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A documentary called The Central Park Five airs on MPT Tuesday night. It’s about the wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers in the rape of a Central Park jogger in 1989. Tom Hall talks with the film's directors and one of the five men.

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How Sequestration is Forcing Layoffs in Maryland

Across-the-board federal spending cuts called “Sequestration” were put in place March 1st. How are they being felt in Maryland now? We ask a federal public defender dealing with furloughs, and a government contractor that has laid workers off due to spending cuts at Fort Meade.

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Loving First, and Living Incidentally

“I don't want to live, I want to love first and live incidentally.” Author Zelda Fitzgerald said that. And now, Annapolis author Erika Robuck is writing a novel about Zelda--and all her loves. We talk with her in advance of her appearnce this weekend at the Annapolis Book Festival.

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Paul Muldoon on Finding the Poetry in Rock 'n' Roll

Poet Paul Muldoon will be in Baltimore on Sunday. His new book is a collection of lyrics written for his rock bands. Tom Hall asks him about editing poetry for The New Yorker and...rocking out.

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Maryland Morning Culture Calendar

Treats for aesthetes!

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The Session That Was

Lawmakers are heading home after three months in Annapolis. While there, they created a gas tax, banned the death penalty, and created new gun laws. We talk with two reporters about the 2013 legislative session.

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The Oldest Blacksmith Shop In The Country

We visit the oldest continually operating blacksmith shop in the country, G. Krug and Son, located in downtown Baltimore.

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Handel with Choir

Melinda O'Neal has been directing Baltimore's Handel Choir since 2004. Now, as she finishes up her final season, we talk about her tenure as conductor.

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When Women Come Marching Home

Female U.S. military veterans cope with the same re-entry challenges as any veteran plus, in many cases, the added struggle of MST-–military sexual trauma. Today, we'll meet veteran BriGette McCoy (left), who testified last month to a Senate subcommittee about the aftermath of her rape, and Patricia Lee Stotter, co-producer of the film Service: When Women Come Marching Home, which screens tomorrow at the University of Maryland.

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