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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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.
14 min
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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?
20 min
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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.
19 min
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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.
11 min
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The NRA, bankruptcy, and the future of the most...
What does bankruptcy do for the National Rifle Association?
23 min
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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.
19 min
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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.
12 min
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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.
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Who did Trump pardon and why?
Were there any surprises, or was his list pretty consistent with previous administrations?
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The year of At Home was complicated for real es...
21 min
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A historically unique transfer of power
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States on Wednesday. He will take power in the midst of a pandemic, and two weeks after a mob stormed the US Capitol.
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A lot of Americans have trouble believing race ...
What's behind the inequality, who's getting hit the hardest, and how does a country that has trouble getting on the same page about anything work together to level the playing field?
10 min
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Past the pandemic, how will Biden change health...
And why exactly is the healthcare system in the United States so expensive and convoluted compared with similar countries?
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The future of health services in the workplace ...
As more people get vaccinated, employers will have to start making decisions about bringing their employees back to the physical office space -- the first of an almost endless list of health related workplace decisions that are going to be front of mind after the coronavirus pandemic.
10 min
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Why we believe conspiracy theories
A growing number of Americans believe some pretty wild things, and it’s nearly impossible for a conspiracy theorist to change their mind about their beliefs. Why is that?
8 min
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What's in Biden's $2 trillion COVID-19 recovery...
How critical is funding for state and local governments, and what exactly do direct payments do for the economy?
11 min
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Vaccine rollouts and the bones under the playgr...
We got some updates to vaccine rollout plans in the Philadelphia area, and the city of Philadelphia is working to commemorate 5,000 people buried in an old, nearly forgotten cemetery under a playground.
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What do the signs of a stock market bubble look...
The stock market continues to hit high numbers despite the overall economy being uneven, at best. Is this normal?
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100 years later: What people in 1921 predicted ...
What did people 100 years ago imagine today's world would look like? Jason Feifer from Entrepreneur Magazine wanted to find out.
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Corporations are shutting off the political don...
One ripple effect of the violence at the Capitol has been that many corporations are now suspending financial donations to politicians who objected to the counting of the Electoral College votes that day. That seems like a big deal. Is it?
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What's different now that Brexit is official?
What happens when a country goes through a massive divorce like this? And what does it mean for the UK, for the EU, and the rest of the world? Episode Summary: After years of political turmoil, the United Kingdom has finally left the European Union. So now that Brexit is official, what exactly has changed? What happens when a country goes through a massive divorce like this? And what does it mean for the UK, for the EU, and the rest of the world? Dr. R. Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Law and Chair in European Union Politics at Rutgers University joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to talk about what Brexit means and why it matters. Episode Pubdate: Now Midroll locations: 12'11"
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