The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

Host Matt Leon and KYW Newsradio reporters recap the biggest news in Philadelphia each week. Catch up on what you missed and dig deeper into the top stories.

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The pervasive greenness of the infrastructure p...
The president has put forth a more than $2 trillion proposal, the American Jobs Plan. It's ambitious in many ways -- and one of the really interesting core tenets of the bill is the way it addresses environmental issues and climate change on macro and micro levels alike.
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The perfect storm housing boom: 'We have never ...
'For sale' signs are turning to 'sold' signs in record timing, houses are being sold way above listing prices, and all this is going on in the middle of the pandemic. So what's going on? How long will this last? And should we be concerned about what happens after the boom?
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How genetic surveillance can fight COVID-19 var...
Genetic surveillance is a critical tool for tracking and responding to virus variants. So how does it work?
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Pandemic grocery shopping trends
From curbside pickup to home delivery to wiping down your shopping cart handle with hand sanitizer, grocery shopping habits were turned on their head over the last year.
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Is another Bernie Madoff possible? The king of...
Bernie Madoff died in prison this week at the age of 82. We wanted to look back on the Madoff scandal in the wake of his death, and talk about if something like this could happen again.
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When you give people money they spend it: Seaso...
Retail sales went through the moon after the most recent round of stimulus from the federal government. Turns out when you give people money, they will spend it at businesses.
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Yes, you're probably experiencing burnout. But ...
Most people have experienced burnout to one extent or another, but after a year of separation, and work/life balance being messed up and dealing with incredible loss the whole time... this feels different.
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Parents are optimistic about the future for the...
There was some fascinating research recently released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about how parents feel about the future for their kids. And overall, they're pretty optimistic -- but they have some big and important concerns.
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What happened to the COVID app? 'They did a lot...
Pennsylvania's app has been out for about six months, but if you didn't know that, you're not alone. About 93% of the state hasn't downloaded it.
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Dr. Paul Offit: J&J vaccine, blood clots, what ...
Dr. Paul Offit is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the FDA vaccine advisory committee, he joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to break down what they think happened, why they're pressing pause on the vaccine, and what's going to happen next.
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The mental health consequences of the coronavir...
Now that it seems like brighter days are ahead, we wanted to try to take inventory of the effect the last year has had on everybody.
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Bad jobs news, why billionaires got richer, and...
David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.
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What happened when colleges changed how they lo...
The majority of colleges and universities have temporarily eliminated the standardized testing requirement for admission because of the pandemic. This might look like a small move, but it's having big ripple effects for students.
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Lockdown love stories: 'It's been really discou...
With bars and restaurants in a weird place, society basically turned on its head and most people social distancing for the past year, the dating scene has been kind of depressing for a lot of people.
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The father & son team that tested if groceries ...
Early in the pandemic there were a lot of stories and anecdotes about people wiping down all their groceries before putting them away, because no one really knew how much risk they posed for spreading COVID-19.
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The 'spirit' of our social media posts changed ...
The pandemic changed how we live, where we go, what we do, and it even changed what we post on social media.
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Learning loss, desocialization, and getting bac...
What's it going to take to keep kids safe in school? What are some of the problems that public schools specifically are facing as a result of the pandemic, and what problems were around even before COVID-19 that still need to be addressed?
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Lots of us are asking the internet how to sleep...
Google tech expert Molly Vandenberg joins the podcast to talk about what we're searching the internet for, a year into the pandemic.
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How will we know when the pandemic's beaten back?
Dr. Atul Grover joins the podcast to take a look at where we are right now fighting this pandemic and how we'll know when we're nearing the finish line.
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The pandemic changed what we want from cars, an...
The car buying experience has gone through some major changes during the coronavirus pandemic, and that's not the only thing that changed. What we want from our vehicles has shifted, too.
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All the vaccine news: Q&A with Dr. Paul Offit, ...
If Pfizer's first dose is so effective, do we need both doses? Could kids be vaccinated before school starts in the fall? Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia joins the podcast to answer these questions and more.
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Vaccination equity: "We're doing a better job. ...
Dr. Cedric “Jamie” Rutland, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician with the American Lung Association joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about where we are right now in the effort to get vaccines to the people who need them, and his ideas about how to improve equitable distribution of vaccines in communities of color.
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Why deepfake videos keep criminologists up at n...
Dr. Robert D'Ovidio, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the tools people use to make deepfakes, how experts figure out what's real and what isn't, and which ways deepfakes are being used are most alarming for people who study criminology.
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Grading the Philadelphia area's public health e...
We have all learned about the incredible importance of public health preparedness over the past year, but has that translated into readiness for the next emergency?
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Universal basic income in the United States: 'T...
Before the pandemic, the concept of universal basic income in any form was probably a long shot at best to take hold in the US, but after three rounds of government stimulus checks and now soon a monthly stipend as part of expanded child tax credits that are part of the American Rescue Plan, it feels like a good time to continue the conversation.
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