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:

 Can Community Colleges Save the Economy? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1370

Though they are sometimes mocked and often overlooked in the conversation about post-secondary education, community colleges are playing an important role

 Speaking Volumes on Essential Pittsburgh: Leah Samuel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 290

Freelance reporter Leah Samuel writes about social and environmental issues for PublicSource and others. As a journalist, and as a reader, she finds the

 Digging Deeper Into the Business of Farmers Markets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 445

For many, farmers markets are one of the wonderful diversions of the summer season, where practical shoppers and foodies alike can peruse the offerings of

 Why Does the Pittsburgh Police Residency Requirement Matter? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 987

A group of Pittsburghers gathered in the Hill District two weeks ago to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman and to show their disdain for the

 Camp Huff-n-Puff Gives Kids with Asthma the Summer Camp Experience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 886

Living in Pittsburgh with asthma can be difficult with air quality alerts, high pollen and ragweed levels, and general city pollution. Triggers for this

 'Pops' Stargell Biography Highlights His Love for the City of Champions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1084

National League and World Series MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame member and Pittsburgh Pirates all-time home run leader are only a few of the many titles held

 Making Promises the City Can Keep | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1971

The Pittsburgh Promise has been providing scholarships to Pittsburgh public school students since 2008. They've pledged to promote the development of

 Fruitvale Station and Typical Conjurings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 987

Bringing the good and the bad news from the film reel, City Paper Film Critic Al Hoff presents her opinions on several upcoming movies and documentaries

 Pennsylvania Voter ID Case Drags On | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1105

In the ongoing battle between the state of Pennsylvania and the opponents of the state’s controversial voter ID laws, it appears that the trial will drag

 A Season for Bigger, Badder Poison Ivy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 699

Global warming has had some unexpected consequences, some good, some bad, but perhaps none are quite so itchy as the explosion in poison ivy growth.

 The New Girl Goes to the Outer Banks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 547

For travel contributor Elaine Lebalme, a trip to the Outer Banks, North Carolina, is a nearly perfect summer getaway. It’s the land of windswept beaches,

 Chefs Go Wild Over Local Wild Mushroom | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 605

Chanterelle mushrooms are not your average fungus. The orange-hued mushrooms are a local delicacy found through foraging, and nationally acclaimed chefs

 Tracking the Tank: What factors into gas prices? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 642

Following a national price peak in February of $3.75 per gallon, gas prices are not predicted to reach any highs this summer, but numbers are still

 Tracking the "Secret" Life of Soot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 404

Breathing in the tiny particles emitted by automobile engines and power plants has been widely accepted by scientists and the public as being something to

 The Business of Manufacturing With Rebecca Harris | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 855

The resurgent manufacturing sector has been a boon in America’s struggling economy, but women are being left out of the action. In her second segment on

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