history

When’s the last time you heard violin music? Actually, the violin is heard so regularly that you don’t even think about it. Historian David Schoenbaum has done extensive research on the origin and evolution of this common and indispensable instrument. He is the author of "The Violin: A Social History of the World’s Most Versatile Instrument." (Original Air Date: March 13th)

This month marks the centennial of the death of Harriet Tubman, the legendary abolitionist who helped slaves escape to freedom. We examine her incredible life with one of the nation's leading Tubman biographers, Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, and consulting historian and curator of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center; and Anthony Cohen, who conducts tours along the routes of the Underground Railroad.

March 05, 2013

February 19, 2013

In the summer of 1918, a mysterious new strain of influenza kills millions of people all over the world.

Loretta Reynolds grew up just off Erdman Avenue on the eastern edge of Baltimore as the youngest of five girls. Today she is Brigadier General Reynolds, and commands Parris Island, the famous training grounds for the U.S. Marine Corps. She'll tell us her story.

Then – The Olympics are over, but the Paralympics are just gearing up!  We'll talk with Baltimore’s own Jessica Long, who'll be going for the gold in swimming.