The Signal (WYPR)
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The Signal, airdate 01.28.11
A radio postcard from Liberia; a conversation about animals with the creators of Ninety-Five; and a visit with Tom Flynn, author of the historical novel, Venable Park...
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The Signal, airdate 01.21.11
Hip hop performance artist Femi Tha Drifish; "Eliza's Freedom Road - An Underground Railroad Diary"; and Gregg Araki's new film "Kaboom!"...
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The Signal, airdate 01.14.11
Japanese-American poet Shiori; Nurse Judy Cooper's experiences in Haiti; and "Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Ed McTeer, Witchdoctor Sheriff"...
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The Signal, airdate 01.07.11
Irish music, rare books, Stalin-inspired poetry, and a rock 'n' roll memoir...
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12.31.10 Signal - The Legendary Orioles
A special episode of The Signal, from the basement hangout of the legendary do wop group, The Orioles...
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"O Little Town of Baltimore" (Part II)
Part II of the live radio series, "O Little Town of Baltimore," presented by Center Stage and produced by The Stoop The Signal
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The Signal, airdate 12.10.10
Corradetti Glass Studio, Baltimore Songwriters Association, and Rheb's Candies...
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The Legacy of the Piedmont Blues...
Music and conversations with living legends Phil Wiggins, Warner Williams, Jay Summerour, Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin, and Michael Baytop...
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The Signal, airdate 11.19.10
a peek at 'boylesque'; 'Letters to Baltimore from the War'; and a remembrance of boxing trainer Mack Lewis...
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The Signal, airdate 11.12.10
The Maryland Women's Heritage Center; a documentary about the unsung Maryland heroine Anna Elle Carroll; a conversation with artist Laura Era, who's painting Ms. Carroll back in to history; holiday reading picks from Benn Ray; and fiction from satirist D. R. Belz...
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The Signal, airdate 11.05.10
Malcolm Gladwell on the future of Baltimore, a visit to the Baltimore Print Shop, and music conversation with members of the Veteran Artist Project...
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The Signal's HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, airdate 10.29.10
A special Halloween edition of The Signal, with ghost stories, nightmares, and other tales of torment...
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ERIN MCKEOWN WEB EXTRA
Signal Contributor Alex Ford profiles folk rocker Erin McKeown...
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The Signal, airdate 10.22.10
Civil rights poet Sonia Sanchez, the Baltimore Citywide Youth Poetry Team, teaching kids (and their parents) to love reading, and a profile of violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn...
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The Signal, airdate 10.15.10
The Magical Experiences Arts Company, painted screen history, and vocal trio West Ave...
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The Signal, airdate 10.08.10
Druid Hill Park turns 150, Margaret Edds' memoir "Finding Sara," and slide-guitar bluesman "Swampcandy"...
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The Signal, airdate 10.01.10
music and stories with the legendary doo wop group, The Orioles...
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The Signal, airdate 09.24.10
Justin and Haneen's cross-cultural Understanding Campaign; Doug Retzler's Gourd Palace; and Josh Slates' highlights from the Toronto Film Festival...
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The Signal, airdate 09.17.10
The antiwar activist documentary "Hit Stay"; the past future of same-sex marriage equality legislation in MD; fiction from Jen Michalski; Flamenco dancer Edwin Aparicio; and Baltimore pop band Future Islands...
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The Signal, airdate 09.10.10
The Catonsville Nine documentary "Hit Stay," The Child Ballads revisited with Walker and Jay, and a look at the literary journal "32 Poems"...
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The Signal, airdate 08.20.10
"Simultaneous Presence" at Evergreen Museum Library; walking the beat with museum security guard Barbara Williams; rock 'n' roll trio The Degenerettes; and a chat about male friendships with Geoffrey Grief, author of "Buddy System"...
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The Signal, airdate 08.13.10
Nabil Karim's story of addiction, crime, and redemption; Matthew Porterfield on his film "Putty Hill"; and an 'expert' analysis of the HBO series, The Wire...
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The Signal, airdate 08.06.10
The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express; Dan Fesperman's "The Arms Maker of Berlin"; and Baltimore indie label West Main Development...
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The Signal, airdate 07.30.10
Shape Note singing, Bob Benson's flashies, and poet/recovering addict Joyce Lewis...
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The Signal, airdate 07.23.10
Xerxes the amazing internet dog, zombie survival tips, and Indian tabla drummer Abishek Basu...
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The Signal, airdate 07.16.10
The multi-purpose 'H Box,' community gardening, and short fiction from D R Belz...
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The Signal, airdate 07.09.10
"President's Day" horror movie, the "Nightmare Scenario" audio experiment, Eric D Goodman reads "One Last Hit," and Yo Trakz takes mics to the street corners where music is made...
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The Signal, airdate 07.02.10
Barbershop harmonies in Dundalk with the Chorus of the Chesapeake, Peter Bruun reflects on his time as head of Art on Purpose, and we visit with the finalists for the 2010 Sondheim Artscape Prize...
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The Signal, airdate 06.25.10
The Magical Experiences Arts Company, Benn Ray's book recommendations, and The Charm City Craft Mafia...
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COOL CRUEL HIGH SCHOOL, Part II
The Signal and The Stoop present Part II of a special radio co-production taped live at Center Stage: COOL CRUEL HIGH SCHOOL.
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COOL CRUEL HIGH SCHOOL, Part I
The Signal and The Stoop present Part I of a special radio co-production taped live at Center Stage: COOL CRUEL HIGH SCHOOL.
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The Signal, airdate 06.04.10
Tonier Cain shares her story of endurance, resilience, and triumph against seemingly impossible odds...
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The Signal, airdate 5.28.10
Sculpture at Evergreen House, hip hop trailblazer Chief Rocker Busy Bee Starski, and a live radio collaboration between The Signal and The Stoop...
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The Signal, airdate 05.21.10
Persian classical music master Ahmad Borhani shares his story and the sounds of his homeland...
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The Signal, airdate 05.14.10
Painted screens, a kindergarten art class, and honky-tonk musician Arty Hill...
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The Signal, airdate 05.07.10
Xerxes the mystery dog, Stoop stories for Mother's Day, and filmmaker Miguel Sabogal...
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The Signal, airdate 04.30.10
Maryland Film Festival highlights, and a profile of Baltimore experimental music label, Ehse Records...
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The Signal, airdate 04.23.10
The teenage vocal trio West Ave, children's author Stephen Parlato, a Stoop story from Will Carey, and filmmaker Roman Hardgrave's "Standards of Ethical Conduct"...
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The Signal, airdate 04.16.10
Tonier Cain shares her story of endurance, resilience, and triumph against seemingly impossible odds...
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The Signal, airdate 04.09.10
Dale Henderson tells the story of a secret, self-imposed period of homelessness during his teenage years; Benn Ray recommends books; and a sneak peek at the new anthology, "City Sages: Baltimore"
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The Signal, airdate 04.02.10
"Orphans Preferred: the Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express"; Betsy Boyd reads "Scarecrow"; Emsea Water recites "South Beach Diet"; and Rosalia Scalia reads "Unchartered Steps"
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The Signal, airdate 03.27.10
Embody Festival of the Vocal Arts, Nathan Bell, Fancy Clancy, and poets Reginald Harris Rachel Eisler...
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The Signal, airdate 03.19.10...
Persian classical music master Ahmad Borhani shares his story and the sounds of his homeland...
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The Signal (03.12.10)
A special two-hour collection of favorite recent stories from the show, including Iraqi filmmaker Ziad Jazzaa, Anne Watts of Boister, Starbucks pen-pal Christine Ferrera, the kids of SquashWise, zombie expert Davida Breier, and blind mountain biker Matt Gilman...
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The Signal, airdate 03.05.10
Koli Tengella on teaching, Janie Suss' "Oscar and Olive Osprey: A Family Takes Flight," and Geoffrey Becker's "Hot Springs"...
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The Signal, airdate 02.26.10
Out of Your Head, the NO VO Festival, and Letters to Baltimore from the War...
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The Signal, airdate 02.19.10
Kindergarten printmakers, Russia-inspired essays from Carole Webster McShane and Karen Houppert, and a talk with Geoff Brown, author of the Baltimore Moon Handbook...
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The Signal, airdate 02.12.10
Meditations on the 'Generation Gap,' with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Julia Kim Smith, Susan Muaddi Darraj, and Katherine Cottle...
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The Signal, airdate 02.05.10
Dispatches from the South Pole, fiddler Dave Bing, recommendations from Breathe Books, and a reading from Eric D Goodman...
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The Signal, airdate 01.29.10
SquashWise, Porterfield's "Putty Hill," and Kimball's "I Will Smash You" "60 Writers/60 Places"...
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Putting 'Dr. Caligari' to Music
Musician 'Darsombra' settles a score with 'Dr Caligari'...
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Remembering David Franks
A radio memorial in honor of the late poet, composer, artist, and prankster David Franks...
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The Signal, airdate 01.15.10
Aesthetics meets neuroscience in "Beauty and the Brain," a conversation with portrait photographer Nancy Schupp, and music from honky tonk singer / songwriter Arty Hill...
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The Signal, airdate 01.08.10
Outsider poet Robert Harris Jr, editorial cartoonist Kevin 'Kal' Kallaugher, and men's movement author Jack Kammer...
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The Legacy of the Piedmont Blues...
Music and conversations with living legends Phil Wiggins, Warner Williams, Jay Summerour, Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin, and Michael Baytop...
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The Signal (airdate 12.18.09)
Maryland Beaten Biscuits, Aunt Lola's Kitchen, and a Holiday-from-Hell story...
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The Signal, airdate 12.11.09
Corradetti Glass Studio, The Baltimore Songwriters Association, and Rheb's Candies...
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The Signal, airdate 12.04.09
former prisoner Nabil Kareem, Benn Ray of Atomic Books, and writer Rafael Alvarez...
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The Signal, airdate 11.20.09
Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History, memories of the Cold War, and post-Communist Russia through the lens of contemporary Russian theatre...
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The Signal, airdate 11.13.09
Scottish musician Christina Harrison, zombie expert Davida Breier, and writers Adam Robinson, Rachel Eisler, Reginald Harris, and Joe Wall...
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The Signal, airdate 11.06.09
A Starbuck's diary, Kathy Flann's Atomic Fiction, Joseph Young's micro-fiction, and blind mountain trials biker Matt Gilman...
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The Signal, airdate 10.30.09
Singer, poet, grandmother, and recovering addict Joyce Lewis; NPR's Scott Simon on the power of stories; and a reading of "The Raven" by Tony Tsendeas...
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The Legacy of the Piedmont Blues
Music and conversations with living legends Phil Wiggins, Warner Williams, Jay Summerour, Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin, and Michael Baytop...
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The Signal, airdate 10.16.09
Steven Frank, Mobtown Studios, Anthony McKissic, and "Spirit of Place"...
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The Signal, airdate 10.09.09
DJ Spooky, artist Patrick Rife, essayist William Patrick Tandy, and a remembrance of the late Verna Day-Jones
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The Signal, airdate 10.02.09
Kenya Connect, Dan Fesperman, and Theatre Project...
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The Signal, airdate 09.25.09
Josh Slates on the Toronto International Film Festival, Anne Watts of Boister, and Ab Logan kisses tells at The Stoop...
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The Signal, airdate 09.18.09
"Hometon Baghdad" filimmaker Ziad Jazzaa, "A Thing as Big as the Ocean" filmmakers Joe Cashiola and Nathan Duncan, and a review of Telluride with Josh Slates
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The Signal, airdate 08.28.09
Crime and Redemption: A Wise Guy's Tale
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The Signal, airdate 08.21.09
"Ola Belle Reed: An Enduring Legacy"
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The Signal, airdate 08.14.09
boxing, ultimate fighting, and Capoeira fight-dancing...
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The Signal, airdate 08.07.09
radio readings from Lalita Noronha, Justin Sirois, Fernando Quijano III, and Adam Trice
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The Signal, airdate 07.31.09
Maryland Nature Recordists, Wildlife Rescue, Inc., town crier Jack Troutwine, 911 operator Renee White, and professional magic clown Jojo...
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The Signal, airdate 07.24.09
"Baltimoored: Summer in the City" (Part 2)
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The Signal
"Baltimoored: Summer in the City" (Part I)
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The Signal, airdate 07.10.09
Stories about romantic leaps of faith
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Our Fellow Americans...
Conversations with strangers during a barn-storming blue-highway road trip across Maryland...
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The Signal, airdate 06.26.09
Musical mad scientist Peter Blasser, Baltimore DJ Balagan's adventures in Brazil, and 'required reading' from Atomic Books' Benn Ray
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The Signal
Nepalese superstar-turned-restauratuer Prem Raja Mahat, the trail-blazing all-women rockabilly band The Roc-A-Jets, and essayist Ami Spencer
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I Lost on Jeopardy
Josh Fruhlinger at The Stoop
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The Charm City Craft Mafia
"You ask me to sew this handbag on my daughter's wedding day?"
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One Man, Two Musicians
A profile of Kevin Gift and his alter ego, Wendell Patrick...
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Remembering Jeannie
An inspired memorial project...
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Ashes to Ashes...
And dust to sculpture...
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Arbouretum
Music and conversation with Dave Heumann and Steve Strohmeier...
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Thy-High"
Fiction writer Lawrence Lanahan spells out a scary future...
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Sacred Spaces
A conversation with Anthony McKissic...
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"Recollection: Life through Art"
Taking art personally...
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An Open Book
A visit with Lenett Myrick...
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The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival
The Bard lives on...
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Leslie F Miller
A reading from "Let Me Eat Cake"
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William Patrick Tandy
The body in motion...
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Mobtown Studios
Pro sound and the comforts of home...
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West Main Development
A record label with an unusual mission...
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The Beautiful Struggle
A conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates...
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"My Father's Speech"
A conversation with poet Katherine Cottle...
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Daughter of an American Dream
A conversation with Julia Kim Smith...
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Confessions of Captain Quackers
Take this job and shove it...
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E The Poet Emcee
"The Test"...
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Remembering Paul Robeson
Reflections on an American legend...
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Spirit of Place
A conversation with Sarah Auchenbach and Bill McAllen...
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Ola Belle Reed: An Enduring Legacy (Part III)
WYPR, in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and The Maryland State Arts Council, presents a special broadcast of The Signal...
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Ola Belle Reed: An Enduring Legacy (Part II)
WYPR, in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and The Maryland State Arts Council, presents a special broadcast of The Signal...
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Ola Belle Reed: An Enduring Legacy (Part I)
WYPR, in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and The Maryland State Arts Council, presents a special broadcast of The Signal...
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Required Reading
Book recommendations from Benn Ray...
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Grudge Match
Serious croquet...
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Live Arts Legislation, a Bill in Flux
Will this legislation help or harm Baltimore's cultural landscape?
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Vegans Have More Fun
Vegetarian social gatherings can be a veritable meat market...
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"Biotic Connections"
A conversation with bio-photographer Kevin Smith...
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Transmodernism
Um... what is it?
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"Standards of Ethical Conduct"
Office politics run amok...
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Portrait of a Dream Job
Walking the beat with Barbara Williams...
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60 Objects / Countless Stories
A conversation with Anne Manning...
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Crooked Tracks
A conversation with Barry Nemett...
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Radio Still Life
A visit to the Zoll Studio School of Fine Art...
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The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Black history, in 3-D...
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The Hampton National Historic Site
History hidden in plain view...
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American Iconoclast H.L. Mencken
A conversation with Marion Rodgers...
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Historic Photos of Baltimore
A conversation with Mark Walston...
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The True False Film Festival
A festival recap with Josh Slates...
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"School"
A conversation with Ric Royer and Jackie Milad...
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Best Inter-Office Email
A reading from Michael Kun...
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"Megillat Esther"
Hollywood has nothing on this biblical thriller
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Traditional Irish Music
Music and conversation with Dan Isaacson of The Magic Square
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"Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships"
The Bro Code, analyzed
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"Passenger"
a reading form Ronald Damien Malfi
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Bryan "Grasshopper" Robinson
Conversation with a 'movie-making machine'
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The Roc-a-Jets
And you thought YOUR band was tough?
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Beyond the Big Box Office
An essay in praise of Independent cinema
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Living Your Faith
The story of a surprising and serendipitous spiritual path
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"Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master"
A conversation with Michael Sragow
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Throat Singer Ian Hesford
One man, two-part harmony
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Ruby Hayes
Portrait of a blues diva...
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"Tyhe Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas"
A conversation with Davy Rothbart...
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Know When to Hold 'Em
Aaron at The Stoop...
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Remembering the Golden O's
A baseball fan meets his childhood hero...
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"An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge"
A conversation with John Hodgman...
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"The Glen Rock Book of the Dead"
A conversation with Marion Winik
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"The Silences"
A reading from Eric D. Goodman
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Milkshake
Music for kids, and their grown-up friends
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"Black to our Roots"
A conversation with filmmaker Ras Tre Subira
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The Beat of a Different Drummer
A profile of Nasar Abadey
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"Inventory"
A reading form Christie Stewart
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Living with Usher syndrome
A visit with Steven Frank
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Historic Photos of Baltimore
A conversation with Mark Walston
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The Music of Your Life
A reading from John Rowell
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The Political Animal
A conversation with Brian Morton
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"Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums"
Confessions of a self-avowed 'cultural crackpot'
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Remembering Jeannie
One man's inspired memorial
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Aural States Fest?
For those about to rock
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The Doula and the Funeral Director
Opposites attract
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'Hyphenated' American
A conversation with Julia Kim Smith
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60 Objects / Countless Stories
Listening in at the BMA
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Classical Guitarist Branimir Krstic
A classic album gets a classical touch
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"The Conqueror Worm"
A reading from Tony Tsendeas
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Welcome to the Presidency
Spoken-word from Autumn Jennifer Colbert
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Red Rain
A reading from Tim Wendel
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Nature(s) Calls?
A visit with wildlife recordists Danny Meltzer and Tony Celis
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"End of Story"
An essay by William Patrick Tandy
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The Bow-Legged Gorilla
Yes, he can pat his head and rub his stomach at the same time
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Portrait of a Deer Hunter
From WYPR's web producer Louisa Jonas, creator of the podcast "Natural Maryland"
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Angelo's Journey - part III
"We walk as we are..."
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Angelo's Journey - part I
"We walk as we are..."
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Angelo's Journey - part II
"We walk as we are..."
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Therese Lynch at The Stoop
A holiday-from-Hell story
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Aunt Lola's Kitchen
A holiday reading from Rafael Alvarez
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Therese Lynch at The Stoop
A holiday-from-Hell story
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Aunt Lola?s Kitchen
A holiday reading from Rafael Alvarez
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Maryland Beaten Biscuits
Fun for everyone but the biscuits
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Rheb?s Candies
Mmmmmmm
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The Baltimore Songwriters Association
Hello, my name is ****, and Im a songwriter
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Corradetti Glass Studio
A story marked fragile
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The Origin of Paranoia as a Heated Mole Suit
A reading from Rupert Wondolowski
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A Permanent Passenger
A look behind the scenes on a cruise ship
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Fortune?s Wheel
You got to know when to walk away, and know when to run
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The Ultimate Cartoon Map of Baltimore
A conversation with Tom Chalkley
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A Toy Story
serious fun.
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Remembering Grace Hartigan
A radio tribute
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Nancy Murray at The Stoop
A story about the meaning of thankfulness
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Making Nice with Vegetarians at the Holidays
An essay from Ben Shaberman
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Atomic Books Recommends?
A conversation with Benn Ray
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Sacred Harp Music
Living, breathing musical history
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A Papua New Guinea Soundscape
Recordings and recollections from Jann Rosen-Queralt
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Artists-in-Training
A profile of Baltimore School for the Arts
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The Glen Rock Book of the Dead
A conversation with Marion Winik
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Great Blacks in Wax
History in 3D
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Remembering ?Link?
A look at the past and present of Charm Citys art world
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Abhishek Basu
Notes on rhythm, and life
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Euphoria
Are you happy?
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The Signal's Halloween Special, part III
an other-worldly hour of radio...
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The Signal's Halloween Special, part II
an other-worldly hour of radio...
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The Signal's Halloween Special
an other-worldly hour of radio
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Frances Wilson Remembers
A voice of experience
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The Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia
The horror! The horror!
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The Election will be Televised
Zurawik on election coverage
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Opposites Attract
From the cradle to the grave
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HouseWerks
A second life for architectural antiques
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The Red Suit Enthusiasts
A real-life superhero story
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?Flying with a Ghost?
an essay from Ami Spencer
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Soap Artist Jill Greenberg
The Michelangelo of shower scraps
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