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The Signal, a weekly radio magazine produced by WYPR, is devoted to exploring Maryland's thriving artistic and cultural scene.
The Signal, hosted by veteran WYPR personality Andy Bienstock, promises to transport listeners to the region's cultural back roads: the studios, recital halls and basement workshops where art is conceived and brought to life.
The minds behind The Signal senior producers Aaron Henkin and Lisa Morgan, as well as Bienstock -- share an abiding love for the tradition of radio storytelling. Every program is crafted like a book of short stories, a radio quilt sewn together with thoughtful narrative transitions and embroidered with contemplative musical interludes.
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He was a beloved bartender, an unlikely hot sauce entrepreneur, a cancer survivor, and a retired stuntman. When Mick Kipp, better known as “Mick the Pirate,” died from cardiac arrest on Sunday, April 28th, Baltimore lost a kind soul and a larger-than-life personality. Back in 2007, Mick was one of the first guests in the then-fledgling storytelling series, The Stoop. We share his story this week in remembrance.
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What if predicting the flu was as common as forecasting the weather? That’s the concept behind Sickweather, a Baltimore start-up that mines public data from Facebook and Twitter for key words and phrases about symptoms of sickness. The Signal’s Lisa Morgan interviews Sickweather’s Graham Dodge.
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When Stephen Pitcairn was murdered in Shirley Brewer’s neighborhood, she sent a poem to the young man’s grieving mother. That gift has proven to be more meaningful than the writer ever expected. Shirley Brewer joins The Signal’s Aaron Henkin to share from her poetry collection, After Words.
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As David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” gets set to open at Fells Point Corner Theatre, we drop in at a rehearsal to meet the cast of scheming, swearing sales sharks who aim, at all costs, to “always be closing.”
Mick Kipp, AKA Mick the Pirate, was a beloved bartender, an unlikely hot sauce entrepreneur, a former stuntman, and a bona fide Baltimore personality. He passed away this week, and we remember him with a listen back to his 2007 story from The Stoop.
What if predicting the flu was as common as forecasting the weather? We talk to one of the creators of “Sickweather,” a new local start-up that uses social media to predict illnesses around the nation and in our own neighborhoods.
Plus: Meaningful words borne of a senseless tragedy. After the 2010 murder of Stephen Pitcairn, Shirley Brewer wrote a poem and sent it to the victim’s mother. That gesture has blossomed into a book of poetry, “After Words,” and Brewer joins us to share from its pages.
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Beneath K S Resmi’s shy exterior is a beautiful story, and, as you’ll hear, a beautiful singing voice. The Signal’s Aaron Henkin talked with Resmi about her childhood in the South Indian state of Kerala, her lifelong devotion to singing Carnatic music, and the cross-cultural love story that eventually brought her to Maryland.
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Lee Boot’s Who We Am is an interactive website that seeks to create a dialog about how we create culture through our thoughts, beliefs, actions, rituals and everyday interactions. He talks about “Who We Am” with The Signal’s Lisa Morgan.
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Shiori was born in Tokyo six years after the end of World War II. She’s the daughter of an American father and a Japanese mother, and her family moved to the US when she was a toddler. Shiori joins The Signal’s Aaron Henkin to share from her poetry collection, The Girl Who Loved Mothra
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It’s hard to imagine downtown Baltimore’s skyline without the warm, neon glow of the Domino Sugars sign. It’s a beloved icon, and as of this month – April 25th to be exact – it’s been shining bright for 62 years. Signal contributor Melissa Gerr brings us a story about the history of that giant sign, and the secret of what really makes it glow.
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Word on the Street is Baltimore’s newest ‘street newspaper.’ It’s an experiment in community collaboration, bringing together homeless writers and photographers, community activists, students from local colleges and universities, and publishing professionals. It gives voice to people who are not often heard from in our community. The publication is available from homeless vendors who share in the profit of each paper they sell. Producer Lisa Morgan shares the story.
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