Imagine willingly marrying someone you weren’t in love with or even remotely attracted to. Unraveling the why’s and how’s of that mess is the subject of Nancy McCabe’s new memoir, “Can This Marriage be Saved?” 

As McCabe explores this deeply personal issue, she offers insight into the changes in cultural norms since the 1970s, childhood trauma and alienation, and how class and religion guide people’s lives. She also describes how our own self-narratives, which define what we think we can do and what we think we deserve, can both shape and limit our outcomes.

State College’s annual partying holiday, State Patty’s Day, took place this past weekend. Crime rates surrounding the event have dipped in recent years. That trend continued this year despite the creation of new COVID-19 citations.

This State Patty’s weekend saw the lowest crime statistics in the past 11 years.

State College and Penn State police focused enforcement on dorms and apartments close to campus. The borough encouraged rental owners to keep an eye out for large gatherings throughout the weekend as well.

WPSU’s Health Minute is a collaboration with Penn State’s College of Nursing.

World Tuberculosis Day is in March. It’s a time to raise public awareness about a deadly contagious disease that’s still prevalent in many countries, including the United States. 

Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease spread through droplets in the air. It can affect the brain, bones, and lungs. If left untreated, TB may be fatal. Symptoms include night sweats, coughing up blood, fever, and malaise.

Sinan Aral has spent two decades studying how social media impacts our lives, from how we think about politics to how we find a romantic partner. He argues that we're now at the crossroads of a decade of techno-utopianism followed by a decade of techno-dystopianism. How to reconcile the promise and peril of social media is one of the biggest questions facing democracy today.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues show as aired on February 27, 2021 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Luie Luie, Dan Auerbach, Haz Mat Modine, Josh White, Muddy Waters, Desmond Dekker, B.B. King, Leon Redbone, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Big Joe Luskin, The White Stripes, Rev. Gary Davis, and more.

In the second hour, hear Idris Muhammad, Seasick Steve, Bobby McFerrin, Maria Muldaur, The Black Keys, Little Feat, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Keb’ Mo’, Brian Stoltz, and more. 

An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz Show (from home edition) as broadcast on February 26, 2021, and hosted by Greg Petersen. This week, musical tributes to Chick Corea and Junior Mance who recently passed away.

In the first hour, hear Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Ann Hampton Callaway, Art Pepper, BBC Big Band,Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, Junior Mance Trio, Dizzy Gillespie, and more.

In the second hour, hear The Earl Klugh Trio, Chick Corea, Cleo Laine, Junior Mance, Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan, Norah Jones, Al Gray, Johnny Costa, and more. 

State Patty’s Day always leads to increased partying and drinking in State College. The pandemic makes concerns higher over gatherings in State College. 

State College Mayor Ronald Filippelli said bars will see few changes since there are already COVID-19 restrictions in place.

Filippelli believes apartments and rental houses will pose the greatest threat this weekend with a chance for large gatherings.

Judith "Judy" Heumann is an activist, author, wife, and public speaker who has spent her lifetime fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. Her advocacy began at an early age, inspired in part by the ways that her mother fought to ensure that she had access to education and opportunities as a child.