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When it feels like the world is without hope, how do we move forward each day? Kimberly McGlonn has some advice for you.

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Inspired by his own medical crisis, Al Dashiell is bringing registered nurses into his Center City barber shop to help clients stay healthy.

Chopped P.H.D. will hold its next screening this week, on Thursday, April 23rd, from noon until about 2 p.m. For more information, visit this story on the web.

In this episode of Philadelphia Promise, Christine Speer Lejeune, editor-in-chief of Philadelphia magazine, sits down with author, political thinker and all-around Renaissance man Richard Vague.

In his new book, The Banker Who Made America, Vague shines a spotlight on Thomas Willing, a highly influential Philadelphian who leveraged the power of American banking to help the country win its independence.

Join us for a fascinating conversation about a nearly forgotten but extremely important Founding Father.

Your weekly long listen is here.

(START) Requiem for Fluer's

(7:15) A Doctor's Prescription For ... Nature?

(16:55) A Day in the Life of Philly's Rising-Star Baker

(23:50) Ask Dr. Mike | What the Hell Is Up With These Season Allergies?

(36:00) Gardening Beyond the Grave

(41:45) Don't Look Now, But Philly Is ... Safe?

How the hell did the city pull off one of the most stunning gun violence turnarounds in the country? And why is the mayor not taking more credit for it?

What if your primary care physician gave you a script for more time outdoors? Prescribe Outside, a program from CHOP, is doing just that. Writer Courtney DuChene visited just such a nature gathering with doctors, patients and a whole lot of kids.

The Woodlands runs a volunteer-staffed program to restore flowers to cradle graves and build community in the process.

For more information on volunteering, visit this story on the web.

We can fly spaceships around the moon, and yet folks back on Earth are constantly sneezing. Victor Fiorillo gets Dr. Mike on the phone to ask how we can alleviate our suffering in one of the worst cities in the country for seasonal allergies.

Fleur's is a great restaurant you'll never eat at again. It demonstrates the heartbreaking reality that a remarkable menu isn't always enough to keep the lights on.

A 4 a.m. wakeup, an early workout, and a growing to-do list: Here's how Saif Manna is getting ready to open his Kensington bakery.