KYW Newsradio In Depth

Straightforward conversations about the people, ideas, and power centers that shape the world we live in. KYW Newsradio reporters talk daily with experts and leaders in science, politics, business, and public health -- to make sense of the news and unravel the real reasons why a story matters.

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Has the coronavirus pandemic added value to com...
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a lot of changes to American society. People are out of work, a lot of families are experiencing financial hardships, and in general right now most people are staying pretty close to home. We wondered if, because of these reasons and more, COVID-19 has made community college a more attractive or valuable option to a broader section of people. So we asked Dr. Joy Gates Black, President of Delaware County Community College to join KYW In Depth to talk about how the coronavirus has affected DCCC, how enrollment has changed, the steps the school is taking to ensure safety, and why community colleges might have a leg up over other forms of higher education during the age of COVID-19.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Can recreational marijuana help broke states re...
Memorial Day weekend kicks off with even more dire economic news as another 2.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week. David Fiorenza, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW In Depth to talk about the business of summer at the Jersey Shore, if recreational marijuana could fill empty state coffers, if a new unemployment package could be coming from Congress, and how much longer new jobless claims could stay at seven figures. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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How public health emergencies like coronavirus ...
Cities are bustling, densely populated places packed with people and businesses paying a premium for housing and office space to be in the center of everyone and everything. And if you visit a city right now, you can actually "see" the results of the coronavirus pandemic. Philadelphia just looks very wrong without people everywhere, like someone hit the pause button. We've made some giant changes as families, as a workforce, and as a society over the past few months. We're working at home, we're eating at home, and it looks like some of these things might not go back to "normal" any time soon. So, we wanted to know if any of these changes could end up having an impact on cities. Are people really going to keep paying New York City rent to work from their apartment? Harris Steinberg, Executive Director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to talk about the American City during the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Video chatting a ton during COVID-19? Here's ho...
Work meetings, classrooms, and even happy hours are all virtual these days due to coronavirus restrictions. And maybe you've notice that video chat meetings are way more tiring than in-person ones. So why is that, and what can you do to keep from getting burnt out? Dr. John Medaglia, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neurology at Drexel University joins the podcast to break down why our brains get zapped by Zoom. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Veterans nonprofit salutes American heroes virt...
Memorial Day weekend 2020 is going to be anything but routine for Americans still under social distancing guidelines because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Around here, Philadelphia officials are telling people not to go to the beach. Barbecues and cook outs are being scaled down at the very least, and instead of having the whole family over most people will be with just their immediate household to mark the holiday.  And for a non-profit called Carry The Load, a group that honors veterans, first responders and their families, their biggest event of the year -- a walk that takes place around Memorial Day -- had to basically be redesigned from square one. Matt Fryman, National Relay Director for Carry The Load joins KYW In Depth to talk about how they are changing and adapting during coronavirus and how they're planning to salute American heroes virtually this year.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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COVID-19 is remaking insurance: "The losses are...
The insurance industry has been turned upside down by COVID-19. We wanted to learn more about how insurance companies are weathering the pandemic and the health of the industry as a whole, so we spoke to Michael and Ryan Tocicki. They are the cofounders of PREMIER Insurance Services, and they join KYW In Depth to talk about what they're dealing with day in and day out, how much the pandemic has cost the insurance industry already, and how insurance is going to change permanently because of COVID-19.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Can your employer ban you from taking public tr...
The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange has been closed for a couple of months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's set to partially reopen on Tuesday, May 26. As the Exchange opens its doors again, there are protocols that brokers need to follow -- and one of the protocols that stuck out to us is that people are not allowed to use public transportation to get to the trading floor. This begged a bunch of questions, like... can they do that? Is that even legal? And how is it going to be enforced? Ann Juliano, Professor of Law at Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law joins KYW In Depth to answer those questions and more.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Social distancing at New Jersey's only drive-in...
Drive-in movie theatres had their heyday decades ago. But there are still a handful of them around the country, including one in New Jersey. And New Jersey’s only drive-in theatre now has the green light for business to start back up again as the state tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Jude DeLeonardis, co-owner of the Delsea Drive-In in Vineland, New Jersey joins KYW In Depth to talk about what the pandemic has meant for her business and what's changed in preparation for showing movies again. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Is telemedicine here to stay after COVID-19? ...
Just about every aspect of everyday life has changed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes going to see your doctor. Instead of asking patients to make the trip and sit in the waiting room, more and more doctors are using telemedicine to see and treat their patients. Dr. Erev Tubb, medical oncologist and the medical director of the Cancer Center at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill joins KYW In Depth to talk about how successful telemedicine has been for him and whether he thinks it's here to stay, even beyond COVID-19. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Is it ethical to deliberately expose people to ...
The return to some kind of post-pandemic normalcy is going to hinge on the development of a coronavirus vaccine. This is a process that can take months or years and includes several testing phases to determine if the vaccine is both safe and effective. But there is a way to speed up the process, and it depends on hundreds of people being willing to volunteer to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Dr. Nir Eyal is a Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Center for Population-Level Bioethics at Rutgers University. He joins KYW In Depth to talk about the article he co-authored called for controlled human challenge trials to speed up coronavirus vaccine development.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Did the COVID-19 PPP emergency loans go where t...
A lot of attention has been paid to the Paycheck Protection Program. It's the giant bundle of money, billions of dollars that Congress approved that was designed to help keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Once the program got started though, we started seeing news about big, publicly traded companies benefiting from the PPP, and in some cases announcing they had given back the money. So how widespread was this? How much of the assistance actually went to the places it was supposed to go? Dr. Sam Rosen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at the Temple Fox School of Business joins KYW In Depth to break down the Paycheck Protection Program and where the loans went. Here's the link to Dr. Rosen's research: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3590913 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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The Jersey Shore will reopen, but "we're gonna ...
The weather is getting nicer and a lot of people have the beach on their mind. Normally, that's just a sign of summer, but right now in New Jersey, during the coronavirus pandemic, it means some serious decision making from the state level on down. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined KYW Newsradio and KYW's Ian Bush to talk about the toll COVID-19 has taken on his state, the tragic milestone of 10,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the state, two new executive orders just signed in New Jersey, and how the state is going to handle summer at the Jersey Shore. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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"The crematory is nonstop." A funeral director ...
Nick Renn says he has never seen anything in his career that compares to the coronavirus pandemic. He's a funeral director at the Leroy P. Wooster Funeral Home in Atco, New Jersey. Nick Renn joins KYW In Depth to talk about the death he sees on a daily basis, how the virus has affected him and his colleagues, and the toll the pandemic is taking on families who have lost loved ones. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Ask an economist: Is the worst of the COVID-19 ...
If the number of unemployed Americans made up a state, it would be the second most populous state in the US, behind only California. David Fiorenza, Villanova School of Business Economics Professor joins KYW In Depth to talk about the massive unemployment number, another month that saw retail sales hammered by coronavirus, and if we should be concerned about deflation in the months to come. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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How COVID-19 attacks taste and smell
The CDC has added loss of taste and smell to its list of COVID-19 symptoms. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have been looking into this, and they've released an initial study that has been published in the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. Dr. Richard Doty is Director of Penn's Smell and Taste Center, and Dr. Natasha Mirza is Director of Penn's Center for Voice and Swallowing. They join KYW In Depth to break down their research on how COVID-19 can attack taste and smell. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Governor Tom Wolf: "I understand the frustratio...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf talked with KYW Newsradio today about the coronavirus pandemic in the Keystone State, when more counties will be moving from red to yellow, small business owners who are trying to stay afloat during this pandemic, and when social distancing restrictions might be eased, especially around the Philadelphia area which has been hit hard by the virus. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Were our public health systems misunderstood be...
We're in a very strange time right now, where public health has suddenly become a major focus in a way that doesn't happen very often, and as a result, the people who work in public health have also become more visible than probably we or they ever expected them to be. Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx are nationally recognized household names now, and each state has its own team of doctors and public servants who find themselves at the podium for hours a day, giving out information to anyone watching. Because of the spotlight on public health right now, we wanted to dig into it a little more. Dr. Tony Reed, Chief Medical Officer for Temple University Hospital joins KYW In Depth to explains what the field of public health entails and what's involved in working a public health job.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson on coronavirus rel...
U.S. HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson came to Philadelphia to visit a veteran's community, and while he was here he called KYW Newsradio. Dr. Carson talked about a couple things, including his visit, the moratorium on evictions, and also how the Department of Housing and Urban Development is using the $12 billion dollars it was given responsibility for through the CARES Act for relief during the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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How COVID-19 is changing hospital design
Thermal temperature scans, negative pressure, third entrances to emergency departments. These are just some of the changes that could become the new normal at hospitals and healthcare facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic. Aran McCarthy, Healthcare Design Principal at Francis Cauffman Architects joins KYW In Depth to explain what goes into the design of a hospital, and how design priorities are changing because of the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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What needs to happen before college sports can ...
Everyone is anxious for the return of sports, and the American College Health Association recently released guidelines on what they think universities need to have in place from a health and safety standpoint before we see college athletics come back. Dr. Karen Weaver, Associate Clinical Professor of Sport Management at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to break down the guidelines and what they mean. ACHA guidelines: https://www.acha.org/documents/resources/guidelines/ACHA_Considerations_for_Reopening_IHEs_in_the_COVID-19_Era_May2020.pdf >>> See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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How a grocery store saved a woman's life during...
A man from Montgomery County, PA called KYW Newsradio because he wanted to publically say thank you to his grocery store. His wife suffers from several diseases that make eating most foods impossible -- except for a particular type of yogurt. He couldn't find it anywhere. Then, Henning's Market in Harleysville, PA stepped up. Today on KYW In Depth, a couple says thank you during a pandemic. "I want people to know that there are good people out there, there are people who care."  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Understanding R0 (R-Naught) and the contagiousn...
If you've been reading about COVID-19 you've probably run into R0 a few times. It's pronounced R-naught, and it's a mathematical indicator of how contagious something is. We wanted to get a better understanding of R0 and why it's important, so we asked Dr. Annette Reboli, Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey to join KYW In Depth to break down what R0 is, what it means, and where this coronavirus ranks among contagious diseases. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Scientists are studying if dogs can sniff out C...
Believe it or not, viruses have odors, and researchers at Penn Vet are trying to find out if dogs can smell COVID-19. Dr. Cynthia M. Otto, Professor of Working Dog Sciences and Sports Medicine and Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center joins KYW in Depth to break down how they're testing if dogs can smell COVID-19, what they hope the project will be able to do, and when we could know if man's best friend can help us beat coronavirus.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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The coronavirus is mutating. What does that mea...
There's a preliminary report out of the Los Alamos National Laboratory about a mutation to SARS-CoV-2 that is more transmissible. The paper has not been peer reviewed yet, but it's still getting national attention. Dr. David Weiner, director of the Wistar Institute's Vaccine and Immunology Center joins KYW In Depth to break down what the study found, what it means, and what impact the mutations could have on vaccine development. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Taking a break from COVID-19 to talk about murd...
During these days of COVID-19, you're really hard pressed to find any news story that doesn't have some sort of connection to the pandemic. Over the last few weeks though, there's been at least one exception: the arrival of the massive insects nicknamed murder hornets in the US. They are scary looking and huge, but are they as bad as they're made out to be? Dr. Christopher Tipping, Professor of Biology at Delaware Valley University joins KYW In Depth to talk about the Asian giant hornet -- why they're here, where they came from, why they're called murder hornets, and if he thinks they're going to make it to the Philadelphia area. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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