History

Maryland’s electric utilities are preparing to review their response to the derecho storm six weeks ago. A series of public hearings this week will let customers weigh in on BGE’s performance. We'll talk to a top BGE official, and to Public Service Commission chairman Douglas Nazarian.

Then – remember that Life Magazine cover photo from the end of World War II – a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square?

A new book identifies the woman as a resident of Frederick. We talk with her…and the sailor!

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are looking at nanoparticles in a new way. We’ll talk with two scientists who are trying to get pharmaceuticals to subvert the body’s natural defenses…in order to treat disease.

Then—150 years ago, Annapolis was the main depot for Union prisoners-of-war paroled by the Confederacy. We’ll hear from the author of a book about how the parolees transformed the sleepy town into crowded city of liquor, crime and disease.

And – J. Wynn Rousuck reviews “Following Sarah” at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

Before the Annapolis Town Centre, there was the Annapolis Parole Camps. True to its title, the historical site couldn't be more different than its contemporary counterpart. The Parole Camps held Union prisoners during the Civil War, released on parole by the Confederacy. They held up to 10,000 prisoners at all times from 1862-1865. Annapolis, once a quaint market-town, became a haven for thieves, murderers, and prostitutes.

This conversation originally aired in June 2012.

This conversation originally aired on September 20th, 2011.

In November of 1825, a 22-year-old lawyer, John H. B. LaTrobe, gathered a group of some of Baltimore’s most prominent citizens to organize a new school. They called the school the “Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts.”  

Everyone has an AFRO story. 

You can live in Baltimore and care about history, and still have never heard the name Elisha Tyson.