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Operating as usual
NBC10 Philadelphia Entertainment Reporter Sheila Watko interviewed WHYY’s Maiken Scott, Producer and Host of The Pulse this morning. Topics ranged from challenges faced on Maiken’s journey to her role as radio host to why people love The Pulse. Look for the TV segment on Tuesday, February 7 at 11:45 a.m. on NBC10’s Philly Live.
Ask Paul Farber anything!
Host of "The Statue" podcast and director of Monument Lab answers your questions about "Rocky," Philadelphia monuments, making the podcast, and more on r/philadelphia!
https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/10mokt1/ama_im_paul_farber_host_of_whyys_new_podcast_the/
Celebrating a great by reflecting on our recent News Lit Camp in December!
There’s still time to access resources and be part of the movement for trustworthy news and media literacy with The News Literacy Project & The E.W. Scripps Company. Visit NewsLiteracyWeek.org for more info.
Photos by Miriam Romais.
She's back! The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane broadcasts every Friday at noon starting today!
Marty will talk with the co-authors of a new book, The Good Life, about the longest scientific happiness study.
What does it take to live a happy, fulfilling life? Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz share findings from their happiness study and discuss their book, "The Good Life."
The debut of The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane is tomorrow at noon! Marty talks to researchers about the longest scientific study on happiness.
Listen on 90.9 FM, the WHYY app or http://whyy.org!
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Our first Bridging Blocks discussion of 2023 drew a crowd of neighbors and political candidates last night. State Representative and mayoral candidate Amen Brown, City Council At-Large candidates Mellisa Robinson and Drew Murray, and independent Rev. Nicholas O'Rouke were all in attendance as participants debated the place of ATVs and dirt bikes in Philadelphia.
Throughout the 90-minutes, there was visibly healthy tension and dialogue. Some argued that the only way to mitigate the public safety risk these ATV pose is by building a park to accommodate them. Others disagreed, noting the park wouldn't contain the culture. Public safety, noise complaints, and rolling street closures were also discussed.
Thank you to the the Lucien E. Blackwell Regional Library for hosting the event. Bridging Blocks is a civic engagement initiative between WHYY and The Free Library of Philadelphia that aims to bring together culturally and politically diverse households for conversation and understanding. Bridging Blocks is made possible by a generous grant from Fred and Barbara Sutherland.
FOOD FIGHT!!
The messy history of food fight festivals, with Kae Lani Palmisano on PBS Food!
Food fights aren’t just for your high school cafeteria. Discover food fight traditions and festivals from around the world with host Kae Lani Palmisano. We’r...
Thank you Lloyd. ❤️
Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of our esteemed and beloved co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD who died at the age of 93.
Lloyd leaves an outsized and indelible legacy among generations of children the world over, with Sesame Street only the most visible tribute to a lifetime of good work and lasting impact.
An experimental psychologist by training, Lloyd was a Vice President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York when he posed the question that would revolutionize children’s media: Could television be used to educate? In 1968, with fellow visionary Joan Ganz Cooney, he created Sesame Workshop, where the answer was proven to be a resounding “yes.”
Lloyd was a profound and invaluable guide for 30 years as Chairman of Sesame Workshop’s Board of Trustees, then Trustee and Chairman Emeritus and, finally, a Lifetime Honorary Trustee. He was fascinated by the power of technology and constantly thinking about new ways it could be used to educate.
We have been influenced by his passion, dedication, and firm belief in the transformative power of educational media. Lloyd’s presence will forever be felt in our halls, in our hearts, and in our work on behalf of children and families around the world. Joan Ganz Cooney, his co-founder and close friend, put it best. “Without Lloyd Morrisett, there would be no Sesame Street. It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and numbers. He was a trusted partner and loyal friend to me for over fifty years, and he will be sorely missed.”
Do you know a Good Soul?
The Good Souls Project was developed by Cherri Gregg to recognize an individual or group making significant contributions to their neighborhood, community or region through their time, action, talent and dedication.
Make a nomination here: https://whyy.org/programs/good-souls/
Learn more about the legend behind the legend in The Statue podcast documentary. https://bit.ly/3HxKmru
Ask the average person who's the most famous Philly boxer and they’ll probably say Rocky Balboa. But there was a real-life heavyweight champion who inspired the character. Joe Frazier is the one who actually ran up the Art Museum steps and boxed raw meat at a slaughterhouse.
Today, we’re going to tell the story of this champion. Who was Joe Frazier — as a fighter and a public figure? Where does his legacy live on in Philadelphia today? And why isn’t his statue as popular as Rocky’s?
Listen to Episode 3 of The Statue wherever you get your podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/kfzF6cPe
Hiding behind the macho action star, Sylvester Stallone is a man who longs to be understood as an artist. Listen to episode 2 of The Statue:
https://link.chtbl.com/0ozNBj6P?sid=WHYYFB
Proud to share we've been nominated for several Philadelphia News Awards by the Pen & Pencil Club!
Vote to choose the winners here:
Operating continuously since 1892, the Pen & Pencil Club is one of the nation's oldest press clubs. We're thrilled to bring back this annual awards event, which shines a light on great storytellers, journalists, and newsmakers in the Philadelphia region and the work they did over the past year. Our....
It saddens us to share that Jerry Blavat, known around here as “The Geator with the Heater,” has passed away. Jerry was a disc jockey and a major icon in this city, who always had his finger on the pulse of Philly radio and performers. Closer to home, Jerry was part of the WHYY family and one of our greatest supporters. Our thoughts go out to his family.
Tom Hanks on Flicks! Need we say more?
He talks with Patrick Stoner about his unusual new role in A Man Called Otto:
Tom Hanks talks with Patrick Stoner about the “contract” between him & the public in playing a range of parts.Flicks is a program devoted to exploring the la...
The Straight Outta Compost program at Saul Agricultural High School engages students in a circular economy: they grow crops for school lunches, collect the cafeteria’s food waste, and compost it for the garden.
Gregory Smith’s Natural Resource Management class stays busy running the program Straight Outta Compost. At Saul High School’s farm, they grow crops that wil...
What are we watching? Jason from Digital Membership here at WHYY shares his fave.
Check out our Sunday night programming here: https://whyy.org/sundaynightdramas/
And Passport members can binge the whole series now!
Podcasts for your ears! And another reminder from NPR to check out The Statue 🥊
It's a new year and with it new podcasts are here! The NPR One team has gathered a few returning favorites as well as some new shows from across public media to add to your playlist.
What's that on the PECO Building?
The legendary Joni Mitchell will be the next recipient of the The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
She will be awarded the prize at an all-star concert that will air on WHYY-TV 12 on March 31 at 9 PM. https://bit.ly/3wcwIUp
Roberta Flack biography and career timeline | American Masters | PBS
One of the greatest songstresses of all time, Grammy award-winning Roberta Flack's life and career are explored in this timeline.
Dirt bikes and ATVs are illegal to operate on city streets. But the 2021 ban on these vehicles, which gives police the power to confiscate, has done little to disappear them from the road.
While many view dirt bikes and ATVs as dangerous and disruptive, plenty others see “bike life” as a distinct urban culture worthy of celebration rather than cancellation.
Is this problem solvable?
You’re invited to join WHYY and the Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library on January 25 for a neighborhood discussion about the rules of the road and bike-life culture.
https://support.whyy.org/page/47740/event/1
Filmmaker and lifelong Rocky fan André Robert Lee grew up in North Philadelphia, humming the theme song while shooting hoops. In his words, "I know pretzels, I know hoagies, and I know Rocky." But he'll also tell you that boxing legend Joe Frazier's historic gym on North Broad Street stands abandoned, with a lack of preservation or acknowledgement.
Statues are not neutral symbols. They are always about representation, identity, and power.
Listen to Episode 2 of The Statue on NPR Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/0ozNBj6P?sid=WHYYFB
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at University of Michigan welcomes former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
Johnson will kick off the event by reflecting on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and what that means to him as a fellow Morehouse Man.
Following his remarks, he’ll sit down for a conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes alongside Ford School faculty experts to reflect on his work with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense through questions submitted from the Ford School community on policy issues ranging from immigration to civil liberties.
May this day of service and reflection be meaningful for all of us.
And join us at 1pm on the WHYY News page for a conversation on Dr. King's vision of democracy. https://fb.me/e/2bbiGoRSe
From the Fresh Air with Terry Gross Archive:
From the March on Washington in 1963 up until his assassination in 1968, the FBI engaged in an intense campaign to discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and his work. Film director Sam Pollard chronicles those efforts in the new documentary, MLK/FBI.
Happy Friday the 13th!
Here's a rare moment when Mister Rogers and King Friday XIII appeared together on screen!
We are pleased to host a program about Zora Neale Hurston’s latest book, You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays.
"The podcast takes a loving and serious approach to the goofy monument to film's most famous training montage."
Each month, Podcast Review’s staff offers recommendations on the best new podcasts to listen to. Here are our favorites for January.
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New Jersey's Governor?
Ask Governor Murphy tonight at 7 PM on WHYY 90.9 FM.
Coming soon to WHYY 90.9 FM… The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane!
Marty’s back in the studio doing interviews and prepping for her new show about the connections and complications that make us human, and what it takes to live a life of purpose and meaning.
The Connection debuts Friday, January 27 at noon!
Ahmad Haseeb Payab and his family fled the Taliban in Afghanistan in the middle of the night, catching a military convoy to the airport at 4 a.m. after receiving a call hours before.
They had never been to the U.S. Picking a place to live felt like throwing a dart at a big map. They needed to be somewhere close to a good children’s hospital. His daughter, Rahwa, has a serious heart condition that requires monitoring and treatment.
Then Haseeb thought of Rocky.
“Philadelphia was depicted in that movie. And then when I saw that and hear there’s a good hospital by the name of CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia….having that dream of Rocky, that motivated me…Rocky started from scratch. His exercise, his mission of becoming a champion. Now I am making everything from scratch, from zero.”
Hear more of Haseeb’s story in episode 1 of The Statue, our new podcast about the monument to the greatest Philadelphian who never lived.
Available on Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/0ozNBj6P
Neville Longbottom is all grown up on "All Creatures Great and Small," airing Sunday nights at 9 PM or streaming any time on Passport.
The actor, best known as the clumsy Neville Longbottom of “Harry Potter” fame, is a dashing suitor in the PBS reboot of “All Creatures Great and Small.”
The Philadelphia Museum of Art was less than thrilled about its placement.
Is it a movie prop or is it art?
THE STATUE: a new podcast about the monument to Rocky Balboa - the most famous Philadelphian who never lived.
Join us as we take on big questions about monuments: Who do we remember? And who do we forget? What do we learn about ourselves through our public symbols? And how did this movie prop come to represent an entire city?
Listen to the first episode and subscribe here: https://link.chtbl.com/0ozNBj6P
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Apply: https://bit.ly/3GSL1np
Great activity for setting goals with kids!
Helen Mirren talks with Patrick Stoner about how an English woman like herself got to understand life in the gritty, wild life in Montana a century ago.
Helen Mirren talks with Patrick Stoner about how an English woman like herself got to understand life in the gritty, wild life in Montana a century ago.Flick...
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