The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

A recent Supreme Court decision dealing with juveniles being sentenced to life without parole really took the court in a completely different direction than it had been tracking. So what happened, and why did the court change course? Dr. Jill McCorkel, Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University and the founding director of the Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the case, the court's decision, and the ripple effects the decision will have on cases down the line. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've talked a lot about the COVID-19 vaccine on this podcast. How it was developed, how it's been rolled out, how effective it is. The one angle we haven't really talked about though: hearing from the people actually doing the vaccinating, putting needles into arms. Today, four vaccinators from Inspira Health in South Jersey join the podcast for a really touching and meaningful about how they got involved in vaccinating people and what it's meant for them to be a part of this. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unemployment keeps heading in the right direction. The GDP numbers show a consumer fueled economy going gangbusters. Spending and savings are both up. The economy is opening up in a big way and all signs are pointing to an absolutely extraordinary post-pandemic economic recovery. 13 months of weekly economic updates, and I don't think the show notes have ever been this positive LET'S GO! David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have hit the 100th day of Joe Biden’s presidency. It has become part of the political fabric to examine a presidency after 100 days -- but why? Where did this sort of arbitrary benchmark come from? And as long as we're here, what have we learned 100 days into the Presidency of Joe Biden? Dr. Ben Berger, Associate Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College and Executive Director of the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about why the first 100 days matter so much and how Biden's stack up to the rest. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Americans enjoy celebrity politicians. You can look at several examples from history -- Ronald Reagan went from Hollywood to the Governor's Mansion, to the White House. Donald Trump became a household name with a reality TV show before he moved to Washington DC. And now, polls suggest we could see a President The Rock inauguration sometime in the not so distant future. So why are Americans drawn to celebrity politicians? And what makes celebrities want to have a career in politics? Dr. Hilde Van den Bulck, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Drexel University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about celebrities, politics, and what happens when they meet. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An enormous number of cicadas are waking up very soon after spending the last 17 years developing. It's going to be awesome, and probably very noisy. Dr. Christopher Tipping, Professor of Biology at Delaware Valley University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what it's going to look like and what people should know before they emerge. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So what have we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how can these lessons be put to good use to prevent the next public health crisis? "We have short memories," cautions Dr. Stephanie Zaza, President of the American College of Preventive Medicine, so we need to start the hard work now while the experience of the last year is fresh in our minds. Dr. Zaza joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the US response to the pandemic, the biggest opportunities to make improvements in our public health infrastructure, and how we can prepare for the next pandemic on the macro and micro level alike. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It finally looks like we're making solid strides in the right direction on the unemployment from. And on top of that, the help wanted signs are everywhere, especially at minimum wage jobs. What's goin on? A huge amount of people say they're concerned about inflation, so why aren't economists all that worried? The US has a real chance to invest in its infrastructure, and it looks like a capital gains tax increase is part of the way we'll pay for it. So what does that mean for you? David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We will one day, hopefully sooner rather than later, be in a place where COVID-19 is in the rearview mirror. When we get there, how are we going to look back on this pandemic and this mass trauma event that the whole world just went through together? There's no way to tell with 100% accuracy. But maybe we can learn something by going back in history to the global flu pandemic of 1918. How familiar was the average person with that pandemic before COVID-19? Why didn’t the 1918 pandemic get more room in our history books? And could COVID-19 be remembered - or not remembered - in the same way? Nancy Hill, Museum Manager of the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the 1918 pandemic's impact on Philadelphia, the US, the world, and why despite its devastation, history seems to have forgotten to record a lot of the details of what everyday people were going through -- and whether there are any similarities or differences to what we're going through now, more than a hundred years later. Check out the Mütter Museum's exhibit about the 1918 flu pandemic "Spit Spreads Death:" https://bit.ly/3gzH5uT To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden Administration is throwing its weight behind getting an infrastructure bill through Congress. The president has put forth a more than $2 trillion proposal, the American Jobs Plan. It's ambitious in many ways -- and one of the really interesting core tenets of the bill is the way it addresses environmental issues and climate change on macro and micro levels alike. Dr. Samantha Chapman, Professor of Biology at Villanova University and Co-Director of the Center for Bio-Diversity and Ecosystem Stewardship joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down why environmental stewardship is key to the bill and what it will mean for the United States. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you're in the market for a house, get ready to enjoy the ride! The housing market has been on fire and it seems like it's just getting crazier. 'For sale' signs are turning to 'sold' signs in record timing, houses are being sold way above listing prices, and all this is going on in the middle of the pandemic. So what's going on? How long will this last? And should we be concerned about what happens after the boom? Ira Brownstein, founder and president of MortgageCountry joins the podcast to talk about some of the wildest things he's seen in the market in the last year, why it's behaving the way it is, and tips for people who want to buy or want to sell in 2021. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Right now the main focus in our fight against COVID-19 are the variants that are popping up around the United States and around the world. And when you talk about variants there's another phrase that gets thrown around too, 'genetic surveillance.' It's a critical tool for tracking and responding to virus variants, so we wanted to learn more about it and how it works. Dr. Zachary Klase, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology at the Drexel College of Medicine joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to break down what genetic surveillance is and how the US can start doing it better. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From curbside pickup to home delivery to wiping down your shopping cart handle with hand sanitizer, grocery shopping habits were turned on their head over the last year. Laurentia Romaniuk is an Instacart Trends Expert and senior product manager, she joins the podcast to break down a new report from Instacart about how the pandemic dramatically shifted how we shop, where we shop, and what those changing dynamics will mean even after the pandemic is over. Check out the report here: https://news.instacart.com/beyond-the-cart-a-year-of-essential-insights-b6ac201228e6 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bernie Madoff died in prison this week at the age of 82. He was the mastermind of a ridiculously large ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of people to the tune of billions of dollars. It was a fraud uncovered in the midst of the financial crisis back in 2008. We wanted to look back on the Madoff scandal in the wake of his death, and talk about if something like this could happen again. Rafael Porrata-Doria, Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about where Madoff stand in the lineup of American financial criminals and how his legacy of fraud influenced securities regulation and how the US treats and prosecutes financial crimes today. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retail sales went through the roof after the most recent round of stimulus from the federal government. Turns out when you give people money, they will spend it at businesses. Regardless, stay tuned for arguments in Congress about whether direct payments actually work. We've been waiting for months for a significantly better unemployment report and we might have gotten it -- jobless claims fell by 200 thousand last week. And barring something unexpectedly catastrophic, it looks like signs are pointing to a real economic boom in the not so distant future. David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've been living and working in a pandemic for more than a year. And a lot of people are feeling burnout creeping up on them. Whether it's anxiety, depression, motivation or focus problems -- most people have probably experienced these things to one extent or another, but after a year of separation, and work/life balance being messed up and dealing with incredible loss the whole time... this feels different. So is this burnout right now any more alarming than the normal kind? What kind of things can we do to work through it? And, are our brains resilient enough to recover after all this is over? Dr. Jacqueline Barker, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Drexel University College of Medicine joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what burnout is actually doing to our brains and what you can do about it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was some fascinating research recently released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about how parents feel about the future for their kids. And overall, they're pretty optimistic -- but they have some big and important concerns about barriers long in place in American society, things like systematic racism that could hinder the opportunities children will have. Jennifer Ng'andu, Managing Director of Program at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the survey and what they found out about parents and how they feel about the state of the world their kids are entering. Read the survey here: https://rwjf.ws/3dkyslQ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the early days of this pandemic, health officials have said that one of the keys of containing this virus would be contact tracing. If you test positive, someone calls you and asks who you've been around. Then they reach out to those people and ask them to quarantine and get tested. And for the people you've been around who you don't know -- there's an app for that. Pennsylvania's app has been out for about six months, but if you didn't know that, you're not alone. About 93% of the state hasn't downloaded it. Dr. Jason Thatcher is the Milton F. Stauffer Professor at Temple University, he joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the app, why it seems like no one wants to use it, and how officials could have done it differently to get more people to buy in. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. is recommending a pause for distribution of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots in 6 patients. Dr. Paul Offit is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the FDA vaccine advisory committee, he joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to break down what they think happened, why they're pressing pause on the vaccine, and what's going to happen next. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have spent more than a year now in a pandemic. It's been a challenge for everyone’s mental health, regardless of how much COVID has affected you directly. But now that it seems like brighter days are ahead, we wanted to stop and try to take inventory of the effect the last year has had on everybody. Clinical psychologist Dr. Jaime Zuckerman joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the toll the last year has had on our mental health and how to deal with some of the emotions that people are going to feel as we as a society emerge from the pandemic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A year plus into the pandemic and some cold unemployment water got thrown on the jobs party last week. What's behind the unemployment ups and downs? Economic indicators get thrown around a lot, which ones should you care about? Billionaires got a lot richer over the past year, what does that mean for the overall economy? And the US is desperately overdue for an infrastructure update. What are the odds of making something happen? David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The majority of colleges and universities have temporarily eliminated the standardized testing requirement for admission because of the pandemic. This might look like a small move, but it's having big ripple effects for students. Application Nation founder Sara Harberson joins KYW Newsradio In Depth's Suzanne Monaghan to talk about what it means for students and colleges alike, and if the changes could be here to stay after the pandemic is over. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With bars and restaurants in a weird place, society basically turned on its head and most people social distancing for the past year, the dating scene has been kind of depressing for a lot of people. Kristi Price is a matchmaker and dating coach, she joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about some really interesting shifts in the people who have reached out to her, why they took the plunge, and why more young people are turning away from online dating during the pandemic. Check out Kristi Price's website here: https://kristidprice.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early in the pandemic there were a lot of stories and anecdotes about people wiping down all their groceries before putting them away, because no one really knew how much risk they posed for spreading COVID-19. This has led to some interesting research and not just for what it proved about the threat some groceries like fruits and vegetables found in open-air bins of area grocery stores posed for spreading the virus. Equally fascinating is who did the research! Dr. Vishal Shah is a microbiologist and Associate Dean of the College of the Sciences and Mathematics at West Chester University, and he teamed up with his son Anand Shah, a student at Charles F. Patton Middle School in Kennett Square to put together some impressive research that showed it was highly unlikely for the virus to spread from the surface of these fruits and vegetables. Dr. Shah joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down how this project came together and what it was like to see his son take the reins and do some science. Check out their research here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.1c00064 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pandemic changed how we live, where we go, what we do, and it even changed what we post on social media. That's according to some really interesting research on how what people are sharing on social media now compared with a year ago in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Jason Thatcher is one of the co-authors of the study, he's the Milton F. Stauffer Professor in Information Systems at Temple University's Fox School of Business, and he joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the study, how the research started and what the team found about how COVID-19 changed what people share on social media. Link to the research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401220310331?via%3Dihub To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are seeing more and more children return to in person learning across the country, and pretty much everyone agrees it is really important that that trend continues. So what's it going to take to keep kids safe in school? What are some of the problems that public schools specifically are facing as a result of the pandemic? What problems that were around even before COVID-19 still need to be addressed? Avenel Joseph, Vice President of Policy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the progress we've made getting kids back in school, and the ripple effects that are yet to come after one of the hardest years we've ever been through. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How much would a person know about you just by looking at your search history? The answer is probably a lot -- so we wanted to check in with Molly VandenBerg, a Google technology expert to ask about what people have been Googling now that we're a year into the pandemic, and what people are doing to spring clean their routines. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vaccination levels are rising across the country, and hopefully some of the hesitancy that we've been hearing about is being beaten back. We wanted to check in with Dr. Atul Grover, Executive Director of the Association of American Medical Colleges Research and Action Institute to ask about the questions he's getting about the vaccine, how we're doing at getting shots in arms, and a new question that we get to start spending some energy on now: how will we know when we've won? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are the days of browsing the lots and test driving cars in the rearview mirror? The car buying experience has gone through some major changes during the coronavirus pandemic, and that's not the only thing that changed. What we want from our vehicles has shifted, too. Geoff Cudd, founder of findthebestcarprice.com joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the trends he's watching in car buying and how the relationship between Americans and their cars has shifted over the past year. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's been so much breaking news about vaccines in the last week -- most of it good but not all. Pfizer says its vaccine is highly effective six months after the second shot. The Pfizer and Moderna shots have been proven safe for adolescents. J&J tossed millions of doses because of a manufacturing error. And the CDC says that Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines work just as well in real life as the trials, and that they are 80% effective after just the first dose. These headlines raise a lot of questions, like, if Pfizer's first dose is so effective, do we need both doses? Could kids be vaccinated before school starts in the fall? We brought these questions and more to Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Professor of Pediatrics at Penn's Medical School. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A year into this pandemic, shots are going into arms and more than a hundred million Americans have gotten at least one dose of a vaccine. That's incredibly positive news, but it doesn't tell the whole story -- while equitable distribution is improving, we still have a long way to go. Dr. Cedric “Jamie” Rutland, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician with the American Lung Association joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about where we are right now in the effort to get vaccines to the people who need them, and his ideas about how to improve equitable distribution of vaccines in communities of color. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deepfakes are videos that are created to look real, but aren't. Some of them are really convincing, and they're a big concern for criminologists, who worry about everything from what could happen on a grand scale if a damaging fake video of a president or head of state goes mainstream, to how a deepfake could destroy reputations and lives on a personal level. Dr. Robert D'Ovidio, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the tools people use to make deepfakes, how experts figure out what's real and what isn't, and which ways deepfakes are being used are most alarming for people who study criminology. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have all learned about the incredible importance of public health preparedness over the past year. Since 2003, Trust for America’s Health, a non-profit public health policy, research and advocacy organization has released a yearly report tracking the country’s level of public health emergency preparedness. This year’s report is out and it finds the Delaware Valley at different levels of preparedness. Rhea Farberman, Director of Strategic Communications and Policy Research at Trust for America’s Health joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what's in the report, what going into preparing it, and the biggest takeaways about the Philly area's emergency readiness. Check out the report here: https://www.tfah.org/report-details/ready-or-not-2021/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Universal basic income is an idea that made some headlines during the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination as Andrew Yang made it a signature policy idea of his campaign, but most people probably aren’t familiar with what it means and what would be involved. Before the pandemic, UBI in any form was probably a long shot at best to take hold in the US, but after three rounds of government stimulus checks and now soon a monthly stipend as part of expanded child tax credits that are part of the American Rescue Plan, it feels like a good time to continue the conversation. Dr. Steve Balsam, Professor of Accounting at Temple University's Fox School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what universal basic income is and what it might look like in America. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New unemployment claims dipped below 700k for the first time in a year. GDP for the fourth quarter was stronger than expected, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he's happy with the economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. And then a boat got stuck in the Suez Canal and messed with global supply chains. What a week! David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shopping experience has changed for everyone and every store in the midst of the pandemic. So which changes will stick around once the pandemic is over? Are stores and companies starting to market and position themselves for a world where COVID-19 is in the rear view mirror? Will readily available hand sanitizer be a selling point for your shopping experience down the road? Sheri Lambert, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Temple University’s Fox School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down the big shifts and little details in retail that changed because of the coronavirus pandemic and what the retail industry is going to look like when we're finally free of the coronavirus pandemic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Race to Vaccinate is a KYW Newsradio in Depth special presented by Independence Blue Cross. We've been through a year unlike any other in memory, and there's finally light at the end of the tunnel. At the one year mark of this pandemic, Carol MacKenzie sat down with KYW Newsradio Medical Editor Dr. Brian McDonough to ask him some of the questions we've been getting from listeners about the vaccines and what you need to do before and after you get vaccinated, to talk about when life is getting back to normal, and take a look back at what it's cost to get to where we are now in March of 2021. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's been a lot of talk recently about whether America's elected leaders are doing the best job representing the American people. And since the number of Representatives in the US House was set at 435 a century ago, the average House member now represents more than 700,000 people. That's just a massive number. So what would happen if we increased the number of people in the House of Representatives? How would that be done? Would the quality of representation get better? Dr. Fred Foley Jr., Adjunct Instructor of Political Science at La Salle University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the US House of Representatives, why it's stayed the same size for nearly a hundred years, and what would happen if it grew. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are waist deep in the best time of year for college basketball fans: the NCAA Tournament. But this year, along with the games, the headlines have been focused on some pretty big disparities when it comes to what is available for the players taking part in the men’s tournament and the players in the women’s tournament -- things like the size and quality of the weight room. Dr. Karen Weaver, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, college athletics expert and friend of the podcast joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the inequities that have been called out during the NCAA Tournament and how this stuff keeps happening even in 2021. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the most part there are two types of financial situations people are in a year after the pandemic started. Some people worked from home and cut expenses and were able to save a lot of money. Other people had to spend their savings and visit food banks and take out loans. Both groups are now in this situation where it's not crazy to think about life after the pandemic and what that means for their finances. So what questions should people be asking moving forward? What questions were people in both groups asking about their finances during the pandemic? And how should you view your money in a world where COVID is no longer the driving force behind big decisions? Andrew Rosen, President of Diversified Lifelong Advisors joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what he saw during the last 12 months and how to think about financial planning after the most disruptive year in most of our lifetimes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we continue to make more and more progress getting COVID-19 vaccines into people’s arms, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), in conjunction with the Black Coalition Against COVID (BCAC) has released a new video series called "The Conversation: Between Us, About Us.” The videos feature black doctors, nurses and researchers answering questions and providing information with the goal of getting more and more members of the black community vaccinated. Dr. Rhea Boyd, pediatrician, public health advocate, and co-developer of the video series joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the series, its goals, and how the group hopes to spread credible vaccine information online to battle fake news. Find out more about the series at: betweenusaboutus.org https://www.greaterthancovid.org/theconversation/?utm_source=betweenusaboutus.com&utm_medium=vanity%20url To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stimulus checks are hitting bank accounts, and if history is any indication the next 30 days or so are gearing up to be a great month for retail sales. But why does it feel like, a year out, we've just hit stasis on unemployment numbers? Plus, what's going on with our trade with China? David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many private liberal arts colleges are struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic. Enrollment is down, and small colleges rely on room and board revenue more than large universities. So what does this mean for the future of these schools? Application Nation founder Sara Harberson joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about why small schools are having trouble, what colleges are doing to try to survive, and what it means for students looking for scholarships. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the things the coronavirus pandemic has done is turbo charge the problem of food insecurity here in the US. Food banks saw unprecedented demand for months on months, and the last time we checked in with the Food Bank of South Jersey, the demand was as strong as ever. We asked Fred Wasiak, President and CEO of the Food Bank to come back to the podcast to talk about what the situation is like a year later, how they have addressed the needs in their community, and where they're going from here with brighter days hopefully ahead. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Analytics have become a huge part of the landscape of sports. They've changed the way many people look at and talk about teams and games, they've even changed how many teams approach building their rosters and the types of players they target. It is always fascinating to dig into data and Villanova University Business student Ethan Carpenter has done some impressive work with basketball, specifically looking at recent NCAA Tournaments and breaking down what players have the most impact. Carpenter joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down how he analyzed the tournament, what he found out about the type of player that typically excels, and what to look for when you're filling out your bracket. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It started on a snow day. Dr. Christine Meyer pays her staff even when the office is closed, so she was trying to find something for them to do, and she figured -- why not just help people find vaccines. So she posted on Facebook for people to email her office if they needed help finding a vaccine. She got 1200 emails in 2 hours and the email server crashed. Fast forward a bit, and the PA CoVID Vaccine Match Maker Facebook group has more than 55 thousand members and has helped thousands of people get vaccines. Dr. Christine Meyer joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the story behind the Facebook group and what's gone right (and wrong) with getting vaccines into arms. Find the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pacovidvaxhelp Dr. Meyer's website: https://www.christinemeyermd.com/ Need more help than that? Dr. Meyer says people can email her ([email protected]) or call her office in Exton (610-363-0100) to be paired up with a "finder," a volunteer on her Facebook page who can help people locate appointments. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

College athletes generate a tremendous amount of value for their schools. And for many years now there's been a ton of talk about whether they should be getting paid for their services in a sanctioned way that doesn't break any NCAA rules or hurt their future prospects. For many people that discussion involves the athletes getting paid by the school they play for. But there is also another way for them to get compensated -- athletes being allowed to monetize their name, image and likeness. Dr. Thilo Kunkel, Director of the Sport Industry Research Center and Associate Professor at Temple University’s School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what name, image, and likeness compensation would mean for athletes of different sports and the ripple effects it might have across collegiate athletics. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More and more students and teachers are returning to the classroom for in person learning across the country. Teachers have always had the challenge of dealing with a classroom of students who are all in different places when it comes to emotional and intellectual development -- but now after a year where the country has been rocked by a pandemic that has been felt by everyone, but not equally by everyone, the emotional needs for students will be all over the map. Dr. Colleen Lelli, Professor of Education at Cabrini University and the Director of The Barbara and John Jordan Center for Children of Trauma and Domestic Violence Education at Cabrini joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the hard road ahead for teachers and students after the mass trauma event that was the last 12 months. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill called the American Rescue Plan is now law, and there is a lot inside it -- including anti poverty initiatives that have some serious teeth. Dr. Scott Deacle, Associate Professor and Chair of the Business and Economics Department at Ursinus College joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what's in the bill and how it impacts individual households and the economy as a whole. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The American Rescue Plan is now law and just like that a lot of help is headed to some very desperate people. So what are the big headlines in the new stimulus plan, and how is the money going to make its presence known in the economy? What are local governments getting out of the bill? And how does this change the outlook of the broader economic recovery? David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices