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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After an unsuccessful run for mayor of Pittsburgh, former Pennsylvania auditor general Jack Wagner has thrown his hat into the gubernatorial ring....
Compared to geographically similar cities around the country, Pittsburgh surfaces as a highly innovative city with some complex demographic problems....
Known as “Daddio of the Raddio,” “Your Platter-Pushin’ Poppa,” “Pork the Insane,” or “Pork the Tork,” DJ Porky Chedwick is a Pittsburgh legend. Chedwick...
It’s Fat Tuesday, or as it’s known in New Orleans, Mardi Gras. This celebration prior to Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) is celebrated in high...
On Monday night, the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh hosts a town hall meeting in support of a two-state solution between Israel and the...
Next week, the Allegheny Front radio program on 90.5 WESA begins Climate Chronicles, a year-long series about the impacts of climate change on our...
Thousands of birds, commonly called seagulls, have made a rare migration south to roost at Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Bob Mulvihill, an ornithologist at...
Christopher Briem, a regional economist at the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh and Sasha King, social...
Beginning in kindergarten, members of the Millennial generation were educated in “pods” of four or five children, where learning became a team effort...
Nonprofits in the region must redefine their community relevance for the Millennial generation as these young adults enter society with a completely...
The Academy Awards are right around the corner, Sunday March 2nd to be exact. There’s plenty of speculation about who’s likely to win, along with...
The Pittsburgh Opera this weekend will travel back in time starting this weekend to bring you the story of Paul in the English-language opera “Paul’s...
In an effort to mitigate overcrowding in American prisons, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed the Smarter Sentencing Act, which would...
To say it’s been a tough winter would be an understatement. Despite the cold many people have been able to combat cabin fever, including travel...
While there is no clear cut favorite in the Pennsylvania Democratic race for governor, polls indicate that State Treasurer Rob McCord has emerged as the...
