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<p>From her days growing up in Liberia, through medical training, and now heading <a href="https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-health-equity/">Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity</a>, <strong>Dr. Lisa Cooper</strong> has tried to understand and explain the ways race and the stress of discrimination shape health care and health outcomes. She’s distilled her work and ideas into a book, "Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?" Now, Cooper says she’s eager to translate her health-disparities research to her new appointment to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/">President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology</a>. Watch the council's meetings <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/meetings/">here</a>. <em>Original air date: September 27, 2021.</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>Maryland got an “F” grade from a national nonprofit for its efforts to protect children from being trafficked for sex. <strong>Amanda Rodriguez, </strong>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 <strong>Jeanne Allert</strong>, who founded ‘The Samaritan Women’  to support trafficked <em>women </em>with shelter, counseling, education, and job training …  why the non-profit has changed focus and moved from Baltimore: </p> <p> <em>“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.”</em><strong> </strong>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://thesamaritanwomen.org/video-2020/">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></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>Nearly 40 million Americans suffer from migraine attacks. They’ve been viewed as a ‘middle-aged white woman’s malady,’ --but research shows otherwise.</p> <p><strong>Dr. Courtney White</strong> talks about racial disparities in treatment and why the syndrome is misunderstood:</p> <p><em>“People think it’s just a bad headache and that you can tough through it -- take some over the counter medications. And this is not true, this is a neurological disease.” </em></p> <p>Then <strong>Jaime</strong> <strong>Sanders</strong>, who has lived with daily migraine pain for forty years, tells why she pushes for better access to care, and talks about her advocacy goals:</p> <p><strong> </strong>“To make sure that everyone is seen and heard and validated and respected. I’ve gone through so much of my life being dismissed, and I know how that feels not being believed.” </p> <p>Links: <a href="https://headachemigraine.org/">Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients</a>, the <a href="https://headachemigraine.org/dihac/">Disparities in Headache Advisory Council,</a> The Migraine Diva blog.</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>Learning about other cultures can foster compassion, curiosity, and even patience. <em>Preserving </em>culture can provide a sense of connectedness to the past. </p> <p>The National Slavic Museum is dedicated to both. We talk with its curator, <strong>Julea Seliavski</strong>, who took the reins from its founder Father Ivan Dornic. Father Dornic’s vision is that all Slavic cultures can come together in common love of heritage: </p> <p><strong><em></em></strong><em>“I want to honor the dream of the owner: that desire, that commitment, to hold a space for everyone regardless of the conflicts that arise across the ocean.” </em></p> <p>Plus, <strong>Katya Denisova</strong> on starting the Russian Kalinka Dance Ensemble of Baltimore, and its performance this weekend. </p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.nationalslavicmuseum.com/">National Slavic Museum</a>, <a href="http://kalinkabaltimore.org/index.html">Kalinka Dance Ensemble of Baltimore</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalslavicmuseum.com/events">Kalinka performance on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 5pm. </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/100001910592280/videos/2689590441345452/">Time lapse video</a> of the National Slavic Museum's inaugural exhibit.</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>Jake Jacobson</strong> about cultural exchanges … and memorable mishaps. There’s a live Stoop coming up next Wednesday, December 8, with the theme<em>: Bah, Humbug!: Stories about making mistakes, making amends, and making merry.</em>  It starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.<br>At the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African-American History and Culture next Monday evening, December 6.  At 7 p.m. Gayle Jessup White will discuss her book,  <em>Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Legacy. </em>She will be in conversation with Dr. Izetta Autumn Mobley,  Director of Interpretation, Collections, and Education at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.</p> <p>Links:<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/bah-humbug-stories-about-making-mistakes-making-amends-and-making-merry/"> Live Stoop</a>, Reginald F. Lewis Museum <a href="https://www.lewismuseum.org/event/virtual-book-talk-reclamation-sally-hemings-thomas-jefferson-and-a-descendants-search-for-her-familys-lasting-legacy/">Gayle Jessup book discussion.</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>Legislators will return to Annapolis Monday, to wrestle over the boundaries of congressional districts.The <a href="https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/">Princeton Gerrymandering Project</a> gave maps proposed by lawmakers a failing grade. The map put forth by Governor Hogan’s commission earned an "A." We ask analyst<strong> Helen Brewer </strong>about the <a href="https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/reforms/MD">grades</a>.And <strong>Josh Kurtz</strong> of <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/">Maryland Matters</a> walks us through how the proposals differ. Are legal challenges on the horizon? Follow Maryland Matters' <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/">political coverage</a>.Check out this story by WYPR’s John Lee about <a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2021-11-30/rep-harris-not-ruling-out-running-in-another-district">what Maryland’s only Republican congressman, Andy Harris, is thinking in response to the proposed maps</a>.Details <a href="https://www.lwvmd.org/lwvmd_people_maps_md_rally">here</a> about the rally - Wednesday, December 8th - on Lawyers Mall held by the League of Women Voters of Maryland and People’s Maps Maryland.</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>Of all the fresh books, which titles make the best gifts?</p> <p><strong>Carla Du Pree</strong> of <a href="https://www.citylitproject.org/">CityLit Project </a>narrows it down. She shares top picks, from "me too" activist Tarana Burke’s memoir to a novel about a daughter returning to her oil boomtown home, decades later. Du Pree was featured in the most recent issue of <a href="https://bmoreart.com/2021/11/bmoreart-issue-12-release-at-current-space-photo-essay.html">Bmore Art magazine</a>.</p> <p>And from <a href="https://www.prattlibrary.org/">Baltimore City Librarian</a><strong> Paula Willey--</strong>titles for kids. She says the picture book "Outside, Inside," by LeUyen Pham offers a gentle way to reflect on the pandemic.</p> <p>For more suggestions, check out <a href="https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2021">NPR's Books We Love</a> list.</p> <p><strong>Carla Du Pree's recommendations for adults</strong><br>Because You Just Oughta Books:<br>"1619 Project: A New Origin Story," edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones<br>"Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement," by Tarana Burke</p> <p>Raise Her Voice Books:<br>"Girlhood," by Melissa Febos<br>"White Magic," by Elissa Washuta<br>"Brown Girls," by Daphne Palasi Andreades</p> <p>We Live in Other Worlds Books:<br>"Hell of a Book," by Jason Mott<br>"Speculation, n." by Shayla Lawz</p> <p>Show Some Local LitLove Books:<br>"O Beautiful," by Jung Yun<br>"Artists in Residency," by Melissa Wyse, Illustrations by Kate Lewis<br>"Silent Winds, Dry Seas," by Vinod Busjeet<br>"Stumbling Towards Grace," by Rosalia Scalia<br>"Bride of the Seas," by Eman Quotah</p> <p><strong>Paula Willey's recommendations for kids and teens</strong><br>Exciting book series for independent readers:<br>Aru Shah series by Roshani Chokshi<br>Tristan Strong series by Kwame Mbalia<br>A Tale Dark and Grimm 3-book set by Adam Gidwitz<br>Jasmine Green Rescues series by Helen Peters and Ellie Snowdon</p> <p>Graphic novels:<br>History Comics series<br>Science Comics series</p> <p>Read aloud books to share<br>Vamos! series by Raul the Third<br>"The Wind May Blow," by Sasha Quinton, illustrated by Thomas Hegbrook<br>"Outside, Inside," by LeUyen Pham.<br>"Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem," by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long</p> <p>Nonfiction:<br>"Black Artists Shaping the World," Sharna Jackson and Zoé Whitley<br>"We’re Better Than This: Young Readers' Edition: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy," by Elijah Cummings<br>"The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes that You'll Love to Cook and Eat," by America's Test Kitchen</p> <p>Manga readers:<br>Fairy Tail box set<br>Akira box set</p> <p>Teens:<br>Raybearer series by Jordan Ifueko<br>"Not So Pure and Simple," by Lamar Giles</p> <p> </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 waste rotting in a landfill has no future. As compost, old scraps morph into a nutrient-dense spread for your garden.We hear from <strong>Kristyn Oldendorf</strong> of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works about a pilot program to collect food waste at drop-off stations. And <strong>Marvin Hayes</strong>, of the Baltimore Compost Collective, gives us a how-to on backyard composting, including making sure your mixture is moist. <em>Original air date: October 12, 2021.</em></p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href="https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/foodscrapdrop-off">Baltimore City Food Scrap Drop-off</a></p> <p><a href="https://extension.umd.edu/resource/how-make-compost-home">UMD Extension Compost Guide</a><br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreCityDepartmentofPublicWorks">DPW Facebook page - Trash Talk Tuesday videos</a></p> <p><a href="https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/residential-recycling-carts">Baltimore City Department of Public Works Residential Recycling Cart 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>Community artist <strong>Ashley Minner</strong> tells of growing up in Dundalk, surrounded by family. Her bond with her grandmother was special.</p> <p>Minner is a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. She recently launched the <a href="https://www.baltimorereservation.com/">Guide to Indigenous Baltimore</a>, a website and <a href="https://www.baltimorereservation.com/about">mobile app</a>, in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Rule of the Chickasaw Nation. The guide offers an illustrated history of the Lumbee community in East Baltimore.</p> <p>And <strong>Mary Curtin</strong> shares a difficult story about climbing out of deep depression.</p> <p>Listen to more stories from the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop</a>. Find out about the next <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/bah-humbug-stories-about-making-mistakes-making-amends-and-making-merry/">live Stoop Show</a> on December 8th at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.</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 <strong>Elissa Brent Weissman’</strong>s novel <em>Renegade Reporters, </em>Ash and her best friend Maya get sacked from the daily newscast at their middle school in Federal Hill, so they start their own news team, and soon discover that the software company with the contract for all the public schools in Baltimore is collecting a lot more data about pupils than anyone knew.Join Weissman virtually this Thursday for her book launch with the Ivy Bookshop. Details <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/upcomingevent/25484">here</a>.Then we ask a real-life legal expert--UB Law Professor <strong>Michele Gilman</strong>--about the shortfalls of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Find more information about <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/privacy-rights">privacy rights</a> and <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/video/view/electronics/news/6050416388001/protecting-your-online-privacy/">protecting your privacy</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’re sharing our platform, in our series called ‘Pass the Mic.” We invite a host to choose the guests and direct the conversation. This month, host <strong>Kerry Hawk Lessard</strong>, head of Native American LifeLines, talks with <strong>Judy Tallwing McCarthey</strong> about art as healing and the stereotypes some non-natives hold of Native Americans:</p> <p><strong></strong> <em>“Stop mythologizing us. I’m not a myth, dammit. I’m a real human being. I have grandkids and kids and bills to pay. But I have a culture and ancestors that go back generations and I know them.”</em></p> <p>Then Lessard welcomes <strong>Tara Maudrie</strong>, who explains why her methods of public-health research derive from the storytelling she learned from her forebears. </p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.tallwingart.com/">Judy Tallwing McCarthey artwork</a>, <a href="https://nativeamericanlifelines.org/">Native American LifeLines</a>, Native American LifelLines <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nativeamericanlifelines/">Instagram #UrbanNativeLegends</a>, Tara Maudrie, <a href="https://twitter.com/theindigfoodie">@TheIndigFoodie</a></p> <p> </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>When<strong> André De Shields </strong>won a Tony award for creating the agile,  elegant messenger-god Hermes in the Broadway musical <em>Hadestown, </em>he said he was making good on a decades-old promise to be a native son Baltimore could be proud of.</p> <p>De Shields was born 75 years ago into a large family, to a mother who yearned to be a dancer and a father who would have loved to be a singer:</p> <p><em>“What I believe is that I’m the lucky number 9th of 11 children who represents the manifestation of their deferred dreams.” </em></p> <p>He graduated from Baltimore City College before striking out for fame and genius onstage. De Shields is coming back to his hometown to perform his life story alongside the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/16926">Tickets and information</a> for An Evening with André De Shields and the <a href="https://my.bsomusic.org/events?k=pops&enddate=2022-06-30">Baltimore Symphony Orchestra</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>Pumpkin spice latte, roasting turkey, butter-drenched stuffing! Holiday smells conjure memories. But for people experiencing side effects of Covid-19, a sense of smell can suddenly be non-existent, or even repulsive.</p> <p><strong>Dr. Danielle Reed</strong> of the Monell Chemical Senses Center describes how smell works, why it affects taste and what can go awry.</p> <p>Then we meet <strong>Kim Minton</strong> and <strong>Cristen Scifo</strong>. They’ve been coping with loss or distortion of smell and taste for more than a year. Its effects can be frustrating, depressing and confounding. Cristen says:</p> <p><em>“The cravings for food don’t go away. I crave Chinese food like once or twice a week. Can I have it? No absolutely not. Because I take one smell of it, and it’s repulsive. And that’s something I used to love.”</em><strong><em> </em></strong></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://monell.org/">Monell Chemical Senses Center</a>, <a href="https://monell.org/anosmia-recipes/">Anosmia recipes</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfR44szh4o">AJ+ video describing loss of smell.</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’s a Stoop Story from <strong>Gregory Hartzler</strong> about searching for the way to deal with a special kind of hunger.</p> <p>There’s a live Stoop show coming up! The theme is ‘Bah, Humbug!: Stories about making mistakes, making amends, and making merry.’ It happens <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/bah-humbug-stories-about-making-mistakes-making-amends-and-making-merry/">Wednesday, December 8, at  7 p.m.</a> on the set of “A Christmas Carol” at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in downtown Baltimore. Musical Guest is Charm City Bronze.</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>Turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes are fine but … save room for dessert!  Because we are talkin’ about pie today, with <strong>Allie Smith</strong>, owner of Bramble Baking Company, who describes the fine art of playing on the nostalgia of holiday pie flavors, with a twist.</p> <p>And <strong>Kara Mae Harris, </strong>creator of the blog ‘Old Line Plate,’ reveals a surprising history of a Thanksgiving crowd pleaser:</p> <p><em>“I found this screed in</em> The Baltimore Sun <em>in 1904 referring to pumpkin pie as just a vehicle for spices, calling it a foreigner that’s accepted but not beloved in Maryland and saying that true Marylanders should find pumpkin pie contemptible.” </em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://oldlineplate.com/">Old Line Plate blog</a>, <a href="https://bramblebakingco.com/">Bramble Baking company</a>, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pie-dough-101-with-bramble-baking-co-tickets-209466649387">Pie Dough 101</a>, recipe for <a href="https://oldlineplate.com/maryland-white-potato-pie-2/">Maryland White Potato pie.</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>Americans are buying so many physical things--like stuff for their homes or holiday gifts--it’s swamping how goods are made and moved. When will supply-chain snags ease up? University of Maryland professor <strong>Martin Dresner </strong>says as the pandemic recedes, some spending on goods will shift to travel and entertainment, and shortages should abate.The Maryland expert President Biden tapped to fix problems at ports, <strong>John Porcari</strong>, contends it won’t be enough to go back to how things used to be, "There were gaps and issues with the supply chain before the heightened buying of the pandemic. And the pandemic laid bare this underlying reality that we have under-invested in this private sector supply chain.”</p> <p>Read more:</p> <p><a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2021-11-10/biden-highlights-infrastructure-bill-at-port-of-baltimore">Biden highlights infrastructure bill at Port of Baltimore</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/11/12/1055067127/yeah-the-supply-chain-situation-isnt-looking-great-for-the-holidays">Yeah, The Supply Chain Situation Isn't Looking Great For The Holidays</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049381299/with-the-holidays-ahead-supply-chain-issues-will-get-worse-before-they-get-bette">With the holidays ahead, supply chain issues will get worse before they get better</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>Most of the country is short of nurses; Maryland is no exception. It needs thousands. </p> <p><strong>Charlotte Wood</strong>, president of the Maryland Nurses Association, describes the complicated causes of the shortfall and creative ways -- like forgiving student loans--to attract more to the field. </p> <p>Then <strong>Kathleen Wisser</strong>, dean of Nursing at Notre Dame of Maryland University, says its 15-month accelerated program draws people looking to pivot their profession:</p> <p><em></em><em>“Sometimes their career wasn’t as fulfilling and enriching as they thought. Sometimes it’s a personal experience, either with COVID or a family member who has had some type of chronic or terminal illness.” </em></p> <p>And <strong>Stephania Long</strong>, a senior in the school’s traditional nursing course, reflects on gaining clinical experience during the pandemic.</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>110,000 Marylanders have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. More than twice that many care for them. And both numbers are growing. In June, the FDA approved the first new drug in 17 years to treat Alzheimer’s. University of Maryland neurologist <strong>Dr. Paul Fishman </strong>says sophisticated new scans can detect in the brains of more people the abnormal proteins that mark Alzheimer's.</p> <p>Fishman and other experts will speak this week at a <a href="https://alzfdn.org/event/educating-america-tour-maryland/">conference </a>organized for Maryland by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.</p> <p>Also speaking on Thursday will be <strong><a href="https://www.morrisklein.com/">Morris Klein</a></strong>, an elder-law and special-needs attorney. He’ll discuss legal issues faced by many people with Alzheimer’s, including eligibility for Medicaid, special-needs planning, guardianships and drafting essential documents like powers of attorney and healthcare advance directives.</p> <p>Also on Thursday, <strong>Margueritte Mertz</strong>, a certified senior advisor, will offer tips on how someone facing Alzheimer’s disease can put a healthcare team together - including strategies for caregivers to expand their skills.</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>When millions of African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities, exclusionary zoning and restrictive covenants worked to constrain their space. Over time, these practices evolved into lending discrimination and then into urban renewal projects that displaced Black communities.Georgetown law professor <strong>Sheryll Cashin </strong>argues that geography is central to the American residential caste system. Her latest book "White Space, Black Hood," and she'll be speaking about it on Thursday at an <a href="https://www.osibaltimore.org/events/writers-live-sheryll-cashin-white-space-black-hood/">event hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library and OSI-Baltimore</a>.Links:<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/12/its-time-to-dismantle-americas-residential-caste-system-511150">It’s Time to Dismantle America’s Residential Caste System</a><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/18/how-larry-hogan-kept-black-baltimore-segregated-and-poor-367930">How Larry Hogan Kept Blacks in Baltimore Segregated and Poor</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>Growing up in west Baltimore, <strong>R. Eric Thomas</strong> often felt like an outsider. He was a Black student at a mostly white private school; he was gay in a Baptist family. </p> <p>Thomas’ memoir, <em>Here For It, or How to Save Your Soul in America</em>, follows humorous and heartfelt detours in his journey of self-acceptance.</p> <p>"<em>And when I threw off the shackles of trying to be enough of who I implicitly am, it became much easier for me to build a bridge of community.”</em><em> </em></p> <p>We hear how code-switching helped him hone his writing … and why his family’s lexicon included an opera from Mister Rogers neighborhood.</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>Jabari</strong> <strong>Lyles</strong> about existing in the world the way you want to … and need to. You can 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>This Veterans Day, a look at two efforts dedicated to the health and well-bring of those who served.We speak with <strong>Shanita Burch, </strong>who oversees the VA Maryland Health Care System’s Community Resource and Referral Center, located at the <a href="https://www.maryland.va.gov/locations/Baltimore_VA_Annex.asp">Baltimore VA Annex</a>. <strong>Tyrone Johnson</strong>, a U.S. Army veteran, went from homeless to living in his own apartment with the help of the center. Learn more about housing assistance <a href="https://www.maryland.va.gov/services/homeless/index.asp">here</a>.Then, <strong>Katie Kilby</strong> founded the <a href="https://www.reveillegrounds.com/muster">Baltimore Military Muster</a> to bring veterans together. Board member <strong>Michael Desmond</strong> describes the isolation he felt returning home from Marine Corps deployment, "Everything looked familiar, but the people were all different." The group's next meet-up is <a href="https://www.reveillegrounds.com/event-details/baltimore-military-muster-2021-12-07-18-30">December 7th</a> at Checkerspot Brewing.</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 stroke can be devastating--or deadly. Stroke hits nearly 8-hundred-thousand people each year in the U.S.  <em>More </em>than half are women--and a growing number are <em>young </em>women.</p> <p>Johns Hopkins neurologist<strong> Dr. Michelle Johansen </strong>studies a particular kind of stroke that affects younger women, in which the heart--for unknown reasons--throws off a blood clot to the brain. She previews the risks she’ll describe on Saturday at Johns Hopkins’ annual seminar “A Woman’s Journey.”</p> <p>And psychiatrist <strong>Dr. Karen Swartz </strong>discusses how the stresses of the pandemic are piling up, and how we can support each other: </p> <p>“I would recommend that we make time for each other. That you have an opportunity to ask those closest to you, either friends, family, or those with whom you work, that you make some time to actually say, ‘no really, how are you doing?"</p> <p>Links: Register <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/upcoming-live-programs/nov-13-event/">here </a>for JHU's 'A Woman's Journey' Sat. Nov. 13, 2021.</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 U.N. Climate Change Conference has brought together world leaders and environmental groups who hope to design solutions that will combat rising temperatures around the globe. </p> <p>Baltimore-based <strong>Jakir Manela</strong>, CEO of the Jewish environmental justice organizations Hazon and Pearlstone Center, attended the conference in Glasgow.  It gave him hope, and also gave him pause:</p> <p><em>”It's just an unbelievable kind of unprecedented project that we have in front of us, for humanity to make this transition. I believe we can do it, but it is going to really take all of us.” </em></p> <p>Then we talk with UMBC art professor <strong>Lynn Cazabon </strong>to hear how the Maryland Center for History and Culture is personalizing how we consider the effects of climate change. Cazabon co-curated MCHC current exhibit, ‘Losing Winter,' and tells us about it. Plus, <strong>Dan Barrie</strong>, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration breaks down the differences between weather and climate and how those are both changing in our lifetimes.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://hazon.org/">Hazon</a>, <a href="https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/">Pearlstone Center</a>, <a href="https://www.losingwinter.net/mchc">Losing Winter</a> at <a href="https://www.mdhistory.org/">Maryland Center for History and Culture</a>, MCHC panel discussion <a href="https://www.mdhistory.org/calendar/lets-talk-about-weather-changing-patterns-in-maryland/">‘Let’s Talk About Weather: Changing Patterns in Maryland.'</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>As the pandemic drags on, teachers are feeling exhausted and unheard.We speak with Frederick County middle-school teacher, <strong><a href="https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/despite-the-pandemic-virtual-teachers-are-still-educating-learners/article_ad32e7cf-a2e6-54b7-b4b6-a7b52ac4afc1.html">Alia Dahl </a></strong>and Baltimore City high-school teacher, <strong>Franca Muller Paz</strong>, about the pressures educators are facing and the support they need.Others have decided it’s time to go. Writer <strong>Leslie Gray Streeter</strong> interviewed teachers who resigned during the pandemic. What did she learn? Read her<em> Washington Post</em> magazine piece <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/18/teachers-resign-pandemic/">here</a>.One of those teachers, <strong>Lanee Higgins</strong>, says leaving the classroom shook her identity.</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 new exhibit highlights Black women pushing for change across Baltimore. Artist <strong><a href="https://www.wgfstudio.com/">Whitney Frazier</a></strong> gives us an inside look at the project, titled, "<a href="https://www.thepealecenter.org/events/the-guardians-reshaping-history-exhibition/">The Guardians: Reshaping History</a>."And we speak with one of the "Guardians," <strong>Gwen Brown. </strong>For decades she has advocated for recreation centers, after-school programs, and jobs for young people. Brown says she is motivated by the persistence of others.See portraits - taken by photographer Kirby Franklin - and listen to interviews with the "Guardians" <a href="https://guardians.thepeale.org/">here</a>. Find details about tomorrow's opening celebration <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-guardians-reshaping-history-exhibition-opening-tickets-169119654439">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>Here’s a Stoop Story from <em>Out of the Blocks</em> producer and artist <strong>Wendel Patrick</strong> about meeting his musical inspiration. Find out more about the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Storytelling Series</a> - check out upcoming <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/shows/">live events</a> and listen to the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/podcasts/">Stoop podcast</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>As the climate warms, will the places where Harriet Tubman and her family lived and worshiped survive rising sea levels?</p> <p>A report by the nonprofit Climate Central maps the risk of flooding along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway in Dorchester County. </p> <p>We speak with one of the report’s authors, <strong>Kelly Van Baalen</strong>, and local guide <strong>Alex Green.</strong></p> <p>Then, <strong>Julie Schablitsky</strong>, chief archaeologist at the state Department of Transportation, describes discovering the site where Tubman’s father lived. The location is under siege, "If we step away overnight and come back the next morning, we have an inundated hole. That level of water is rising up into excavation units, stopping us from being able to recover scientifically this information."</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>Farmers are experts in working the land. OK--Then why is there an initiative like the Million Acre Challenge? Farmer and program director <strong>Amanda Cather, </strong>of Plow and Stars Farm, says maintaining the health of soil isn’t enough:</p> <p><strong><em>“</em></strong><em>What we’re really talking about is regenerative farming. So farming that brings things back. Farming that builds soil health instead of just sustaining the health of the soil -- that actually keeps building it as much as we can.” </em></p> <p>Plus Maryland soil steward and farmer <strong>Keith Ohlinger, </strong>of Porch View Farm,<strong> </strong>explains why relationship-building is his secret weapon when encouraging peers to consider new techniques and experimentation in agriculture that can deliver improved soil health and bigger profits in the long run.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://millionacrechallenge.org/home-2/">Million Acre Challenge</a>, Consumer info to <a href="https://millionacrechallenge.org/consumer/">find produce from regenerative farmers</a>, <a href="https://porchviewfarmllc.com/">Porch View Farm</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plowandstarsfarm/">Plow and Stars Farm</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="http://tinyletter.com/lauralippman">Laura Lippman</a> </strong>has published two dozen novels, most set in Baltimore, most mysteries. But her newest is the first she calls a book of horror.</p> <p><em>"I think that this is a work of horror because I think what goes on in writers minds is pretty horrible! I think it’s scary!”</em> <strong> </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9780062390073">Dream Girl</a> is a twisty plot, from the improbable accident that immobilizes an aging novelist in his luxury apartment in Locust Point … to the mysterious phone calls that terrorize him -- but don’t slow his vivid  flashbacks -- memories of literary success, an unfaithful father, ex-wives and sexual escapades. He knows he’s addled, but is it the drugs for his pain, or is it dementia?   And then something truly baffling happens …<strong>  </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>The kid who would become a noted foreign-policy hawk, one of President Trump’s national security advisors, grew up <strong>John Bolton </strong>in southwest Baltimore, son of a firefighter and a housewife. Bolton’s early and continuing interest in conservative politics shows in how he explains his decision not to testify in the first impeachment of Mr. Trump, just months after Bolton left his employ:"They didn't convict him, he was acquitted. Which I think enabled and emboldened him. So, I didn’t see any reason to get on board that Titanic, which I thought would make Trump more of a threat than before the impeachment.” Bolton’s coming back to his hometown for the Baltimore Speakers Series tomorrow.</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 Mount Vernon Virtuosi ensemble comprises recent graduate musicians who have a passion for performing. They share their talents at no charge to the public -- not because classical music is not worth paying for … but because disseminating it may hold the power to transform people into better human beings. We hear why ... from its founder and artistic director, <strong><a href="https://www.amitpeled.com/">Amit Peled</a>:</strong></p> <p><em>“Music is the most important language, it’s because it’s the only language that forces the people who speak it, also to listen to it. And I believe if I can teach my kids to just listen to other people, I think they will be better citizens in democracy.”</em></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.mountvernonvirtuosi.com/">Mount Vernon Virtuosi</a>, <a href="https://www.mountvernonvirtuosi.com/concerts">Autumn Tales performances Oct. 29-31</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’s a Stoop Story from <strong>Dr. </strong><strong>Maneesha Ahluwalia</strong> about transforming her own loss and heartache into compassion and a second chance for someone else.</p> <p>Hey--that craving you're feeling?  Maybe it’s not for Hallowe’en sweets. Maybe you’re itching for some LIVE Stoop Stories! You can satisfy that urge next Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, at Creative Alliance! The open-mic show starts at 7:30 p.m., and the theme is <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/night-life-stories-about-wild-times-unexpected-encounters-and-after-dark-escapades/">‘Night Life: Stories about wild times, unexpected encounters, and after-dark escapades.’</a></p> <p> </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 begin a new series called ‘Pass the Mic.” We invite a host to choose guests and direct the conversation. Musician and activist <a href="https://leagilmore.net/about"><strong>Lea</strong> </a><strong><a href="https://leagilmore.net/about">Gilmore</a> </strong>talks with writer and educator<strong> <a href="https://d-watkins.com/">D. Watkins</a> </strong>about the premise of his book, <a href="https://www.oururbanreads.com/product-page/we-speak-for-ourselves-how-woke-culture-prohibits-progress">‘We Speak for Ourselves</a>’:</p> <p>“I’m taking aim at this idea of people who are brave enough to jump in front of a crowd and say that they’re advocating for people that they normally don’t talk to. You can’t tell the world what’s your big platform, what I want and what I need, without asking me what I want and what I need.” </p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://www.twostrikescollective.com/who-we-are"><strong>Aladrian Wetzel</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.twostrikescollective.com/who-we-are"><strong>Christen Cromwell</strong></a>, founders of ‘<a href="https://www.twostrikescollective.com/">Two Strikes Theatre Collective’</a> talk about their upcoming show that explores the power and politics around Black women’s bodies.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.oururbanreads.com/product-page/we-speak-for-ourselves-how-woke-culture-prohibits-progress">We Speak for Ourselves</a>, <a href="https://www.twostrikescollective.com/brown-sugar-bake-off-2021">Brown Sugar Bake Off</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>When <em>The Baltimore Banner</em> launches next year, its plan is to cover news of the Baltimore region intensely. <strong>Stewart Bainum Jr., </strong>the millionaire force behind it, just hired a top editor from <em>The Los Angeles Times </em>to lead the reporting<em>--</em>and says he expects her to take risks, "If we’re not willing to experiment and be willing to fail different experiments, this won't succeed because there's no map for making a local digital online news site financially stable and sustainable.'<em>The Banner</em> will be owned by a nonprofit. Bainum says it won’t succeed unless it produces news that subscribers are willing to pay to read. His goal is not making <em>The Baltimore Sun</em> extinct, he says, but keeping public leaders accountable and citizens informed.</p> <p>Links:<a href="https://venetoulisinstitute.org/">The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/10/26/baltimore-banner-kimi-yoshino-bainum/">Bainum unveils plans for new Baltimore Banner news site — and hires Kimi Yoshino, a top L.A. Times editor, to run it</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>In her new collection of short stories, Baltimore writer <a href="https://rosaliascalia.com/"><strong>Rosalia Scalia </strong></a>connects us to people we might never get to know by ourselves. Maybe they’re a lot older or younger than we -- or from a different ethnic group, and without Scalia at our side we wouldn’t realize that their families struggle like ours. Or maybe they’re just nasty, like the crotchety guy in the title story,<a href="https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/store/p336/scaliabook.html"> '<em>Stumbling Toward Grace.' </em></a> We learn right away that he’s a bigot who’s cut off his daughter and never met his grandkids. Somehow Scalia helps us see not just his mistakes, but why he’s made them.</p> <p><em>“There are many people around us who have things about them that are unlikeable but they themselves are not bad people, they’re just flawed.”</em></p> <p>Links: Scalia at Ivy Bookshop <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/upcomingevent/24834">Thurs. Oct. 28 at 7pm</a>, and In conversation at Lost City Books in Washington, DC <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lovebirds-by-hananah-zaheer-with-guests-rosalia-scalia-and-matthew-miller-tickets-173049364307">Friday Nov. 5 at 7:30 pm</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>Since he was a kid, Conor McDowell had wanted to defend his country. He was proud to be a Marine, but the risks started to worry him. In 2019, his father <strong>Michael McDowell </strong>and mother<strong> Susan Flanigan </strong>got the awful news their only son had been killed: the light armored vehicle he commanded rolled over, crushing him. The investigation the McDowells pushed for counted hundreds of similar accidents in the last decade, many-preventable. <br>We talk to the McDowells, and to Maryland Congressman <strong>Anthony Brown</strong>, about changes that could save lives. </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>Matt Hayat</strong> about discovering the unexpected language of martial arts.Listen to more of the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Storytelling Series</a> and check out <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/shows/">upcoming live events</a>. On November 3rd, the Stoop will present, "<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/night-life-stories-about-wild-times-unexpected-encounters-and-after-dark-escapades/">Night Life: Stories about wild times, unexpected encounters, and after-dark escapades.</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>Unreliable transportation, work obligations that don’t allow for personal time during typical business hours, fickle internet connections. These factors can prevent people from taking care of healthcare concerns or legal questions.The <a href="https://jotf.org/">Job Opportunities Task Force</a> seeks to remove those barriers. Tomorrow, the nonprofit is hosting an <a href="https://jotf.org/event/5th-annual-all-night-community-resource-clinic/">all-night resource clinic</a> in Baltimore, bringing volunteer lawyers and social workers to the community. We speak with CEO <strong>Caryn York. </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>It’s documented that using social media -- the scrolling, the likes, the shares -- is addictive and seductive. If that’s its effect on adults, what about young kids?</p> <p><strong>Dr. Drew Pate</strong>, chief of psychiatry at LifeBridge Health, talks about the different ways social media influences the minds and moods of children.</p> <p>Then <strong>Danny LaBrecque</strong><strong>,</strong> creator of ‘Danny Joes Treehouse’ and ‘Cookies for Breakfast,’ says he’s wary of platforms that have plans to aim content at pre teens. But he believes the control of a medium has more to do with education and intent than rules and regulations:</p> <p><strong><em>“</em></strong><em>Whether it’s a stick, or a stone, or a smartphone, there are all these tools. We decide how to use these tools, not the other way around.”</em> </p> <p>Links: <a href="http://dannyjoestreehouse.com/">Danny Joe's Treehouse</a>, <a href="http://dannyjoestreehouse.com/#for-grownups">Cookies for Breakfast</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>Author <strong><a href="http://jenmichalski.com/">Jen Michalski</a> </strong>centered her third novel, <em>You’ll Be Fine, </em> on a magazine writer in her 30’s who’s still carrying baggage from a couple foiled love affairs, as she tries to find common ground with her feckless younger brother and deals with A LOT of unresolved conflicts with her bohemian mother. And then her mother dies. </p> <p>Still, Michalski says, she and her editor felt the family was working out the tensions in a predictable way. </p> <p><strong> “</strong>I began to think, what sort of monkey wrench can I throw into their relationship. And just out of the blue this character named Johanna stepped in, like clearly as she walked into the door of my mind. And was like, ‘hello’ and I was like, ‘hello!’ And then the novel just became completely transformed.”</p> <p>Links: Jen Michalski and James Magruder will discuss their latest books at <a href="https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/writers_live_jen_michalski_james_magruder#.YW2nFxrMI5s">a Writers LIVE! event</a> at Enoch Pratt Central Branch Library Oct. 26 at 7pm.</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 does the picture of infant and toddler health look like in Maryland? We speak with<strong> Laura Weeldreyer</strong> of the <a href="https://www.marylandfamilynetwork.org/">Maryland Family Network </a>about a new report that traces child well-being and how many low-income families make use of programs like food stamps and home health visits. Check out the report: <a href="https://www.b3maryland.org/p3equity">Building Better Beginnings For Maryland's Children: Maryland's Prenatal-to-Three Equity Report</a>.Plus, distributing baby essentials to Baltimore families in need. <strong>Amina Weiskerger,</strong> of the nonprofit <a href="https://www.sharebaby.org/">ShareBaby</a>, says demand for diapers, wipes, bottles, and strollers tripled during the pandemic. Find the list of partner organizations that distribute items <a href="https://irp.cdn-website.com/17ddb99e/files/uploaded/partner_organizations.pdf">here</a>. Learn how to <a href="https://www.sharebaby.org/share-items">donate </a>and <a href="https://www.sharebaby.org/volunteer-at-our-warehouse">volunteer</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>Experiencing delusions, Brian Bechtold shot and killed his abusive parents in 1992. The court ruled him “not criminally responsible,” due to mental illness, and sent him for treatment to Maryland’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital.He claims he’s restored to mental health. His psychiatrists point to his attempted escapes and original diagnosis to say he’s NOT safe to release. His efforts to prove he’s sane are construed as proof that he’s not. Psychoanalyst and MICA professor <strong>Mikita Brottman</strong> tells his story in the new book, "Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder."<em>Original air date: August 23, 2021.</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><strong>Ted Venetoulis, </strong>the son of Greek immigrants, was a city kid who made good as a reform politician in the suburbs. But his four years in elective office, as Baltimore County Executive in the ‘70s, were  just part of decades in public service, policy and business. Writer <strong>Michael Olesker</strong>, a friend for fifty years, marveled at Venetoulis’s unrelenting optimism. <strong>Johnny Olszewski</strong>, the current Baltimore County executive, said his legacy stretches across the region and the state. </p> <p><strong> </strong><em>“He inspired a whole generation of public servants, he was there for the new generation and my generation, he was involved in things beyond government and for our communities and for issues out there and so he just was a special person.”</em></p> <p>Links: Michael Olesker's article in <a href="https://jmoreliving.com/2021/10/07/mourning-the-loss-of-a-treasure/?fbclid=IwAR2elU15Ma9HeaWV0GsaS1R-pwxSGpcgcQH-OpFq329xhxtoAnc3WDppVSA#.YV9aiLzrtB4.facebook">Jmore</a>, Josh Kurtz's obituary in <em><a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/10/07/former-baltimore-county-exec-ted-venetoulis-dies-at-87/">Maryland Matters</a>, </em><a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2016-12-12/the-case-for-faithless-electors">On the Record's 2016 interview.</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's a Stoop Story from <strong>Dave Ettlin</strong> about the satisfaction of getting his day in court. You can attend a LIVE stoop show just days away on MONDAY, Oct. 18 at 7pm at Center Stage. The theme is: <em>Didn’t See That Coming: Stories about shocks, surprises, and real-life plot twists. </em>More information <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/didnt-see-that-coming-stories-about-shocks-surprises-and-stranger-than-fiction-real-life-plot-twists/">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>Evictions are picking up, with no moratorium to stop them.<strong>Tisha Edwards, </strong>of the Baltimore <a href="https://www.bmorechildren.com/">Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success</a>, says 5,000 households have gotten help with rent, and funds are now available for relocation and <a href="https://form.typeform.com/to/uNauAkxE">security deposits</a>. Find rental assistance information <a href="https://www.bmorechildren.com/residents/#rent">here</a>.Find eviction-prevention resources across Maryland <a href="https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Pages/EvictionPrevention/default.aspx">here</a>.<strong>Nichole Battle, </strong>head of <a href="https://gedco.org/">GEDCO</a>, tells us how the interfaith non-profit helps renters in Baltimore with utility and food costs, finding jobs, and now, applying for eviction-prevention funds. And we meet GEDCO client <strong>Shantae Fauntleroy.</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>Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point meant much more than a job for its employees. It forged a part of Maryland’s history.</p> <p>The Baltimore Museum of Industry’s exhibit “Fire and Shadow” uses voices, images and artifacts to chronicle the story. Curator<strong> Deborah Weiner</strong> gives a preview. Plus we hear what it was like to grow up in the shadow of the mill, and how working there was a life changer for many employees, like <strong>Kathy Garrison</strong>:</p> <p> “<em>You could have the hopes of having a nice home and a couple of cars and swingset in the yard. You know, you didn’t have dreams of being a millionaire but it was a really nice life, it was a very good opportunity for a little slice of American pie.”</em></p> <p>Links:  Baltimore Museum of Industry 'Fire and Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Bethlehem Steel' <a href="https://48278.blackbaudhosting.com/48278/page.aspx?pid=196&tab=2&txobjid=b1fcff8e-8d6d-429c-9625-3027fc3c3596">tickets</a>, Sat. Oct. 23 'Women of Steel' <a href="https://www.thebmi.org/programs-events/sparrows-points-women-of-steel/">live event</a>, <a href="https://www.thebmi.org/portfolio/sparrows-point-an-american-steel-story/">Sparrows Point: An American Steel Story podcast</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>Food‌ ‌waste‌ ‌rotting‌ ‌in‌ ‌a‌ ‌landfill‌ ‌has‌ ‌no‌ ‌future.‌ ‌As‌ ‌compost,‌ ‌old‌ scraps‌ ‌morph‌ ‌into‌ ‌a‌ ‌nutrient-dense‌ ‌spread‌ ‌for‌ ‌your‌ ‌garden.‌ ‌‌We‌ ‌hear‌ ‌from‌ ‌‌<strong>Kristyn‌ ‌Oldendorf‌‌</strong> ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Baltimore‌ ‌City‌ ‌ Department‌ ‌of‌ ‌Public‌ ‌Works‌ ‌about‌ ‌a‌ ‌pilot‌ ‌program‌ ‌to‌ ‌collect‌ ‌food‌ ‌waste‌ ‌at‌ ‌drop-off‌ ‌stations.‌ ‌‌And‌ ‌‌<strong>Marvin‌ ‌Hayes‌</strong>,‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌<a href="https://baltimorecompostcollective.org/">Baltimore‌ ‌Compost‌ ‌Collective</a>,‌ ‌gives‌ ‌us‌ ‌a‌ ‌how-to‌ ‌on‌ ‌backyard‌ ‌composting,‌ ‌including‌ ‌making‌ ‌sure‌ ‌your‌ ‌mixture‌ ‌is‌ ‌moist. Check out youth entrepreneur @kenny.captures on Instagram.</p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href="https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/grow-center">Baltimore GROW Center compost workshops</a></p> <p><a href="https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/foodscrapdrop-off">Baltimore City Food Scrap Drop-off</a></p> <p><a href="https://extension.umd.edu/resource/how-make-compost-home">UMD Extension Compost Guide</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 and Christianity.</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><em> </em></p> <p>Plus -- <strong>Sandi Cianciulli and MaryAnne 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://carlisleindianschoolproject.com/">Carlisle Indian School Project</a>,  <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="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><strong>Kerry Hawk Lessard</strong>, executive director of <a href="http://www.nativeamericanlifelines.org/">Native American Lifelines in Baltimore</a> discusses the lack of Native American representation in Covid 19 data <a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2020-05-19/american-indian-communities-work-to-cope-with-covid-19">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>Here is a Stoop Story from Creative Alliance performance director <strong>Josh Kohn </strong> about the importance of role models, even when they’re invented! You can hear his story and many others at stoopstorytelling.com, as well as the Stoop podcast. </p> <p>There’s a lot going on this weekend. The Baltimore Running Festival is having its 20th outing tomorrow morning, coursing through Federal Hill, Fells Point and the inner Harbor area. Not sure you can still register to <em>run</em>--we’ve got the link for you to check--but you can come out to <em>cheer </em>if you don’t expect to park close by.</p> <p>And this is the season of Fall Festivals -- On Sunday both Towson and Pikesville at Quarry Lake are celebrating. See links below.</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.thebaltimoremarathon.com/race-information-2/">Baltimore Running Festiva</a>l, <a href="https://www.towsonchamber.com/events/towson-fall-festival/">Towson Fall Festival</a>, <a href="https://www.enjoybaltimorecounty.com/events/10th-annual-quarry-lake-fall-festival">Quarry Lake Fall Festival</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>