Pittsburgh Explainer
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Life is busy, and it can be hard to keep up with the news. Every Friday morning, 90.5 WESA's Pittsburgh Explainer brings you the biggest news stories of the week in about 20 minutes. Hosted by WESA's Liz Reid, you’ll hear from the reporters who cover politics, education, tech, health, arts and more, and get the real stories behind the headlines.
It’s the news you need, in the time you have.
Pittsburgh Explainer is hosted by Liz Reid and produced by Katie Blackley. New episodes come out every Friday. Listen on the NPR One app or subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Latest Episodes
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On this week's Explainer:As many as 100,000 Pennsylvanians could see their COVID-19 vaccine appointments rescheduled due to an error in communication, the…
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On this week's Explainer:This week the Allegheny County Health Department announced that the first case of B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus was…
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On this week's Explainer:About one in five American renters are behind on rent payments, according to new data from the Center on Budget and Policy…
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On this week's Explainer:Pittsburgh Public Schools students will continue learning remotely until at least April. Education reporter Sarah Schneider spoke…
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On this week's Explainer:This week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that people over age 65 are now eligible to be vaccinated against…
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On this week's Explainer:The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow and uneven. The Trump administration promised 20 million Americans would be vaccinated…
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On this week's Explainer:Far-right extremists who support President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. It was an effort to disrupt the…
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Pittsburgh Explainer is taking a break from the news this week. Instead, we're bringing you four winter scenes from WESA journalists.First, take a walk…
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Nine hours, 17 minutes and 35 seconds of sunlight will shine in Pittsburgh's sky on Christmas day. That's 37 seconds more than appeared on Monday, the…
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This week explained: Cheers erupted as UPMC nurse practitioner Charmaine Pykosh became the first person in Allegheny County to receive the COVID-19…