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'Impossible to ignore:' The impact of climate change on Philadelphia's infrastructure Sep 16, 2021

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Destruction caused by extreme weather events is fresh in the Philadelphia area. Tropical Depression Ida tore through the region earlier this month, leaving behind a heartbreaking trail that pointed to a harsh truth: the Delaware Valley's infrastructure wasn't prepared for the storm. What's the best course moving forward amidst increasing evidence of climate change? "Resilient" and "robust" planning, according to Dr. Franco Montalto, Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University. He joins KYW Newsradio's Matt Leon on KYW In Depth.

Some politicians blame the worker shortage on Americans choosing unemployment over jobs. The data tells a different story. Sep 16, 2021

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Four federal programs that had been helping people through the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic expired at the beginning of September, including the extra $300 per week in federal unemployment compensation, extended benefits, and help for gig workers and freelancers. Data about the effects of losing these programs will begin to ripple out over the next few months, but early indicators suggest it won’t be good news for the economy. Dr. David Robison, Professor of Economics at La Salle University is on the podcast to talk about what the end of the programs mean for individual families, the broader economy, and what the numbers say about the impact on people returning to the workforce.

Belligerent passengers, mask fights: Flying is awful now and we are the worst Sep 15, 2021

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You don’t have to look real hard to find a viral video of a passenger on an airline having a meltdown over being asked to wear a mask or because of some minor grievance. Since January 1st of this year, the FAA has received around 4000 reports of unruly behavior of passengers and handed out more than a million dollars worth of civil penalties. And a lot of these altercations are more than just disagreements, they get physical and scary -- which is multiplied when you are midair. This obviously has an effect on the people who work on airplanes, specifically the flight attendants who have to deal with this day in and day out. We wanted to talk about this unruly behavior, the effect it has on the work force and what could be done to try and mitigate it so we caught up with Dr. Benjamin Altschuler, Assistant Professor of Travel and Tourism at Temple University's School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management.

"They don't eat. They don't sleep. They go home. They cry." Nurses are pushed to their limits and the crisis could get worse. Sep 14, 2021

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Nurses are incredibly important in our society and they are chronically underappreciated. And as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, they are being pushed to their limits and then some. Understaffing, larger and larger workloads, hostility from the very people they are trying to help in some cases. So what does this mean for nursing going forward? How bad could the nursing shortage we have been experiencing get? We wanted to talk about the state of nursing, so we caught up with Dr. Maggie Harkins, Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Holy Family University.

If you are fully vaccinated, what is your risk of getting COVID-19? Q&A about Delta, breakthrough infections, and long COVID Sep 13, 2021

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If you are fully vaccinated, what is your risk of getting COVID-19? How bad can breakthrough infections get? How contagious are you, if you get the virus and you're vaccinated? What are the concerns of long COVID in fully vaccinated people? These are questions on a lot of minds right now, so we asked them to Dr. Annette Reboli, Professor of Medicine and the Dean of the Cooper Medical School at Rowan University in South Jersey.

"It's been a year." Housing, finding vaccines, and fighting COVID misinformation: behind the scenes of the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha Sep 13, 2021

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APM of Philadelphia is a non-profit organization that helps provide all kinds of services with a focus on the city's Latino community. We wanted to learn more about the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (Association of Puerto Ricans on the Move) so we caught up with Nilda Ruiz, President and CEO of APM to find out about the organization, what life has been like for them during the pandemic and the work they have done to get the community they work with vaccinated and fight misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines.

Find out more information at: apmphila.org

First responders look back on how 9/11 changed their lives Sep 11, 2021

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When the country needed them, they dropped everything to get to the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers and save lives. Brian McGuire is a retired New York City firefighter. Craig Murphy is Deputy Commissioner in the Philadelphia Fire Department and a former member of Pennsylvania Task Force One. Frankie Degrand is a retired Chief Gunner’s Mate in the United States Navy. They all had vital roles to play on September 11, 2001, and their lives were forever changed that day. On this episode of In Depth, KYW Newsradio anchor Michelle Durham shares their reflections on what they saw and how it still affects them twenty years later.

Pandemic economy update: Wall Street's rough week, and the possible impact of vaccine mandates Sep 10, 2021

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The third quarter of 2021 is winding down, and there are plenty of economic questions to answer, especially in light of recent vaccine and mask mandates. Some stimulus benefits are beginning to expire, and year-end job trends are starting to emerge. Plus, in a twist, Wall Street endured a difficult week. David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at the 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.

Picking Up the Pieces: After 9/11 loss, a mother turns to family, service to cope Sep 10, 2021

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Twenty years have passed since Judi Reiss lost her 23-year old Son, Josh, in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Despite her heartbreak, the Lower Makefield resident has persisted on, and spoke with KYW Newsradio's Hadas Kuznits about finding strength and peace in Josh's memory, all while keeping her family together and serving her community.

Finding hope, love, and life after a 9/11 loss Sep 09, 2021

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Tara and Michael Bane had bought a house in Lower Makefield and were building their lives together when he went into work at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He never came back. Instead of crumbling or turning to anger, Tara channeled her grief into building the Garden of Reflection in Yardley and helping others through her art therapy practice, Blue Sky Therapy Center. Tara talked with KYW Newsradio's Hadas Kuznits about the 20th anniversary of 9/11, remembering Michael, and how she learned to keep living after tragedy.

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