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About 88.3 Ocean City

WAMU airs on the Maryland Eastern Shore and in Delaware on 88.3 Ocean City, "where the mind is our medium." The station's program schedule largely mirrors the WAMU 88.5 schedule, including the WAMU-produced, Peabody award-winning The Diane Rehm Show and NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and Car Talk.

At noon and 8 p.m., Fridays, 88.3 Ocean City features Coastal Connection, a weekly public affairs program in which reporter Bryan Russo interviews and profiles a wide range of local advocates, elected officials, and artists and musicians who live and work on the Eastern Shore.

88.3 Ocean City expands the reach of our signature brand of civil discussion of public affairs to the audience on the peninsula, as well as serving existing Washington listeners who vacation or own homes there. We welcome new listeners and online visitors!

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Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

After years trying to conceive, novelist Jennifer Gilmore and her husband decided to adopt. What they thought would be a relatively simple process was instead a long and painful one. In her latest novel, Gilmore channels these autobiographical experiences into fiction.
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Could African Crops Be Improved With Private Biotech Data?

A plant scientist at Mars Inc., has appealed to the world's biggest life sciences companies to help him — by sharing what they already know about 100 crops that could provide better nutrition in Africa. But can the kings of agricultural intellectual property get on board with open source agricultural information for Africa?
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Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment

Amid warnings the proposal would shatter support for the measure, Democrats backed away from a provision that would allow gay U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born spouses for green cards. Advocates for gay and lesbian immigration rights accused Democrats of caving in to threats.
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How That 'Nigerian Email Scam' Got Started

You've probably seen it in your inbox before: Someone who claims to have come into a fortune needs your help. You can share in the profits — if you send along a deposit or your bank account number. Boston Globe correspondent Finn Brunton talks about the history of the "Nigerian prince" or "419" scam, which actually got its start long before email.

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