Essential Pittsburgh Archives show

Essential Pittsburgh Archives

Summary: Essential Pittsburgh was a daily news and talk show hosted by Paul Guggenheimer and produced by 90.5 WESA until July 2016. It featured community leaders and newsmakers in the arts, sciences, technology, business, health care, government and education.

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 Ph.D. Graduates Face a Difficult Job Market | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1815

The Steel City is justifiably proud of its many universities, but with more education can come more problems. People graduating with Ph.D.s and other...

 Inventing Pittsburgh Series Connects the Dots in Pittsburgh's History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 695

"90.5 WESA Celebrates Inventing Pittsburgh" is a new historically focused series which airs during "Morning Edition" and on "Essential Pittsburgh." Over...

 Why the Low Gas Prices? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 551

The word “staycation” seemed to enter the lexicon when gas prices were continually on the rise a few years back. Now, to the delight of consumers, gas...

 The Business of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 661

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has helped to transform a downtrodden section of Downtown into a world-class Cultural District. This revitalization...

 What’s the Right Rhetoric for the State of the Union? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1657

Tonight at 9 p.m., President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union address to Congress, the Senate and the rest of the country. But his...

 Making Pittsburgh More Accessible in the Arts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 423

For the second year in a row the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts called the Art Works...

 Evolving Standards for Wheel Chairs and Accessibility Worldwide | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1655

There are 70 million wheel chair users worldwide. Our guests Dr. Rory Cooper and Dr. Jon Pearlman are helping to create new standards for as many of...

 WHAT'S UP?! Pittsburgh Resolves to End White Silence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 880

Throughout the last 6 months of demonstrations and protests of police violence, activists all over the world have adopted the phrase, “Black Lives...

 Senator Bob Casey Sponsors the ABLE Act to Support People with Disabilities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1202

For the first time since the early 1990’s, major legislation for people with disabilities is poised to be approved by Congress. The Achieving a Better...

 Soloists Luca Sbrizzi and Gabrielle Thurlow Prepare for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 665

Pointe Magazine has included Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre soloists Luca Sbrizzi and Gabrielle Thurlow among its Top 10 Standout Performances of 2014. The...

 How Does a Book Become a Bestseller? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1085

Thousands of people set out to write a book each year and get it published. Many hope to see their book turn into a bestseller. But even when a writer...

 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Lives: CMU's Breathe Cam Photographs Local Air Pollution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1433

Improving air quality continues to be a major challenge in the region, but Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab has collaborated with the Breathe...

 Could a Pitt and Penn State Face-Off Be in the Works? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 553

The University of Pittsburgh's first road win against the Miami Hurricanes in more than half a century has made the Panthers bowl eligible. Some are...

 Julia Johnson on Protests Following Eric Garner Decision | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 728

In the wake of a New York grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the alleged chokehold death of Eric Garner, protests erupted...

 Ten Years of New Voices Pittsburgh and the Future of Reproductive Justice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 964

This week, New Voices Pittsburgh Women of Color for Reproductive Justice celebrates 10 years as a human rights organization in the Pittsburgh region....

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