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How opera, classical music and the theater in Baltimore have fared through turbulent economic times and what lies ahead for the arts in Charm City. With Tim Smith, classical music critic and Clef Notes blogger for the Baltimore Sun; John Lewis, arts and culture editor for Baltimore Magazine; Randi Vega, cultural affairs director for the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts; and Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director for Center Stage.

Just as she prepares to announce her candidacy for Congress, Maryland Sen. Nancy Jacobs joins us on the show this hour to discuss the results of the Iowa caucuses and the start of the Republican presidential nominating process. Also joining us: Center Maryland columnist Josh Kurtz, the editor of the Capitol Hill publication Environment & Energy Daily.

If you’ve enjoyed an outing in New York’s Central Park, thrilled to the majesty of Yellowstone, or walked the stunning campus of Stanford University, you’ve had a glimpse into the soul of Frederick Law Olmsted. He was America’s foremost landscape architect and a man who left his imprint on more than a hundred parks and urban spaces, from coast to coast, and including Maryland.

Richard Striner, professor of history at Washington College, visits this hour to discuss his cover essay in the winter edition of The American Scholar: "How to shock the U.S. economy back to life without raising taxes, without adding to the national debt and without causing inflation."

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa joins Dan to talk about how he became "Dr. Q", a journey he started as an undocumented migrant worker in central California and ended as an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (REBROADCAST)

Sheri Parks, Midday's American culture contributor, on the latest parenting trend – complaining about it in public. (REBROADCAST)

Love, death and the afterlife. A look at a genre of film that explores the most profound of human emotions. Ghosts in love with humans, humans in love with ghosts, sexual desire and fear of death. From Death Takes a Holiday, to Heaven Can Wait and Meet Joe Black. Our guest: historian Richard Striner, author of Supernatural Romance in Film: Tales of Love, Death and the Afterlife. (REBROADCAST)

There was a day when young people graduated from college, got a job and left home to get on with their lives. Unfortunately, they're more likely to hang around these days, according to psychologist Brad Sachs. He'll discuss this trend and his new book, Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self Reliance. (REBROADCAST)

Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, twice named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, joins Dan in Studio A this hour.  A regular contributor to NPR, his latest book is The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. (REBROADCAST)

The Enoch Pratt Free Library made available to us a 1948 interview of H.L. Mencken, the only known recording of the famous journalist who lived his entire life in Baltimore. We'll hear Mencken speak of his early life in Baltimore, his career as a columnist and magazine editor, his view of politicians, the newspaper union, beer and the American language. As interviewed by Baltimore Sun reporter and critic, David Kirkley. (REBROADCAST)