The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

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

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the author of the new book Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going. He joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to talk about extraterrestrial life, space travel, what he told Elon Musk about traveling to Mars, and what he thinks humanity should learn from 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

There is nothing like the pure joy and excitement for a college basketball team that gets into the NCAA Tournament. It’s why they play. It is especially special when a team that hasn’t gotten there in a while gets to punch a ticket -- and that is where the Drexel Dragons come in. The Drexel men's basketball team won the Colonial Athletic Association title on Tuesday night, beating Elon in the conference final 63-56 and that earned the Dragons an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. This will be their first appearance in the tourney since 1996 when the Dragons advanced into the second round after upsetting Memphis in the opening round. Drexel head coach Zack Spiker joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the challenges of getting through this season that was changed by the coronavirus pandemic, what this moment has been like, and what it means for the program. 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

Before we got to flu season, there was a lot of concern in the medical community about the repercussions of combining a roaring pandemic with even a normal flu season. Fast forward to March, and flu cases are down dramatically across the board. This is incredibly good news for everyone, but especially the elderly. So what does it mean that we basically skipped a flu season? Dr. Maryann Lauletta, Medical Director of Inspira LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) in South Jersey joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what doctors have observed about flu season so far, why flu cases have been so low, and what it could mean moving forward. 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 last 12 months have been as hard as you can imagine for people who work in public health around the country and the world. And of course while there's light at the end of the tunnel as vaccines continue to get distributed, there's still a lot more to do to fight this pandemic. But what happens after that? What lessons have we learned, and is our public health infrastructure in a better state than it was a year ago? Dr. Laura Siminoff, Dean of the College of Public Health at Temple University joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to talk about the curse of public health and why it's only really talked about during health emergencies, the things we got right fighting this pandemic, what the things we did less than perfectly can teach us for the next one, and what needs to happen to bolster public health in the United States and the world. 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

You've probably heard that the Doomsday Clock is inching closer to midnight. We wanted to find out what exactly that means and if it's actually as terrifying as it sounds. Dr. Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the Doomsday Clock means, who determines what time it is, and how to measure the existential threats facing humanity. 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

Most of the attention right now is on vaccines, and the best hope of ending this pandemic happens when a critical mass of people get vaccinated. But vaccines are only part of the battle against the virus. Good therapeutics are needed as well to keep people from dying from COVID-19, and to help treat people who suffer with effects of the virus weeks and months after their infection. Dr. Mark DiNubile is the Chief Medical Officer at BioAegis Therapeutics. He joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what's out there right now, the science behind coronavirus treatments, and why he believes so strongly that gelsolin therapy can be a game changer for people who are critically ill with pneumonia and diseases like COVID-19. 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 good jobs report just came out, and we're all waiting to see if $2 trillion in stimulus money is actually going to make it into the economy. 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

Slowly but surely the number of people getting vaccines is going up. That's a great thing. But we're also constantly seeing these stories about variants and mutations of the virus, and anecdotes of someone who tested positive even after getting a vaccine shot, and recently there's been talk about the idea that it might be safer to wear two masks. It can all be kind of overwhelming and discouraging and even lead some people to ask questions like 'why do I need two masks if the vaccine is so effective?' Are we in danger of pushing people away from getting vaccinated because some may feel like... what’s the point? Dr. Neal Goldstein, Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about vaccine alarmism, what causes it, and what we can do 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

You've probably hear about these mammoth lawsuits filed by voting technology companies Smartmatic and Dominion against multiple media personalities, networks and lawyers in connection with the ongoing falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump in favor of Joe Biden. We wanted to dig into these lawsuits, what they are alleging, their odds of succeeding in a court of law... and, if they did succeed, what would victory look like? Barry Furrow, Professor of Law at the Kline School of Law at Drexel University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the lawsuits are arguing, the strength of the cases, and who has the most to lose moving forward. 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 two first coronavirus vaccines, the ones made by Pfizer and Moderna have been out for months now. But the process of making them, shipping them, and getting them to people has been much choppier than most of us hoped. So how exactly are these vaccines made? We definitely need more vaccine than is out there right now, so why we can't just make them faster? Dr. Jason Diaz, Assistant Professor in the Integrated Science, Business, and Technology program at La Salle University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what goes into making a vaccine and why it seems like there's never enough. 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

When we think about the concept of sustainability we often think about the government setting rules and regulations, but the private sector can and often does play a dominant role. And there's a lot more to sustainability than the buzz words -- there's a whole host of environmental and social issues that all surround working towards having a future world for the next generation that is adequate and suitable to live in. Karl Schmidt, Professor of Practice at Villanova College of Engineering joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about how the balance between government and the private sector helps move sustainability goals forward, the areas we've made progress in the past few decades in the US, and the areas where we're falling short. 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 decades, tobacco companies targeted Black communities and young people with menthol cigarettes. That's the headline of a new report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, who are trying to document the destructive impact cigarettes have and call for the banning of flavored tobacco products. Portia Reddick White, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and Tammy Boyd, Black Women’s Health Imperative Chief Policy Officer & Counsel join KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the report and what it says about the tobacco industry's tactics to get people addicted to cigarettes. Read the report here: https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/industry-watch/menthol-report Episode Pubdate: now 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

What would it take to have a real, functional, impactful third political party in America that actually has a meaningful chance of being competitive in elections? It's something we talk about just about every national election cycle -- but is it something that could actually happen in American politics? Dr. Joshua Weikert, Assistant Professor at Immaculata University in the Department of Civil Engagement joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about if it could happen, what party organizers would need to do to be competitive, and if we could see something like a Patriot Party or Trump Party split off from the GOP. 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 COVID-19 vaccines are here and becoming more accessible every day. And while much of the population would do just about anything to get vaccinated, there are a significant number of people who are hesitant, if not outright hostile, about the vaccine. So the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative are launching a new COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative to try and meet people where they are to try and answer the questions people have and get them to a point where vaccine hesitancy turns into confidence. Dr. Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association Executive Director, and Michelle Hillman, Ad Council Chief Campaign Development Officer joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about how they're trying to get answers to people who have questions about vaccines. 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 stock market has had a couple rough days in a row. What’s up with Wall Street, and the dip be a sign of better days ahead in real life? A significant drop in unemployment as jobless claims dropped by a hundred thousand. Is that statistically significant enough to point to a recovery? And as vaccinations keep ramping up and coronavirus cases keep dropping, what’s a realistic timeline for our economy to finally start building momentum again? Time for our weekly look at the American economy with David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business who 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

It's hard to imagine Donald Trump the President, or even Donald Trump the candidate, without Twitter. And after four years of being able to count on the former President to tell you exactly what he was thinking about and who he was angry with and which show he was watching on television as it was happening, the internet feels downright quiet after Twitter deplatformed Trump. Have we ever seen anything like President Trump's use of Twitter before? Plenty of presidents were good at communicating through one medium or another, so how does Trump's mastery of Twitter and use of the platform compare? Will we see politicians in the future strike communications lightning the way 45 did? Dr. Matthew Kerbel, Professor of Political Science at Villanova University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down how former President Trump became so effective at messaging to his base in 280 characters or less and what it means that he can't do it anymore. Read more from Dr. Kerbel here: www.wolvesandsheep.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

There's been momentum building behind the idea of adding states to the USA, with most of the buzz around Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. It's an interesting idea, but could it ever happen? What would have to happen if America wanted a 51st or 52nd state? How would it change the political landscape? And what are DC and PR missing right now by not being states? Dr. Miguel Glatzer, Associate Professor of Political Science at La Salle University joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to explain how to add states to the US and the most realistic way it could happen. 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

In an early move on the healthcare front, the Biden administration recently opened a special enrollment period for people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act. So what does that mean, and how big of a deal is it? The Affordable Care Act was stress tested by a pandemic and a presidential administration that actively worked to dismantle it -- so what is the current state of the healthcare law? What could we see from the Biden administration to strengthen it? Dr. Katherine Hempstead, Senior Policy Adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about how the ACA has weathered the last four years and what's next for healthcare 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

The city of Philadelphia is looking at getting police officers a new tool for taking down suspects. It's called the BolaWrap, it's nonlethal, and it's a device a little bigger than a smartphone that shoots a Kevlar cord with weighted hooks on both ends. So how does it work exactly? And why have police departments started looking at distributing the device to police officers? Tom Smith, President and Interim CEO of Wrap Technologies joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the BolaWrap does and how it's different from other nonlethal tools cops have right now, like Tasers. You can find more information about the BolaWrap from KYW's Newsradio's crime and justice reporter Kristen Johanson here: https://www.radio.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/philly-police-consider-new-device-to-subdue-people-safely 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 world of forensics is very different than it was 50 years or even a decade ago. To say the field has changed would be a complete understatement -- the tools of surveillance in place today would look like farfetched science fiction to all but the most inventive mystery writers of the previous generations. Most people today have probably accepted that we're being watched whenever we go somewhere, but do people really understand the extent of the surveillance? Samuel Hodge Jr., Professor of Legal Studies at Temple University’s Fox School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the staggering amount of time all of us spend on video, how law enforcement and private business alike have embraced surveillance, and how facial recognition and other forms of surveillance are being used to track down and prosecute the insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on January 6. 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

Big space news this week, as NASA landed the rover Perseverance on Mars. It was an incredible achievement to just get the rover on the planet, and now Perseverance has an important mission: to seek out signs of what used to be life. We had tons of questions about the mission and the technical achievement that was just landing on Mars, so we called a friend of the podcast to explain what happened and why it matters. Dr. Eric Jensen, Professor of Astronomy at Swarthmore College joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what exactly goes into building a robot and flying it to Mars, and what the team behind Perseverance hopes to find. 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 bad news: jobless claims were astronomically high this week, coming up on the anniversary of even astronomically higher unemployment. The good news: it’s looking like whatever the opposite of trickle down economics is might be the greatest economic policy ever, after emergency stimulus checks caused retail sales to go bonkers. Time for our weekly look at the American economy with David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business who 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

As vaccines get into more arms, it's not crazy to fantasize about returning to some sort of normalcy sometime soon. And as the pandemic winds down, it will be interesting to see what safety protocols will continue being a part of our everyday lives once we are back to normal. Researchers at Ohio State University wanted to take a look at how people feel about keeping some pandemic habits around even after COVID-19 is a bad memory, so they conducted a nationwide study. Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser, Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the survey found, what the evidence suggests we've learned from the past year, and which pandemic habits Americans thought were actually pretty good ideas after all. 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 most visible and contentious footprints left by the Trump presidency was the trade war with China. So now that the Trump presidency is over and with the benefit of hindsight, what did the trade war accomplish? Did someone win? Is the trade relationship better than it was four years ago? Were any of the Trump administration's particular grievances with China resolved by the dispute? What exactly has the Biden administration inherited, and what are they going to do with it? Dr. Kevin Fandl, Associate Professor of Business Law at Temple University's Fox School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what exactly the trade war accomplished, how both China and the US were affected by it, and how US trade policy post-Trump is likely to adjust moving forward. 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 more fascinating storylines of the coronavirus pandemic surrounds energy and power. Like, electrical grid energy, fuel, that kind of thing. We saw some crazy things happen last year, like oil going negative back in early quarantine. Then demand fell off a cliff and oil cartel shenanigans brought the price back up, and throughout it all one of the constants in the energy industry has been continued investment and buzz and market demand for cleaner and greener power. It's become pretty clear that the clean energy 'revolution' is not only here, it has eclipsed its activist roots and is now firmly being propelled by economics. So what happened to get us to the point where clean energy just makes more economic sense, even for companies who have historically trafficked in oil and petroleum and other traditional sources of energy? And what does the playing field actually look like right now for clean and renewable energy at scale? Dr. Scott Jackson, Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about how renewable energy defied the odds and a pretty substantial amount of political pressure to take on a life of its own, and why in the end it's really just all about the money. 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