This episode, do we need to completely rethink how colleges educate students? How can we inspire students to be thoughtful AI users and not lazy ones? We’ll talk about how artificial intelligence is shaping learning and how universities are grappling with it.

What are the forces driving political violence in America? Can we learn from the past to break the cycle and reset?

We revisit Marty Moss Coane’s 2013 conversation with Rushdie, which came after he released his memoir Joseph Anton, detailing life under a death threat.

Trymaine Lee reflects on his book, childhood trauma and systemic violence in Black communities, emphasizing empathy, understanding and hope for healing and change.

Why don’t we always prioritize what matters most—like making time for family and friends or fitting in a workout during a busy day? Emily Falk believes that understanding how our brain works can help us make better, more intentional choices.

Falk is a professor of communication, psychology, and marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Communication Neuroscience Lab. Her new book, What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change, explores how different regions of the brain shape the big and small decisions we make every day.

New data from the Nation’s Report Card reveals troubling trends: 12th-graders are performing worse in math and reading, and 8th-graders are falling behind in science, a continuation of some trends that started before the pandemic.

Are Trump’s economic policies eroding free-market capitalism? We hash it out with a Libertarian and a Republican.

Electric scooters, bikes, unicycles, cars – Philly’s streets are a mix of fast-moving vehicles. Is it still safe for traditional cyclists and pedestrians? We ask the experts.

A center-left think tank says Democrats should stop using “woke” words like privilege, triggering, birthing person, and unhoused to appeal to more voters.

Brad Ingelsby, the Berwyn-based writer behind HBO’s hit Mare of Easttown, is back with a compelling new crime drama that centers working-class Americans in Delaware County, Pa. Task, which stars Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, drops September 7th on HBO Max.

On this Studio 2 Extra, Ingelsby joins Avi Wolfman-Arent to talk about his career and early life in our region – a great source of inspiration.