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They are an icon of the Chesapeake Bay and a staple of Maryland culture. But the number of blue crabs in our region's waters is plummeting, and Maryland and Virginia are now ordering watermen to scale back the number of crabs they harvest. We explore how government officials are trying to stop the crab's decline, and whether new research holds the key to protecting the species.
Rona Kobell, Chesepeake Bay Reporter, Baltimore Sun
Yonathan Zohar, Professor and Director, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
It's a story that challenges many narratives and myths about family and sacrifice. Growing up in a blighted Baltimore neighborhood in the 1980s, Ta-Nehisi Coates was raised with six siblings by an enigmatic single father and iconoclast. In his new memoir, Coates explores how his family adapted to their unique environment, and how his father embraced the challenge of navigating his sons from inner-city adolescence through Howard University.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Freelance journalist; and author "The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood" (Spiegel & Grau)
Authorities shut down a park in Northwest Washington yesterday, after soil samples revealed levels of arsenic twenty-five times higher than federal regulations allow. Kojo finds out what we can learn from the Fort Reno discovery, and what we need to know about the health effects of arsenic exposure.
Michelle Catlin, PhD, toxicologist; and Senior Project Director, National Academy of Sciences
Is the era of American superpower over? The world's financial and cultural centers are now scattered across the globe. The world's richest man is from Mexico. The biggest casino is in Macao. The most prolific movie industry is in India. Fareed Zakaria says we're witnessing the "rise of the rest" as countries like China challenge our global influence. He joins Kojo to look at the hazards and opportunities for the United States in a "post-American" world.
Fareed Zakaria, editor of "Newsweek International" and author of "The Post-American World" (W. W. Norton)
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