The Jawncast 🔔 from KYW Newsradio

Unique and unexpected stories out of Philadelphia. Made here, for everyone. Hosted and produced by @brianseltzer and @SabrinaKayaB. A @kywnewsradio original.

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The Philly Naked Bike Ride is back this weekend! 🚲

We went last year and found out there’s much more behind it than the simple thrill of doing a goofy thing naked: https://t.co/a8AGJN632b

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“The last thing you should have to do is Google ‘what happens to medical debt when I die?’”

Medical debt can be passed down to your family - but a group of queer activists in Philly found a way to clear medical debt for 2,000 people.
https://t.co/Lg6UREzBQz

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How did these self-proclaimed “dirtbag queers” end up burning $2 million worth of medical debt on the Walmart pier in Philly?

Find out on our latest episode: https://t.co/QMekSyewII 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Medical debt affects 1 in 4 people in America, and it can actually make your health worse.

@unduemeddebt takes advantage of the secondary market, where collectors buy debt for pennies on the dollar, to buy and forgive medical debt.

https://t.co/z85tKY2VNI

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What were 30 people doing on the Walmart pier with candles, lighter fluid, and vodka?

Forgiving medical debt, of course.

Find out how a group of Philly activists bought and burned $2 million of medical debt with the help of @unduemeddebt.

https://t.co/QMekSyewII

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"My mother said to me, 'Go across that street to that theater department. There's something for you there.'"

That was @TempleUniv's theater department. Find out how one audition set Da'Vine Joy Randolph on her path to an Oscar!

📰 🎧 https://t.co/s0od96tjDa

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Heck yes she did! 👏

If you don’t know, hear the story of how Da’Vine found her place as an actor at Temple - after starting out as a classical voice major.

https://t.co/YVrdzG9zcD

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OWL WINS OSCAR! 🏆 Congratulations to Temple alum Da'Vine Joy Randolph for winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress. #Oscars2024

Temple Made and Temple Proud ❤️🦉

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Who are your 2024 Oscars picks?

We're obviously rooting for Philly natives and Temple grads, Colman Domingo and Da'Vine Joy Randolph!

Hear their Philadelphia stories on our latest episode: https://t.co/xrApGCunv7

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Some incredible acting talent comes out of Philly. Listen to our Oscars episode below or on any podcast player!

https://t.co/YVrdzGa72b

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Philly will be representing at the Oscars tomorrow! 📽️ 🏆

Nominees Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Colman Domingo are both Philadelphia natives and Temple grads.

Hear all about their Philly roots: https://t.co/xrApGCunv7

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This is Philadelphia, the home of hardcore wrestling.

@AndreBennettGO and @TimJRadio tell the story of the city’s indelible impact, from ECW to superstars like @DrewGulak.

Listen to our latest episode. >>> https://t.co/D7x0LliJN2

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As we kick off Black History Month, step back in time with us at @JohnsonHouse215 and learn about the trail the Underground Railroad blazed through the Philadelphia region.

We also chatted with @HarrietMuseum and @jeannineacook of @harriettsbooks

https://t.co/CYDxZiJgQh

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New series starting Wednesday from another KYW podcast, @GoneColdPhilly, on a topic we all need to talk about.

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The last five years in Philadelphia have been the most violent in its history.

Our new series, Gone Cold Presents: Ricochet, explores the crisis from those on the frontlines and behind the heartbreak.

New episodes drop every Wednesday.

🎧 : https://t.co/BnaRwEt1hJ

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Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe! 🐦‍⬛

Born January 19, 1809, Poe spent some of his happiest and most productive years living in Philadelphia.

We took a tour of his previous home a few months ago - come along for the journey!

https://t.co/hMjxU85frL

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.@cann_company is a multi-state cannabis business with huge facilities, but they want to see small, local businesses thrive.

“Just hearing their dreams and their goals start to come to life, and we can be a part to help that, is tremendous for me.”

🎧 https://t.co/LUSlBIRif3

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These special PB&J brownies have been a @ButACakeTweets staple for years, but they just started being sold in stores in April.

Find out what has held up the process, for ButACake and other legacy cannabis businesses: https://t.co/XngZ7g9HvM

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Matha Figaro went from selling butter cakes at a farmers market to being the first independent and first Black-owned edibles brand to be sold in NJ.

Hear her story on our latest episode: https://t.co/LUSlBIRif3

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It took 444 days for Matha Figaro to get a cannabis manufacturing license in NJ - and she had to stop the business she’d been running in the meantime.

Hear how Matha took ButACake from legacy to legal.

https://t.co/Zr4AaPfYHi

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What does it take to start a legal cannabis business in New Jersey?

It was a long journey, but @ButACakeTweets just put the first independently owned edibles on NJ shelves.

Hear how the Black woman-owned business is breaking barriers on a new episode: https://t.co/Zr4AaPfYHi

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2,785 days ago, ButACake was born, now look 🚀. #Committed

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Philadelphia’s @rodephshalom has been around hundreds of years.

When it came time to restore its Torah, the congregation broke with traditional Jewish law in favor of a more gender-inclusive approach.

Check out our latest episode. ⬇️
https://t.co/6nkLDXHDM9