Sheilah Kast
Host, On The RecordSheilah Kast hosts On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am. She came to WYPR from NPR 2006. In 2014 she and her team at Maryland Morning won a prestigious Dupont-Columbia University award for a year-long probe of inequality in the Baltimore region called “The Lines Between Us.” Sheilah learned how to report the news at The Washington Star, and learned the craft of broadcasting at ABC News, where she covered the White House, Congress, and the 1991 Moscow coup that signaled the end of the Soviet empire. She has launched and hosted two weekly interview shows on public TV.
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We go On the Record with the Baltimore City mayor’s office to ask how they plan to spend more than $242 million dollars in opioid overdose restitution funds -- and if there will be more? -
Here’s a Stoop Story from Michael Furr about finding his way up from the bottom. -
Maryland’s state administrator of elections has been on the job a year. What big challenges does he see this fall? -
Americans born since 1996 are starting to vote! What do they care about? How do they differ from older voters? We ask the author of “The Politics of Gen Z.” -
Here's a Stoop Story from Natasha Tylea about maintaining high standards, navigating the hazards of the job, and knowing when to walk away.
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We go On the Record with Rich Croce and Brandon Lackey, the artists behind ‘Beats Not Bullets.' The after school program engages at-risk youth in Baltimore through hip hop music and training in production skills. -
We go On the Record with AFRO News publisher Frances 'Toni' Draper. She reported the real-life infamous case that’s at the center of Apple TV’s new series 'Lady in the Lake.' Does the Hollywood version hold up? -
Here’s a Stoop Story from Pamela White, about trying to make it -- in the 'big leagues.'
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We’ll go On the Record with two efforts in Howard County to support students. A Yale neuroscientist tells about "Activate," which uses games to improve kids’ focus and self-control. And Backpack Healthcare offers telehealth mental health treatment. -
A Stoop Story about the many ways to be a teacher.
