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Host Brianna Patrick explores The Jaws Effect, the unintended legacy of Spielberg’s classic, and the ongoing battle to shift the narrative on these misunderstood creatures.

Host Brianna Whittaker explores the consequences of the newspaper industry's decline, from political polarization and misinformation to economic downturns and job losses.

What makes Japanese horror so uniquely terrifying? In this episode of Know-It-All, host Emily Lambert unpacks the eerie allure of J-Horror, from its Kabuki-inspired storytelling to the chilling works of filmmaker Takashi Shimizu.

Host Scott dives into the ethics of documentary filmmaking — focusing on Grey Gardens (1975) by the Maysles brothers.

In this episode, host Ross Briese dives into cultivation theory—a concept that explores how the media we consume subtly (and not so subtly) shapes how we see the world.

Host Meg Hamilton breaks down the booming world of influencer marketing. Learn what it really means to be an influencer, the key differences between micro-, macro-, and mega-influencers, and why brands are investing big in social media personalities.

Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this intense and pulse-pounding radio drama tells the story of an unnamed prisoner forced to choose between several lethal options when sentenced to death.

For children, social interaction isn’t just play—it’s brain-building. When children connect, share, and empathize, they are also strengthening the neural pathways that shape emotional intelligence, communication, cooperation, and lifelong learning. Join Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute and his guests Drs. Maya Opendak and Tomomi Karigo as they discuss the development of our brains’ neural systems for social and emotional behavior, and the factors that can interrupt that development.

This week on the podcast, two stories about women who boldly walk into the storm.

This week on the podcast, four stories about women who have first dates that start off strong and then go south.

Listen to a performance from Baltimore’s Charm City Bronze Handbell Ensemble and a reading of the The Bells by the renowned British actor Helen Atkinson Wood.

Our Season One Finale! This story has been adapted into several international motion pictures (including one as recently as 2008), and was the musical subject of the world-famous progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project.

The second of Poe’s Auguste Dupin detective stories, “The Mystery of Marie Roget” follows Dupin and his biographer as they unravel the case of a missing perfume worker, found dead in the river. Written by James Comtois, and directed by Alex Zavistovich. Music and sound effects by James D. Watson, featuring the voices of Adam R. Adkins, David Hanauer, Jimi Kinstle, Melanie Kurstin, Jennifer Restak, and Alex Zavistovich.

Last year The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre was invited by The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival to adapt for the stage an early and little-known story by Williams, “The Eye That Saw Death.” This is the reading and sound design for Poe Theatre’s movement-based piece.

Recorded live at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre presents Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” streaming on WYPR just in time for the author’s 215th birthday.

Back in the third episode of this series (Hard Fought Negotiations), we introduced you to Eddie Bartee, Jr. and after he heard the episode, he got in back in touch to share some feedback. In this bonus episode, we hop on the phone with Mr. Bartee for a candid conversation about what’s been said – and what hasn’t been said – in our telling of the Sparrows Point story so far

If you’re an eligible juror in Baltimore, you get a summons almost annually. Here’s why.

Why do the city’s benches proclaim, “Baltimore – The Greatest City In America”?

Or is I-83 still like the Grand Prix?

Lacrosse is the official team sport of Maryland. How'd it get so popular here?