In the News: Via The Inquirer, Philly’s Bicentennial babies are turning 50
As the country turns 250, a cohort of Philadelphians — born in 1976 — told their stories in an ArtPhilly-produced podcast.
The Inquirer wrote about Yolanda Wisher's podcast project, Bicentennial Baby, part of What Now: 2026. The paper also invited participants into the studio for a photo shoot and a conversation.
Earlier this year, Wisher put a call out on social media asking Philadelphians turning 50 in 2026 to join her in conversation about their unique perspective as they enter middle age.
“I was interested in finding the diversity of the Bicentennial babies’ experience,” Wisher said. “What does it mean to be a 50-year-old born and raised here? Or to be that person, who wasn’t born here, fell in love with the city, and decided to make it home?”
...The Inquirer invited the Bicentennial babies to our studios earlier this month for a photo shoot. [They] shared how being born during the Bicentennial impacted their outlook, is shaping their present, and is setting them up to be cool elders.
Read the story HERE.