Podcast Summary: Will Sparrows Point have a new owner soon? Plus, we learn about five Frenchmen who took refuge in Philadelphia as Revolution swept through 1790s France, Studio Theatre stages "Carrie: the Musical," and Nutritionist Monica Reinagel returns. Sparrows Point might have a new owner soon, we talk about it with Mark Reutter, reporter for …

Podcast Summary: Many children go hungry in the summer due to an absence of school food programs, Kathleen Brockway's new book "Baltimore's Deaf Heritage", and the Orioles hope to hang on to first place in the A.L. East. Once school lets out, many kids find themselves without three meals a day. There are programs to serve them, but many children ar…

Podcast Summary: Will the cost of sending money abroad go up? What can Sri Lanka teach us about raising our children? Plus, researcher Sabiyha Prince on gentrification and African-Americans. Some big banks are getting out of the international money-transfer business, and that’s expected to drive up the cost of sending money abroad. We talk about wh…

Podcast Summary: Should access to a lawyer be a guaranteed right in certain civil cases? Plus, tracking ospreys in Maryland, a review of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's "As You Like It", and bluegrass band Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen. A state task force is looking at whether poor Marylanders should have free access to a lawyer in civil cases a…

Podcast Summary: Maryland's odd constitutional delegation in 1787, a documentary about the "Central Park Five", Baltimore writer Rafael Alvarez on his book "Tales from the Holy Land." Happy Fourth of July! Today, we mark the day we declared independence from Britain in 1776. We revisit our conversation with author David O. Stewart about another sem…

Podcast Summary: The psychological costs to children when bullets fly in Baltimore, plus activist Shirley Sherrod on healing from injustice. When violence breaks out in neighborhoods, how do you address the psychological damage to young witnesses? We spoke with a Stanford University child psychiatrist who studied links between community violence an…

Podcast Summary: Attracting attorneys to represent arrestees at initial hearings, remembering "the battle that saved Washington" during the Civil War, plus how one man’s story reflects India’s story in the 20th century. The District Court of Maryland is looking for lawyers to represent criminal defendants at the pretrial hearings that decide whethe…

Podcast Summary: We talk about what’s being done to reduce HIV rates in Baltimore, how WWI shaped Baltimore's large German community, and what movies to see this month. Today is ‘National HIV Testing Day.’ In Baltimore, 1 in 43 people live with the virus. We talk about what’s being done to reduce HIV rates in Baltimore, challenges to getting more p…

Podcast Summary: Where things are headed in November based on the primary vote. Plus, burgers you may have never thought of, and a musical instrument you may have never heard of. As the dust settles on yesterday’s primary, we ask WYPR statehouse reporter Chris Connelly and Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater what the results mean for November. T…

Podcast Summary: Sheilah asks a Hopkins public-health professor why chronic conditions are so tough to treat, a biography of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, "Wild With Happy" at Center Stage, and we visit the new ‘Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball’ in Owings Mills. Can health care reform make a dent in how many Marylanders have chroni…

Podcast Summary: How Howard County is expanding its mental health services, and nutritionist Monica Reinagel explains how much protein you need depending upon your age. The shooting in January at the Mall in Columbia prompted Howard County to expand its mental health services. Sheilah talks to county health and police officials about what’s being d…

Podcast Summary: What NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore could mean for Maryland, a book of photos captures life in Maryland during the Great Depression and World War II, and local author Jim Magruder talks about his new collection of short stories titled "Let Me See It." What can the aerospace industry do for the Eastern Sh…

Podcast Summary: The race for the Republican Nomination for County Executive, Paula Willey's recommendations for summer books, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Tribes" at Everyman Theatre, and Ann Kolakowski's poems about Warren. The race for the Republican nomination for Anne Arundel County Executive pits the incumbent Laura Neuman against Delegate Steve …

Podcast Summary: Fatherhood in the inner city, and the secret lives of plants. Sociologists Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson, of Johns Hopkins, spent seven years living in Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in the country. They were trying to understand the lives of poor urban fathers. They've shared what they found in their book, "Doing …

Podcast Summary: We talk with CareFirst CEO Chet Burrell about next year's individual health insurance rates, plus Baltimore activists reflect on coming out in the 70s and 80s, and choreographer Liz Lerman on her newest theatrical dance piece, "Healing Wars." How much will individuals pay for health insurance in November when enrollment opens back …

Podcast Summary: How local NAACP branches plan to increase voter turnout. Plus, author David Ignatius on his latest spy thriller, "The Director." The NAACP has a new president. What direction will the civil rights organization take now? Tom Hall gets a local perspective from the President of the NAACP Maryland State Conference. Then – More than 150…

Podcast Summary: Can a state tax all of the income earned by its residents, even if it’s earned in another state? Plus, Baltimore tech entrepreneur Dave Troy maps social networks in the city, and finds two Baltimores. And, must-see movies this summer. Can a state tax all of the income earned by its residents, even if it’s earned in another state? T…

Podcast Summary: Violence has claimed the lives of several young people in Baltimore. How are youth homicides being dealt with, and how can future violence be prevented? The BSO will perform Beethoven's Ninth this weekend conducted by Marin Alsop. Too many young lives have been lost in Baltimore in recent months. What will it take to reduce violenc…

Podcast Summary: Civil rights leader Gloria Richardson reflects on the struggle in the 1960s to end segregation in Cambridge, plus Tom Hall talks with author David Grimm about man's best friend. Fifty years ago, civil rights leader Gloria Richardson marched on picket lines to end segregation in Cambridge, on the Eastern Shore. When we spoke this sp…

Podcast Summary: What are the barriers to employment for job-seekers in the Baltimore region? Plus, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "The Gospel Songstress" at Arena Players. And, we learn about Muse 360, an arts organization for youth. A new report out today asks what barriers are keeping job-seekers from finding employment in the Baltimore region. We talk…

Podcast Summary: We talk with U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski about how to combate the gender pay gap. Plus, we explore the murals of Open Walls Baltimore 2. U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski on the Nigerian school girls, health care in the Veteran Affairs Department, and…who’s she would back for President in 2016. Then – As the winner of the Preakness p…

Podcast Summary: Democratic candidate for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Plus, what’s it take to be an astronaut? And, corn distilled, aged and sealed in a bottle. This week, we're talking with the Democratic candidates for Baltimore City State's Attorney. Today, we speak with Marilyn Mosby, a civil attorney and former prosecutor in…

Podcast Summary: We talk with Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein about his campaign for reelection. David Guth joins us to talk about how the Chesapeake Bay Bridge got built. Plus, pediatrician and author, Dr. Nadia Hashimi, talks with Sheilah Kast about her new novel "The Pearl that Broke Its Shell." We're talking with the Democratic …

Podcast Summary: The history behind Memorial Day, plus the kiss in Times Square, 1945 that was immortalized in a photograph. Then, A review on "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus" by Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck And, poet Carolyn Surrick on her latest book of poems. Time was, so many people flocked to area cemeteries to decorate graves of soldiers…

Podcast Summary: How images shape our idea of terrorism, the tea party nobody talks about on the Eastern Shore, plus members of the Irish folk-pop group "Celtic Woman." How have visual images shaped our idea of terrorism since the 9/11 attacks? We talk with UMBC professor Rebecca Adelman, who's written about it in a new book, and with someone who c…