Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” The Watch Party streams LIVE on WITF’s YouTube channel and broadcasts LIVE on WITF 89.5 & 93.3 on Thursday, February 25 … Continue reading "Smart Talk Virtual Watch Party: Focus on Career & Tech Education"

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Smart Talk Virtual Watch Party: Focus on Career & Tech Education

National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline 1-800-950-6264 It has been a stressful year — a global pandemic, COVID deaths, economic turmoil, the list goes on. Coping with stress — especially for children and young adults, can be difficult. Over time, the impact to one’s physical and mental health can be significant. Conditions like depression and … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Shining a light on mental health and youth suicide"

Smart Talk: Shining a light on mental health and youth suicide

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” The expansion of telehealth, or remote clinical care, has increased by more than 150 percent since 2019. This is due in … Continue reading "Smart Talk: The rise of telehealth to meet COVID-era challenges"

Smart Talk: The rise of telehealth to meet COVID-era challenges

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s role is to advocate for the interests of older Pennsylvanians and because the pandemic has put this vulnerable population in its crosshairs, that job is much more complicated and important. Aging Pennsylvanians are facing a myriad of stressors: Higher COVID risk, difficulty accessing vaccines, and social isolation have changed their … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary"

Smart Talk: Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Women around the country are experiencing the economic impact of COVID at a rate substantially higher than men. This is due … Continue reading ""

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” February is Heart Health month and typically a time to investigate new treatments and approaches to heart disease. This year, however, … Continue reading "Smart Talk: COVID-19 and the heart"

Smart Talk: COVID-19 and the heart

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Over the years, there have been many suggestions on ways to reform the state and federal governments — to make members … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Term limits for elected officials"

Smart Talk: Term limits for elected officials

The Wolf administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Health are in the spotlight for what has been called a “frustrating” vaccine rollout. The system put in place to find and deliver vaccines to eligible populations is considered patchwork, at best. One administration response to the criticism is to create a COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force with … Continue reading "Smart Talk: COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force to tackle distribution challenges"

Smart Talk: COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force to tackle distribution challenges

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” President’s Day is a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in February. Originally, the day was marked in recognition of … Continue reading "Smart Talk: President’s Day and a look at the personal side of America’s highest office"

Smart Talk: President’s Day and a look at the personal side of America’s highest office

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.”   Each year during the cold winter months in central Pennsylvania something wonderful happens on a lake located in Lancaster and … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Middle Creek Wildlife Area’s annual Snow Goose Migration"

Smart Talk: Middle Creek Wildlife Area’s annual Snow Goose Migration

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Michael Mann is one of the world’s most renowned climatologists and perhaps one of its most active and outspoken warriors against … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Climate Change expert Michael Mann"

Smart Talk: Climate Change expert Michael Mann

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Industry-wide layoffs, financial losses and threats of continued closures have hospitality owners appealing for help. Restaurants and lodging organizations have been … Continue reading "Smart Talk: The hospitality industry hit hard by COVID restrictions seek aid from state"

Smart Talk: The hospitality industry hit hard by COVID restrictions seek aid from state

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” When the pandemic hit Pennsylvania and mitigation orders closed schools and businesses, many workers suddenly found themselves out of work. The … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Pa Labor & Industry Acting Secretary on unemployment programs and workforce development"

Smart Talk: Pa Labor & Industry Acting Secretary on unemployment programs and workforce development

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Gov. Tom Wolf presented his budget proposal to state legislators last week — a plan hinging on a multi-billion dollar tax … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Is Pa government working?"

Smart Talk: Is Pa government working?

Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” Twenty-five million Americans live in the area known as Appalachia. The region includes portions of 13 states, including most of Pennsylvania. … Continue reading "Smart Talk: Would green jobs help Pa recover?"

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