since March, when schools across the country shut down because of the coronavirus, she has had to try to create the same sense of community remotely. Her cl ... Show More
30m 17s
Apr 2024
Kids Are Missing School at an Alarming Rate
<p>Long after schools have fully reopened after the pandemic, one concerning metric suggests that children and their parents have changed the way they think about being in class.</p><p>Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter for The Times, discusses the apparent shift to a culture i ... Show More
28m 8s