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 […]
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October 19, 2025 (Around the Block)
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 […]
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October 8, 2025
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 […]
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September 21, 2025 (Around the Block)
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 […]
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August 27, 2025 (Around the Block)
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’ll hear about efforts to preserve […]
Posted inAround the Block
July 20, 2025 (Around the Block)
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 features a story about how to have […]
Posted inAround the Block
June 15, 2025 (Around the Block)
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 features a story about a state program […]
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June 11, 2025
This episode features stories from our community news reporters about an effort to change the way school districts in Pennsylvania are funded, a new museum in New Jersey where you can dig for fossils – and take them home, a stand up comedy series that highlights women and queer comics, volunteers who work with dogs […]
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May 28, 2025
This episode features stories from our community news reporters about a push to strengthen Philadelphia’s Sanctuary Schools policy, a condom fashion show that highlights the need for comprehensive sex education, how participating in a cycling group for Black women helped motivate one reporter to compete in a triathlon, an art exhibit featuring works from a […]
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May 18, 2025 (Around the Block)
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 features a story about the annual Queen […]