With Hanukkah here, and Christmas and Kwanzaa coming, let’s talk about books! Carla DuPree of CityLit Project, who keeps her ear to the ground to discover new literary voices, shares some favorite books for 2020 and some she’s eagerly awaiting

Stories From The Stoop: U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes

Dec 11th, 2020 7m 11s

We are remembering US Senator Paul Sarbanes with a Stoop Story he told in tribute Sen. Barbara Mikulski in 2012. It was organized with the Democratic women’s political group Emerge Maryland.

The Puzzle Of Lingering COVID Symptoms

Dec 10th, 2020 25m 1s

Hospitalization for Covid-19 can have lasting effects, like fatigue, muscle weakness, even depression. These issues overlap with the lingering symptoms known as “long COVID.” How are doctors rehabilitating patients after severe bouts of the vir

The Advent of the Home Office

Dec 9th, 2020 24m 44s

Working from home may feel like a whole new thing with its own hashtag in the pandemic, but it’s just the latest turn in the history UMBC assistant professor Elizabeth Patton traces in her new book, "Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office."

Covid-19 and the Latinx Community

Dec 8th, 2020 25m 21s

The surge of covid-19 is alarming all across the country--and is especially distressing in the Latinx community. Why are Latinos still being hit harder than their white and Black counterparts?Dr. Kathleen Page, co-director of Centro SOL, ta

The Pursuit of Sleep; Artist Landis Expandis On Keeping Creativity Flowing During The Pandemic

Dec 7th, 2020 25m 51s

Many Americans are finding the pandemic has reshaped their sleep schedule, for better or worse. GBMC sleep and pulmonary medicine physician Stephanie Wappel details the side effects of both too little or too much sleep. One habit to avoid-- scr

Who Was Frederick Douglass, The Man?

Dec 4th, 2020 12m 12s

To make sense of history we often turn to books to help illustrate life in the past. But today we talk with someone who brings history alive by taking it to the streets -- of Baltimore. Historian and author John Muller gives us a preview of his

Stories from the Stoop: Elissa Weissman

Dec 4th, 2020 11m 13s

That was a Stoop Story from Elissa Weissman about her wrapping-paper escapades in London and how to commemorate Hanukkah against all odds. You can hear her story and others at stoopstorytelling dot com, or on the stoop podcast. You can catch a

Kondwani Fidel On The Path To Antiracism

Dec 3rd, 2020 24m 55s

When it comes to adding new perspective to the struggle for racial equality, poet Kondwani Fidel is uniquely suited for the job. His latest book is “The Antiracist: How to Start the Conversation About Race and Take Action.”Fidel reflects on h

How Volunteers Are Rising To Meet The Challenges Of The Pandemic

Dec 2nd, 2020 25m 47s

Hunger and isolation are two devastating side effects of the pandemic. But eager volunteers are stepping up.Quinton Askew leads 2-1-1 Maryland, the state’s health and human-services hotline. Volunteers have answered 36,000 calls a month, on a

Contract Tracing -- The Work Continues

Dec 1st, 2020 23m 56s

As hundreds, even thousands, of Maryland residents are diagnosed each day with Covid-19, health workers around the state try to interview them and offer help, ask who they’ve spent stretches of time with recently, and contact those people to wa

How Do You Plan During A Pandemic?

Nov 30th, 2020 24m 22s

In the midst of the off-the-charts unpredictability of this year, we turn to Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Institute. She doesn't predict the future. But she’s spent decades analyzing trends and intuiting signals that help governments a

Passing Down The Lumbee Tradition Of Chicken And Pastry

Nov 27th, 2020 14m 46s

After World War II hundreds of members of the Lumbee Native American community relocated from North Carolina to Southeast Baltimore, in search of work. Today, the community has dispersed, moving from the city to the county. One tradition that b

Stories From the Stoop: Susan Ellsberry

Nov 27th, 2020 9m 13s

Here’s a Stoop Story from Susan Ellsberry about a message that changed her life. Learn more about the Stoop Storytelling Series. The next live virtual Stoop show is the "Holiday Hoo-Ha" on December 12th. If you’re digging into your holiday sh

Gratitude For Nature

Nov 27th, 2020 24m 55s

As we mourn our usual Thanksgiving plans this year, we can find comfort in nature--the changing leaves, the crisp air, the chirping birds. Scott McDaniel leads the Susquehannock Wildlife Society in Harford County. One of his goals is to debunk

Mental Health For The Holidays

Nov 25th, 2020 25m 22s

Though meals will be planned, gifts exchanged, and lights kindled … Many of our loved ones will be missing from around our tables this holiday season. We ask Dr. Aliya Jones, Maryland’s Deputy Health Secretary, what to watch for regarding emoti

A Question Of Freedom

Nov 24th, 2020 25m 35s

When the American republic was only a couple decades old, and more people were held enslaved in Maryland than all but two other states, enslaved people could petition the courts for freedom--if they could show they were descended from a woman w

Seeing It Before Being It

Nov 23rd, 2020 25m 18s

Before March, part of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School’s success formula was to place every student in an internship--one day a week in a business or non-profit where they could observe professionals at work as they learned on-the-job behavior the

Fewer Volunteers But The Work Gets Done

Nov 20th, 2020 18m 3s

Days until Thanksgiving, the coronavirus surging, and good Samaritans stuck at home. There may be fewer volunteers but the work is still getting done, and from a distance. We hear from Bea Gaddy Family Centers director Cynthia Brooks, who has d

Stories from the Stoop: Ptolemy Slocum

Nov 20th, 2020 7m 18s

Here’s a Stoop Story from Ptolemy Slocum about going the distance ... for love.

A COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: The Practical And Ethical Concerns

Nov 19th, 2020 25m 14s

With a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, we look at the practical and ethical issues of rolling out the vaccine. Epidemiologist Kurt Seetoo leads the Center for Immunization at the Maryland Department of Health. He describes who is likely to be

The Repercussions Of COVID-19 On Black-Owned Businesses

Nov 18th, 2020 23m 39s

Half of Black business owners in the country have shut down operations during the pandemic, or say they’re likely to do so in the next six months. We talk about the challenges ahead with Debra Keller-Greene, chair of the board of the Greater Ba

Baltimore's "Monsters"

Nov 17th, 2020 24m 15s

When crime surged in 2015 after the Freddie Gray protests, Baltimore police were more determined than ever to rack up more arrests and seize more illegal guns from the streets. The new book, "I Got A Monster," chronicles how that empowered cops

In The Business Of Solutions: The IMAGE Center Of Maryland

Nov 15th, 2020 25m 1s

Have you ever faced a problem that seems insurmountable, only to have someone come along, view it from a different perspective and find a solution? That is the business model for the IMAGE Center of Maryland. Executive director Michael Bullis e

Incoming Baltimore Comptroller Bill Henry

Nov 13th, 2020 19m 17s

Bill Henry, who has represented Baltimore’s North and Northeast neighborhoods on the City Council for a dozen years, will be sworn in as comptroller next month.One of his priorities? Making it easier to track the Board of Estimates, which app