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The housing market is hot right now, and that includes Philadelphia and the suburbs. We wanted to find out where there's high demand and low demand, where the hottest places to buy and sell a house are right now, and even if there are any bubble concerns in the market - so we called Maria Quattrone, CEO and founder of Maria Quattrone & Associates at RE/MAX @ Home in Center City. Quattrone joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the Home Demand Index is and why some of the craziness in the housing market can be traced back to the Great Recession more than a decade ago.  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 has been a lot of talk lately about when we will see the FDA give full approval to some of the COVID-19 vaccines. Which begs the question, what exactly is the difference between the emergency use authorization that the vaccines have been distributed under and full approval? How does the process work, and is not having full approval hurting vaccination efforts? Dr. Charles B. Cairns, the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean and senior vice president of medical affairs at Drexel University's College of Medicine joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the difference between emergency use and full approval, how the FDA views the COVID-19 vaccines, and what mRNA technology means for science and public health moving forward. 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

Truong Vu is a pharmacist at the Walmart in South Philadelphia. He has spent the last several months vaccinating people, actually getting needles in arms. We called him up to ask what he's been seeing, how vaccinations are going at this stage in the pandemic, how many people are coming in, and what the most common questions are that he's been getting from patients about the vaccines and why they should get vaccinated.  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 got a bit of a surprise in the jobless claims numbers for the week as the numbers ticked up, but wages are on the rise as well. What do these indicators mean for the health of the economy? Wall Street got a little weirded out earlier this week over Delta variant concerns, and supply chain shortages keep presenting an issue, but how will the positive retail numbers show themselves in the GDP? David Fiorenza, economist at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives. 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 spent a lot of time on the podcast talking about the unemployment numbers and the layoffs that sadly became a dominant economic theme in this pandemic. But there's another aspect of the jobs world that we need to talk about too -- record numbers of people are quitting their jobs. In April the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 4 million people quit -- the highest quit rate since they started tracking it. We wanted to dig into this so we caught up with Jennifer Rossi Long, Director of the Career Development Center at West Chester University to talk about the reasons why people are quitting their jobs and what the labor force looks like to the generation entering it now.    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

Some really thought provoking survey results were released recently by the management consultant firm McKinsey & Company that looked at how Americans view economic opportunity in the US these days, what they think about their economic standing, how COVID affected their financial situation and much, much more. We wanted to learn more about what was in the inaugural McKinsey American Opportunity Survey so we spoke with one of the authors of the article put together based on the survey. Kweilin Ellingrud, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company is here on KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the survey found and how Philadelphians and Americans feel about their financial health and their economic opportunity. Check out the survey here: https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/covid-response-center/inclusive-economy/unequal-america-ten-insights-on-the-state-of-economic-opportunity To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad

Voting rights have been in the headlines for months. Many states are passing new laws around the right to vote, and there is a recent Supreme Court ruling that we found interesting out of Arizona for the effect it could have on people being able to cast ballots. Dr. Susan Liebell, Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down Brnovich vs. the DNC and the state of voting rights in America right now. 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 recent anti-government protests in Cuba led to a lot of headlines, because we don’t see demonstrations against the communist regime on the island nation very often at all. So what drove Cubans to take to the streets? Was it more than just anger at the government’s COVID response? Could change be coming to Cuba? And what role does the ongoing US embargo play in all of this? Dr. Lowell Gustafson, Professor of Political Science at Villanova University is on the podcast to talk about why the protests in Cuba are important and what it means for the future of the Cuban people and the nation's relationship with the rest of the world. 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

After the tragic condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, condo owners and associations across the country are asking hard questions about the condition of their buildings, and a lot of people are taking a second look at inspections and maintenance reports and worrying 'could that happen here?' We wanted to talk about the future of condominiums and what we could see after Surfside. David Wilk, Director of the Real Estate Program at Temple University's Fox School of Business is on the podcast to talk about the future of condos and what people living in condos right now need to know and need to be thinking about.  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

Don't blink, but the jobless claims report reminds us of a very different time in history when pandemics were just things we read about and didn't consume every part of American life. Child tax credits are going out and we'll be able to see the impact on real families in the data very shortly. Other parts of the economy are on a steady uptick, consumer sentiment appears to be rising, and tourism is finally recovering. David Fiorenza, economist at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.   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

As more and more people get vaccinated, a lot workers are being asked to return to the office. Others are being given the option to come back. So how are Americans feeling about returning to the office to work? And how much of the population is hoping remote works stays around forever? Morning Consult, a global data intelligence company, recently released the findings of a survey focused on this and some other fascinating related concepts. Alyssa Meyers, Brands Reporter at Morning Consult is on the podcast to break down what they found and where Americans want to work in a post-COVID world. Check out the survey here - https://morningconsult.com/2021/07/07/office-worker-survey/     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

Food insecurity continues to be a serious problem even as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. But could the expanded child tax credit set to kick in this month with money being sent directly to families be a game changer in addressing that food insecurity? Loree Jones, CEO of Philabundance, a non-profit working to end hunger in the Philadelphia area joins the podcast to talk about the need for food and how the child tax credit could have a big impact on hungry families. 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

It's been a very long pandemic and we're still emerging from COVID-19, but the economy is working its way back and it will eventually get back to the level of strength it was before all of this. But it's not going to look the same. Some aspects of the economy have changed for good since march of 2020. David Fiorenza, economist at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about the ways the economy has recovered to where it was before the pandemic and how it's changed permanently.  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 birth rate in the US has been in decline for several years now. How big of a deal is that? Should we be alarmed? What are some problems this could cause down the road if the trend continues? Dr. Hans-Peter Kohler, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania is on the podcast to talk about what happens when a country's birth rate declines and the situation the United States is facing now.  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 nonprofit investigative journalism outlet ProPublica released a series of articles based on a treasure trove of tax records they obtained. The tax records focus on the wealthiest people in American society and reveal how little they pay in personal taxes. Dr. Steven Balsam, Professor of Accounting at Temple University's Fox School of Business is on the KYW Newsradio In Depth podcast to talk about how it's possible to pay so little in taxes when you make so much, what it reveals about our tax system, and how to fix the problem.   Read the ProPublica investigation here: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax 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 heard an awful lot about critical race theory in the news lately, it has become the new flashpoint for debate, but... what do people mean when they talk about critical race theory? Contrary to what it may feel like, this is not a new concept at all. We wanted to learn about critical race theory, why it’s important, and why those words might not mean what you're reading, so we reached out to Dr. Jennifer Rich, Associate Professor of Sociology at Rowan University to break down what critical race theory actually is and how it's being used in politics today. 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

You might not know Howard Nathan’s name, but chances are you know his work. He's been in charge of the Gift of Life donor program for decades, he's been working at Gift of Life for 43 years, and now he's retiring. He is incredibly important to the transplant community in Philadelphia, the United States, and around the world -- he's traveled pretty much everywhere to talk about transplantation and how to increase organ donation. Not only did Nathan help make Gift of Life a household name, but he also brought the organ donation conversation to the dinner table, where family members could tell their loved ones their wishes. One of those conversations led to a change in medical policy that has saved thousands of lives. Howard Nathan joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about his life and career at Gift of Life.  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

Several months ago there was a strong push to raise the minimum wage at the federal level to $15 an hour. That effort failed -- but in the meantime, wages at many businesses and companies have been going up, to $15 an hour or even beyond, because of the worker shortage we are seeing all over the country. Dr. Nancy Fox, Associate Professor of Economics at Saint Joseph's University joins KYW Newsradio In Depth for a fascinating conversation about the market forces at work here putting pressure on low wages, why people are taking a hard look at what they choose to do for a living after the pandemic, and what happens next for workers and employers alike.    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

Jobless claims fell to a pandemic low, and a lot of jobs were added in the month of June. So why did the unemployment rate actually tick up a bit? David Fiorenza, economist at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives. 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 Joe Biden set a goal of having 70% of adults get at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by July 4th. Are we going to hit that goal? What is keeping the unvaccinated from getting shots? Dr. Donald Schwarz, Senior Vice President for Program at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was also a former health commissioner in Philadelphia during the Nutter administration, he joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about vaccine resistance in the United States and why people are underestimating the Delta variant.  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