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.
Copyright: © 2024 WYPR Baltimore
We live in bubbles. Many of us have few friends whose political beliefs differ from ours-- and that’s true also for social media. The circles you run in, the content you interact with online, probably echo your views.
According to the Pew Research Center, while most Americans prefer news apps and websites, an increasing number turn to social media for news.
What does all this mean for how we experienced the campaign …or reacted to the results on election day?
Jen Golbeck is a professor at the University of Maryland where she studies extremism, social media, malicious online behavior, and artificial intelligence.
Links:
MAGA Report
I've Traveled Across The Country To Attend Trump Rallies. Here's What You Won't See On TV.
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As most of the nation shifted to the right, Maryland stayed predictably blue, and chose Democrats for its job openings in Washington: In addition to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobooks prevailing over Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan to represent the Free State in the U.S. Senate.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski won a seat in Congress, as did State Senator Sarah Elfreth of Anne Arundel County.
To help us better understand what Maryland voters were saying, we speak with UMBC political scientist Mileah Kromer; Lisa Snowden, editor in chief of Baltimore Beat; and John Lee, who covers Baltimore County for WYPR.
Correction: This interview mistakenly updated the race for Maryland's 6th Congressional District House seat. The race has not been called yet.
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The Maryland Port Authority will receive $145 million dollars from the Biden administration's Clean Ports Program, with $32 million dollars to benefit sustainability upgrades at Seagirt and Dundalk Terminal.
Mark Schmidt, president of Ports America Chesapeake, tells us more. Ports America Chesapeake operates Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals at the Port of Baltimore under a public-private agreement with the Maryland Port Administration.
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The Baltimore Sun has cut its features coverage, which means the death of human interest stories and reporting on things like visual arts, music, theater, and dining.
The slashing of this type of coverage in the city’s paper of record is a huge loss to Baltimore’s arts and culture community -- or is it? We ask Teri Henderson, Arts and Culture Editor at Baltimore Beat, and Cara Ober, Executive director of Bmore Art, to weigh in.
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Here's a Stoop Story from Barbara Skidmore about standing up for what you believe in, even when it’s against the expectations of others.
Next up for live Stoop Storytelling: Creating Art, Creating Change:
Art as a Tool for Healing Communities. It happens at AVAM on Thursday, November 14, at 7 pm.
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Sportsmanship means playing by rules, civilized behavior and respect for opponents. American Visionary ArtMuseum’s, “Good Sports: The Wisdom and Fun of Fair Play,” features 150 artists who explore those themes - at a time when we need to hear them! We get a preview from associate curator and grants manager Gage Branda.
Links: American Visionary Art Museum, Creating Art, Creating Change:
Art as a Tool for Healing Communities on Nov. 14., Bazaart and other events .
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Sociologist Benjamin Snyder spent six years following an emerging form of policing technology: ultra-high-resolution aerial surveillance. Technology that Ross McNutt, founder of Persistent Surveillance Systems, promised would “solve otherwise unsolvable crimes.”
In his new book, “Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment,” Snyder exposes the promise and peril of high-tech policing. Snyder will speak about his book at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse in Baltimore on December 10th.
Links:
Baltimore’s “Spy Plane” Was Ruled Unconstitutional in 2021. So Why Did One Murder Case Go to Trial Years Later?
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Maryland’s rabbit season is almost here! It starts in November. And it is just one of the many hunting seasons our state will observe over the next couple months.
Hunting plays a key role in Maryland’s efforts to manage its wildlife populations, and for a closer look at that, we’re joined by Brian Eyler, associate director of the state Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Heritage Service.
Links:
Hunting in Maryland
Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping 2024 - 2025
Maryland Hunters Harvest 125 Black Bears for 2024 Season
Marylanders Get Prepared for the 2024-25 Deer Hunting Season
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry
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Think what life was like in the Deep South, a few years after the Civil War, for those who had been enslaved. Poverty was the norm —maybe there was no work, maybe backbreaking work not much different than before the war, now at a desperately low wage. But what were the opportunities for the newly freed? What were the hopes?
Full Circle Dance Company helps us imagine that moment in history and its implications today in a new work that will premiere Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, with the theme “From the Source of Our Power.”
This particular work, choreographed by Hope B. Byers, is titled: “1868: Liberation and the Everlashing.” We ask Byers about the process of researching and creating this dance.
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More than 20 million Americans are behind on their medical bills. And a survey conducted last year by the group Economic Action Maryland found that 14 percent of Marylanders have medical debt they cannot repay.
That existing debt, and fears of accruing new debt, cause some folks to avoid seeking hospital treatment.
But Maryland has laws designed to protect patients and Economic Action Maryland has put out a guide to inform them of their rights. We speak with the nonprofit's executive director, Marceline White.
LINKS:
Guide to Medical Debt
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