9/17/19: Pittsburgh: Climate refuge?
It's Tuesday, September 17, 2019. In today's episode: * Away from the coasts and sheltered from most natural disasters, will Pittsburgh become a destination for climate crisis refugees over the com...
17 Sep 201910min
9/16/19: A new analysis tracks the decline of the Pennsylvania Legislature's legislating
It's Monday, September 16, 2019. In today's episode: * An analysis from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Spotlight PA shows how the Pennsylvania Legislature has passed fewer and fewer pieces of actua...
16 Sep 201910min
9/13/19: Area libraries go fine-free, a testament to their crucial role in society
It's Friday, September 13, 2019. In today's episode: * A number of library systems in the Pittsburgh region are abolishing late fees, part of a growing trend, and coming after a resolution from th...
13 Sep 20198min
9/12/19: The power of Pennsylvania's "King's Bench" and the future of the death penalty
It's Thursday, September 12, 2019. In today's episode: * Pennsylvania is the last state in the Northeastern region to still have a death penalty law on the books. Now, a rare and powerful tool gran...
12 Sep 201910min
9/11/19: Gig workers in Pittsburgh, a California reform, and the future of Uber
It's Wednesday, September 11, 2019. In today's episode: * Following the passage of Assembly Bill 5 in California, what's the future for gig workers across the country and in Pittsburgh — and what's...
11 Sep 201914min
9/10/19: When it comes to housing, what does "affordable" mean?
It's Tuesday, September 10, 2019. In today's episode: * "Affordable housing" can sound like a subjective concept, but per federal metrics and the industry-accepted index known as "area median incom...
10 Sep 20198min
9/9/19: Starship's troopers will be deployed on Pitt's campus this month
It's Monday, September 9, 2019. In today's episode: * Two dozen food delivery robots will launch in Oakland this month, part of a broader university campus deployment for the tech company Starship...
9 Sep 20198min
9/6/19: [REBROADCAST] The history of the Hill House and the logic of neoliberalism
It's Friday, September 6, 2019. In today's episode: * With the Post-Gazette's Joyce Gannon's report from yesterday looking at how E Properties and Development, the new owner of four buildings once...
6 Sep 20199min
