Alan Yu

Philadelphia

Reporter at WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)

Reporter @WHYYThePulse; comic book, cartoon, movie, and Lego aficionado

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50 years since the end of Vietnam War, unexploded bombs are still a threat

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Alan Yu

HomeRadioHere & Now50 years since the end of Vietnam War, unexploded bombs are still a threatIn the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, millions of tons of unexploded bombs still litter Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. As a result, tens of thousands of civilians have died from them. From WHYY's The Pulse, Alan Yu reports on efforts to find and remove these unexploded bombs. This segment airs on April 30, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
How declassified historic satellite images could make it easier to find bombs in Vietnam

2 weeks ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

The U.S. dropped millions of tons of bombs on Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Some remain, and could still explode. This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War here.
‘Buffy’ podcasters built a community - and they didn’t let divorce break it

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Alan Yu

After three years of dating, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs finally convinced her girlfriend Kristin Russo, in 2012, to watch the TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”They got married a year later — and in 2016, they started the podcast “Buffering the Vampire Slayer” together, which grew to develop a community of more than 3,000 loyal fans around the world. But these listeners also came to support each other online and offline on everything from financial trouble to dealing with grief.
How some are pushing back against algorithm-driven culture

1 month ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode about the 20th anniversary of YouTube here. In 2006, during the early days of YouTube, Mia Quagliarello’s job was to hire and lead a team called “coolhunters.” They looked for interesting videos about music, news, film, comedy, or beauty to feature on the YouTube homepage.
How some are pushing back against algorithm-driven culture

1 month ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode about the 20th anniversary of YouTube here. In 2006, during the early days of YouTube, Mia Quagliarello’s job was to hire and lead a team called “coolhunters.” They looked for interesting videos about music, news, film, comedy, or beauty to feature on the YouTube homepage.
'Buffy' podcasters built a community -- and they didn't let divorce break it

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Alan Yu

After three years of dating, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs finally convinced her girlfriend Kristin Russo, in 2012, to watch the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They got married a year later — and in 2016, they started the podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayertogether, which grew to develop a community of more than 3,000 loyal fans around the world. But these listeners also came to support each other online and offline on everything from financial trouble to dealing with grief.
How a Disney World superfan made a career out of reviewing theme park food

1 month ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode on work-life balance here. When people ask AJ Wolfe what she does for work, she usually just says she’s a travel writer or that she runs websites, because not many people consider being an expert on the Disney theme parks is a “real” job.
Study finds access to lifesaving medication for opioid addiction in Philadelphia remains uneven

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Alan Yu

Maggie Lowenstein, an addiction medicine specialist, has seen her patients struggling to get access to medications to treat opioid addiction. She’s an internal medicine doctor at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. And 2021 research confirms her observation — only one in five people who struggled with addiction received medication to treat it, even though these medications have shown to be effective.
Access to lifesaving meds for opioid addiction in Philadelphia remains uneven

1 month ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!Maggie Lowenstein, an addiction medicine specialist, has seen her patients struggling to get access to medications to treat opioid addiction. She’s an internal medicine doctor at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. And confirms her observation — only one in five people who struggled with addiction received medication to treat it, even though these medications have shown to be effective.
After severe brain injury, doctors often disagree on who will recover- WHYY

1 month ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode on the mystery of consciousness here. Two years ago, 23-year-old Cassie Wolfe went out dancing with her sister at a restaurant near Lebanon, Pa., and suddenly collapsed in the bathroom. An ambulance rushed her to a hospital. It turns out she had an undetected genetic heart condition, which stopped her heart and caused a stroke.