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On December 2nd, 1859, abolitionist John Brown met his end at the gallows in Charlestown, Virginia.

In director Spike Lee's latest film, BlacKkKlansman,John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth, a black police detective who successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

John Waters shares his stories of hitch-hiking and WYPR listeners are encouraged to tell theirs when the Baltimore filmmaker joins Dan in Studio A.

Terence Blanchard received his first Oscar nomination for the BlacKkKlansman score. The 56-year-old jazz trumpeter from New Orleans has been Spike Lee's right-hand composer since Jungle Fever in 1991.

The Category 1 storm is predicted to make landfall in the Canadian Maritimes on Saturday.

On the heels of the biggest auto shows of the year, we get a look at industry trends from John Davis of public television's MotorWeek, the nation's…

On the heels of the biggest auto shows of the year, we get a look at industry trends from John Davis of public television's MotorWeek, the nation's…

John Davis of PBS' MotorWeek talks about the top automotive news in our region, including a bill in the General Assembly that would allow Tesla Motors,…

Lee's new film,Chi-Raq, is an adaptation of the Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which women withhold sex to get their men to stop fighting. Critic David Edelstein calls it a "sexy, brash and potent."

David Willman, who has been covering the Ebola outbreak for the Los Angeles Times, provides an update at the top of the hour. We also hear from Rep. John…

WYPR's Baltimore County reporter John Lee joins us to size up the county's crowded primary election field, plus key questions facing the council and the General Assembly.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on Asian Americans who believe government and media handling of the Wen Ho Lee case exemplifies the power of lingering anti-Asian prejudice in American culture. Activists and civil rights advocates say the stereotype of the 'model minority' quickly melted into the older canard of the Asian American as suspicious, perpetually foreign and potentially disloyal. It's an attitude that worsens whenever there's tension between the U.S. and any Asian country or when an Asian or Asian American is the subject of bad news.

As a whole-hearted supporter of local Maryland food and cooking, I not only cherish the food we grow, but I also truly honor the champions of the eat local movement. Chefs like Nancy Longo and Spike Gjerde have been promoting the regional scene for decades, but there is one fellow we would like to single out. And that would be Chef John Shields.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Harper Lee's longtime friend Wayne Flynt about the late author. He will deliver Lee's eulogy.

Award-winning WYPR reporters Emily Sullivan and John Lee discuss some of the week's top local news stories.

As the primary election tally continues, we ask WYPR reporter John Lee for the latest news on the contests for Baltimore County executive, council, and state’s attorney. And we talk through the logistics of counting thousands of mail-in ballots.

Baltimore Banner investigative reporter Justin Fenton, and WYPR's Baltimore County and environment reporter John Lee and education reporter Zshekinah Collier discuss some of the top news stories they've been filing.

WYPR's John Lee joins us to discuss the latest turn in the story of Baltimore County's selection of its Inspector General.