On The Record

<p>We know all too well that plastics are clogging our landfills, swirling in our oceans and now, research shows, microplastics have been detected in the blood of humans.</p> <p>Dr. Lynn Grattan, a practicing neuropsychologist with the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, explains how plastics can enter the human body, and what can happen once they get there:</p> <p><em>“These particles are bio available for uptake in the human bloodstream. That means when you eat or inhale the plastics, they can enter the human bloodstream and then circulate to all other parts of the body.”</em><strong> </strong></p> <p>Plus, how to minimize your exposure to plastics. Hint: it’s time to stop drinking out of flimsy one-use water bottles!</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412022001258">Environment International Research Report,</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time#:~:text=Microplastic%20pollution%20has%20been%20detected,health%20is%20as%20yet%20unknown">Guardian article</a>, <a href="https://www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/lynn-m-grattan-1962595702">Dr. Lynn Grattan at UMMC.</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Thousands of state jobs that had required a four-year degree to apply … won’t from now on, Governor Hogan announced last month.  The nonprofit “Opportunity@Work” will help the state recruit, tapping into workers with alternative experience - like military service, on-the-job learning, or an apprenticeship.</p> <p>The group’s Chief Customer Officer, <strong>Bridgette Gray</strong>, says this move shines light on the millions of Americans who’ve been overlooked by degree requirements.</p> <p>Then, Maryland’s unemployment numbers are slightly worse than the national figure, but employers are desperate to hire. What’s the disconnect? We ask economist <strong>Daraius Irani.</strong></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Maryland’s new map of congressional district boundaries has Governor Hogan’s approval, "This is a huge win for democracy and for improvement in the process, and now we’re going to have fair maps and fair elections in this election cycle."</p> <p>Governor Hogan signed the new map into law yesterday afternoon. This is lawmakers’ second attempt; their first map was rejected by a circuit court judge for giving Democrats an unfair advantage.<strong>Josh Kurtz</strong>, founding editor of <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/">Maryland Matters</a>, gets us up to speed.</p> <p>But first, the legislative session ends Monday. <a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news">WYPR's</a> <strong>Joel McCord </strong>fills us in on what lawmakers have accomplished - a path to legal cannabis, action on climate change - and what’s left to tackle.</p> <p>Read more on redistricting:<a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2022-04-04/legal-battles-over-marylands-redistricting-maps-end">Legal battles over Maryland's redistricting maps end</a><a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/04/04/special-magistrate-says-court-of-appeals-should-deny-petitions-against-marylands-state-legislative-map/">Special Magistrate Says Court of Appeals Should Deny Challenges to Maryland’s State Legislative Map</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Half a century after the 13th Amendment ended slavery, people who had been slaveholders continued to serve in Congress.Washington Post reporter<strong> Julie Weil</strong> describes her research into the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/?itid=hp_most-read_5">more than 1800 Congressmen who were enslavers at some point in their lives</a>.Check out the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/12/questions-congress-enslaved-database/">WaPo Q&A </a>about this research.One of those members of Congress was Charles Carroll of Carrollton. We hear from curator <strong>Michelle Fitzgerald</strong> and scholar <strong>Jasmine Blanks Jones</strong> about an effort to honor the Black people held in bondage by the Carroll family at their Homewood Estate in Baltimore, on which Johns Hopkins University sits today.Read about the <a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/01/21/ritual-of-remembrance-enslaved-at-homewood/">Ritual of Remembrance</a>. Learn more about the <a href="https://blogs.library.jhu.edu/2021/02/black-history-month-at-homewood-meet-william-ross/">Ross family</a>.<em>Original air date: January 26, 2022.</em></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here’s a Stoop Story from <strong>Jeremy Stern</strong> about playing the long game … and winning.</p> <p>You can hear his stories and others, and learn about  upcoming live events and the Stoop podcast - at <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoopstorytelling.com</a> .</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Ever daydream about how life might be easier to deal with if you could just access a superpower ? The play ‘Black Superhero Magic Mama’ connects us to a Black mother who retreats into the fantasy world of comic books, and finds strength and solace as she copes with the violent loss of her son. We talk to actor <strong>Nikki Scroggins</strong>, who plays the mother and her alter ego, Angel Maasai and with director <a href="https://www.twostrikescollective.com/who-we-are"><strong>Aladrian</strong> <strong>Wetzel</strong></a>:</p> <p><em>“Black women are seen as the archetype of being strong. And this play allows people to see that Black women have nuances, we can be sad, we can be angry, we can become super heroes and kick super-villains’ butts.”</em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.strand-theater.org/">Strand Theater Co, Tickets</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>It’s another crowded primary in the race to be Maryland’s next governor. Sixteen candidates and counting, so far. </p> <p><strong>Rushern Baker</strong> is campaigning for a second time to take the head seat of the Free State, arguing that his experience as a two-term County Executive of Prince George’s county - the second largest in the state - sets him apart from his rivals:</p> <p> <em>“In this critical time we face, with Covid, it’s not the time to bring somebody in who doesn’t know where the bathroom is. It’s the time we need people who can immediately go in there and make these changes and know what they’re doing, from the first day they put their hand on the bible.”</em><strong><em> </em></strong></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.rushernbaker.com/">Rushern Baker website</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Hard to imagine the University of Maryland, Baltimore County without <strong>Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III </strong>at the helm, but after three decades as president, he will step down at the end of June. </p> <p>Hrabowski came to the school as vice provost in 1987, and co-founded the Meyerhoff Scholars Program a year later. It aims to increase the diversity of future leaders in science, technology, engineering and math. </p> <p>Hrabowski says seeing diversity among those who teach and lead a campus encourages <em>students </em>to aspire to greater career goals, “Students need to see not only a college president who may be of a different race, but professors of literature or philosophy or biochemistry who come from those backgrounds.”</p> <p>Learn more about <a href="https://www.umbc.edu/">UMBC</a>. Check out Dr. Hrabowski's <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science">TED Talk</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://johnkingforgovernor.com/index.php?nosplash">John King</a> </strong>-- former teacher, principal, New York schools commissioner and Secretary of Education in the Obama administration -- is running now for the Democratic nomination for Maryland governor.Ahead of the <a href="https://www.elections.maryland.gov/">July 19th primary election</a>, we ask the Silver Spring resident how he would address the economic impacts of the pandemic, attract living-wage jobs, and revive Baltimore’s Red Line.</p> <p>King says his top priority is education, and the Blueprint -- a multi-billion dollar education reform package -- is a good start, "We should see it as the floor, not the ceiling. There’s more to be done to make sure that we’re investing in things like mental health services and school counselors, which are so desperately needed as we recover from COVID."</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Baltimore’s <a href="http://www.lauralippman.net/">Laura Lippman</a> has been publishing tales of suspense, and winning awards for them, for a quarter century. She doesn’t take for granted the devious characters and puckered plots that shape her stories:</p> <p>"I keep trying to make this harder on myself. I think the scariest thing for me would be to sit at my computer and think: ‘This is easy, I know how to do this.’ I want to be kind of terrified.” </p> <p>We readers are kind of terrified, too, as we make our way through the twelve short stories in Lippman’s latest offering, a collection titled Seasonal Work. Healthy walks in Leakin Park. Common-wall brick houses on the west edge of town. Such common places, such ordinary things. And so many murders.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here’s a Stoop Story from <strong>Ta’Von Vinson </strong>about turning his HIV diagnosis into a calling. A note - this story talks about thoughts of suicide.</p> <p>Find more Stoop Stories<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/"> </a>here, and check out upcoming<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/shows/"> </a>live events.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>The COVID pandemic did not end the HIV-AIDS epidemic; it may have obscured it for a while, raising hurdles to getting tested for HIV. This virus pummels the Black community: Among people newly infected with HIV in 2019, African-Americans showed up at three times their share of U.S. population.</p> <p>We talk to <a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Schmalzle-Sarah/"><strong>Dr. Sarah Schmalzle</strong></a>, medical director of the <a href="https://www.umms.org/midtown/locations/thrive-program">THRIVE program</a> at the<a href="https://www.ihv.org/"> Institute of Human Virology </a>at the University of Maryland medical school. THRIVE is a medical practice for people with HIV and other conditions. And we hear from <strong>Eric Anderson, </strong>a <a href="https://www.greaterthan.org/ryan-white/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8G1VItLRWeC53DMM4vwd2NHmYQcUrDwna2qEXTybr8p1Kw0w6zM2n4aAlJNEALw_wcB">Ryan White</a> eligibility specialist at THRIVE. THRIVE is located at the UMMC Midtown Outpatient Tower.</p> <p><em>Original air date: February 4, 2022.</em></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>In his book,<strong><em>“We Own This City,”</em></strong> <strong><em>Baltimore Banner</em> </strong>investigative reporter <strong>Justin Fenton</strong> unwinds a twisted tale of dirty cops, oblivious leaders, and a community betrayed by those sworn to protect it.Fenton unearths the rotten roots of the Gun Trace Task Force, an elite plainclothes police unit that won praise for its arrest rate, all while skimming from drug busts and illegally searching citizens:</p> <p>"If somebody ran, they believed that person was likely carrying something they shouldn’t have and would chase after them. So this proactive police work was really phishing. Trying to look for something and a lot of people who weren’t doing anything wrong would get stopped and searched as a result.”</p> <p>A true story of crime, cops, and corruption…</p> <p>Read an excerpt of the book <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-gttf-we-own-this-city-excerpt-20210219-aeovy3pzpje2znde7jjfgnswsy-story.html">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch a trailer for HBO's "We Own this City" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOz3dn3vuU">here</a>.</p> <p>Check out more reporting by Justin Fenton on the Gun Trace Task Force:<br><strong>Cops and Robbers: <a href="https://news.baltimoresun.com/cops-and-robbers/part-one/">Part 1</a>, <a href="https://news.baltimoresun.com/cops-and-robbers/part-two/">Part 2</a>, <a href="https://news.baltimoresun.com/cops-and-robbers/part-three/">Part 3</a></strong></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>A year ago tomorrow, the U.S. House voted to impeach then-President Trump, alleging he had incited insurrection at the Capitol a week earlier, and <strong>Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin </strong>was immersed in organizing and leading the legal arguments for conviction.</p> <p>It was the hardest thing he’d ever done professionally, Raskin writes in his memoir <strong><em>Unthinkable</em></strong>--but gave him a way to pour his radical faith in democracy into mourning his son Tommy, lost to suicide just two weeks before.</p> <p>The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is <strong>1-800-273-8255</strong>. The Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support. To speak with a trained listener, text <strong>HELLO </strong>to<strong> 741741</strong>.</p> <p><em>Original air date: January 12, 2022.</em></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here’s a Stoop Story from <strong>Terry Sapp</strong>, about the healing power of heavy metal music. Hear more from the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Storytelling Series</a>, and find out about <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/shows/">upcoming events</a>, including its show next Wednesday, March 23rd, about <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/for-us-by-us-stories-about-the-baltimore-music-scene/">Baltimore’s music scene</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has driven nearly 3 million people from their homes. In response, musician <strong>Joel Michael-Schwartz</strong> organized a <a href="https://www.creativealliance.org/events/2022/baltimore-musicians-benefit-concert-ukraine">concert </a>to raise funds for the aid group, the <a href="https://help.rescue.org/donate/ukraine-acq?ms=gs_ppc_fy22_ukraine_mmus_feb&initialms=gs_ppc_fy22_ukraine_mmus_feb&gclid=Cj0KCQjw29CRBhCUARIsAOboZbJaAEQGBVQL5i26bhaTD7mpvMcp6sPF8OchwOFRC3nYEv_fUO98VJsaApBbEALw_wcB">International Rescue Committee</a>. The concert will take place at the <a href="https://www.creativealliance.org/">Creative Alliance</a> in East Baltimore on March 26th.Then,<strong> Jessica Henkin</strong>, co-founder of the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Storytelling Series</a>, and <strong>Sam Sessa</strong>, <a href="https://wtmd.org/radio/">WTMD’s</a> Baltimore music coordinator, preview an upcoming Stoop show about the city’s colorful music scene. "<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/for-us-by-us-stories-about-the-baltimore-music-scene/">Something for Everyone: Stories about the Baltimore Music Scene</a>" will take place at the Ottobar on March 23rd. Find more Stoop events <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/shows/">here</a>. Watch the trailer for the WTMD documentary, "<a href="https://wtmd.org/radio/2021/12/08/see-the-trailer-for-wtmds-new-baltimore-music-documentary-do-whatever-you-want-all-the-time/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDo%20Whatever%20You%20Want%2C%20All%20the%20Time%2C%E2%80%9D%20is,jazz%2C%20indie%20rock%20and%20more.">Do Whatever You Want, All the Time</a>."</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>The Baltimore Ballet Boys are not your typical dancers. Yes, they practice long hours and are dedicated to their art. But real-life circumstances make for even more challenges. </p> <p>We speak with Baltimore School for the Arts dance teacher <strong>Samantha Christiansen</strong>, and Baltimore Ballet Boys founder <strong>Venesa Day</strong>:</p> <p><em>“It takes so much courage to throw your ballet slippers into your bag and walk the streets of Baltimore and maintain the necessary toughness and masculinity that you need to make it through. But then also be able to channel that into such a beautiful, beautiful art.”</em><em> </em><strong><br></strong><strong><br></strong>Plus we hear from dancers <strong>Brandon Pigott</strong> and<strong> Sage Chng-Lim</strong> (Tsoong-Lim)<strong> </strong>and filmmaker <strong>Gabe Dinsmoor </strong>about a collaboration with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra!</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://my.bsomusic.org/16918/17011?promo=BalletBoys">BSO 'Off the Cuff' performance</a> featuring the Baltimore Ballet Boys film, <a href="http://Www.baltimoreBalletBoys.com">Baltimore Ballet Boys</a>, <a href="https://www.bsfa.org/twigs">TWIGS program</a> at Baltimore School for the Arts, <a href="http://gabedinsmoor.com/about">Gabe Dinsmoor</a>, filmmaker.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>It’s been two years since the COVID pandemic reached the U.S. How have practices like wearing masks and social distancing evolved?</p> <p>Hopkins researcher <strong>Dominick Shattuck</strong> tells us about a <a href="https://www.covidbehaviors.org/faq">global survey of Facebook users</a> that collects data about pandemic precautions and vaccine hesitancy. The aim is to improve the effectiveness of public-health messages.</p> <p>Check out the COVID Behaviors Dashboard <a href="https://covidbehaviors.org/">here</a>.</p> <p>Then, University of Maryland cardiologist <a href="https://www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/dr-scott-d-jerome-do-1942203245"><strong>Dr. Scott Jerome</strong></a> describes the connection between COVID and cardiac problems, like a racing or skipping heartbeat--and what should prompt a visit to the doctor. </p> <p>Read more about cardiac problems after COVID here:<br>Nature, "<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00403-0">Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case</a>"<br>Science, "<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-takes-serious-toll-heart-health-full-year-after-recovery">COVID-19 takes serious toll on heart health—a full year after recovery</a>"</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>If climate-change news sounds overwhelming, keep listening--for a bit of hope and ways to take matters into your own hands.</p> <p><strong>Greg Kats, </strong>head of the Smart Surfaces Coalition, talks about proven methods cities use to transform hot areas to cooler spots -- like installing porous pavements and reflective roofs. Baltimore is in line to put some of the changes into place.</p> <p>Plus, sci-fi author <strong>Jeff VanderMeer</strong> takes his readers on journeys into dark environmental places, but he hopes readers come away with a message:</p> <p><strong><em>“</em></strong><em>We can’t be frozen, we can't do nothing, we have to keep fighting for every inch of ground so to speak. Because we can have a better outcome, but we can also have a much, much, worse outcome.” </em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://smartsurfacescoalition.org/">Smart Surfaces Coalition</a>, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b104d0b365f02ddb7b29576/t/610428d2982f5b22d78c55bd/1627662568385/Executive+Summary+Baltimore">SSC Baltimore Study</a>, <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/join-us/humanities-symposium">Loyola University Maryland Symposium with Jeff VanderMeer,</a> <a href="https://www.jeffvandermeer.com/">Jeff VanderMeer books</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Stroke can be debilitating. Many survivors live with reduced mobility even after long, intensive therapy. <strong>Dr. John Krakauer</strong> is chief medical advisor at MindMaze, a digital neuro-therapeutics company that harnesses the brain’s natural ability to heal. He hopes to improve the odds for patients in rehabilitation:</p> <p>“What we’re trying to do is to create something complimentary. Which is much more intense, much more high dose. And it is not focused on activities of daily living or pragmatic functioning. It’s focused on your actual core capacities in an attempt to rewire your nervous system.” </p> <p>And we talk with occupational therapist <strong>Sandra Deluzio</strong>, who uses the gaming software with her patients … who mimic the fluid movement of dolphins as they play their way to recovery.</p> <p><em>Note:</em> Omar Ahmad and Promit Roy invented the concept of neuroanimation, and Deluzio works alongside Kelly Jordan, an Occupational Therapist and clinical specialist for KATA.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.mindmaze.com/about/">MindMaze</a>, <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/research/labs/kata_studio/">JHU KATA project</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p><strong>Amaree McKenstry-Hall</strong> was in his senior year at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick. Football, Homecoming, and his future weighed on his mind. That’s why filmmaker <strong><a href="https://mattogens.com/work/">Matt Ogens</a></strong><a href="https://mattogens.com/work/"> </a>made Amaree the heart of his coming-of-age documentary, “Audible.”</p> <p>"Audible" was recently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary - Short Subject. The Oscars air March 27. "Audible" is available on Netflix.</p> <p><strong>TRANSCRIPT:</strong><br><strong>Sheilah Kast</strong><br>Good morning, I'm Sheilah Kast. We're On the Record. The documentary “Audible” follows an important season in Amaree McKinstry Hall's life football season. It's his last. He's a senior at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick. The stakes are high. The Orioles have not lost to a Deaf school in 16 years. Just minutes into the film, that winning streak is broken. In the film, we see the searing pain of that loss. But we also see that while that streak was broken, the Orioles are not. Over and over, "Audible" shows how Amaree and his friends persevere. The film, out on Netflix, was recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary -Short Subject. Joining us to talk about it is director Matt Ogens, a Maryland native. His other projects include the documentary, "Confessions of a Superhero," about the costumed superheroes who roam the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Emmy nominated docu-series, "Why We Fight," which follows fighters from across the globe. Matt Ogens, welcome to the show.</p> <p><strong>Matt Ogens</strong><br>Thank you so much, Sheilah. Thanks for having us.</p> <p><strong>Sheilah Kast</strong><br>Also with us is Amaree McKinstry Hall, who graduated from the Maryland School for the Deaf in 2020. We're speaking to Amaree with the assistance of Anessa Hughes, an American Sign Language interpreter from the Centralized Interpreter Referral Service. Welcome, Amaree.</p> <p><strong>Amaree McKinstry Hall</strong><br>Thanks. Happy to be here!</p> <p><strong>Sheilah Kast</strong><br>Matt, where did the idea for this film come from?</p> <p><strong>Matt Ogens</strong><br>So I grew up in Maryland, about 30 minutes away from from Maryland school for the Deaf in Frederick. But I had a lot of connections, so my aunt is an ASL interpreter in the D.C. Maryland area and interpreted at the Maryland school for the Deaf for about six years when I was a kid. But I think the biggest connection is my best friend, also from Maryland, is Deaf. We've been best friends since we were seven years old, I was just texting with him. And so it actually I came up with the idea of wanting, wanting to do something with Maryland School for the Deaf 12 years before I made the film. It took that long of just stops and starts and different partners and almost and maybes and getting it made until I connected with Netflix. And they really understood and believed in the story. And I think at the end of the day, in some ways, on a personal level, it was a way for me to try to understand and connect with my friend and the larger Deaf community.</p> <p><strong>Sheilah Kast</strong><br>And why did you decide to make Amaree the main subject?</p> <p><strong>Matt Ogens</strong><br>I wouldn't say this is a football or a sports documentary. It's a coming of age film. There's relationships, there's family, there's tragedy and there's sports. And when I say coming of age, I wanted, I knew I wanted the main character to be a senior. Because for every teenager, graduating high school, going off into the larger world or college or whatever you're going to, do is a pivotal moment. And imagine that if you're Deaf and going out into a more of a broader hearing world. But what that meant is over 12 years I tried to make the film. I wanted a senior. That means I had to recast every single year for 12 years because they would graduate. And I'm so glad it took 12 years because if I didn't wait 12 years, I wouldn't have met this man on on this as well, Amaree. And besides just being an amazing human, what I loved about his story, it has all the marks of a great of great storytelling. His relationship with his father or lack thereof when he was younger, his unlikely friendship with the cheerleader. And that friendship coming about through a tragedy through Teddy, it helped show the struggle, his struggle and perhaps others in the Deaf community. And I've never heard another filmmaker saying, I'm glad it took 12 years to get a film made, but I'm glad it took fiv

<p>Here is a Stoop Story from <strong>Molly O’Donnell </strong>about her competitive streak.</p> <p>The Stoop Storytelling Series has two shows later this month: On March 23th, storytellers share experiences with Baltimore’s music scene, and on March 25th young people describe how their lives were affected by the pandemic. Details <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">here</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Physical traits, like brown skin or blue eyes, are inherited by the transmission of genes. Emotional and mental experiences are also carried from one generation to the next.</p> <p>Two exhibits explore that idea. The creators of ‘<a href="https://www.viewbaltimore.org/events">Continuous Line</a>,’ and ‘<a href="https://www.howardcc.edu/about-us/news-events/calendar-of-events/event/03/27/2022/creative-quest-art-from-the-holocausts-second-generation">Creative Quest: Art from the Holocaust’s Second Generation</a>,’ draw on their respective ancestral histories. Artists <strong>Miriam Mörsel Nathan</strong> and <strong>Ernest Shaw </strong>discuss why and how they create their work.</p> <p>And curator <strong>Kirk Shannon-Butz </strong>explains what he calls ‘a Baltimore Movement’ … and curator <strong>Toby Brookes</strong> looks at art as a way to wrestle with the past:</p> <p>“<em>We are not survivors and we’re not historians or sociologists, but artists carry with them their parents' legacy, and they express it purely from their hearts and souls.”</em><em> </em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.viewbaltimore.org/events">Continuous Line</a>, Creative Quest <a href="https://www.howardcc.edu/about-us/news-events/calendar-of-events/event/03/27/2022/creative-quest-art-from-the-holocausts-second-generation">opening reception</a>, <a href="https://www.eshawart.com/">Ernest Shaw</a>, <a href="https://www.miriammorselnathan.com/">Miriam Mörsel Nathan.</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Millions of borrowers took advantage of the pandemic’s pause on federal student-loan repayment, put in place by the CARES Act two years ago and extended by President Biden until May 1st. What happens when that pause ends? <strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/danielle-douglas/">Danielle Douglas-Gabriel</a></strong> covers the economics of higher education for <em>The Washington Post</em>. She warns that the return to repayment may be bumpy. And <strong>Sean McEvoy</strong>, <a href="http://www.labor.maryland.gov/finance/consumers/frslombud.shtml">Maryland’s student loan ombudsman</a>, outlines the <a href="http://www.labor.maryland.gov/finance/consumers/frslbillofrights.shtml">rights borrowers are entitled to</a> and offers advice on spotting student-loan forgiveness scams.</p> <p>From the <a href="https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service">public service loan forgiveness</a> homepage - "Most of the PSLF qualifying payment rules have been suspended through October 31, 2022. Under this temporary waiver, you may get credit for payments you’ve made on loans that would not normally qualify for PSLF. These payments will count even if you didn’t pay the full amount or on-time. However, only payments made after Oct. 1, 2007 can count as qualifying payments."</p> <p>Find the PSLF Help Tool <a href="https://studentaid.gov/pslf/">here</a>.<em>This program originally aired January 20, 2022.</em></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>What do you want the end of your life to look like?Physician <strong><a href="https://www.thebetterend.com/">Dan Morhaim </a></strong>says planning for the inevitable ensures you receive the treatment you’d like to have. His latest book, written with his wife, <strong>Shelley Morhaim</strong>, offers a guide to the legal, medical, and personal choices surrounding death.Find <a href="https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/free-printable-advance-directives/">free advance directive forms</a> by state through the AARP.</p> <p>Then, a green burial site is planned for western Baltimore County, offering an alternative to traditional cremation or internment practices. We speak with co-owner <strong>Howard Berg</strong>, and with <strong>Jennifer Downs</strong> of the nonprofit <a href="https://greenburialmaryland.org/">Green Burial Association of Maryland </a>about the growing popularity of natural burial.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here's a Stoop Story from <strong>Amanda Eby</strong> about having persistence in the world of public education.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Storytelling Series</a> - including upcoming live events and the Stoop podcast.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Women poured into the labor force during World War Two. They were an essential part of America’s war efforts -- performing tasks that before had been assigned only to men.</p> <p>The classic images of Rosie the Riveter are white women. But <strong>Professor Gregory Cooke</strong>, creator of the documentary <em>Invisible Warriors, </em>has unearthed the lesser known stories that represent six hundred thousand <em>Black </em>women who also joined the workforce. They excelled in their jobs … against even greater barriers:</p> <p><em>“Black women were riveters, welders, carpenters, sheet metal workers, there were even some in Washington who did code breaking.  They were basically fighting the war of racism and gender discrimination.</em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.invisiblewarriorsfilm.com/">Invisible Warriors</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/2022MGS">Morgan State University March 10 5:30pm event</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5Gir0XTxU">TCM WWII Spotlight interview with Prof. Cooke</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Maryland got an “F” grade from a national nonprofit for its efforts to protect children from being trafficked for sex. Amanda Rodriguez, of the state’s Human Trafficking Task Force, says what’s missing is state law that treats trafficked kids as victims, not criminals.</p> <p>Then we ask Jeanne Allert, who founded ‘The Samaritan Women’ to support trafficked women with shelter, counseling, education, and job training … why the non-profit has changed focus and moved from Baltimore:</p> <p>“We became aware of how big the problem is nationally and so it became a shift to take what we’ve been given and what we’ve learned and share that with others, so they could reach into areas and to survivors that we would not be able to reach.” A project she’s coaching is Harriett’s House on the Eastern Shore -- we talk with its founder, Julie Cain.</p> <p>Links: The Samaritan Women <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfc25LOYE8">video</a>, The <a href="https://thesamaritanwomen.org/">Samaritan Women Institute for Shelter Care, </a><a href="https://www.turnaroundinc.org/">Turnaround, Inc</a>., <a href="https://sharedhope.org/">Shared Hope, </a><a href="https://harriettshouse.org/">Harriett's House</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>A week into the war, as Russia escalates its bombing of Ukrainian cities, and a million Ukrainians are fleeing for safety, we ask history scholar <strong><a href="http://halbrands.org/">Hal Brands</a></strong> what the West should learn from the 20th-century Cold War and how the pain of <em>this</em> war is likely to spread. Read Brands' recent Bloomberg opinion columns on the Ukrainian crisis <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ATKjVpkXko4/henry-brands">here</a>.</p> <p>Then we hear from <strong>John Wojtowycz</strong>, a trustee of <a href="https://www.stmichaelukrainiancatholicbaltimore.org/">St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church</a> in southeast Baltimore, and from Ukrainian-born Pikesville resident <strong>Vlad Volinsky</strong>.</p> <p>St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church will host a candlelight vigil, this Saturday, March 5th, after the 4 p.m. Divine Liturgy. Find the Ukraine Emergency Fund created by <a href="https://associated.org/?_ga=2.161582709.896842274.1646321332-370763210.1646321332">The Associated</a> <a href="https://payments.associated.org/Ukraine">here</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>The United States is in the midst of a mental health crisis among children, and the pandemic only made the situation worse.<strong>Sharon Hoover</strong> co-directs the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. We ask her about Maryland’s shortage of school psychologists and social workers. Check out <a href="https://hopefulfutures.us/">America's School Mental Health Report Card</a>.</p> <p><strong>Shantay</strong> <strong>McKinily</strong> directs the <a href="https://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/positiveschools/">Positive Schools Center </a>at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She’s a former principal now coaching schools on how to reduce suspensions by taking a restorative approach to conflict. And <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Slayton</strong>, elementary principal of the Belair-Edison School in Baltimore, tells us how this approach transformed her school.Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PSCMaryland">Positive Schools Center Facebook page</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Two women, driven to defend France from the Nazis - one, a young British spy and the other, an American collaborating with the underground resistance.<strong>Erika Robuck’s</strong> latest novel “Sisters of Night and Fog,” weaves the true stories of these World War II heroines together until they meet in one of the darkest places of the war. She has several <a href="http://www.erikarobuck.com/Contact.html">local book launch events</a> this month. Next Thursday, March 10th, you can find her at Park Books and Literacy CoLab in Severna Park. The following Tuesday, March 15th, she’ll be at Politics and Prose in DC. And the morning after that, Wednesday March 16, she’ll be speaking at O’Brien’s Tavern in Annapolis.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>During the decades many school systems disdained Black students, African-American parents found creative ways to line up education. In Harford County, parents scraped together resources for a tiny primary school, then decades later worked with civic leaders and lawmakers to expand it into a high school. Retired Army Col. <strong>Patricia Smith </strong>leads the effort to restore the Havre de Grace Colored School … where <strong>Janice Grant </strong>graduated in 1951:</p> <p><strong> </strong><strong><em>“</em></strong><em>There were times when only the teacher had a book. And we had to buy copy books. And the teacher would stand in front of the class and read the one book. And we would have to write it in the copy books. And that would be our books.”</em><em> </em></p> <p>Then author <strong>Philip Merrill </strong>tells about Rosenwald Schools in Maryland. </p> <p>Links:<a href="https://hdgcoloredschool.net/"> The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center</a>, <a href="https://www.edweek.org/leadership/video-the-fight-to-preserve-rosenwald-schools/2021/07?s_kwcid=AL!6416!3!486544088589!!!g!!&utm_source=goog&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ew+dynamic+recent%20&ccid=dynamic+ads+recent+articles&ccag=recent+articles+dynamic&cckw=&cccv=dynamic+ad&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO38zKS2om7VlCQXbrT1yBp_cghkXvcbe9RhBxdHJoov8s-XOSzcVk8aAmCMEALw_wcB">Education Week on preserving Rosenwald Schools</a>, <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/cng-ag-janice-grant-20210224-jv4c4rklzfayboie567ha5ctwq-story.html"><em>The Aegis </em>Newspaper Janice E. Gr</a><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/cng-ag-janice-grant-20210224-jv4c4rklzfayboie567ha5ctwq-story.html">ant interview, </a><a href="https://savingplaces.org/places/rosenwald-schools#.YhzcqejMKM8">National Trust for Historic Preservation/Rosenwald Schools.</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>The universal language of music allows audiences to be swept away -- many times into different cultures, all from the comfort of their seats. </p> <p>The Trio Griot, performing at An die musik this Sunday, brings together for the first time the talents of saxophonist <strong>TK Blue</strong>, pianist <strong>Janelle Gill</strong> and <strong>Amadou Kouyate.</strong></p> <p>Kouyate, who performs traditional music from Senegal and Mali, draws on a long family lineage of cultural storytelling … and always holds his audience in mind as he performs:</p> <p><strong><em>“</em></strong><em>The more vulnerable I can be in telling my truth through my music, the more it disarms people to be able to connect in their truth.” </em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.instantseats.com/?fuseaction=home.artist&VenueID=321&artistid=22843">Trio Griot at An die musik</a>, <a href="http://www.memoryofafricanculture.org/amk.htm">Amadou Kouyate</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ITjaPw6m0">Janelle Gill,</a> <a href="https://www.tkblue.com/">TK Blue</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here is a Stoop Story from <strong>Bob Hemler </strong>about finding love and holding fast to it! You hear his story and others at <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoopstorytelling.com</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Today we Pass the Mic to host <strong>Sharayna Ashanti Christmas</strong>. She talks with photographer <strong>Solomon Ade </strong>and writer and archivist <strong>Bilphena Yahwon</strong> about the ‘New Generation Scholars Intergenerational Institute,’ and why sharing knowledge across diverse age groups is critical for Black history … and Black future:</p> <p><em>“The Black elders are not able to speak to what the current world is looking like for our Black youth. And our Black youth are building without a blueprint because they have no connections to our elders to know what we’ve already done. And so this institute is bringing together both generations in an attempt to be participating in the present and the past at the same time.” </em></p> <p>Plus <strong>Michael Haskins Jr.</strong> , head of ‘Currency Studio,’ discusses the importance of access to space.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ngsii-virtual-orientation-tickets-273500426137?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">New Generation Scholars Intergenerational Institute kick off event</a>, <a href="https://www.muse360.org/">Muse 360 Arts</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/muse360arts/">Muse 360 Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.necessarytomorrows.com/">Necessary Tomorrows</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/archiveliberia/?hl=en">Archive Liberia</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewomanistreader/?hl=en">The Womanist Reader</a>, <a href="https://www.bilphenaslibrary.com/">Bilphena's Library</a>, <a href="https://www.sharaynachristmas.com/">Sharayna Christmas</a>, <a href="https://currencystudio.us/">Currency Studio</a>. </p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>WYPR is celebrating its 20th anniversary! The festival includes a new podcast - <em><a href="https://www.wypr.org/wavelength">Wavelength: Baltimore's Public Radio Journey</a> - </em>with interviews reflecting the diverse landscape of local public media.WYPR Digital Content Director<strong> Jamyla Krempel </strong>traces YPR’s roots as a student-run station at Johns Hopkins and tales collected from current and former radio staffers.Listen to the first episode <a href="https://www.wypr.org/wavelength/2022-02-23/the-early-days-of-radio-in-charm-city">here</a>. Check out the WYPR timeline <a href="https://www.wypr.org/2022-01-31/a-timeline-of-wyprs-20-years">here</a>.Then--WYPR’s first <em>morning</em>-show interview,<strong> <a href="http://www.mariselabgomez.com/">Dr. Marisela Gomez</a></strong>, on why she fought for the community’s voice to be heard in redevelopment 20 years ago, and why it still matters. Learn more about <a href="https://www.volar.site/">VOLAR - Village of Love and Resistance</a>. The East Baltimore Historical Library works to preserve the community’s history. On Sunday it will hold a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eastbmorehistoricallibrary">storytellers’ brunch on Facebook Live</a> from 2:30 to 4:30 pm.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Will the General Assembly finally tackle the issue of recreational marijuana this session?We look at the House of Delegates’ approach with <strong>Baltimore City Delegate Luke Clippinger. </strong>He’s the sponsor of two bills designed to legalize recreational cannabis through a referendum, expunge past convictions for possession, and create a fund to support women and minority business owners.Then, <strong>Shad Ewart</strong> teaches courses on the cannabis industry at Anne Arundel Community College. He shares ideas on breaking down barriers that might price local entrepreneurs out, right at the start.</p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0837?ys=2022RS">Legislation - HB0837</a></p> <p><a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0001?ys=2022RS">Legislation - HB0001</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.marijuanamoment.net/maryland-lawmakers-vote-to-put-marijuana-legalization-referendum-on-november-ballot/">Maryland Lawmakers Vote To Put Marijuana Legalization Referendum On November Ballot - Marijuana Moment</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/02/12/opinion-law-legalizing-cannabis-should-take-effect-immediately-upon-voter-approval/">Opinion: Law Legalizing Cannabis Should Take Effect Immediately Upon Voter Approval - Maryland Matters</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>How many times did you rely on clean water this morning? Did you take a shower or wash your face? Maybe you made coffee or tea … then brushed your teeth. Perhaps you downed big gulps of H-2-O during an early morning workout.</p> <p>Each time we turn on a faucet, we trust that our drinking water is pure and safe, as we’ve come to expect. But do we really know what’s in our water … and what ‘acceptable’ levels of impurities are allowed? Some of those impurities are called ‘Per-fluorinated and poly-fluorinated substances,’ also known as PFAS.<em> </em>They also have the daunting moniker of ‘forever chemicals.</p> <p>To learn more about forever chemicals, last December we asked <strong>Tim Wheeler,</strong> associate editor and senior writer of the <em>Bay Journal,</em> to break it down for us. Plus, we’ ask<strong> Will Baker </strong>about his four decades leading the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He stepped down at the end of 2021.</p> <p>Links: Links: <a href="https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/forever-chemicals-frequently-found-in-maryland-pennsylvania-drinking-water/article_783a8f0c-1707-11ec-ba7f-9f5e631d39c4.html">Forever chemicals in MD and PA drinking water</a>, <a href="https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/forever-chemicals-trigger-first-fish-consumption-warning-in-chesapeake-region/article_fdf33986-30e9-11ec-a7eb-e39541d38936.html">Forever chemicals and fish consumption warning</a>, <a href="https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/forever-chemicals-from-navy-lab-flowing-into-chesapeake-bay/article_2bb30198-041d-11ec-8d03-7fbdc38a88a7.html">Contamination at Naval Research Laboratory, </a><a href="https://extension.umd.edu/resource/water-testing">Have your water tested</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>For more than one hundred years, thousands of Native American children were taken from their homes and sent to residential Indian schools in the United States and Canada, to forcibly assimilate them into white culture.</p> <p>Indigenous advocate <strong>Jennifer Night Bird Miller</strong> describes cruelties they endured ... and what she hopes for as the U.S. moves toward understanding this painful past.</p> <p><em>“The US citizens need to know and acknowledge that these atrocities have occurred and the people are still here. And in order for us to heal, we need acknowledgment.” </em></p> <p>Plus -- <strong>Sandi Cianciulli and Mary Ann Robins</strong> from the Carlisle Indian School Project 90 miles northwest of Baltimore, tell us how they hope to memorialize young lives lost.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/11/deb-haaland-indigenous-boarding-schools/"><em>Washington Post Op Ed </em>by Deb Haaland</a>, <a href="https://carlisleindianschoolproject.com/">Carlisle Indian School Project</a>, <a href="http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/docs-addresources/Locations_IndianBoardingSchools_UnitedStates.pdf">Map of locations</a> of US Native American Boarding Schools, <a href="https://calderaproductions.com/home-from-school/">Home From School: The Children of Carlisle</a> documentary, Secretary Haaland's <a href="https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/secint-memo-esb46-01914-federal-indian-boarding-school-truth-initiative-2021-06-22-final508-1.pdf">plan for the Indian Boarding School Initiative</a> investigation, <em>Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/jul/01/residential-schools-canada-indigenous-childrens-lives-video"> </a></em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/jul/01/residential-schools-canada-indigenous-childrens-lives-video">video history</a> of residential schools in Canada.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here is a <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Story</a> from <strong>Andy Parsley</strong> about his path to healing.The next live Stoop event is Wednesday, March 9th, on the theme, “<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/bridging-the-gap-stories-about-reconciliation-connection-and-balance/">Bridging the Gap: Stories about reconciliation, connection, and balance.</a>” Tickets are free. Registration is required.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>If a student has an asthma flare at school, they need treatment right away. But, while schools carry epi-pens and overdose reversal medication, they do not stock inhalers.</p> <p>Pediatric pulmonologist <strong>Dr. Christy Sadreameli </strong>fills us in on a <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0384">bill</a> to require schools to have rescue inhalers on hand for emergencies. Former school nurse <strong>Mikki Fritz</strong> tells of a pupil who had an inhaler registered with the school, but that device stopped working, "Luckily, his mother had enough foresight to have an inhaler with him. So, he had one in his pocket and he used it on himself."</p> <p>Read the multi-society policy statement, "<a href="https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202106-1550ST">Ensuring Access to Albuterol in Schools: From Policy to Implementation</a>."</p> <p>Then, an update on open enrollment from <strong>Michele Eberle</strong> of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange. <a href="https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov/">Open enrollment ends February 28th</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Tax season is here, and the <a href="https://cashmd.org/">CASH Campaign of Maryland </a>can offer free tax prep for filers.CEO <strong>Robin McKinney</strong> tells us who qualifies and how the nonprofit helps filers take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Client <strong>Carleigh Steele </strong>talks about gaining the financial skills to plan for her daughter’s future.Click <a href="https://cashmd.org/baltimore-locations/">here </a>for Baltimore tax prep locations. Click <a href="https://cashmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Statewide-2022.pdf">here </a>for locations across the state. To get in touch with the CASH Campaign - call 410-234-8008, Monday through Friday from 9-2 pm.</p> <p>Then, how can debt lead to jail time? <strong>Marceline White</strong> of the <a href="https://www.marylandconsumers.org/">Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition</a>, outlines debt-protection proposals before the legislature. Learn more about <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0322">HB 322 </a>and <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0349">HB 349</a>. Read the 2018 MCRC report, "<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b05bed59772ae16550f90de/t/5d02af1fe68aa40001db920f/1560456994675/No+Exit+MCRC+Report.pdf">No Exit</a>," on how state debt collection practices affect low-income Marylanders and communities of color.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Food historian <strong>Toni Tipton-Martin</strong> has unearthed a trove of contributions from Black cooks and food entrepreneurs. It’s laid out in her book: <em>“The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.</em></p> <p>In her follow-up book, <em>Jubilee, </em>Tipton-Martin <em>draws from </em>the accumulated treasures and the inventive chefs behind them. She wants cooks to personalize the recipes,--with a witness to the past:</p> <p><strong></strong><strong>“</strong><em>What I’d like for you to do is to acknowledge that you read about it in Jubilee so that the authors aren’t erased from history. Because we all have voices, we all have something to say, and food is just one way for us to tell our stories.”</em><em> </em></p> <p>Plus, the Charm City Cook, <strong>Amy Langrehr</strong>, shares some of her favorite local restaurants!</p> <p>Links: <a href="http://www.charmcitycook.com/">Charm City Cook</a>, <a href="https://tonitiptonmartin.com/">Toni Tipton-Martin</a>, <a href="https://tonitiptonmartin.com/books/">Tipton-Martin books, </a><a href="https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/pratt_test_kitchen_presents_toni_tipton_martin#.YgZ5Gd_MKM8">Pratt Test Kitchen event, Wed. 2/23</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>A favored adage of people in the freight industry is: “If you <em>bought </em>it, a truck <em>brought </em>it.”  Now … facing a record shortage of drivers, what is the industry doing to keep cargo moving and shelves stocked</p> <p><strong>Louis Campion</strong>, head of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, talks about easing driver age requirements and other initiatives. And <strong>Charlton Paul,</strong> a driver with nearly three decades’ experience, talks about life on the road -- before and during the pandemic:</p> <p><em>“When I see someone with a military uniform I thank them for their service. And I was in situations where people thanked me, and that was kinda different. And I guess it exposed people to how necessary my profession is to keep America moving.”</em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.mdtrucking.org/">Maryland Motor Truck Association</a>, <a href="https://www.trucking.org/share-road">Share the Road program</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>You are what you eat, so when you eat healthy, you become healthy. That’s the message from a new program called FoodRx at Medstar Health. We talk with <strong>Angela Roberson, </strong>a registered dietician for the Collaborative Care Program at Good Samaritan Hospital, and the lead dietician for FoodRx. Giving patients access to nutrition education,as well as full meals has made a marked difference in her work, "It’s really been a game changer. FoodRx is really the first of its kind in this region, and it’s saving lives."</p> <p>Plus, we hear from one of FoodRx’s partners, <strong>Nekeisia Booyer </strong>of<strong> </strong>the Maryland Food Bank, about why teaming up with healthcare systems to regularly deliver healthy food to patients is all part of the mission.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Here is a Stoop Story from <strong>Betsey Kahn</strong> about her wedding-night worries. She and her husband, Philip, were married for 51 years.</p> <p>Learn more about the Stoop Storytelling Series - including upcoming live events and the Stoop podcast - <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">here</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p><strong>Rev. Nnontombi Naomi Tutu</strong>, daughter of the late Anglican archbishop who resisted and helped end South Africa’s apartheid, has led Truth and Reconciliation workshops for groups dealing with conflict. As an adult--raising three children, working as an ordained priest--she has lived in both South Africa and the U.S., and concluded the U.S. is not dealing with its racial past, "Attempting to hide from your history simply expands the effects of the wounds of that history. It drags out the impact of that history on generations to come."</p> <p>Rev. Tutu is coming to Maryland next week for McDaniel College’s first <a href="https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/blackhistorymonthconvocation">Black History Month Convocation</a>. The hour-long event takes place Wed., Feb. 16, at 6 pm in WMC Alumni Hall and is free and open to the public. A livestream via Zoom will also be available through <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqd-mrqjkrHNZUNssoP82K9FlvaEHse5L6">advance registration</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Our skin is our biggest organ; its proper care can be lifesaving. What if healthcare providers don’t have evidence to draw on for treatment? </p> <p><a href="https://kindredhairandskin.com/"><strong>Dr. Chesahna</strong></a><strong><a href="https://kindredhairandskin.com/"> Kindred</a>,</strong> a Howard University dermatology professor, and owner of  Kindred Hair & Skin Center in Columbia, talks of life-threatening situations that show up because Black skin is rarely included in dermatological research trials … and how she’s trying to change that.</p> <p>And software developer <a href="https://www.melalogic.com/"><strong>Avery Smith</strong></a>, whose wife died of melanoma that was not treated aggressively, is developing an <em>app </em>to educate and assist people with Black skin:</p> <p><strong><em></em></strong><em>“I’m trying to create a tool that I wish existed when my wife was here. And I know that there are people everyday that are going through this issue that are aggravated that they cannot find references to their skin issues.”</em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.melalogic.com/">Melalogic</a>, <a href="https://kindredhairandskin.com/">Kindred Hair & Skin</a></p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>After the deadly shooting of a West Baltimore 9th grader in 1983, police and prosecutors coerced the testimony of witnesses. Three innocent young men - known as the Harlem Park Three - were sentenced to life in prison for felony murder. Then, in 2019, they were released.</p> <p><strong>Jennifer Gonnerman</strong> writes about this case for<em> The New Yorker,</em> in a piece titled, “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/when-a-witness-recants">When a Witness Recants</a>.”</p> <p>And Baltimore City Deputy State's Attorney<strong> Lauren Lipscomb </strong>describes building the case for exoneration. Watch a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/baltimorecitysao/videos/1781483938706954">video</a> about the case, produced by the State's Attorney's Office. Find more information about the <a href="https://www.stattorney.org/office/bureaus-units/conviction-integrity-unit">Conviction Integrity Unit</a>.</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>

<p>Six months ago, doctors told Hopkins neuroscientist and author <strong><a href="http://davidlinden.org/">David Linden</a> </strong>that he has eighteen months or less to live. Linden has terminal cancer, found during a routine medical test. As he faces the end of life, he’s thinking deeply about how our brains react to such news, "I'm simultaneously furious with the universe and also deeply grateful."</p> <p>Linden has researched the brain for decades, from its evolution and plasticity to sensory perception and memory formation. He talks about approaching his diagnosis and the last chapter of his life, with the same intense curiosity.</p> <p>Read his piece in <em>The Atlantic</em>, "<a href="https://www.wypr.org/post/unique-dr-david-linden-roots-individuality">A Neuroscientist Prepares for Death.</a>" Listen to Linden's 2021 <a href="https://www.wypr.org/post/unique-dr-david-linden-roots-individuality">interview </a>on Midday, about his latest book, "Unique: The New Science of Individuality."</p><p>Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472</p>