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Tensions rise on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border after Pennsylvania abolishes slavery and fugitives escape north to freedom.

Tom chats with WYPR's office manager Antoinette Jordan about her book suggestions.

Ahead of her weekend gigs at Baltimore's Keystone Korner, the acclaimed jazz vocalist joins us to reflect on her 25-year career as a standout song stylist and vocal educator.

Join us on this episode of Future City as we explore the world of green energy in Maryland.

We’ll go On the Record with Jennifer Mendelsohn, a genealogist who deep dives into family histories to help Holocaust survivors find family members and puzzle together their pasts. It’s called the ‘DNA Reunion Project at the Center for Jewish History.’

The celebrated hip hop and spoken word composer, recording artist and educator discusses his local youth training projects and his non-profit educational venture, Rise With a Purpose.

NAACP's Baltimore Branch President Rev. Kobi Little and VP Joshua Harris join us with perspectives on the city's conduit deal with BGE, violence reduction efforts, fair housing legislation and other ongoing racial equity issues.

Tuesday's appellate court reinstatement of Syed's 2000 murder conviction, four months after it was vacated by another judge, has raised new questions about the case, and how justice is being served. Legal scholar David Jaros shares his insight.

Here's a Stoop Story about Holocaust survivor Frieda Pertman -- and how genealogist Jennifer Mendelsohn found relatives of hers she didn’t know existed.

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Adam Rapp's 2018 drama, on stage now at Everyman Theatre, about a fateful intertwining of art and life.

The lively and flavorful wines of the Cotes du Rhone are often a bargain hunter’s paradise. Hugh takes a look at a few CDR’s that are worthy of your attention.

Monica Reinagel, a licensed nutritionist, weighs in on the government's new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which offer controversial new recommendations for our intake of fatty meats, dairy, sugar and alcohol.

World-renowned Czech guitarist Petra Poláčková joins us with a sampling of her mastery of the romantic guitar, ahead of her Sunday recital at UMBC

Immigration and Custom Enforcement is expanding its facilities in Maryland.

We ask a National Weather Service meteorologist and officials at BWI and the State Highway Administration to size up the weekend's looming winter storm and how travelers will be affected by the potentially dangerous arctic blast.

Guest host Farai Chideya examines Maryland's tough labor outlook with Labor Secretary Portia Wu. She also speaks with two economists about unemployment trends, and how layoffs disproportionately affect Black women, and a career counsellor helping job-seekers keep hope alive.

WYPR's State House reporter Sarah Petrowich discusses Governor Moore's call for a dynamic pricing ban, how the practice impacts Maryland consumers and what state lawmakers are likely to do about it

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights "The Shark Is Broken", a Vagabond Players production of a comedy about the making of the movie "Jaws."

Baltimore Museum of Art Director Asma Naeem joins us as we spotlight a pair of extraordinary BMA exhibitions about Black culture and history, by two visionary artists.

It happened; you yelled. You swore you never would, but you did. You are not alone. There isn't a parent in the world who hasn't lost their cool, and honestly, it's important you did. Repair is an essential skill for parents to learn and to model for our kids.