The Signal

Producer Aaron Henkin takes us on a visit a nearly forgotten cemetery on the grounds of the now-shuttered Crownsville State Hospital, where patients buried their own.  Historian Janice Hayes-Williams walks us through the gravesite, and tells the story of the institution originally named, ‘The Hospital for the Negro Insane.’  We also talk with Paul Lurz, who worked inside Crownsville for 40 years.

We talk with Elisabeth Dahl about her new book, “Genie Wishes.” It tells the story of a young girl navigating the murky waters between childhood and adolescence as she embarks on her 5th grade year.

We visit a nearly forgotten cemetery on the grounds of the now-shuttered Crownsville State Hospital, where patients buried their own.  Historian Janice Hayes-Williams walks us through the gravesite, and tells the story of the institution originally named, ‘The Hospital for the Negro Insane.’  We also talk with Paul Lurz, who worked inside Crownsville for 40 years.

Plus:  In observance of Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day – writer Eric D Goodman joins us with the story of a survivor’s pilgrimage to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

Ken Kolodner has formed a musical partnership with his son, Brad. Together, they play music with Brad on banjo and Ken on hammered dulcimer and fiddle.  The result harkens to a time when generations shared musical traditions as commonly as family recipes and folktales. Ken and Brad join The Signal’s Lisa Morgan for music and conversation.

Film critic Josh Slates is just back from the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and he fills us in on the latest in martial arts and action cinema, from Herman Yau’s “Ip Man:  The Final Fight” to Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grand Master”

We’re joined by father-and-son duo Ken and Brad Kolodner, who play old-time music together on banjo, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer

Plus:  Signal contributor Rupert Wondolowski shares a remembrance of his friend and fellow poet, the late ‘Blaster’ Al Ackerman