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.

Join Now to Subscribe to this Podcast
  • Visit Website
  • RSS
  • Artist: tterwelp
  • Copyright: 90.5 WESA - Essential Public Media, Inc., 2015

Podcasts:

 Jockeying Begins For the Role of City Council President | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 936

As Bill Peduto gets set to take over the mayor's office, in Pittsburgh City Council the jockeying to overtake Darlene Harris as president has begun....

 Rounding Out High School & College Football Season with Bob Dvorchak | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 692

December marks the convergence of three major events in the sports world, the start of bowl games for College Football, PA State playoffs for High...

 Racial Inequality in America’s Neighborhoods | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1114

In the new book, Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality, Dr. Patrick Sharkey, an associate professor of...

 Author Amy Tan Explores Her Family Story with New Perspective | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1431

Through her new novel The Valley of Amazement author Amy Tan explores the struggles of mother-daughter relationships. She says the staging of the book's...

 Thanksgiving & Hanukkah Traditions Converge with Thanksgivukkah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1302

This year we will experience a once in a lifetime convergence of holidays. Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah occur on the same day. In...

 Millennials Return Home: The Business of the Boomerang | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 740

As Thomas Wolfe famously stated, “You can’t go home again.” Yet millennials in Pittsburgh aren’t taking heed. Along with Cleveland and Albuquerque,...

 The Ripple Effects: New Solutions for Water Pollution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 402

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority plans to spend more than $2 billion to build miles of new underground tunnels, and to upgrade its wastewater...

 For Celeste Headlee, the Middle Ground is Not Flyover Country | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 558

Celeste Headlee is a public radio veteran. She co-hosted the daily news show The Takeaway, has guest-hosted Weekend All Things Considered & Tell Me...

 Nothin' But Blue Skies: Revitalization in the Post-Industrial Heartland | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 922

In his recent book, Nothin' But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland, Ed McClelland chronicles the rise, fall,...

 State Transportation Funding Passed Through Compromise | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 815

The PA state legislature has finally approved a transportation bill that would fund mass transit and infrastructure improvements. Governor Tom Corbett...

 Open Source Design Offers Greater Control Over Personal Gadgets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1049

As the devices we use on a regular basis become more advanced and intuitive to use, they’ve also become easier to personalize. As a result, consumers...

 The Dark Side of Social Media: Criminal Activity Displayed Online | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1091

People share so much of their lives on social media, from vacation photos to music and book choices. This over-sharing of information has extended to...

 For Drew Carey, Stand Up is Not So Different From Hosting Price is Right | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1364

Drew Carey is a stand-up comic, turned actor and producer, who produced and hosted two hit shows simultaneously, the long-running ABC sitcom The Drew...

 Pittsburghers Relive Speeches of JFK & Share Remembrances | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 689

Fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Pittsburgh's Prime Stage Theatre is presenting The Kennedy Legacy, a program where...

 Assassination of JFK Set The Stage For Breaking News Coverage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 930

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy changed the lives of many, as well as the trajectory of world and media history. For professor Jeff...

Comments

Login or signup comment.