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How the Supreme Court could decide to chip away at abortion access Jun 16, 2021

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could fundamentally change access to abortion in the United States. Professor Rachel Rebouché, Associate Dean for Research and the James E. Beasley Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the origin story of the case, what could happen, and how this current court could approach it.

Israel's new government agreed on one thing: 'How can we get rid of Netanyahu?' Jun 15, 2021

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A new government has taken power in Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer the prime minister. So what will this new government focus on? What does this mean for the Palestinians, and what does it mean for the relationship between the United States and Israel? Dr. Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the Bess W. Heyman Chair in the Political Science Department joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down how Netanyahu lost power and what the shift in government means for the future of Israel and Middle Eastern politics. Dr. Lustick is the author of several books including his latest, 'Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality.' Find out more about the book here: https://paradigmlostbook.com/

COVID economy update: Watching jobless claims creep back towards pre-pandemic numbers Jun 11, 2021

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Jobless claims for last week were 376,000, which is still a lot of new claims but we are slowly trending back toward numbers we haven't seen since the pandemic started. Inflation is getting a lot of headlines, but is it actually all it's cracked up to be? When are we going to see movement on interest rates? And some good news on the horizon, some substantial help is headed for families and municipalities. David Fiorenza, economist 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.

Pandemic weight loss questions and answers with specialist Dr. Winifred Constable Jun 10, 2021

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A few weeks ago we put out an episode on COVID weight gain and how to lose those unwanted pandemic pounds. And a lot of you had questions after the episode went out -- like what are some tactical tips to help you stay motivated? How does intermittent fasting work? How much of a role does water play in weight loss? And wait until you hear about what sugar does to your weight loss goals. Dr. Winifred Constable is a weight loss specialist who runs Diata Medical Weight Loss in Bryn Mawr, PA, and she returns to the podcast to answer listener questions about losing weight after a long year in a pandemic.

Check out our first conversation with Dr. Constable here: https://megaphone.link/ENTDM9128648203

And find out more about Dr. Constable at Diata Health's website: https://www.diatahealth.com/

Did the American Rescue Plan stimulus work? Look at the numbers Jun 10, 2021

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There's been a lot of stimulus in the last 15 months, most notably the American Rescue Plan. So are we seeing results? Has it worked? Is it too early to tell? Are there downsides we eventually could see? Dr. Steven Balsam, Professor of Accounting at the Temple University Fox School of Business breaks down what the American Rescue Plan did, how the data tells us it worked, and what he would have done differently.

What NASA wants to find on Venus Jun 09, 2021

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With intense heat and a crushing atmosphere, Venus is really hard to study. So NASA is getting creative. The space agency announced two missions, DAVINCI and VERITAS, will explore and learn about the planet hopefully by the end of the decade. We wanted to learn all about DAVINCI and VERITAS so we reached out to Dr. Eric Jensen, Professor of Astronomy at Swarthmore College to talk about what the hopes are for these missions, what could be learned and why Venus seems to be having a moment when it comes to attention from scientists.

How the AHEAD study is fighting Alzheimer's Disease Jun 08, 2021

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A new NIH-funded study is being put together focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease, a disease that affects millions of Americans and is projected to affect millions and millions more in the coming decades. We wanted to learn about the AHEAD study, who they are looking for to take part, how to reach out if you are interested, and where we are in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease, so we caught up with Dr. Hyun-Sik Yang, Neurologist and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Find out more about the study at AHEADstudy.org

John Chaney, Stan Pawlak, and the wild stories of the Eastern Professional Basketball League Jun 08, 2021

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Before the NBA G League, there was the Eastern Professional Basketball League. It was a northeast league stocked to the brim with great players like John Chaney, Stan Pawlak, Jim Boeheim, and Hal Lear, with many of the teams calling Eastern Pennsylvania home. The league featured larger than life characters on and off the court, and the stories from the Eastern League are absolutely wild. Syl Sobel and Jay Rosenstein interviewed players, coaches, and personalities from the Eastern League to write "Boxed Out of the NBA: Remembering the Eastern Professional Basketball League."

Check out the book here: https://www.easternleaguebook.com/

Signs the economy is strengthening, just in time for summer Jun 04, 2021

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Over 550-thousand jobs were added last month as the US continues to emerge from the pandemic, and April's numbers were revised up as well. Average hourly earnings are up a couple percent, are we seeing the market compensate for the worker shortage? We're seeing some inflation now, but what's the difference between what's happening in 2021 and what happened in the 1970s? And we're finally seeing the numbers to show the economic impact of the stimulus packages -- how much did they help the average American? David Fiorenza, economist 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.

Behind the rise of 'deaths of despair,' up 52% in a decade Jun 03, 2021

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A record number of people died of 'deaths of despair' in 2019 -- deaths due to alcohol, suicide, or drugs. And there's a lot of concern that 2020's numbers won't be an improvement. Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust released a new report on the numbers, and TFAH's Government Relations Manager Jonah Cunningham breaks down the Pain in the Nation Report, what the trends mean, and what we can expect going forward as data from the pandemic starts to really be examined.

Read the report here: https://www.tfah.org/article/pain-in-the-nation-2021/

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