The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf talked with KYW Newsradio today about the coronavirus pandemic in the Keystone State, when more counties will be moving from red to yellow, small business owners who are trying to stay afloat during this pandemic, and when social distancing restrictions might be eased, especially around the Philadelphia area which has been hit hard by the virus. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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're in a very strange time right now, where public health has suddenly become a major focus in a way that doesn't happen very often, and as a result, the people who work in public health have also become more visible than probably we or they ever expected them to be. Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx are nationally recognized household names now, and each state has its own team of doctors and public servants who find themselves at the podium for hours a day, giving out information to anyone watching. Because of the spotlight on public health right now, we wanted to dig into it a little more. Dr. Tony Reed, Chief Medical Officer for Temple University Hospital joins KYW In Depth to explains what the field of public health entails and what's involved in working a public health job. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

U.S. HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson came to Philadelphia to visit a veteran's community, and while he was here he called KYW Newsradio. Dr. Carson talked about a couple things, including his visit, the moratorium on evictions, and also how the Department of Housing and Urban Development is using the $12 billion dollars it was given responsibility for through the CARES Act for relief during the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Thermal temperature scans, negative pressure, third entrances to emergency departments. These are just some of the changes that could become the new normal at hospitals and healthcare facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic. Aran McCarthy, Healthcare Design Principal at Francis Cauffman Architects joins KYW In Depth to explain what goes into the design of a hospital, and how design priorities are changing because of the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Everyone is anxious for the return of sports, and the American College Health Association recently released guidelines on what they think universities need to have in place from a health and safety standpoint before we see college athletics come back. Dr. Karen Weaver, Associate Clinical Professor of Sport Management at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to break down the guidelines and what they mean. ACHA guidelines: https://www.acha.org/documents/resources/guidelines/ACHA_Considerations_for_Reopening_IHEs_in_the_COVID-19_Era_May2020.pdf >>> See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 man from Montgomery County, PA called KYW Newsradio because he wanted to publically say thank you to his grocery store. His wife suffers from several diseases that make eating most foods impossible -- except for a particular type of yogurt. He couldn't find it anywhere. Then, Henning's Market in Harleysville, PA stepped up. Today on KYW In Depth, a couple says thank you during a pandemic. "I want people to know that there are good people out there, there are people who care." See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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've been reading about COVID-19 you've probably run into R0 a few times. It's pronounced R-naught, and it's a mathematical indicator of how contagious something is. We wanted to get a better understanding of R0 and why it's important, so we asked Dr. Annette Reboli, Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey to join KYW In Depth to break down what R0 is, what it means, and where this coronavirus ranks among contagious diseases. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Believe it or not, viruses have odors, and researchers at Penn Vet are trying to find out if dogs can smell COVID-19. Dr. Cynthia M. Otto, Professor of Working Dog Sciences and Sports Medicine and Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center joins KYW in Depth to break down how they're testing if dogs can smell COVID-19, what they hope the project will be able to do, and when we could know if man's best friend can help us beat coronavirus. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 a preliminary report out of the Los Alamos National Laboratory about a mutation to SARS-CoV-2 that is more transmissible. The paper has not been peer reviewed yet, but it's still getting national attention. Dr. David Weiner, director of the Wistar Institute's Vaccine and Immunology Center joins KYW In Depth to break down what the study found, what it means, and what impact the mutations could have on vaccine development. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

During these days of COVID-19, you're really hard pressed to find any news story that doesn't have some sort of connection to the pandemic. Over the last few weeks though, there's been at least one exception: the arrival of the massive insects nicknamed murder hornets in the US. They are scary looking and huge, but are they as bad as they're made out to be? Dr. Christopher Tipping, Professor of Biology at Delaware Valley University joins KYW In Depth to talk about the Asian giant hornet -- why they're here, where they came from, why they're called murder hornets, and if he thinks they're going to make it to the Philadelphia area. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 lot of dogs have been adopted from shelters during the coronavirus pandemic, and a lot of first time pet owners are still in the 'getting to know you' phase with their new fur babies. So how do you know if a new or different behavior is just a personality quirk, or if your dog could benefit from some kind of professional attention? Dr. Carlo Siracusa is an Associate Professor of Clinical Animal Behavior and Welfare at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins KYW In Depth to talk about a new telehealth program for dog behavioral issues at Penn Vet and to give some great advice for new pet owners, like to make sure that we're not putting too much pressure on our pets to be the surrogate for our missing social lives. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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're looking at an unemployment rate above 14% in the US during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. David Fiorenza, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW In Depth to talk about the comparisons between 2020 and the Great Depression, declines in the labor force participation rate, and why the data show wages are rising. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with the travel industry, with airlines, cruises and hotels taking the brunt of it. Robert Mann Jr., President of R.W. Mann and Company Inc. joins KYW In Depth to talk about the extent of the damage, what needs to happen before consumer confidence returns, and what the future of travel might look like once everything resumes. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Kids have been learning from home for weeks now because of the coronavirus pandemic. The classroom is now the dining room or kitchen table, and students are getting lessons from teachers on a laptop, rather than in person. Obviously this has been a big adjustment for parents, but it's also been a big adjustment for the teachers, who have had to figure out the best ways to connect with their students without having them in the classroom. It's Teacher Appreciation Week, so we checked in with some teachers about how their job has changed in the wake of COVID-19, the challenges they're facing, and how much they miss their students. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 Make-a-Wish Foundation has been operating for 40 years. It spans thousands of volunteers all across the United States and dozens of other countries. And its one goal is to make wishes come true for children, between two and a half and eighteen years old, who are suffering from critical illnesses. Dennis Heron, President and CEO of the Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley chapter joins the podcast to talk about how the organization is functioning through the pandemic, and how they are granting their 7,000th wish this week. If you want to help Make-A-Wish: Wishesarewaiting.com See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 about the possibility of an app helping to trace COVID-19 cases and contain the outbreak down the road. But what would that look like, and how would we address the concerns about privacy of personal data and medical information? Dr. Matthew Schneider, Assistant Professor at Drexel's LeBow College of Business joins KYW In Depth to talk about how bad we were at keeping data secure even before this pandemic, the privacy concerns behind coronavirus tracking apps, and if we should be thinking about data privacy in a completely different way. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 keeping an eye on the world of agriculture during this pandemic, looking at how food supply chains are holding up and how different farmers with different commodities are dealing with the situation. A few weeks ago we checked in with John M. Urbanchuk, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Agribusiness Department at Delaware Valley University, and he joins KYW In Depth again to take a look at what's changed in the past couple weeks and what might be ahead. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

COVID-19 is caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. The disease is unique and mysterious even to scientists who have been studying coronaviruses for years, and the origins of the pandemic are still being debated. Did it really jump from animal to human at a Wuhan wet market? Or did it start another way? Dr. Susan Weiss, Professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania joins the podcast to break down her research on coronaviruses. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey is closed, which means there's no money coming through its doors. But, the animals still need to be fed and cared for, and there's a dedicated skeleton staff doing just that. Vince Nicoletti is the Executive Director of Adventure Aquarium, he joins KYW In Depth to talk about the steps the aquarium is taking to care for all the animals during the shutdown, how to support the aquarium, and the different ways he thinks the business will change after the pandemic is over. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 some news lately about kids and COVID-19, so we wanted to ask an expert what we've learned about how this coronavirus affects children. Dr. Jeffrey Gerber, associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia joins KYW In Depth to answer questions about kids and coronavirus -- like, how many pediatric cases have we seen in the Philadelphia area? How many have been serious? When can parents start thinking about play dates again? How can we keep kids safe when childcare centers reopen? And should parents still take kids to the doctor to get checkups and vaccines during this pandemic, and what happens if they don't? See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Grocery store and supermarket workers are on the front lines of this pandemic in a major way. We wanted to talk to someone who has been doing one of these jobs since the pandemic started. Amy Paris works at a ShopRite supermarket in the Philly suburbs. She was nice enough to join the podcast to talk about what it's like working at a grocery store -- which just happens to be both one of the most important and riskiest jobs out there right now. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 hear a lot about projection models in the conversation about reopening society and when to do it. Dr. Michael Robert, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science at University of the Sciences joins KYW In Depth to break down what the models are and what they are created to do, what they're saying about the pandemic and our response to it, and when is too soon to reopen. Here’s a page with links to the different models Dr. Robert talked about and some info about all of them: https://sites.google.com/usciences.edu/michael-robert/covid-19-resources See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer and biographer, he's written about Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, George H. W. Bush. And his new project is a podcast -- a limited series called "Hope, Through History." The show takes some of the worst and most challenging times in American History, and explores how we as a nation got through them. Jon Meacham talked about making the podcast on KYW Newsradio with Ian Bush. Given the timeliness of the subject matter, we thought that you here at KYW In Depth might be interested in hearing about it too. Check out the podcast on Radio.com: https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/hope-through-history See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

President Trump says the FDA has granted emergency use authorization for Remdesivir to treat patients with COVID-19. So how does it work, and it is a real answer to this deadly virus? Or is it just better than what we have now? Dr. Frederick Bushman, Professor and Chair of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania and the co-director of the Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens joins KYW In Depth to explain what Remdesivir is, how it helps patients and how well it works, what else the drug is used for, and what the Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens is working on right now. He also weighs in on if this coronavirus started with an animal, or if it's an escaped bioweapon from a lab somewhere ("Yeah, it's a complete pack of nonsense." - Dr. Frederick Bushman). See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 coronavirus pandemic cut off non-essential travel and one of the casualties of that was the tourism industry. Hotels, airline and tourist attraction business has all but disappeared. So how long will the impact last, and is there a way to return to normal? Dr. Yang Yang, an associate professor in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University joins KYW In Depth to talk about the future of tourism, in Philadelphia and around the globe. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 during the coronavirus pandemic hit 30 million this week, GDP is down 4.8%, and it's even more clear that staying home is having a very real impact on the American economy. David Fiorenza, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW In Depth to talk about W-shaped recoveries, why the markets did better in April when everything else pointed down, which sectors could see job creation, and what kind of situation he thinks the Jersey Shore will be facing during the summer of 2020. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 many ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic is that a lot of people have had time to adjust to working at home. And a lot of companies have probably realized that even when things return to normal, portions of their workforce won't necessarily have to come into the office to be productive. There's a good chance that the pandemic will have a direct role in changing how the office of the future is designed. John Campbell is the president of FCA architects, an architecture and interior design planning firm in Philadelphia and New York City, specializing in the workplace, healthcare, and research facilities. We asked him to come on KYW In Depth to talk about the future of open offices, how he thinks the way offices are designed in the future is going to change, and how he's seeing it changing already because of this pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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're all looking for things to distract us during the coronavirus lockdowns, and sports content is at a premium right now. That's one of the reasons the 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan, "The Last Dance," has been such a massive success. Mike Tollin, Philadelphia native and Executive Producer of "The Last Dance" joins KYW In Depth to talk about working with Michael Jordan, the challenges of making the show during the coronavirus pandemic, and his reaction to the incredible success of the series. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Have you gone to the grocery store, only to be met by an empty flour shelf? A lot of us are using the opportunity of being stuck at home to make delicious things in the oven. But, unfortunately, cookies and brownies and cupcakes usually come in only one serving size -- exactly as many as are currently in front of you. So, we turned to an expert for some tips on how to make it out of COVID-19 quarantine without becoming a chocolate chip cookie. Kathleen Zelman, a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and the nutrition director for WebMD joins KYW In Depth to talk about how to keep from eating all of the cookies, what to substitute in your recipes to make them healthier, and the science behind why extra body fat makes it more difficult to stave off disease. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Two people from South Jersey who were in critical condition from COVID-19 have been released from the hospital, after they received convalescent plasma transfusions. After recovering from a mild case of COVID-19 herself, Marisa Leuzzi heard about Mayo Clinic’s national clinical trials and wanted to donate her plasma in an attempt to save her aunt, who was critically ill with the virus. Her donation ended up helping another person as well. Today on KYW In Depth, KYW reporter John McDevitt joins the podcast with Marisa Leuzzi's story -- how she found out about the procedure, got the wheels turning, and donated her plasma. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 heard a lot about steps that the Federal Reserve has taken over the last several weeks to try and keep the gears of the economy moving in the midst of this coronavirus pandemic. Given the role the Fed is playing these days, we thought it would be important to dig deeper and learn more about what the Federal Reserve is all about. Dr. Jonathan Scott, professor and Chair of the Department of Finance at Temple University's Fox School of Business joins KYW In Depth to break down what the Fed does and how much capability it has to correct the economy -- especially during an emergency like the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Another emergency spending bill has been passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. Scott Deacle, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Business and Economics at Ursinus College joins KYW In Depth to break down what's in the bill, who is getting the money, and his concerns over the ultimate economic cost of the coronavirus crisis. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

At this point, high school seniors are wondering what kind of college experience they're going to have. And it's a little up in the air if we're going to see a crowded college campus ever again -- we just don't know. Sara Harberson is the founder of Application Nation, the former associate Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and the former Dean of Admissions at Franklin and Marshall. She joins KYW In Depth to talk about why she thinks the college experience is going to change, how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting enrollment at colleges, and why high school seniors have more leverage this year when it comes to applying for financial aid. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Health officials keep stressing that the main reason we're wearing masks is to protect other people. Some people who get the virus never get any symptoms, and they could infect others without knowing it. This week in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania we got a pretty incredible illustration of that. All 939 inmates at Montgomery County Correctional Facility were tested for coronavirus. Of the 740 results they have so far, 169 are positive. But none of the 169 positive inmates showed any symptoms. Montgomery County Commissioner Dr. Val Arkoosh called into KYW Newsradio on Tuesday morning, April 28, to talk about the results from the correctional facility, where she thinks we are in the fight against COVID-19, and what needs to happen before we're ready to reopen. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Farming is a hard job during the best of times. But now, restaurants are closed, agricultural supply chains are disrupted, and what used to be difficult can feel nearly impossible. Today on KYW In Depth, three farmers join the podcast to talk about it. Paul Hartman is a dairy farmer at Scattered Acres in Berks County. Kyle Whitmoyer operates Whitmoyer Cattle in Northumberland County in Central Pennsylvania. He also grows organic corn, soybeans, and small grains. Josh Alderfer joins the podcast from Alderfer Poultry Farm in Montgomery County. He sells specialty eggs -- organic and cage free. "You can't just tell them to stop producing eggs. They're going to lay an egg every day, and you have to find a home for it." - Josh Alderfer See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Neurovascular Surgery Chief Dr. Pascal Jabbour became alarmed when doctors found that relatively young patients with COVID-19 were developing unusual blood clots and having strokes. Then he and his colleagues also noticed that the virus seemed to be able to infect the brain itself, causing encephalitis. Today on KYW In Depth, Dr. Pascal Jabbour talks about his team's findings on COVID-19 patients who have strokes, the theories on how the virus travels to the brain, and being a surgeon during a deadly virus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 so many people out of work and staying home, children who were already in a bad situation could be even more vulnerable right now. And because they don't have teachers or coaches checking on them in person every day, child advocates fear more instances of child abuse could be happening behind closed doors, without being reported. Abbie Newman is the CEO of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center in East Norriton, PA. She joins KYW In Depth to talk about warning signs you need to keep your eyes out for and resources for people who think they know about a child who is being abused. "If you are next door to a family and you hear something or see something that kind of makes you think, 'I wonder if that child is safe. What's going on over there? I'm concerned.' People still have eyes, they just just need to use them more at this point. And everybody needs to consider themselves a mandated reporter. If you think you are seeing something, call the state's childline hotline." - Abbie Newman Links to resources we talked about in the show: Pennsylvania's Childline Hotline is 1-800-932-0313. Find Mission Kids online: http://missionkidscac.org/ Safe 2 say PA, where kids can help their friends: https://www.safe2saypa.org/ Find out more about Laurel House: https://laurel-house.org/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on just about everything having to do with college athletics. One specific aspect that we wanted to explore is how college coaches are dealing with recruiting -- how do you recruit athletes when you can't go anywhere? University of Pennsylvania men's basketball coach Steve Donahue and Villanova football coach Mark Ferrante join KYW In Depth to talk about how they are recruiting during the pandemic, and how the way coaches across the country recruit athletes could be changing long-term. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 than 26 million people are unemployed because of the coronavirus pandemic. People are trying their best to navigate a financial nightmare that they didn't see coming. Beverly Harzog, credit card expert and consumer advocate and a consumer finance analyst for US News and World Report joins KYW In Depth to offer some emergency financial survival tips, like what to do when your credit card provider shrinks your card limit, how and when you should contact your lender, and why you might want to practice your negotiation skills. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 United Nations World Food Program issued a warning this week that the coronavirus pandemic means "famine is a very real and dangerous possibility." Food insecurity is already an issue all over the world, and sadly, that includes right here in Philadelphia. Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities and professor at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to break down why we're facing a hunger crisis, and her ideas about what is needed to fight back. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Another week has gone by with more dismal economic indicators, including an additional 4.4 million jobless claims. We're checking in with David Fiorenza, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Villanova School of Business, who has kind of become our in-house economist at KYW In Depth. Fiorenza joins the podcast to discuss the unemployment numbers, the new package from Congress to help small businesses, and the statements from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about states declaring bankruptcy. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Life without sports is a brand new experience for all of us, and even more so for professional athletes. U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star Carli Lloyd was in the middle of training for the Olympics when coronavirus abruptly changed those plans. Carli Lloyd joins KYW In Depth to talk about what she's doing during the coronavirus shutdown, how it's affecting training routines, and what she's been binging on Netflix lately. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Philadelphia Health Officials recently released a report saying that air quality in the city during the coronavirus pandemic is the cleanest it has been in decades. Pictures from around the world compared to ones from years ago appear to show the same results. But is a pandemic truly good for the environment or are we looking at this all wrong? Dr. Franco Montalto, a professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to break down how coronavirus restrictions are affecting the environment and if any of the changes could be sticking around after we go back to normal. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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 talked to Dr. Mark DiNubile a month ago about a therapy his company is developing, with the goal of helping very sick COVID-19 patients recover. DiNubile is the Chief Medical Officer at BioAegis Therapeutics in New Jersey. We checked in with him again to see how the development is going, and we also asked him some questions we had about the virus and some of the potential treatments that have been talked about in the news. Dr. DiNubile joins KYW In Depth to discuss cytokine storms, how we became fixated on hydroxychloroquine and the latest research about if it even works, and the process that companies trying to make COVID-19 treatments have to navigate to get FDA approval. >>> See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Existing home sales dropped 8.5% in March from February -- another statistic that serves to illustrate how the coronavirus pandemic has turned life as we know it on its head this year. We wanted to look at real estate in this moment, so we asked two people to help us get our heads around what's happening now and what's in store. David Wilk is Assistant Professor of Finance & Director of the Real Estate Program at Temple University's Fox School of Business. Kelly Hudson is a realtor in the Philadelphia area who gave us a great look at what all these changes mean for someone who has their boots on the ground in this industry every day. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

This week, some oil prices fell below $0 -- it's the latest in a series of incredible ripple effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But it turns out, there's a bit more to this story. Dr. Scott Jackson is a Visiting Professor at Villanova in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, he teaches a course in petroleum engineering, and he joins KYW In Depth to break down all the reasons why oil went negative, discuss where he thinks the price of gas is going to go, and answer what happens if you just turn off the oil pumps. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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's the economic shakeup from all this going to be? Dr. Kevin Gillen got asked that question so often, he tried see if he could find an answer. Gillen is an Economist at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, and his research looked at the last major pandemic in Philadelphia, the Spanish Flu in 1918, to try to figure out big of an impact COVID-19 will have on the economy. Check out his research here: https://drexel.edu/lindyinstitute/initiatives/COVID-19-research-reports/COVID-Philly-Economic-Impact/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir are two of the drugs the doctors and scientists at Penn Medicine are researching right now in an all hands effort to better understand COVID-19 and develop treatments. Penn Medicine chief clinical research officer Dr. Emma Meagher joins KYW In Depth to talk about the trials they're conducting on coronavirus treatments and what they're excited about right now. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

Every morning we have a reporter's meeting at the station. We're all working from different places because of social distancing, so we do a video chat. And pretty much every time KYW Newsradio Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert gets on the call from his office at home, his six year old daughter Lizzie is right next to him helping him work. We've really enjoyed having Lizzie with us in the meetings. She's always on time, and her story ideas are pretty great. So when she filed a podcast episode for us, we had to run it. Today on KYW In Depth, Lizzie Melwert joins the podcast to break down what you should and shouldn't do during the coronavirus pandemic, why she has to do school work but her little sister doesn't, what it was like losing a tooth yesterday, and then back to more thoughts about coronavirus. "It's weird because I'm always here. I never have to pack my lunch, I never have to pack anything. I'm always at home." - Lizzie See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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

This is the last episode of our series checking in with people from different parts of the world to see the ways their day to day life is similar or different to life here in the Philly area and the United States. The coronavirus pandemic started in China, and early this month, lockdowns were lifted in Wuhan. For episode number four, we're checking in with Darius Pleasant, in Beijing. Darius went to high school in the Philly area, and he’s been teaching English in Beijing for about a year now. We called him to ask what returning to normal has looked like from where he is. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. 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