Music

Originally aired on the American Public Media program "Weekend America" on December 20, 2008

Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page on his work, his Asperger's syndrome, and the balancing act between the two.

NPR correspondent Margot Adler speaks to Tom Hall about paganism and journalism.

Conversation originally aired January 18, 2010

Should students be punished for skipping school? Or rewarded for attending? Sheilah talks with a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Master about a truancy reduction program used in some school systems in Maryland.

Giving the FBI more than they could ever ask for and turning it into art.

Musicologist Ian Nagoski brings to life the music and times of early 20th Century immigrants from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.

This conversation was originally broadcast on December 20, 2011.

Five years after the Place Matters program was launched in Maryland, there are 1,700 fewer children in Maryland's foster care system. Why--and what's next? Sheilah asks Ted Dallas, secretary of Maryland's Department of Human Resources and Molly McGrath, the director of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services.

Baltimore's Wye Oak plays in Washington this weekend with art-rockers Dirty Projectors. We'll meet head Projector Dave Longstreth and take a look their last album, "Bitte Orca."

Tom talks to Richard Giarusso, the Music Director of the Maryland Choral Society in Southern Maryland, and T. Herbert Dimmock, who leads the Bach Concert Series in Baltimore.  The three conductors will talk about the upcoming season, and the state of choral music in Maryland.

This segment originally aired June 2, 2009.

Changing streetlamps to LED lighting may save money, but some are concerned that it's coming at the cost of safety. We'll talk to lighting experts and hear from city officials about what the new lights mean for Baltimoreans.

Then: Nearly 10 percent of Baltimore’s acreage is parks. The Trust for Public Land ranks Baltimore’s parks 15th out of 40 cities. We’ll ask their lead researcher how far the parks have come since he graduated from Johns Hopkins 40 years ago.