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Luke Spicknall tells us a stoop story of a reluctant sailor who learned a life lesson on a boat. The next live stoop show is a couple weeks away, on May 8th; it’s called “Look for the Helpers: Stories about first responders, caregivers, and unexpected heroes.” More information about live events and the Stoop podcast is at Stoopstorytelling.com.
Climate change is so pervasive we often don’t connect the dots. For a year, climate activist Mike Tidwell closely observed his own neighborhood in Takoma Park -- so many trees dying, floodwater racing down the street. We ask about his new book, "The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue." Tidwell will speak at Red Emma's on Wed. April 23, and at Ivy Bookshop on Thursday May 1.
Tens of thousands of middle- and high-schoolers in Maryland are getting ideas about what their future could be — ideas that might not have occurred to them a few years ago. The same part of the state’s K-12 education reform effort--the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future -- that requires students be “college or career -ready” by tenth grade, calls for each student to get individualized career counseling. We hear from two advocates for workforce counseling: Democratic Sen. Cory McCray, representing Dist. 45, and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the product of an apprenticeship. And from Kirkland Murray, president and CEO of the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Association, and president of the statewide association of workforce boards. Then we get an idea of what the counseling entails in a conversation with Noah, a senior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and with Brady Wheeler, senior program manager of the Baltimore Career Coach Initiative, a program in the Mayor's Office of Employment Development.
Here's a Stoop Story from Adam Stone about discovering how to grow together as a family. You can hear more stories and find information about live events and the Stoop podcast at StoopStorytelling.com .
After his childhood of “shabby gentility,” in Baltimore, Murray Kempton’s New York newspaper columns spanned the 20 century with clear insights about who America was leaving behind. We talk with Andrew Holter, the editor of a new collection of Kempton’s journalism. Holter will speak at Writer's LIVE at Enoch Pratt Library Tuesday April 15, and at the Union Market location of Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. on Thurs. May 8.
Laying out his plans for Maryland in a speech two months ago, Gov. Wes Moore called for more focus on what boys and young men are going through. This morning, we’ll try to understand what’s going on with men and boys, by talking with two men who spend a lot of time thinking about it, and trying to improve things. Alex Zequiera is president of Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy, and Andrew Reiner, a senior lecturer at Towson University and the author of "Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity that Creates Greater Courage and Emotional Resiliency.”
Several times a year the Natural History Society of Maryland offers folks an opportunity to explore the geology of Baltimore City’s buildings and monuments. The next tour is on Sunday, April 13th, led by Sam Glasscock, a semi-professional geologist who volunteers for the Natural History Society — he gave us a preview.
Maryland’s massive budget deficit has loomed over the General Assembly session that’s wrapping up. Today is Sine Die. What taxes are lawmakers raising? What spending do they intend to cut? How are they preparing Maryland for the Trump administration’s changes? We ask Rachel Baye, WYPR senior reporter and editor and Brian Sears of 'Maryland Matters' as the legislature starts its last day.
Jeanette Machen tells us a stoop story about her first grade hero: Jedi Master Yoda. There is a live stoop event is coming up next week! On Wednesday April 9th, the series presents “Battling the Elements: Stories about confronting the forces of nature.” More information about live events and the Stoop podcast is at Stoopstorytelling.com.
This weekend at The Voxel performing arts theater, audiences will step aboard a spaceship, and train their eyes, and ears, on the stars … "Cloud Nebula" is an afro-futuristic cinematic opera produced by Baltimore-based music collective Afro House. We talk with writer Scott Patterson, also co-founder and Artistic Director of Afro House and with Alisha Patterson, co-founder and Managing Director of Afro House to get a preview!
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