KYW Newsradio In Depth
KYW Newsradio In Depth
CATEGORY: Society & Culture
Straightforward conversations about the people, ideas, and power centers that shape the world we live in. KYW Newsradio reporters talk daily with experts and leaders in science, politics, business, and public health -- to make sense of the news and unravel the real reasons why a story matters.
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Pandemic economy update: looking at stagflation; plus progress on the national debt, deficitInflation is high, and interest rates have followed suit. Taken together, those factors usually signal that stagflation could be looming. But with unemployment at historic lows in the United States, just how mu… -
An actually terrifying artificial intelligence storyline: Doomsday Scenarios, ep. 6Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more prevalent every day. From self driving cars to machines that solve logic puzzles, AI can be a very good thing for society. But there is always that nagging worr…
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Monkeypox: how concerned should we be?Where does monkeypox come from? What are the symptoms? How does it spread? These are some of the questions now getting asked in the wake of new monkeypox cases popping up around the world, including the United…
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'Four companies control 90%' How the baby formula industry failed to protect its Achilles' heelThe US is experiencing a significant and massively disruptive shortage of baby formula. It started because of several factors, says Dr. Nilofar Varzgani, assistant professor of business systems and analytics at…
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Transgender athletes: the people, laws, and politics at the center of a national debateThere has been a lot of discussion about transgender athletes in recent months, from Lia Thomas’s success as a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, to state legislatures working overtime to keep transgend…
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What is stopping Putin from using nuclear weapons?There was a lot of concern at the outset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine about the possibility that this conflict would lead to the use of a nuclear weapon. That hasn't happened, but is the danger still there?…
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53 years of spitting the truth: Ray Didinger reflects on a career covering Philly sportsAs the great Brian Dawkins once said, "Ray spits the truth." For 53 years, Ray Didinger has been an authority on Philadelphia sports, especially the Eagles. He has been a newspaper writer, radio host, televisio…
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'This is unprecedented.' Data on America's mental health crisisOur collective mental health has been challenged to say the least during the last couple of years. How are we doing -- as a community, as a nation, as individuals? What does the data we have available say? And…
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Pandemic economy update: Inflation peaks, tracking stubborn gas prices, and summer at the Jersey ShoreThe early pandemic was a story of the stock market on fire and the labor market suffering deeply. Now, Main Street looks like it's thriving, and Wall Street is sweating. Can we have both things at once? We know…
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Why cryptocurrency crashed: explaining the crypto and stablecoin implosion and what could be nextIt's been some pretty rough sailing for cryptocurrency investors. Markets are in turmoil, right at a time when it seemed like crypto was starting to break a little bit more into the mainstream. So what just hap…
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Russia has oligarchs. Does America?Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia's oligarchs have found themselves uncomfortably under the microscope. But the oligarch, a wealthy individual with political power, is not just a Russian thing. Politic…
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Big shifts in higher education: 'Young people don't feel prepared to fund college'New research from Junior Achievement and Citizens Bank that shows young people are worried about their financial futures, specifically paying for college. More than two-thirds of those surveyed said that rising…
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'The student loan crisis was intentional.' Does forgiveness make sense?Student loan debt has become a crisis in this country. It seems like the Biden Administration wants to try and help alleviate at least some of that debt -- but what should that look like? If we're not also tack…
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"I do not like it at all!": it's time to vent about high gas prices, plus an analysis of the Fed's latest rate hikeTwo months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, gas prices remain high - in some areas they even continue to climb. Philadelphia economist David Fiorenza doesn't like that one bit, and explains why. Plus, we look…
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"You could see a crisis:" what the RaDonda Vaught case tells us about nursing in AmericaThe pandemic. Conspiracy theories. And now, the risk of criminal charges resulting from a mistake. These pressure points have emerged within the nursing profession in recent years, and are threatening both the…
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Why you should care that the US is still under a Public Health Emergency declarationA Public Health Emergency has been in place in the US since January of 2020, and it will continue to be in effect until at Least July. But there is concern among public health officials that after that, the dec…
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What the 5 types of workers want from their jobsThe last couple of years have caused dramatic changes to the workforce, the type of jobs people want to do, what people want out of a job, and where they want to do it. The global data intelligence company Morn…
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Other rights in question after abortion: ripple effects from the leaked Supreme Court opinionWe saw a stunning revelation on Monday -- a virtually unprecedented leak out of the Supreme Court appears to show the justices are prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade and abortion rights in America. We wanted to t…
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A neuropsychologist's resilience tool-kit to help find beauty in a crisisWe’re working our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking with us a load of stress, anxiety, and maybe even PTSD. But remember 2 years ago when we were in lockdown? It forced us to slow down and look at life d…
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The US economy shrank. Is a recession coming?GDP declined in the first quarter, leading to some cold takes about the economy, even as the jobs numbers continue their hot streak. So what happened? If we were heading toward a recession, when and how would w…
