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I believe in bicycles. My bicycle is simple. I move the pedals, which spin the gears, which turn the back wheel. The wheels simply rotate. My bicycle does not need a windshield, heated seats or even a radio.

This new book of poetry is by an author who grew up in Hollidaysburg, and you'll see signs of central Pennsylvania throughout the poems.

The StoryCorps oral history project just finished a month of recording interviews in Bellefonte. Jessica Welch and her sister Jennifer Theiss came to StoryCorps to honor their father, Bill Welch, who was mayor of State College for 15 years. Jessica and Jennifer recorded this conversation just before the anniversary of their father’s death.

I believe in learning from the past. We wouldn’t be who we are now without it. Each moment in time affects us in some way.

A teenage girl makes for an amazing spy in this new novel. Maybe more exciting is that the author is also a teenager!

The StoryCorps oral history project has been recording interviews all this month in Bellefonte. Jill Herr talked with her father, John Herr, about his stint in the voluntary service. He served for two years in the time between the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The pair came from Lancaster County to record this interview.

It’s Ramadan right now, a month when Muslims fast, pray, and purify themselves through good deeds. The recent flooding in Pakistan would seem to be an ideal opportunity for the State College Muslim community to offer help. But as WPSU’s Emily Reddy reports, the mosque in town is afraid to make donations.

An archive recording of a live broadcast of the Folk Show