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Just You Wait: Pilot Program

By WHYY staff

January 7, 2013

Explore new ideas and trends in pop culture, art, technology, entertainment and daily life. Just You Wait steps away from the headlines and focuses on the most recent developments bubbling-up in all kinds of cultural arenas. Listen to the program from WHYY-FM. More »
Just You Wait: 2013 Edition

Just You Wait: Accountable Care Organizations poised for growth in 2013

By Carolyn Beeler

January 7, 2013

The year 2013 will be a big one for healthcare. Enrollment in the health insurance exchanges that have made headlines in recent months will begin this fall, and there will be many other preparations for the full implementation of the federal health law next January. Some analysts, however, say the real game-changer written into the Affordable Care Act wasn't health insurance exchanges, but A... More »
Just You Wait: 2013 Edition

Exporting liquified gas will be volatile topic

By Susan Phillips/StateImpact

January 3, 2013

In this year's series of prognostications and predictions, we start with Susan Phillips, who covers natural gas drilling for State Impact - Pennsylvania. She says liquified natural gas will become a hot topic as energy companies fight for the right to export overseas as environmentalists urge caution. More »
The 'quantified self' may be breakaway trend for 2013

By Zack Seward

January 2, 2013

High-tech monitoring of your personal fitness, your sleep, your overall well-being? Yup, there's an app for that, and more systems are likely on the way. In the 2013 installment of our Just You Wait series, reporter Zack Seward talks about what may be the next step in harnessing the data generated by our bodies. More »
Just You Wait: 2013 Edition

Track record for our 2012 'Just You Wait' predictions

By Chris Satullo

December 31, 2012

Last year at this time, NewsWorks and its radio companion, NewsWorks Tonight, introduced a new feature called “Just You Wait.” More »
NEWSWORKS TONIGHT FEATURE

'Internet of Things' concept is a little frightening and very enticing

By NewsWorks Staff

January 20, 2012

The "Internet of Things" can be described in two ways -- exciting and perhaps a little scary. WHYY reporter Elizabeth Fiedler joined NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to break down the concept. It's part of NewsWorks "Just You Wait" series, where we look at the names and phrases of things you may not have heard of yet, but most likely will hear more about sometime this y... More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

'Grit' - stick to it in 2012

By Stephanie Marudas

January 19, 2012

Grit. It might be an old-fashioned concept. But it's starting to catch on once again, especially in the classroom where educators are expressing a renewed interest in helping students develop their character. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

The many points of 'gamification'

By Maiken Scott and Peter Crimmins

January 18, 2012

"Gamification" is the phenomenon of turning something into a game. As the general population becomes ever-more comfortable with personal computer technology, games will pop up in unexpected places. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

The draw of Andrew Luck

By Chris Satullo

January 12, 2012

There's a name about to explode out of the world of sports.He's been called the most hyped amateur athlete since LeBron James. More »
NewsWorks Tonight Feature

Cutting cable may catch on in 2012

By Jen Howard

January 12, 2012

Is this the end of cable TV? NewsWorks Tonight introduces us to a device that could cut the cable cord for good. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

'Tebowing' - a bow to faith or a mockery of someone's religion?

By Chris Satullo

January 12, 2012

Finally, just so you know we've sifted carefully through many candidates for the Just You Wait series, a quick note on one that didn't make the cut. "Tebowing." More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Authors to watch in 2012

By Maiken Scott and Carolyn Beeler

January 11, 2012

Here are two authors we think will make a splash in 2012. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Appeal of whoopie pies reaching beyond region

By Kimberly Paynter

January 11, 2012

Legend has it that more than 50 years ago in Lancaster, Pa., two women were baking when snow began to make its way onto the landscape. The winter-loving women shouted, "whoopie!" and between two chocolate cake halves they sandwiched some toothsome vanilla icing. The whoopie pie was born. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Harry Potter fans look forward to new adventures online in 2012

By Peter Crimmins

January 10, 2012

With 450 million books sold, and tens of millions of fans in her pocket, J.K. Rowling will soon launch Pottermore.com, an interactive website that recreates and expands on Harry Potter's world, going into territory not included in the novels. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

More cash-strapped cities may turn to asset sales in '12

By Holly Otterbein

January 9, 2012

There's one big, scary reason you should get familiar with the phrase "public asset sales" in 2012: pensions. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Protecting a 'potter's field' is focal point of development project in Germantown

By Brian Hickey

January 9, 2012

The term "potter's field" originates from a New Testament vignette involving a remorseful Judas attempting to return 30 pieces of silver to priests. The money was promptly taken to "the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers." Americanized, the term refers to a burial ground for the unidentified or the indigent; it references land offering potter's c... More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Physicists expect conclusion on 'God particle' in 2012

By Carolyn Beeler

January 6, 2012

As part of our series Just You Wait, Newsworks Tonight host Dave Heller spoke to WHYY health and science reporter Carolyn Beeler about two developments in science predicted for 2012--one from the infinitesimal world of particle physics and one from the vast cosmos. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

'Downton Abbey' gains steam

By Susan Greenbaum

January 6, 2012

What television series will cause a buzz in 2012? Even in the age of Hulu, what's old-fashioned sometimes can seem fresh. Critics are saying a British historical drama, full of fox hunts, butlers and tweed, might be one of the hits of the year. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

Mark your calendars: Idea of world ending in 2012 gains traction

By Peter Crimmins

January 5, 2012

Leap year. Olympic year. Election year. The year 2012 has a lot going on. Let's add one more: the end of the world. More »
Just You Wait: 2012 Edition

'Super PAC' - increasing the political influence of corporations and unions

By Dave Davies

January 4, 2012

The word "super PAC" is already known to political junkies, but as the presidential campaign unfolds, these new entities are likely to play a growing role in the contest and get even more attention. More »