Ashley Sterner
Co-host of WYPR’s On The RecordAshley Sterner is the co-host of WYPR’s On The Record. With co-host Sheilah Kast, Ashley interviews artists, scientists, community leaders, and others. Ashley previously served WYPR’s local host of Morning Edition from 2005 to 2024. During that time, she spent 7 years managing on-air fundraising at WYPR, and 9 years teaching classes about audio storytelling and radio station operations at Towson University.
Ashley began her public radio career at WAMU in Washington DC, being hired for her first position there at 18 years old. She lives in Baltimore, and likes to spend her free time hiking, biking, and running through the city and its surrounding natural areas.
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People buy a lot of clothes, then trash a lot of what they buy. What can a responsible consumer do with unwanted wear? -
While homicides have been trending down, suicides by gun keep rising to record levels. What’s behind the surge? -
Licensed clinical professional counselor Tori-Lyn Mills talks about the mental health challenges facing LGBTQ+ youth. -
![Pride has been officially recognized for nearly 25 years. In June 1999, President Bill Clinton declared "the anniversary of [the] Stonewall [riots] every June in America as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month". In 2011, President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the whole LGBTQ community.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4aef1b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8c%2F34%2Fe09af3164599bc06c53109b91a4a%2Fpride-by-emma-rahmani.png)
Retired social worker Monte Ephraim tells us about issues facing LGBTQ+ adults over 65 years old. -
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Here’s a Stoop Story from Rohaizad Suaidi about his fierce love of country. -
Dr. Peter Rabins talks about his book: "Is it Alzheimer’s? 101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions About Memory Loss and Dementia". -
The Trump administration has told hundreds of thousands of migrants who fled violence or disasters in Latin America that they can no longer stay in the U.S. We ask a labor leader and a worker what this means in Maryland. -
The Irene and Richard Frary Gallery - located in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC - highlights Baltimore artists in ‘Strong, Bright, Useful & True: Recent Acquisitions and Contemporary Art from Baltimore’. -
Dr. Joanne Martin tells a Stoop Story about the founding of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum.
![Pride has been officially recognized for nearly 25 years. In June 1999, President Bill Clinton declared "the anniversary of [the] Stonewall [riots] every June in America as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month". In 2011, President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the whole LGBTQ community.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f0b5d3a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8c%2F34%2Fe09af3164599bc06c53109b91a4a%2Fpride-by-emma-rahmani.png)
