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Smart Talk: Tax deadline approaches, what this means for stimulus recipients and the unemployed
March 03, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” It’s tax time and even in a normal year tax professionals are challenged to answer...

Smart Talk: Documenting Pa. COVID experience
March 02, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Years from now, Pennsylvanians will remember and tell stories about how they spent...

The impact of a $15 minimum wage
March 01, 2021

Both President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2027. Those who support hiking the minimum say it will help millions of low-paid workers and lift them out of poverty while opp...

Smart Talk Virtual Watch Party: Focus on Career & Tech Education
February 25, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” The Watch Party streams LIVE on WITF’s YouTube channel and broadcasts LIVE on WITF...

Smart Talk: Shining a light on mental health and youth suicide
February 24, 2021

National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline 1-800-950-6264 It has been a stressful year — a global pandemic, COVID deaths, economic turmoil, the list goes on. Coping with stress — especially for children and young adults, can be difficult. Over time,

Smart Talk: The rise of telehealth to meet COVID-era challenges
February 23, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” The expansion of telehealth, or remote clinical care,

Smart Talk: Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary
February 22, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s role is to advocate for the interests of older Pennsylvanians and because the pandemic has put this vulnerable population in its crosshairs, that job is much more complicated and important.

Smart Talk: COVID-19 and the heart
February 18, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” February is Heart Health month and typically a time to investigate new treatments ...

Smart Talk: Term limits for elected officials
February 17, 2021

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Over the years, there have been many suggestions on ways to reform the state and f...

Smart Talk: COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force to tackle distribution challenges
February 16, 2021

The Wolf administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Health are in the spotlight for what has been called a “frustrating” vaccine rollout. The system put in place to find and deliver vaccines to eligible populations is considered patchwork,