Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

How do you define childhood lead poisoning? What is fair compensation for a lead-poisoned child? And, what’s fair to landlords who tried to rid their properties of lead? The General Assembly is wrestling with these and other questions. We talk to advocates on both sides.

Baltimore experimental theater company The ACME Corporation will help you find out when they stage Samuel Beckett's play…Play, and take seriously his direction at the "end" of that play: "Repeat Play." Tom Hall talks to director Stephen Nunns.

Many of us may think of post traumatic stress disorder as happening to soldiers, or survivors of sexual assault. But a new study from Johns Hopkins finds that symptoms also occur among patients in Intensive Care Units. We talk about how it can be prevented with the study's leader, psychiatrist Joseph Bienvenu.

The number of babies born at home in Maryland--as opposed to in hospitals-- is rising.  But there aren't enough providers to meet the demand. There would be more if Maryland recognized certified professional midwives, who specialize in home births.  We hear the pros and cons of licensing them.