WYPR Programs

Our Midday in the Neighborhood series continues with a view of Baltimore's treasured Italian enclave, with Clara Longo de Frietas, neighborhood reporter for WYPR's news partner, the Baltimore Banner, and third-generation resident Mary Ann Campanella.

The director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement discusses efforts underway to reduce Baltimore's endemic gun violence, which for the eighth consecutive year has claimed more than 300 lives.

We hear about six women who shaped the course of modern computing, mostly behind the scenes. Law professor Kathy Kleiman lays out the history in her book Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer.

Before Stan Stovall retired from his long service as a local TV anchor, the iconic newsman joined us to discuss the changes he's seen in Baltimore, and in journalism, since his first broadcast here in 1978.

Jessica shares a Stoop Story about dealing with family drama around the holidays…

We’ll go On the Record with Baltimore jazz artist Todd Marcus, whose latest album, “In the Valley,” melds jazz and Middle Eastern melodies. His new compositions reflect his Egyptian heritage and admiration for the country’s awe-inspiring landscape.

We’ll go On the Record with Jenenne Whitfield, the new director of the American Visionary Art Museum, to hear what she has in store. Plus curator Gage Branda describes the many delights of the new exhibit ‘ABUNDANCE: Too Much, Too Little, Just Right.’

Stoop Story from Josh Kohn about his mom -- and her ‘new hobby’ that surprised him and delighted his friends.

Baltimore chefs John Shields of Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen and Damian Mosley of Blacksauce Kitchen drop by Studio A, with Rosemary Hall on Zoom, to offer Thanksgiving Day food tips and a few of their favorite recipes.

The non-profit Nature Sacred helps communities identify and design nearby natural spaces that include quiet places to sit and journals to record thoughts. Some of those thoughts are now bound in a book! Hear why nature can soothe, heal and inspire!