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Two U.S. Representatives from the Pittsburgh area toured the ICE detention center in Clearfield County Thursday in an unannounced visit they later told reporters was just one part of their broader efforts to push back against the Trump administration’s deportation policies.
News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating spin and click-bait from good journalism and why it matters. This special series is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.
As Mike McGrath retires, "You Bet Your Garden" will end production on May 30. On June 7 at 11 a.m. join us for the premiere of "The Pulse," a weekly program that brings you stories about the people and places at the heart of health and science.
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WPSU explores what a facility fee is, why hospital outpatient clinics charge them and what’s being done at the state level to protect people against surprise bills from facility fees.
The Met Opera radio season ends May 30th on WPSU, and on the following Saturday, June 6, Folk Season begins! Starting June 6, you'll be able to hear the locally-hosted WPSU Folk Show every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday nights from 10 to midnight on WPSU.
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In this episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with Timothy Richardson of PEN America about how rhetoric has shifted into action and discuss why press freedom organizations that once focused overseas are now turning their attention back home. -
Local newspapers have long played a central role in how communities understand themselves, but that role is becoming harder to sustain. In this episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with journalist Tony Norman about the unraveling of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and what its decline reveals about the broader transformation of American journalism. -
The Trump administration is drastically cutting the budget and reorganizing the U.S. Forest Service, moving its headquarters and research facilities to western states. In Pennsylvania, four research sites are on the chopping block.
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Here's a message for you from Ken Burns, about the importance of acting now, and supporting WPSU.
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Though the 2026 festival featured less Hollywood razzle-dazzle than in years past, there were still plenty of great films. Most notable: All of a Sudden, from the Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. -
The Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, will also address tensions in the Middle East and Russia's war on Ukraine. -
The new movie, based on writer and actor David Haig's 2014 play, dramatizes the tensions between military leaders and meteorologists in the lead up to the Allied invasion of Normandy. -
The final episode of the HBO Max comedy added an extra emotional punch. After five seasons, it wasn't quite necessary.
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The Local Groove, Saturdays at 9 p.m. on WPSU, features music written and recorded by musicians right here in central and northern Pennsylvania.