Lou Gehrig's disease

This segment originally aired on January 30, 2012.

For more than a year, Tom Hall talked with the writer and journalist Dudley Clendinen, a former national correspondent and editorial writer for the New York Times and the author of four books. Dudley was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

A new understanding of how certain brain cells work prompts a new direction in the study of the neurodegenerative disease ALS. Tom Hall talks about the new research with Jeff Rothstein.

Then, could 'small' be the next 'big thing?' Architect and industrial designer Daryl Landry discusses his digital magazine, Rohous, which caters to those who live in small spaces.

The differences between how girls and boys are treated when inside Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services.

Nathan Sterner talks with Baltimore Sun technology reporter Gus Sentementes.

A review of the play “A Fierce Longing,” now at the Theatre Project in Baltimore.

The writer Dudley Clendinen died last week at age 67. We speak with people who knew him, and hear from Dudley both before and after his diagnosis of ALS.