Category: Episodes

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about a coalition of religious leaders working to support immigrants, an group that brings women together to improve financial literacy and help put their money where their beliefs are… the status of a project that would cap part of the Vine Street Expressway and stitch together…

Around the Block is a community news program from the Block by Block team at WPPM-LP 106.5 FM. On this program we explore issues in the Philadelphia region with voices from the community – with reports from our team of community journalists and live in-studio interviews.  This episode includes a roundup of some recent news…

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about a new women’s basketball league bringing its first travel games to Philly in January, why it’s important to take mental health as seriously as physical health, a long-running poetry series that’s gone through some big changes over the past few years, and an environmental educator…

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about a network of community fridges and other initiatives offering free groceries and meals to neighbor in need, programs to help lower your utility bills, a local band that mixes traditional Japanese drumming with some modern touches, and a retrospective for AIDS Walk Philly, which came…

Around the Block is a community news program from the Block by Block team at WPPM-LP 106.5 FM. On this program we explore issues in the Philadelphia region with voices from the community – with reports from our team of community journalists and live in-studio interviews.  In this episode, we have stories about the Philadelphia…

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about about SEPTA’s budget crisis, a recent Youth Mental Health Summit, two new book shops in the area that are dedicated to romance books, a science educator who takes Philadelphians on “moth walks” to get up close and personal with the city’s bugs, and a DJ…

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about efforts to help the West Philly Tool Library move to a new home, activists fighting proposed construction of AI Data Centers in Lancaster City, how e-Bikes fit into the region’s cycling landscape, an organization that helps seniors stay active… by dancing, and a new website…

Around the Block is a community news program from the Block by Block team at WPPM-LP 106.5 FM. On this program we explore issues in the Philadelphia region with voices from the community – with reports from our team of community journalists and live in-studio interviews.  In this episode, we have three segments highlighting topics…

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about a program that helps community members get involved in real estate in their neighborhoods, a long-running poetry reading series featuring queer and trans poets, an artist whose work focuses on the stories of immigrants, and the pressure that urban development puts on local wildlife habitats…

Around the Block is a community news program from the Block by Block team at WPPM-LP 106.5 FM. On this program we explore issues in the Philadelphia region with voices from the community – with reports from our team of community journalists and live in-studio interviews.  On this episode, we’ll hear about the ongoing fight…