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The Capitol prepares for possible demonstrations ahead of the Inauguration
January 15, 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.” A week after insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol,

Smart Talk: Farm Show creates a virtual experience for visitors
January 13, 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.” *Smart Talk will be preempted today for NPR coverage of the Congressional impeachm...

Smart Talk: COVID-19 questions answered
January 12, 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 has been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S.

Smart Talk: Young Pennsylvanians don’t know much about the Holocaust and genocides
January 11, 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 Holocaust, Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda,

Smart Talk: Overdose deaths rise significantly during pandemic
January 08, 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.” While the world watches COVID ravage communities and families,

Smart Talk: U.S. Capitol breached as Congress is counting electoral votes
January 07, 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.”   What started as a mass demonstration against what the protestors falsely called ...

Smart Talk: The urban and rural divide; how wide is the gap?
January 06, 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.”   Pennsylvania boundaries have changed very little since the state was admitted in...

Smart Talk: Homeless Pennsylvanians suffer as the temperatures drop
January 05, 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.”   Finding a place out of the cold for homeless Pennsylvanians is always a challeng...

Smart Talk: A fat tongue and its affect on sleep
January 04, 2021

If you were to conduct a web search on how to get a good nights sleep, you’ll get back literally millions of hits. There are tips and suggestions ranging from the proper temperature of the bedroom to limiting screen time,

Smart Talk: Adapting to a Pandemic holiday brings new reasons to celebrate the season
December 24, 2020

The 2020 Holiday season will be unlike any other before, with more families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank points out that because hunger doesn’t take a holiday, neither will they.