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Sex & Relationships

'Pitch-A-Friend' night at Punch Buggy Brewing (Nick Kariuki/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

‘Sick of swiping?’ People are skipping the apps for a match-making game at Kensington’s Punch Buggy Brewing

Pitch-A-Friend nights invite people to pump up their pals in person.

2 years ago

Serena and Venus Williams (AP Photo/Kin Cheung); former first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama (AP Photo/Susan Walsh); Prince William and Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Kirsty O'Connor/AP); Ivanka, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci); Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP); John, Robert and Ted Kennedy (AP).
The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Lifestyle

How Our Siblings Shape Us

For many of us, our relationship with a sibling will be the longest we'll ever have. We'll talk about our sibling relationships and how they shape who we are.

Air Date: February 3, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:14
Empty Hallway in a Public School
Education

Poll: Most N.J. adults favor sex education in middle and high schools

A new poll finds more than 70% of New Jersey adults favor sex education being taught in middle schools, 88% agree it should be taught in high schools.

2 years ago

Nicole Blackson interviews robotics teacher, John Sanders and WURD Radio host Andrea Lawful Sanders for the podcast Conscious Connections. (Photo by LeNia Samuels/Love Now Media)
PlanPhilly
Community

A new Philly podcast offers ‘real talk’ about love and relationships

Conscious Connections brings local couples together to talk about their love, communication, and much more. The show is hosted by Nicole Blackson.

3 years ago

Listen 1:57
Heather Havrilesky is the author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage, published by Ecco Harper Collins, available February 8, 2022.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

‘Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage’

A new book, 'Foreverland', has been called an "illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky."

Air Date: March 15, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A drawing depicts the death of St. Valentine
NPR
Lifestyle

The dark origins of Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.

3 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Done with dating apps, some Philadelphians turn to Facebook groups for a more personal connection

People endorse their friends, relatives, and colleagues, adding a human touch to the process.

3 years ago

Meriem Abella and Amine Tino formed a long distance relationship after finding each other on Tinder. (Courtesy of Meriem Abella)
The Pulse
Lifestyle

How a glitch on a dating app brought one couple together  

Tinder told this couple they were less than a mile away and sparked an intercontinental romance.

3 years ago

Listen 6:38
Debbie Strouse (right) and Emily Grimes (middle-right) celebrate Grimes' graduation from Pennridge High School, with Ashlie Grimes and Rachel Baker, Strouse's wife. (Courtesy of Debbie Strouse)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As a Bucks County school district removes LGBTQ books from libraries, families and faculty fear for civil rights

A new Pennridge School District policy limiting student access to books and resources related to gender identity has ignited a battle over civil rights.

3 years ago

Two-way dialogue/BigStock
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Interrupting and the art of conversation

"As offices and schools reopen, and we venture into more in-person social gatherings, we’re having to relearn how to have conversations," says Deborah Tannen.

Air Date: October 6, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
NPR
Politics & Policy

Swiss voters approve same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum

A projection by the gfs.bern polling agency for Switzerland's public broadcasters showed the measure passing by 64% to 36%.

3 years ago

After her diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sarah Nannery & her husband, Larry, wrote a book. (Publisher/Simon & Schuster)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Relationships and Autism Spectrum Disorder

What to Say Next: Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love—with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Air Date: September 14, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
(photo credit Stefan Cohen)
Radio Times
Health

‘The Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs’

Dr. Ina Park discusses her book "Strange Bedfellows" on the history and science of sexually transmitted infections and why they are on the rise.

Air Date: May 4, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:41
A couple makes a heart shape with their hands
The Pulse
Science

The Science of Love

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

Air Date: February 5, 2021

Listen 49:21
(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

I swiped right on 4,000 people to discover how Philly dated in the year of COVID

Dates at Walmart, peeing in bushes and fetishes on Zoom.

4 years ago

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