Tag: Clara McWeeny
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fashion
News and Culture tries to sound fashionable. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachamallu explore the sounds, style, and usability of shoes. Adam Sanders speaks to Lisa Shepherd-Stewart, the proprietor of Cultured Expressions, an African fabric shop and studio in Rahway. And Clara McWeeny and Helen Heuer give you all the thrifting tips you never knew you needed. …
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plans
News and Culture thinks long-term, with three stories about planning, organizing, and the travails in between. Sophie Leheny and Pat Grate visit a tarot card reader and learn the mechanics of learning about the future. Adam Sanders speaks to student labor organizers at Temple University about their plans for unionization. And in a story from…
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arts in your backyard
WPRB News and Culture takes a look into the artistic experiences and projects happening right here in New Jersey. Ellie Diamond learns about the Trenton Circus Squad, a nonprofit whose afterschool workshops teach kids and tweens the ropes of the circus – literally. Sophie Leheny and Mira Ho-Chen visit the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, and…
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endings
News and Culture starts our Spring season at the very end of some stories. Clara McWeeny and Anna Salvatore visit an estate sale. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu speak to Anthony Grafton, retiring professor of history at Princeton University. Tommy Goulding and Henry Moses talk about their favorite endings in novels. Mollika Jai Singh explores…
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changemakers in our community
News and Culture dedicates this Very Special Episode® to those in our community who strive to make it a better place for everyone involved – in the radically freeform way we know how. Ashley Olenkiewicz and Julian Hartman-Sigall explore the mechanics of a congressional campaign in Pennsylvania’s competitive 1st District, just across the Delaware River…
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genesis
Summary News and Culture returns for the Fall season with four stories on beginnings – starts informed by faith, technology, crisis, and community. Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses speak to art critic and writer Dean Kissick about the rise of AI-generated art, and what this new path could mean for artistry and creation in the…
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mistakes
Summary News and Culture learns about mistakes, happy accidents, mishaps, and major errors. Reporters Izzy Jacobson and Clara McWeeny talk to a self-described “accident.” Alan Plotz and Ashley Olenkiewicz do a deep dive into New Jersey’s eviction law errors. Kat Ivkovic and Charlie Nuermberger discover the many mistake-makers around the Princeton, New Jersey area. And…
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Twins
Summary News and Culture talks about twins – in the broadest extent of the term. Reporters interview experts on astrology and biology to learn about spiritual and physical twin research, meet two students who share the same first and last name, learn about the cutting-edge research into doppelgänger horror, and gain a personal insight into the…
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Love Letters
Summary News and Culture celebrates Valentine’s Day with an episode devoted to professing your love. We hear from couples just starting to date and those who’ve already tied the knot, at ages different than you might expect. Reporters ask some guests to tell their loved ones *just* how much they care. An archivist lets us…