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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Podcasts:

 Mayor Bill Peduto on Act 47 & Selecting a New Police Chief | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1703

In the past decade, Pittsburgh has accomplished much: East Liberty was revitalized, the river fronts were beautified, and it's received many accolades...

 Global Great Lakes Conference Attracts Immigrants to Pittsburgh | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1968

A recent report by the Institute for Policy Innovation concludes that wages rise fastest in U.S. cities with the greatest influx of highly skilled...

 Keeping Ties In Their Place | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 490

Men’s fashion is famously static; while women’s fashion has changed greatly over just the past decade or so, men’s fashion really hasn’t changed that...

 Keeping the Business of Invention Alive in Pittsburgh | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 499

Inventors across the globe believe they’ve just created the Next Big Thing when they unveil their inventions, but few of these inventions are put into...

 How North Allegheny Schools Are Getting Kids Excited About Exercise | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1075

In an effort to combat the rising obesity rates in Allegheny County, physical education instructors in the North Allegheny School District have taken...

 Allegheny County Live Well Project Shows Students How to Bring Healthy Habits Home | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 867

Nearly 1 in 3 school age children in the Pittsburgh region is overweight or obese. Last January Allegheny County launched the Live Well project to...

 A Conversation on Food and Physical Education for Allegheny County Students | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1008

The major components of living a healthy life is learning about and eating healthy food and the importance of physical fitness. With 54 schools in the...

 Heroes Behind the Badge: Documentary Sheds Light on the Life of a Pittsburgh Police Officer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1335

Saturday night Drusky Entertainment is presenting the Pittsburgh premiere of Heroes Behind the Badge, a documentary that tells the stories of two...

 Blumenthal: The Story of Harold Blumenthal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1180

The film Blumenthal is a comedy that follows the relatives of Harold Blumenthal, a legendary playwright who made his career parodying his family in his...

 Roughly 20 Percent of the World Population is Learning Differently With Dyslexia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1223

Some of the most notable people in modern history have been diagnosed with the learning difference known as dyslexia. Inventors, entertainers, authors...

 Be Careful How you Use March Madness, Final Four, and other NCAA Tournament Terms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 550

March Madness, Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four are some pretty popular terms at this time of year. But legal infractions are a common problem for...

 Context Controls Decision in Jordan Miles Trial | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1656

Four years after an altercation between three Pittsburgh police officers and CAPA High School student Jordan Miles, eight jurors reached a split verdict...

 Brave Miss World Confronts Rape Culture and Encourages Victims to Speak Up | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 978

Weeks before Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World 1998, she was brutally raped while modeling in Italy. Years later, in the documentary Brave Miss...

 Corporate April Fool's Jokes Going Viral | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 326

Cheetos perfume, Taco Bell purchasing the Liberty Bell and American Beagle dogwear. They’re all examples of corporations getting into to spirit of April...

 Pirates Baseball: Looking at Winning Seasons Past and Hopes for the Present | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1230

The 1960 World Series Champions Commemorated at the Heinz History Center The 2014 baseball season opens Monday. Coming off their first winning season in...

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