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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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On May 20th, The Stoop hosted an evening of live storytelling called, “Eureka: Stories about discoveries, breakthroughs, and brave new worlds.” One of the storytellers was Richard Huganir. Dr. Huganir is Director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. His research specialty is ‘learning and memory,’ and he’s trying to understand how memories are encoded in our brains. As you’ll hear, the doctor began his scientific quest 30 years ago, and its origins were… humble.
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We learn about the right-wing troubadours who pioneered an obscure genre of music known as “conservative folk” in the 1960s. They saw their music and lyrics as a way to fight the influence of communists and hippies on the youth of America.
It sounds like science fiction, but neuroscientists may be on the verge of altering our brains to erase the fear we associate with traumatic memories. Dr. Richard Huganir tells the story of his lifelong scientific quest to understand (and control) human memory.
A completely accurate retelling of history, with the addition of a time-traveling, talking bird. We talk with Jonathon Scott Fuqua about his new children’s book, “Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore.”
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Believe it or not, there used to be right-wing counterparts to the left-leaning folk troubadours of the anti-war movement, and their work has been collected in the anthology, Freedom is a Hammer: Conservative Folk Revolutionaries of the Sixties. Cultural historian Bill Geerhart talks with Lisa Morgan about this odd ‘counter-counter-cultural” music.
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If we’re honest with ourselves, we can all probably remember back to a childhood instance when we felt insufferably bored by a grade-school history textbook. It wasn’t the history that that was boring – it was reading about it in those dry pages peppered with long-ago dates and unfamiliar names. Well, guess what? The textbooks are still like that, and today’s kids are still bored. Author Jonathon Scott Fuqua understands. He sympathizes. And he’s created a solution. He joins producer Aaron Henkin for a look at his new book, Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore.
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We head out to the rolling hills of northern Baltimore County for a visit to Five Seeds Farm. Founder Denzel Mitchell has cultivated an environmentally and financially sustainable farm and apiary, and along the way he’s taught his five kids some important lessons in self-reliance, entrepreneurship, and good food.
We stroll around Reservoir Hill, a Baltimore community known for its fascinating history and architectural significance in a city of over 225 neighborhoods.
Contributor Jeff Trueman reports on an oasis of harmony amidst the cacophony of the city – Baltimore’s long-running Bach Concert Series.
And writer Nancy Heneson joins us with “Immortal,” the story of a soul (temporarily) without a body.
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Nancy Heneson joins the program with “Immortal,” the story of a soul (temporarily) without a body.
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For twenty five years, The Bach Concert Series has been showcasing the works of JS Bach in monthly performances at Christ Lutheran Church in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Signal contributor Jeff Trueman has recently discovered the magic of the series, and he brings us this tale of appreciation.
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In a city of more than 225 neighborhoods, Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill is known for its historical importance and its architectural significance. A new book, Kelly Dale Terrill’s Reservoir Hill, explores the history of the area through photographs, historical documents, and personal stories of neighborhood residents past and present. Producer Lisa Morgan shares the story.
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You know that 1930 Grant Wood painting, American Gothic – the one where the stern-looking farmer with a pitchfork is standing next to his sour-faced daughter? It’s one of the most recognizable images in 20th century painting, and it’s ingrained a very particular representation of the American farmer in the popular imagination. Truth is, not all farmers look like that. Signal producer Aaron Henkin takes us to Five Seeds Farm where, for starters, everyone seems to be in a much better mood than their sullen “American Gothic” counterparts…
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The annual wall of noise known as Maryland Death Fest is right around the corner, and we present for the discerning public radio listener, “Death Metal 101: A Primer”
We visit with three Baltimore artists who just found themselves 25 thousand dollars richer, thanks to the annual Mary Sawyers Baker Prize: installation sculptor Jonathan Latiano, photographer Lynne Parks, and classical cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski
Jen Michalski joins us to read from her novel, “The Tide King,” a tale of magical realism that follows two American soldiers from the battlefields of Europe back home to the States where they’re forced deal with an unlikely problem: immortality
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