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.
The first computer is turning 75 in Philadelphi...
The first computer was built at the University of Pennsylvania. It's called the ENIAC. And it's about to celebrate its 75th birthday.
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Is this COVID-19 stimulus package too big or no...
And is it time to talk about inflation, or is that something to worry about after the average American recovers economically?
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The Pennsylvania vaccine deep dive episode
In Pennsylvania, frustrations are mounting at just about every level over the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations, from individuals and families to communities and politicians. So why can't we seem to get this right?
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The inequality virus: "Half of humanity was rig...
We broke the wrong kind of record in 2020 -- a new report from the group Oxfam shows that for the first time, inequality has grown everywhere during the pandemic.
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The deepening housing crisis: "$60 billion in b...
Ever since the start of the pandemic, the people on the wrong side of the K-shaped recovery have taken it on the chin. So many people have lost income and savings, and the number of people falling behind on the rent or the mortgage is truly hard to fathom.
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Kill the filibuster: the shaky future of "The S...
How did the filibuster evolve to become the tool of obstruction it's used as today, and what are the consequences of getting rid of it all together?
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The case for $15 an hour and why it's not about...
There's already a lot of people talking about the minimum wage and arguing whether we should or shouldn't bump it up -- so we wanted to sort of bypass the "should we or shouldn't we" of it all and talk about the issue from the math side.
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"As many people incarcerated as possible." How ...
Why we use prisons that turn profits in the United States and what it says that the government wants out.
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Big hopes for big stimulus, and why you should ...
It's been a busy week -- jobs numbers, new unemployment figures, stimulus development, questions about student debt forgiveness, and why you should care about the treasury yield curve.
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Super Bowl advertising, pandemic style
How are advertisers thinking differently this year, and how have the messages they're sending changed?
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Was the 9-to-5 work day even a good idea?
If you've been working from home at all for the past year you've probably benefited from having a little more flexibility in your schedule.
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Amazon after Bezos, and Bezos after Amazon. "Wh...
What's next for Bezos, and for Amazon, after the CEO of one of the most important companies ever decided to step down?
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Former Montco DA Bruce Castor: "I'm a lawyer, a...
KYW Newsradio's Jim Melwert asked Castor about the historic nature of the task ahead of him and why he thinks that the former President shouldn't be held responsible for the riot at the Capitol on January 6.
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Serious questions about the long-term health co...
More and more people are dealing with long term symptoms and problems as a result of COVID-19.
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Immigration reform: Joe Biden's top priorities ...
How much different is the Biden White House's immigration agenda from that of former President Trump?
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Pandemic GDP and the wildest week on stonks int...
If this week was any indication, 2021 is going head to head with 2020 for how wild a single year can get.
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Why the bleep haven't we solved robocalls yet?
Every day, unsolicited calls and voice mails and text messages for fake car warranties and lawsuits and spam links get delivered to people everywhere, and it feels like there's basically nothing we can do about it. Episode Summary: Robocalls are a massive annoyance. Every day, unsolicited calls and voice mails and text messages for fake car warranties and lawsuits and spam links get delivered to people everywhere, and it feels like there's basically nothing we can do about it. What's actually happening here? Why did robocalling start in the first place? And is anyone working on the problem? Dr. Brian Stuart, Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at Drexel University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about why robocalls are so pervasive and why they're probably not going anywhere anytime soon.
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Eat the rich: How Redditors squeezed hedge fund...
The video game and electronics retail company GameStop has been going bonkers on the stock market after a group of Redditors decided to declare war on hedge funds and other institutional investors who were betting that the stock was overvalued.
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Can your employer make you get the COVID-19 vac...
What happens if a worker can't get it because of a health concern? Or just won't get it, because of a Facebook meme?
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Fighting the next pandemic: Tom Ridge, Joe Lieb...
How can we prepare for the next pandemic? Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman are part of a team working to make sure our failures in addressing COVID-19 don't happen again.
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The NRA, bankruptcy, and the future of the most...
What does bankruptcy do for the National Rifle Association?
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How the SolarWinds breach became "one of the wo...
When the IT software company SolarWinds was breached in a cyber hack, cybersecurity firewalls across the United States were effectively slashed open.
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Why impeach a former President?
What kind of precedent is there for impeaching a public official who is no longer in office? What would conviction mean for the former president?
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So how do you convince Congress to send help to...
Ambitious relief plans have already been unveiled by the new presidential administration, but at the end of the day the American people need help kind of desperately to make it through this pandemic and the responsibility falls to Congress to act on a relief bill.
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Presents: The parks and rec NBA 2K21 tournament...
In Depth presents The Rundown from KYW Newsradio, a round table conversation with a group of KYW Newsradio reporters about Philadelphia area news.