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11-19-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

More than 700,000 Marylanders don't know where their next meal is coming from. We discuss the Maryland Food Bank’s latest efforts, including a collaboration with farmers and prison inmates to get fresh produce to those who need it.
Then, only one American team, the Baltimore Stallions, has ever won the Canadian Football League's version of the Super Bowl. We talk with Jim Speros, owner of Baltimore's short-lived, but championship team.

And J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Next to Normal" at the Vagabond Players.



The Way of the Heron: Wednesday November 21, 1-2 p.m.

Evan Pritchard, director of the Center for Algonquin Culture in New York and a professor of Native American History at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, on the stories and culture of Maryland natives whose influence helped shape the state we live in today. Pritchard sings native songs, explains "the way of the heron" philosophy, and tells the story of Maryland's 17th Century "Thanksgiving moment."



11-19-12: Li'l Philosophers

Zeus, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Credit: flickr/knottyboy

A new exhibit at Port Discovery Children's Museum brings the life of Ancient Greece to Baltimore's young people. There's a Trojan horse, a talking Cyclops, and 20 questions with Aristotle.



11-12-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

As Catholic Bishops gather in Baltimore for their biannual conference, we talk with Baltimore Archbishop William Lori about Catholic voters and political issues.

We check in with The Baltimore Sun's technology reporter Gus Sentementes for the latest in tech news.

Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck brings us her review of "Heroes" at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore.



11-6-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

We'll hear from voters at their polling places, and we'll find out how the polling is going from WYPR reporters stationed at polling places and election monitoring hotline headquarters.

You probably know that you Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are running for president--but did you know there are 23 people running for the office as write-in candidates? We hear from a few of them, and learn how the process works around the country.



11-2-12: The Paris Hilton of the 19th Century

Web extra: Tom asks Charlene Boyer Lewis whether other women at Bonaparte's time paralleled her celebrity or influence.



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