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.
Some really positive signs for the economy exce...
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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How do stores unwind mandatory masking? And oth...
The shopping experience has changed for everyone and every store in the midst of the pandemic. So which changes will stick around once the pandemic is over?
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The Race to Vaccinate
The Race to Vaccinate is a KYW Newsradio in Depth special presented by Independence Blue Cross.
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The US House of Representatives could be a lot ...
Since the number of Representatives in the US House was set at 435 a century ago, the average member of Congress now represents more than 700,000 people.
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One of these NCAA Tournaments is not like the o...
We are waist deep in the best time of year for college basketball fans: the NCAA Tournament. But this year, along with the games, the headlines have been focused on some pretty big disparities when it comes to what is available for the players taking part in the men’s tournament and the players in the women’s tournament -- things like the size and quality of the weight room.
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Popular financial questions people asked during...
Some people worked from home and cut expenses and were able to save a lot of money. Other people had to spend their savings and visit food banks and take out loans. Both groups are now in this situation where it's not crazy to think about life after the pandemic and what that means for their finances.
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The Conversation Between Us, About Us: 'Too man...
Dr. Rhea Boyd is a pediatrician, a public health advocate, and the co-developer of the video series called "The Conversation: Between Us, About Us,” featuring black doctors, nurses, and researchers answering questions and providing information with the goal of getting more and more members of the black community vaccinated.
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The stimulus is hitting bank accounts, but when...
Stimulus checks are hitting bank accounts, and if history is any indication the next 30 days or so are gearing up to be a great month for retail sales. But why does it feel like, a year out, we've just hit stasis on unemployment numbers?
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The pandemic put small private colleges under i...
Enrollment is down, and small colleges rely on room and board revenue more than large universities.
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A year of extreme need: Food Bank of South Jers...
Food banks saw unprecedented demand for months on months, and the last time we checked in with the Food Bank of South Jersey, the demand was as strong as ever
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Basketball analytics for your NCAA bracket
Villanova University Business student Ethan Carpenter has done some impressive work with basketball, specifically looking at recent NCAA Tournaments and breaking down what players have the most impact.
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The vaccine matchmaker: Dr. Christine Meyer has...
It started on a snow day. Dr. Christine Meyer posted on Facebook for people to email her office if they needed help finding a vaccine. She got 1200 emails in 2 hours and the email server crashed.
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Name, image, likeness: the best way to pay stud...
College athletes generate a tremendous amount of value for their schools. How should they be compensated for that?
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Teachers and students are working through a 'ma...
Teachers have always had the challenge of dealing with a classroom of students who are all in different places when it comes to emotional and intellectual development -- but now after a year where the country has been rocked by a pandemic, the emotional needs for students will be all over the map.
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The American Rescue Plan explained
The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill called the American Rescue Plan is now law, and there is a lot inside it -- including anti poverty initiatives that have some serious teeth.
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The real household economy just got a massive b...
The American Rescue Plan is now law and just like that a lot of help is headed to some very desperate people.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on moon rockets, why COVID ...
The famed astrophysicist joins the podcast to talk about the secrets of the cosmos and what he learned from the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Drexel Dragons are going to the NCAA tourna...
The Dragons are dancing. Drexel won the Colonial Athletic Association title on Tuesday night, punching their ticket into the NCAA tournament. This will be their first appearance in the tourney since 1996.
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Doctors worried about a flu and COVID 'twindemi...
Before we got to flu season, there was a lot of concern in the medical community about the repercussions of combining a roaring pandemic with even a normal flu season. Fast forward to March, and flu cases are down dramatically across the board.
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A powerful military prevents war. 'Public healt...
Is our public health infrastructure in a better state than it was a year ago?
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The Doomsday Clock is inching closer to midnigh...
Is there a unit of measurement of 'existential threat to humanity?'
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Vaccines are just part of the battle. Good ther...
Dr. Mark DiNubile from New Jersey's BioAegis Therapeutics joins the podcast to talk about gelsolin therapy and the field of therapeutics research and development during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The calm before the stimulus and a jobs report ...
A good jobs report just came out, and we're all waiting to see if $2 trillion in stimulus money is actually going to make it into the economy. What a week!
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The fine line between caution and vaccine alarm...
Are we in danger of pushing people away from getting vaccinated because some may feel like... what’s the point?
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Smartmatic, Dominion, and the lawsuits taking a...
What are the odds that the lawsuits succeed in a court of law, and what would victory look like?