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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Carmen Del Guercio steps down after eight years at helm of Maryland Food Bank. -
Congressman Johnny Olszewski talks about the SNAP benefit realities that could hit if the 'Big Beautiful Bill' passes. -
Some kids lured into child trafficking have picked up clues in pop culture that it’s normal; they don’t realize they’re victims. We talk to an expert helping organize people to prevent and prosecute child trafficking, and offer support to the vulnerable. -
Dr. Jimmy Miller, director of outreach services at Health Care for Homeless, talks about their new Street Medicine initiative. -
Luke Wesby spent years on the street. Then he bought his first home. -
Professionals worry there’s a mental-health crisis among young people; some say social media makes it worse. We ask a psychologist how parents can safely curb its use and build “digital resilience.’’ -
Elissa Brent Weissman's latest young adult novel about two teens and their 'momfluencer' moms. Photo: provided by author -
Maryland State Attorney General Anthony Brown discusses findings from a years long review of questionable medical examiner files. -
Here's a Stoop Story from executive naval officer Thomas Dotstry about the opposing realities of life on a submarine. -
The handsome young actor who shot President Lincoln was a proud supremacist from Maryland. Matthew Weiner, famous for Mad Men, has written a play that finds some humor in John Wilkes Booth’s monstrous ego.
