WPRB News and Culture brings you an update from the scene at Princeton University, where protesters have occupied McCosh Courtyard for multiple days.

WPRB News and Culture continues its coverage of the ongoing sit-in protest actions at Princeton University, with a short segment focusing on the educational efforts at the sit-in. This is a developing story, and WPRB News and Culture will be covering these events as they continue.

WPRB News and Culture takes you inside the first day of the pro-Palestinian sit-in protest at Princeton University, where more than a hundred students have occupied McCosh Courtyard desiring the university's divestment from Israel and its war in Gaza. We speak to Professor Max Weiss, who led a walkout of his lecture course "History of Palestine/Isr…

WPRB News and Culture reports on the ground from the emerging protest and counter-protest actions on the Princeton University campus, in response to the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and to the developing protest situations at universities across the United States. Reported, recorded and produced by Laura Robertson, Navani Rachumallu…

WPRB News and Culture loves stuff. From little knick-knacks to things that arrive at your front door in big boxes, we are ready to explore it all. First, Helen Heuer speaks to members of her community about the things that they collect. Next, Stephanie Yen investigates the world of jewelry, its significance, and its creation. Finally, in a story fr…

WPRB News and Culture delves into some deep secrets. First, Navani Rachumallu and Alvaro Basso speak to an archivist at the Institute for Advanced Study about the role of secrecy in her work. Then, Stephanie Yen surveys some fast food chain workers about "secret menus." And finally, Sophie Leheny and Natalie Hahn read aloud some listener-submitted …

News and Culture starts our Spring season with stories about anticipation. Helen Heuer visits local businesses in Princeton, New Jersey. Natalie Hahn speaks to a professional astrologer. And Adam Sanders gathers his two friends to visit the Princeton Airport as they explore the minds and worlds of the aerophile. Hosted by Natalie Hahn. Reported, re…

WPRB News and Culture shrugs off the December chill with three stories about the toils of growing and the fruits of summer soil. Natalia Maidique speaks to a beekeeper who forged her own path to master the hive. Adam Sanders learns about the power of seeds. And Anna Hiltner speaks to a farmer with spiritual insights into how best to let things grow…

News and Culture embraces our inner love of gossip – with stories from the grapevine and about the very foundations of the whispering urge. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachamallu speak to bartenders about the ways gossip shapes their job. Sophie Leheny and Synai Ferrell learn about the psychological and human roots of our snarkiest, most whispery i…

WPRB News and Culture puts on a scary mask and knocks on your door with three stories sweet enough to make your teeth hurt, thinking about the kind of people who make Halloween what it is. First up, Adam Sanders and Izzy Jacobson visit a Halloween superstore to understand the mechanics behind the costume-and-décor industrial complex. Then, in a sto…

WPRB News and Culture pops some popcorn and buys a ticket to an episode at the movies. First up, Sophie Leheny and Navani Rachumallu speak to the folks at the Princeton Garden Theatre to understand their idea of the nonprofit-cinema renaissance. Then, Tommy Goulding breaks down the hubbub around the new Napoleon trailer, and why it has historians i…

News and Culture tries to sound fashionable. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu explore the sounds, style, and usability of shoes. Adam Sanders speaks to Lisa Shepherd-Stewart, the proprietor of Cultured Expressions, an African fabric shop and studio in Rahway. And Clara McWeeny and Helen Heuer give you all the thrifting tips you never knew you…

As hot days cool into chilly autumn evenings, WPRB News and Culture returns to tell the tales of summer. Sophie Leheny and Natalie Hahn visit Asbury Park to learn about New Jersey's classic Shore boardwalks. Mollika Jai Singh explores what it means for parents to drop off their kids at summer camp. And in a story from our archive, Adam Sanders visi…

News and Culture thinks long-term, with three stories about planning, organizing, and the travails in between. Sophie Leheny and Pat Grate visit a tarot card reader and learn the mechanics of learning about the future. Adam Sanders speaks to student labor organizers at Temple University about their plans for unionization. And in a story from our ar…

WPRB News and Culture takes a look into the artistic experiences and projects happening right here in New Jersey. Ellie Diamond learns about the Trenton Circus Squad, a nonprofit whose afterschool workshops teach kids and tweens the ropes of the circus – literally. Sophie Leheny and Mira Ho-Chen visit the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jers…

News and Culture tackles stories of domestic effort and labor – and explores the ways these oft-pigeonholed talents and works are evolving in our changing world. Adam Sanders heads to the garden, and learns about the seeds at the forefront of the new agricultural revolution. Mollika Jai Singh speaks to Lena Hoplamazian about her wild sewing and des…

News and Culture starts our Spring season at the very end of some stories. Clara McWeeny and Anna Salvatore visit an estate sale. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu speak to Anthony Grafton, retiring professor of history at Princeton University. Tommy Goulding and Henry Moses talk about their favorite endings in novels. Mollika Jai Singh explor…

News and Culture brings you four stories of persistence and resilience. Alan Plotz and Claire Kaneshiro learns about the intricacies of the American asylum system with Gabriel Samcam Vargas, a Princeton student and human rights advocate. Reina Coulibaly explores how fiber arts have woven the lives of Black women together for centuries. Mollika Jai …

On the day after Thanksgiving, News and Culture takes a moment to meditate on gratitude, with three stories that stretch and test the bounds of our comfort with thankfulness. Mollika Jai Singh explores Princeton University's tradition of 'Annual Giving.' Izzy Jacobson looks back on the gratitude journal she keeps. And Natalia Maidique and Navani Ra…

On 11/11, News and Culture thinks about moments in our day: commutes, routines, junction points, stories from years past and new stories alike. From the archives, Elizabeth Shwe interviews an EMT about a day in the life - saving lives. Henry Moses and Luke Carroll bring us a new story of people at a junction, literally, speaking to folks in the mid…

In our first-ever Halloween special, News and Culture tells spooky stories sure to give you a fright. Navani Rachamallu and Natalia Maidique tell a classic Gothic story, 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. Izzy Jacobson and Mira Ho-Chen crowdsource some ghostly tales. Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses speak to an expert on the mythical Jers…

News and Culture dedicates this Very Special Episode® to those in our community who strive to make it a better place for everyone involved – in the radically freeform way we know how. Ashley Olenkiewicz and Julian Hartman-Sigall explore the mechanics of a congressional campaign in Pennsylvania's competitive 1st District, just across the Delaware Ri…

News and Culture continues its second Fall season by pointing the microphone not at a genesis or an ending, but rather at three stories in the middle of their journeys of transformation. Abani Ahmed and Daniel Yeo speak to the developers and planners seeking to revitalize Trenton, New Jersey's capital city. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachamallu ex…

News and Culture returns for the Fall season with four stories on beginnings – starts informed by faith, technology, crisis, and community. Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses speak to art critic and writer Dean Kissick about the rise of AI-generated art, and what this new path could mean for artistry and creation in the digital age. Clara McWeeny …

In our last Summer Dispatch, we celebrate the end of our radically-freeform summer by tying up some loose ends. Charlie Nuermberger finishes his exploration of an abandoned mansion in western Maryland, purportedly home to an infant poltergeist. Hannah Lee explores what makes a great summer read. And Tommy Goulding muses on melancholic wanderings in…

In the third summer dispatch, in the wake of a massive heat-wave, News and Culture reporters venture to the limits of possibility. Charlie Nuermberger explores the story of an infant ghost in an abandoned mansion in western Maryland. Henry Moses speaks to New Jersey writer Bud Smith, acclaimed author of the new novel "Teenager." Alan Plotz learns a…

In our second Summer Dispatch, the day after Independence Day, we hear stories uniquely American in their separation from U.S. soil. Hannah Lee explores the experience of international students and their names in the United States. Alan Plotz learns about a project aiming to catalogue the oral histories of religious refugees. Tommy Goulding shares …

Happy Solstice! WPRB News and Culture starts off summer with the first of our "Summer Dispatches" specials, with stories from around the nation and the world. Reina explores an ashram in Northern California, Henry finds his way to a different New Jersey, and Adam tries to find a tourist spot that won't break the bank. This episode was directed and …

News and Culture celebrates April Fool's Day... one week late. Reporters do pranks, learn about pranks, talk about cryptocurrency, and discover the secrets of a very special fox. Reported, recorded, and produced by Adam Sanders, Reina Coulibaly, Izzy Jacobson, Hannah Lee, Alan Plotz, Tommy Goulding, Henry Moses, and Anna Salvatore.…

News and Culture learns about mistakes, happy accidents, mishaps, and major errors. Reporters Izzy Jacobson and Clara McWeeny talk to a self-described "accident." Alan Plotz and Ashley Olenkiewicz do a deep dive into New Jersey's eviction law errors. Kat Ivkovic and Charlie Nuermberger discover the many mistake-makers around the Princeton, New Jers…

Rebroadcast - December 16, 2019 This is an episode from the News and Culture archives. Oliver and Anna caught up with Professor Casey Lew-Williams, one of the directors of Princeton University's Baby Lab. Casey and his fellow researchers study development in children whose ages range from a couple months to 7 years old. We talked to Casey because h…

News and Culture talks about twins – in the broadest extent of the term. Reporters interview experts on astrology and biology to learn about spiritual and physical twin research, meet two students who share the same first and last name, learn about the cutting-edge research into doppelgänger horror, and gain a personal insight into the life of a fa…

News and Culture celebrates Valentine's Day with an episode devoted to professing your love. We hear from couples just starting to date and those who've already tied the knot, at ages different than you might expect. Reporters ask some guests to tell their loved ones *just* how much they care. An archivist lets us know the inside scoop on some hist…

News and Culture returns to the airwaves with a show about returns. What happens to your books when they go back to the library? How has a local grocery store managed to keep its workforce despite the "Great Resignation"? What's going on in the returns line at Target? And why have some people returned to using the typewriter? This episode was direc…

Brittani Telfair wrote a poem about a day in her life. Here it is.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

There's a small train, appropriately called the Dinky, that takes people from the Princeton train station to Princeton Junction. Andy Latoni talks with the woman who collects those tickets that get people from P to PJ.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Elizabeth Shwe talks to a professional emergency medical technician (EMT). This is one heck of a day in the life.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Anna Hiltner talks to a local farmer about her day in the life. Here's a word to keep in mind while listening: biodynamics.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

You're alive. I'm alive. But how do we live? We tried to answer this question. A day in the life.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Remy's sister is in 7th grade. That's a seriously tough year. Here's how she's coping.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Elizabeth talks to two kids who are getting ready for their big holiday performance of A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. They discuss acting and stuffed animals.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Julia has three brothers -- all older than her -- and growing up she relied on strangely formalized rules to survive. Here she is with a toy study of an improvised society.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Oliver Whang and Anna Hiltner caught up with Professor Casey Lew-Williams, one of the directors of Princeton University's Baby Lab. Casey and his fellow researchers study development in children whose ages range from a couple months to 7 years old. We talked to Casey because his work gets right to the question we've been asking for a while. Do the …

Remy Reya talks to a man who makes art out of junk. Or maybe he just sees junk for what it really is.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Oliver follows Bill Freeman as he takes apart broken things and sells the parts to the junkyard.By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

What exactly is junk? How should we treat it?By WPRB Princeton News & Culture

Last year, Jimin Kang got an email from her Spanish professor with a somewhat strange question. Would she be open to conducting an oral history of a Korean woman she had never met before?By WPRB Princeton News & Culture