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Guest host: Matthew Felling
Candidates running for office always hopes to win the endorsement of their local newspaper. But do editorial pages really affect voter behavior? With primary day around the corner, we consider the purpose of political endorsements, and look at whether they inform voters or skew the democratic process.
Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
Dianne Donovan, Vice President and Editorial Page Editor, The Baltimore Sun
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The race to fill the US Senate seat previously held by Paul Sarbanes is a crowded one. Meet some of the less familiar candidates whose names will appear on the ballot on primary day.
Corrogan R. Vaughn, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Mike Schaefer, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate
A. Robert Kaufman, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate
Richard Shawrer, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Theresa Scaldaferri, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate
Daniel "The Wig Man" Vovak, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Guest host: Matthew Felling
From the velvet ant to the unicorn beetle, we take a tour of the world of bugs -- and learn more about how this year's floods and droughts will affect our region's insect populations.
Michael Raupp, "Bug Guy" and Professor of Entomology, University of Maryland
Guest host: Matthew Felling
She reported for NPR from Paris, the Balkans, Algeria and Afghanistan. But after four years covering Afghanistan's post-war struggle, former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes left the news business to work for a non-governmental organization trying to rebuild the country. She shares her story, and her opinions of Afghanistan's power players.
Sarah Chayes, former NPR reporter; author of "The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban" (Penguin Press)
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