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WDAS Legend Patty Jackson on Faith, Lizzo, and Delivering “Auntie Advice”
The most listened-to radio station in Philadelphia is 105.3 WDAS-FM. And the best-known local personality at that station is its midday host, the one and […]
Hot Fat Summer: An Ode to Beach Bodies at Every Shape and Size
There’s a moment that’s always hard for me but has gotten easier over time, and that moment is standing on the beach or at the […]
Confessions of a Jaded Millennial
The first time I was eligible to cast a vote for president, I cast it for a Black man. It was 2012, and mine was […]
How One Philly Institute Is Demystifying the Serious Science of Smells
Flashback to 1968, and the dining room of our house in Glenside. I’m 12. It’s a Friday night, and my mom is Catholic, which means […]
Pierre Robert’s Long, Strange Trip: 40 Years on the Air in Philly
When Pierre Robert took a job at WMMR in 1981, he had no idea that he’d hit retirement age at the same station, playing some […]
Comcast’s Keesha Boyd on Her Must-See TV Shows
Keesha Boyd, Comcast’s head of multicultural video and entertainment engagement strategy, chatted with us about how she’s driving diversity in Comcast’s programming. Here, she shares […]
Meet the Woman Who’s Driving Diversity in Comcast’s Programming
As studios and streaming services grapple with creating authentic diversity, representation and inclusion in television, Keesha Boyd is leading the way at one of the […]
Nick Stuccio on the Good, the Bad, and the Very Tense Moments in Philadelphia Fringe Festival History
After stumbling into ballet in college — initially to meet ballerinas — Nick Stuccio came to Philly and joined the Pennsylvania Ballet. Then he left […]
Harriett’s Jeannine A. Cook on Her New Collingswood Store and Being a Black Woman in Fishtown
Jeannine A. Cook opened Harriett’s Bookshop in Fishtown just before the pandemic and the racial upheaval. A little more than a year later, she’s expanding […]
Helen Ubiñas on Covering Gun Violence in Philly, Newsroom Diversity, and Making Herself Heard
Ten years ago, journalist Helen Ubiñas left the Hartford Courant, where she was the paper’s first Latina news columnist, to become the Inquirer and Daily […]