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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Nearly a decade and half after she resigned as Baltimore mayor in a plea deal, Sheila Dixon is making her third run to regain the city’s top spot. What is her plan to address crime? To improve the city’s schools? To stem the shrinking population?
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The Chesapeake Bay’s watermen have long put food on the plates of restaurants and family dinners across the region.
An often overlooked but crucial part of the Chesapeake Bay’s history are the stories of Black watermen. Now there’s been discussion among these watermen and their advocates about a memorial and cultural center dedicated to their history.
We speak with Vincent Leggett, the founder and president of the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation. The nonprofit seeks to preserve and document the maritime history of African Americans on the Chesapeake Bay.
We also speak to Clayton Mitchell Sr., who lives on the Eastern Shore and contributes commentary to news site Maryland Matters.
(Photo by Brian Witte, AP)
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The Chesapeake Bay teems with life, and is home to a rich array of creatures from across the branches of the evolutionary tree.
One of the crucial contributors to the bay's ecosystem is the oyster. The Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population plummeted in the later half of the 20th century…but there are recent hopeful signs the bay’s oysters are making a comeback.
Here to talk about all things oysters is Imani Black, an oyster farmer who is pursuing a Master's degree at University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science at Horn Point Laboratory. She is also the CEO and founder of Minorities in Aquaculture—an advocacy group dedicated to increasing diversity in the cultivation and study of marine life.
We ask Imani about recent good news for the region's oysters, diversity within her industry and her connection the bay's waters.
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In "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law,'' Leah and Richard Rothstein argue the profound issues plaguing society are tied to our segregated neighborhoods. The father-daughter duo draw a roadmap to desegregation that allies can undertake at the local level.
Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Leah Rothstein is an expert on affordable housing policy, and a consultant for nonprofit developers, local governments and private firms.
Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472
Elizabeth Talford Scott created fiber-based art that broke all the rules -- so did her career. Her colorful quilts and tapestries evoke ancestors and community. Now nine Baltimore museums and colleges will join to honor her creative legacy. We get a preview from artist and archivist Deyane Moses.
Links: Baltimore Museum of Art Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs; Reginald F. Lewis Museum Black Woman Genius: Tapestries of Generations; MICA, Coppin State University Cryor Gallery, JELMA at Morgan State University; The Walters Art Museum.
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Here's a Stoop Story from Temi Oni about following your heart, even when it means not listening to your parents. Visit Stoop Storytelling for more info about live events and the Stoop podcast.
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Crownsville Hospital in Anne Arundel County was Maryland's infamous segregated mental health asylum, and the only such facility available to Black people in Maryland between 1911 and desegregation in the 1960s.
A new book by journalist Antonia Hylton traces the history of Crownsville Hospital, the struggles and triumphs of its patients, the lives of its staff and medical personnel and what this singular institution tells us about mental illness, racism and community in America. Along the way, Hylton grapples with her own family’s experiences with mental illness, and the shame that blossomed in secrecy and darkness for generations.
The book is called “Madness: Race And Insanity In A Jim Crow Asylum.”
Hylton is a Peabody and two-time Emmy award-winning correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC.
(Photo by Mark Clennon)
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Did you graduate high school feeling prepared to make financial decisions? Founded 70 years ago, the Maryland Council on Economic Education (MCEE) works to promote high-quality economic and financial instruction in classrooms across the state. We speak with MCEE's executive director Julie Weaver and Amy Cargiulo, a teacher in Howard County.
Then, take charge of your budget in 2024. We speak with Jasmine Brewer, executive director of MakingChange, a nonprofit that provides free individual counseling and group workshops on personal finance and home buying. Check out their Facebook page.
Find free tax preparation services in Maryland through the CASH Campaign of Maryland.
Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472
(Original airdate: Dec. 5, 2023.)
Climate change, driven by human activity, has upset the balance of ecosystems and natural processes the world over.
In the Chesapeake Bay, changes to the natural environment that usually occur over hundreds or thousands of years are taking place in the span of a lifetime. Sea-level rise is causing salty ocean water to crawl farther and farther into the bay and onto nearby coastlands.
Jeremy Cox is a Chesapeake Bay Journal staff writer who has written about saltwater intrusion.
Some of the oldest farmland in the country is on the Delmarva peninsula, and threatened by eroding coast lands and saltwater.
Bob Fitzgerald lives on the Eastern Shore in Somerset County. His family has farmed in the same area for many generations.
And Sarah Hirsh, Ph.D., has been an extension educator for University of Maryland in Somerset County since 2018. Her research and Extension program focuses on soils, conservation and cover crops.
(Photo by Julio Cortez, AP)
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Seven hundred thousand Marylanders don't get enough food. The Maryland food bank has been fighting hunger for decades. Now they hope to get at the root of food insecurity with a new grant program -- we hear about it from COO Meg Kimmel.
Plus, Eric Jackson, head of the Black Yield Institute and Billy Humphrey, who leads City of Refuge-Baltimore, talk about how their nonprofits plan to combat hunger in innovative ways.
Links: Maryland Food Bank, Black Yield Institute, City of Refuge-Baltimore.
Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472
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