Scroll Down Kyw: A Podcast About Philadelphia

Tipping at a restaurant. Rounding up at the grocery store for a charitable donation. Using the self-checkout line without getting a break on the final bill. The more you think about it, the more you realize just how much consumers are asked to subsidize certain parts of the service industry. Is this ok? What are we actually getting in return? Temple University Associate Professor of Travel and Tourism Dr. Benjamin Altschuler examines these questions, and discusses whether traditional expectations in the service industry are overdue for a change. 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 likes to say America is a nation of immigrants, right? But here’s the thing: the country’s history also reveals that the United States has contributed to its own immigration problem. With immigration such a hot button political issue these days, Sarah Paoletti, the Director of the Transnational Legal Clinic and Practice Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, cuts through the noise and explains what’s really happening, while also analyzing the factors that got the country to this point. 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

Lots of factors are working against teachers these days. Among the biggest? Pay, politicization of their profession, and the ripple effects of the pandemic. But recruiting new educators to enter the field is only part of the problem. Keeping the ones who have been around the longest is an issue, too. LaTanya Pattillo is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the non-profit group NWEA, which supports students and educators. She shares her thoughts on some possible solutions. 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 year, Morning Consult releases a report on the fastest growing brands based on consumer polls. In 2022, Crocs made a comeback, Major League Baseball was big (in a year when the Phillies played in the World Series…coincidence?), and for some reason, people were really into Great Value cream cheese. Joanna Piacenza, Head of Industry Intelligence for Morning Consult, joins us to take a deeper look at this list and what it says about certain brands and the economy overall. 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 2022, inflation was the big economic buzzword. Interest rates kept going up, as did gas prices, but the job market started to turn around. Where do we stand now to kick off 2023? We check in with our go-to economist, David Fiorenza, to talk about the economic new year - where do we stand now and what does he think is 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

Facial recognition technology has been used for security purposes for decades. But today, businesses are using it to track and identify consumers and employees in ways that many people aren’t aware of - even at grocery stores and convenience stores. Many people are understandably concerned about their privacy, so we asked Samuel Hodge Jr., professor of Legal Studies at Temple University, to explain how this technology works, how it’s being used, and what laws exist around it. We also get into the margin of error in this technology, especially for people of color, women, and older people. 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 one point last week, 84% of Southwest Airlines flights through Philadelphia were canceled, and nationally, they were canceling two to three thousand flights a day - right in the middle of the holidays. The airline is back to normal operation now, but what happened? What pushed Southwest to this breaking point, and what can they and other airlines learn from this? Dr. Benjamin Altschuler, Associate Professor of Travel and Tourism at Temple University, helps us explain this travel fiasco. 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

Angelo Cataldi expects the next phase of his life to be tough, at least the transitional part. For the last 30-plus years, he’s dominated Philadelphia sports talk radio as the morning show host on Audacy’s WIP, setting the agenda every day for what fans talk about around the water cooler. But within a matter of weeks, his legendary run will be over. He’s retiring the week after the Eagles’ season ends. In a heartfelt, honest, and revealing conversation, Cataldi chats with one of his former interns, KYW Newsradio’s Dave Uram, about the ups and downs of an impactful yet imperfect career, and what he thinks he might do next. 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

Does Jim Kenney really want his job? Philadelphia’s mayor brought this question upon himself on July 4th, when he said during a media briefing, “I’ll be happy when I’m not Mayor and I can enjoy some stuff.” The comments came in response to a non-fatal shooting incident during the city’s Fourth of July celebration, but those words have dogged Kenney ever since. So, how much truth was there to what he said? KYW Newsradio City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb asks Kenney about that night and more in her annual year-end sit down with the Mayor, who was eager to defend his record despite gun violence continuing to roil the city. 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

Back in 2020, the South Carolina primary altered the trajectory of Joe Biden's presidential hopes. Now, halfway through his first term, the Palmetto State is on Biden's mind again, as he pushes fellow Democrats to make South Carolina the first stop on their 2024 primary tour. Would the shuffle make sense? What advantage would it give Democrats? Dr. David Barrett, Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, takes a look at this idea by diving into the history of presidential primaries, while forecasting why a potential change in the party's traditional primary itinerary could pose some complications. 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

Given the way things have gone the past year, fuel independence sounds pretty good right about now, doesn’t it? That’s just one of several major implications behind a recent nuclear fusion breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. But for all the promise this discovery brings, there could be some pitfalls, too, according to Dr. Christopher Peters, a teaching professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Drexel University. And for anyone out there who thinks we'll be able to start implementing this technology soon, you might want to temper your expectations. 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

ChatGPT is the latest demonstration that AI can impersonate a human extremely closely. The chatbot can have text conversations and even write letters and poems - or term papers. Some people are concerned that this could be an easy way for students to get around doing their own work, but there are a lot of potential benefits to this type of language modeling technology - like helping businesses and voice transcription. Dr. Jake Williams, Associate Professor of Information Science at Drexel University, explains the technology behind ChatGPT, its pros and cons, and how else it could be used in the future. 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 sport has its cheating scandals, but it seems to be a regular thing in baseball. The rules keep evolving to prevent cheating - but that begs the question, is it really cheating if there wasn’t a written rule against it when it happened? Some types of cheating can ruin a baseball career, but others are overlooked or even glorified. Dan Levitt is the co-author, along with Mark Armour, of a new book about the history of cheating in baseball called “Intentional Balk”. Dan talks with us about how cheating has changed over the years, how baseball fans view different types of cheating, and what cheating could look like in the future with developing technology. Find out more about “Intentional Balk”, including where to buy it, at intentionalbalkbook.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

New data on life expectancy in the United States is out, and the trend isn’t good. Since 2014, when life expectancy in the country reached its peak of 78.9 years, Americans have experienced the most dramatic decline in life expectancy - down 2.8 years to 76.1 years - in over a century. What are the causes behind this alarming dip? Which demographics are affected the most? Is there anything we can do to make up the gains in healthy living that have now been lost? Dr. Joshua Sharfstein is the Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and helped author a new report of recommendations to improve life expectancy in America. He shares some of the key findings in the report, which you can read here: https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/ 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

Just how strong was youth turnout in the 2022 midterm elections? About 27% of voters 18-30 years old hit the polls, marking the second-best showing for that age group in more than three decades. While the issues influencing the youth vote were clear, less obvious is whether or not the next election cycle will yield a similar dynamic. Ben Berger, Associate Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College, helped mobilize students on Swarthmore’s campus through a non-partisan initiative. He looks at why this specific demographic was so motivated, and what both political parties might be able to do to influence youth voters in 2024, 2026, and beyond. 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 seen significant public protests in China over the last couple weeks on a scale that’s almost unheard of in the country. These were sparked by China’s draconian measures to adhere to a “zero COVID” policy, but tension has been building in the country for years. We wanted to break down everything that built up to these protests and what they could mean for the Chinese Communist Party led by President Xi Jinping. For this discussion, we called Dr. Roselyn Hsueh, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at Temple University. 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

Is it the 2020s, or the 1920s? Given how fast and hard FTX fell in a manner reminiscent of the bank panics in the early 20th century, we had to do a double-take. But if you know your history, the comparison isn't a stretch. How did FTX, at one point perceived to be a cryptocurrency juggernaut, lose everything in a matter of days? What headwinds does the collapse signal for the rest of the industry? Villanova University Associate Professor of Finance John Sedunov shares his analysis. 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 this year’s midterm elections, Republicans took control of the House of Representatives - but it will be a very slim margin. It doesn’t leave much room for absences, vacated seats, or disagreement if they want to get legislation passed. How could such a tight margin play out, especially with a Democratic president and Democrats still controlling the Senate? We talk with Dr. Benjamin Dworkin, Director of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship at Rowan University, about what Republicans could accomplish in the House and how precarious their majority is. 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

Dyslexia has been studied for nearly 150 years, but to this day, we’re still trying to fully understand the disorder and how it impacts reading ability, learning, and mental health. Elizabeth Barker is the Accessibility Research Manager in the Collaborative for Student Growth at a non-profit called NWEA (the Northwest Evaluation Association). She joins us to explain the early signs of dyslexia, some misconceptions about the disorder, and how parents and educators can help students navigate it. 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 Supreme Court recently heard arguments in two cases challenging affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In both cases, the Students for Fair Admissions say that colleges shouldn’t consider race as a factor on applications in any way, while the schools say that race is just one of many factors they look at and that intentionally fostering a diverse student body will make their graduates better leaders. The conservative majority in the Supreme Court is poised to overturn another major precedent here. What would that mean for colleges and the country’s perception of the Supreme Court? Dr. Susan Liebell, Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University, breaks down the background of these two cases, the arguments we heard, and where she thinks they’re headed. 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