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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Arundel County executive lines incumbent Democrat Steuart Pittman against Republican County Councilwoman Jessica Haire. We ask about reducing crime, getting students to school on-time, pursuing development while protecting the shoreline, and their priorities if elected.
Check out this WYPR News story on polling in the race.
Tomorrow evening Anne Arundel County executive candidates Steuart Pittman and Jessica Haire will participate in a debate at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. The event will also be live-streamed.
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Here is a Stoop Story from Shannon about trying to stay out of trouble in Germany.
Listen to more from the Stoop Storytelling Series and find out about upcoming Stoop events.
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
The father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmstead, and his sons, are acclaimed in Baltimore for spaces like Patterson Park and neighborhoods like Roland Park. We hear how the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes is celebrating 200 years since Olmstead Senior’s birth.
Guests:
Jennifer Arndt Robinson is the president of the board of directors of the nonprofit Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes. She is also executive Director of the Friends of Patterson Park. Hannah Hethmon is the owner of Better Lemon Creative Audio and a freelance consultant in museum and history research.
Learn more:
National Association for Olmsted Parks
How Frederick Law Olmsted’s Principles Shaped Baltimore Parks
The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival
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
Violence between intimate partners may start with emotional or verbal abuse, before becoming physical. We hear how One Love Foundation educates young people to recognize healthy relationships and from the House of Ruth about its focus on reeducating partners who are abusive.
Guests: Ojeda Hall, executive director of the Mid-Atlantic region of the One Love Foundation, and Lisa Nitsch, director of training and education at the House of Ruth 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
MOM’s Organic Market, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Maryland Institute College of Art. What do they have in common? Their employees voted to unionize.
Huffington Post labor reporter Dave Jamieson gives us the national picture of this rise in labor organizing. In the wake of the pandemic, what protections do workers seek? How are employers responding?
Then, Starbucks barista Violet Sovine and Apple employee Chaya Barrett reflect on their organizing experiences.
Check out these recent WYPR news stories on union activity:
State employee labor union asks Maryland spending board to oppose ‘urgent’ health care contracts
State workers union pressures University System of Maryland board for higher pay
Thousands of Baltimore’s unionized teachers signed on to keep pushing for higher pay
This program originally aired on August 30, 2022.
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The Baltimore & Ohio, a powerful commercial railroad, was also part of the underground railroad. A new permanent exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum tells of two dozen freedom seekers who walked the rails, disguised themselves to be passengers, or packed themselves INTO BOXES to flee slavery.
We’ll hear the risks they took from the museum’s executive director Kris Hoellen and Chris Haley of the Legacy of Slavery project at the Maryland archives. Learn more about Mt. Clare Station.
Plus, Julia-Ellen Craft Davis, recounts her great-great grandparents' brave mission to escape slavery in Georgia, traveling by train in a daring disguise.
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
Democrat Wes Moore is vying to be the Free State’s 63rd governor. We ask how he plans to help still-struggling Marylanders recover from pandemic losses, why he wants high-school graduates to be offered a paid year of public service and how he intends to reduce violent crime.
Links: Wes Moore for Maryland, Voter registration, election judge training, find your polling place.
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
It’s been more than 200 years since what is now ‘The Peale--Baltimore’s Community Museum” opened its doors. So it deserved a facelift! Five years and 5-and-a-half million dollars later, it’s welcoming visitors again. We hear what’s new!
Links: Accomplished Arts Apprentices recruitment fair, The Guardians Reveal Party, Our Voises, Our Truth; Hostile Terrain; Behind the Diagnosis, Through My Eyes; Sankofa Experience.
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Here’s a Stoop Story from Kevin Hoffman about someone who would NOT be voted “best boss of the year."
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Freedom Jones directs violence intervention for the Center for Hope at LifeBridge Health, which currently oversees four Safe Streets sites in Baltimore and will adopt two more next year. There, outreach workers mediate conflict before it turns deadly. We ask Jones about stopping gun violence and treating the trauma it causes.
Learn more about Mayor Scott's plans for violence prevention and community violence intervention.
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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