Midday

Guest host Karen Hosler is joined by Andy Green, opinion editor for the Baltimore Sun to discuss the latest news:

We open up the phones to listener questions and comments. Dan continues the conversation about the earthquake, Hurricane Irene and other news.

Your reactions to the 5.8 magnitude east coast earthquake. With experts: Donald Prothero, professor of geology at Occidental College and author of Catastrophes! Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters, Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and professor in the department of geological sciences and engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Yunfeng Zhang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland.

Our guest this hour is Ned Zeman, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, who chronicles his own journey through the tunnel of manic-depression - though pills, therapy, psychiatric hospitals, and ultimately, twenty sessions of Electro-convulsive therapy, in his new book The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness.

"Af-Pak": that's what journalists call the two-country package that represents a challenge as the United States tries to extricate itself from its post 9-11 commitments. Many politicians argue it's time to leave Afghanistan and let it stand on its own against the Taliban. But what of neighboring Pakistan (America's crucial yet not quite dependable ally that just happens to have nuclear weapons)?

Just how much control does Google have over your use of the internet? Websites that gather information about you and then customize your web experience is cause for concern says Eli Pariser, our guest this hour. Board president of MoveOn.org, Pariser talks about the political and social implications of such personalization in his book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You.
Original airdate: 7/6/11

In an emergency, the first step is to call 911. But the actions you take while professional help is on the way can mean the difference between life and death. From how to save someone from a burning car or a collapsed building to how to rescue someone (including yourself) from broken ice, our guest, Kalee Thompson, tells us how to take action.

Twelve kids, a robot named Scorch and what it takes to win the "Super Bowl of science fairs.” Judy Dutton, author of Science Fair Season, tells us about students who are doing everything from creating bionic prosthetics to conducting groundbreaking stem cell research to training drug-sniffing cockroaches to building nuclear reactors. Their mission?

In a new book, that has received all sorts of plaudits, the delightful Jane Wilson McWilliams tells the story of the small waterfront city that served for a time as the nation's capital and became home to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Original airdate: 6/29/11

The Baltimore City government and Police Department, along with their top officials, can be sued under federal law for allegedly failing to control Officer Gahiji Tshamba, who was convicted of manslaughter after repeated instances of prior professional misconduct, a U.S. District Court judge ruled. Tshamba, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison this week, shot and killed an unarmed Marine veteran during a fight behind a Mount Vernon nightclub in 2010. Tshamba was off-duty at the time.