Stay Connected***No longer adding new episodes*** On The Record was co-hosted by Sheilah Kast and Ashley Sterner. Sheilah and shared conversations with audacious artists, intrepid scientists, community leaders and more. And of course, tales from the beloved Stoop Storytelling Series.
On The Record was produced by Melissa Gerr. Jon Ehrens created the theme music. Louis Umerlik designed the logo.
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Baltimore is a city of artists. And every year, the “William G Baker Jr. Memorial Fund” invests in artists AND arts institutions to help support their creative endeavors. It’s the largest private dedicated funder of the arts in the Baltimore Region. We speak with David London, the new director of the Baker Fund Grants Program, and Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, who received the 2023 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize for her work in the literary arts. Learn more about Dickinson's forthcoming book on fashion designer Claire McCardell. If you’re an artist, you have until 5pm this coming Monday, January 27th, to create or update their Baker Artist Portfolio in order to be considered for this year’s awards.
You’ve probably heard of “news fatigue” – that feeling of exhaustion at the constant flow of information that prompts people to follow the news less closely. Staying engaged can be difficult even for folks who are actively trying to make the world a better place. So, how do you maintain your focus? For advice, we’re joined by Dara Friedman Wheeler. She’s a licensed clinical psychologist and co-author of the book “Being The Change: A Guide for Advocates and Activists on Staying Healthy, Inspired, and Driven.” In March, an author event will be held at Snug Books in Lauraville.
Thirty-one years ago, Congress made Martin Luther King Jr. Day a day of service and charged AmeriCorps with leading this effort. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service. Today, people across all 50 states will dedicate their time to serving their communities, doing things like delivering school supplies to teachers and students, cleaning-up vacant properties, reading to young people, and more. OTR cohost Ashley Sterner discusses this commitment with Michael D. Smith, the CEO of AmeriCorps.
Here is a Stoop Story from Terri Diener about listening to our pets, what she calls, “the best job in the world.” The next Stoop show is February 13th at Checkerspot Brewing Company. The theme is, “More Room in a Broken Heart: Stories about loving, losing, and rebuilding.”
When water temperatures drop in the Atlantic Ocean, the chill has a major impact on sea turtles. The cold can stun them, leaving them debilitated in the water or causing them to wash up on the beach. On the Record's Ashley Sterner goes behind the scenes at National Aquarium’s turtle rehabilitation facilities.
The use of psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat trauma and other ailments is on the rise. University of Maryland, Baltimore puts it front and center with an interdisciplinary speaker series across social work, pharmacy, and nursing called Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Science and Practice of Psychedelic Therapies. We get a preview from Megan Meyer, MSW, PhD, and from Dr. Allison Kelliher, Associate Faculty for Indigenous Knowledge and Practice Systems at the Hopkins School of Nursing and the Center for Indigenous Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Baltimore is rich with history, and the Baltimore City Historical Society wants to make sure people understand just how special and complex it is. For more than 15 years they’ve teamed up with the Village Learning Place to present Baltimore History Evenings, inviting speakers to detail stories that make up Charm City’s past. They happen at 7 pm the third Thursday of each month, beginning Jan. 16, through June. We talk with historian, author and co-chair of the history evenings committee for BCHS, Deborah Weiner, and with Nicole Fabricant, Anthropology professor at Towson University to get a preview.
Puberty - just the word may send shivers down your spine. In addition to annoying acne and crushes, getting your period can evoke feelings of embarrassment or shame. In Baltimore, one woman is trying to change that. Kai Inman founded 'The Hygiene Hookup,' a nonprofit that aims to provide education and resources about menstruation. She’s one of 20 local recipients of this year’s Weaver Awards, presented by the Aspen Institute initiative, “Weave: The Social Fabric Project.”
Baltimore recorded 201 homicides in 2024, down 23 percent from the year before. The city had seen more than 300 murders a year for the prior eight years. We ask Greg Marshburn, Catholic Charities’ Program Director for Safe Streets, about the progress he's observed. Of Baltimore’s ten Safe Streets sites, four are supervised by Catholic Charities. Previously, Marshburn served as the Site Director for Safe Streets Sandtown-Winchester and he’s worked with the violence interruption organization for more than a decade.
For years, people have been calling for significant changes to the Employed Individuals with Disabilities or EID program, offered by the Maryland Department of Disabilities. One of the biggest advocates recently “aged out” and lost her benefits while working to improve access. We talk with attorney Josh Basile, who is enrolled in the program, and disability rights advocate Michael Dalto to hear how they've tried to get improvements to the program.
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