2010 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Flourtown evacuates heart patient by helicopter

“What it is- we get involved. It’s the heart rescue program out of Chestnut Hill Hospital. The individual has a ‘STEMI’, a blockage in his neck and they get to…

June 10, 2010

HISTORY

Daughters of Confederacy honor civil war dead

AS A YANKEE- WE GENERALLY ASSOCIATE THE CONFEDERACY WITH SLAVERY. IT’S HARD TO OVERCOME THAT. “I understand that. Yes, slavery was a very hot topic back then you could say,…

May 31, 2010

NATURE RECREATION Travel

Geocaches to fight muscle disease

HOW’D YOU GET STARTED GEOCACHING? “A friend introduced me when we went to hawk mountain, you know the bird observatory. He had his IPhone or his Droid and he had…

May 27, 2010

Education Web/Tech

Home schooling parent switched from public to cyber charter

I KEEP ON RUNNING INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMESCHOOLING THESE DAYS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING IT AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO IT? “I’ve been doing it for…

May 20, 2010

FASHION

Kids favor mohawk, blowout, grunge hairstyles

WHAT DO THE KIDS COME IN ASKING FOR? “A lof of fades, blowouts… “ WHAT’S A FADE? “It’s a tight taper. I just take it from the neck, increasingly a…

May 14, 2010

HISTORY TECHNOLOGY

Jim Reed restores 1943 telephone

HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY THIS PHONE IS? “It’s stamped inside. I think it’s like 1943.” HOW IS IT THAT YOU CAN FIX THIS PHONE THAT I TRASHPICKED SO IT…

May 6, 2010

POLITICS

Four guys launch “Five Guys” PAC

WHO ARE THE FIVE GUYS AND WHO ARE YOU? “I’m Mumin Islam, one of the five guys, it’s actually not five, it’s only four. The other member is Rahim Islam.…

May 4, 2010

ENVIRONMENT POLITICS Public Safety

PA Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate protests Marcellus shale drilling

“I’m running for U.S. Senate on the Green Party ticket.” CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN? “I just started to campaign now. Our new brochure is…

April 26, 2010

Music

Reading the Local, waiting for Settlement Music student

WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN STUDYING HERE? “My daughter takes cello and music theory here but he’s not in the class. He’s waiting for her. He took the music theory when…

April 21, 2010

POLITICS

Girl can’t take girl to prom, ACLU raises funds to fight back

“I assume you know what the ACLU is, American Civil Liberties Union, and as of now we’re fighting battles in seventeen different states. One of the more well-known you probably…

April 17, 2010