Metro Connection

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Each week, WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection reaches across D.C., Maryland and Virginia to gather the sounds and stories that capture the current events, culture and personalities driving the Washington region.

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Metro Connection Is Looking For 'D.C. Gigs'

Is There A Secret In Your Life You Would Like To Share With Us?

Friday, November 30, 2012

Strolling Along D.C.'s Former Newspaper Row

Once upon a time, the newspaper was king — and one of its major thrones was right here in Washington, D.C., on 14th Street NW. Historian and author Paul Dickson takes us there.

Geologist Uses Archaeology To Understand Climate Change

Far beneath the bedrock of our region are fossils of microscopic, magnetic bacteria. These fossils date back to an era when our region was a lush tropical forest, and may hold clues for how climate change affects our environment.

Bookend: D.C. Romance Novelists Defy Stereotypes

In the latest edition of our monthly literary series, Bookend, we talk with local romance writers about the increasing popularity of their genre.

Friday, November 23, 2012

This Week On Metro Connection: Profiles

We'll look back at some of our favorite interviewees of 2012: from a "living legend" of the D.C. jazz scene to one of the world's first pilots.

D.C. Theater World Pays Homage To Benefactor Jaylee Mead

We'll revisit our profile of Jaylee Mead, a top contributor to the D.C. theater scene, who died in September at the age of 83.

Remembering A Man Who Broke Boundaries Between Earth, Sky

Al Welsh was born in Russia in 1881, before anyone had figured out how to fly an airplane. But he went on to become one of the world's first pilots.

Moonlighting As A Musician... When You're An Animal

An elephant at the National Zoo is moonlighting as a musician these days. Does her harmonica-playing equate to music?

A Drive-In Does Battle With Its Neighbor

We visit a Baltimore County drive-in whose owner has been locked in a long-running dispute with neighboring Royal Farms.

Artist Creates Elaborate Sand Sculptures In Ocean City

Artist Randy Hofman has been carving elaborate sculptures into the sand near the Ocean City, Md. boardwalk for more than 30 years.

D.C.'s "Marathon Man" Of Jazz Celebrates A Lifetime Of Making Music

Jazz musician Andrew White has spent a lifetime making up his own rules — both for making music, and for running his prolific one-man publishing company, "Andrew's Music."

Classroom To Cupcakes: Two Principals Exchange Old Careers For New

A year ago, two former DCPS principals exchanged the daily grind of running a school for the early-morning work of running a cupcake business, Cooks 'N Cakes.

Friday, November 16, 2012

This Week On Metro Connection: House And Home

We bring you stories from the home front, and talk with people who are lacking shelter as winter approaches.

Homeless Mother Waits In The Cold For Spot In Shelter

Ebony Shelley is a mother of four, and spends her nights wandering the streets of D.C. with her infant son.

Homeless College Students Cope With Needing A Home Over Winter Break

Across the country, thousands of college students find themselves without a place to call home during school vacations. We'll meet several such students here in our region.

Central Union Mission Returns To Downtown D.C.

Central Union Mission has been sheltering the homeless in Washington since 1884 — and is about to move back downtown.

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Arts & Culture

NPR

Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'

The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks is the subject of a new American Masters documentary on PBS.

Food

NPR

Sandwich Monday: The Saltwich

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we celebrate an expert panel's recommendations about about salt intake by taking in as much salt as we can, with The Saltwich.

Politics

NPR

Turnabout Is Fair Play: Senators Have Many Questions For IRS

The IRS gave some conservative groups extra, improper scrutiny. Now there's a bipartisan request for the IRS to answer dozens of questions. Read the queries and demands for information from the top Democrat and top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.

Technology

NPR

Navigating Silicon Valley As A 'Woman Programmer'

Prominent women such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer are proving that women are finding their place at the table. But in an op-ed for The New York Times, former programmer Ellen Ullman argues that women in the field today face "a new, more virile and virulent sexism."

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Metro Connection

Arts & Culture

Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'

Food

Sandwich Monday: The Saltwich

Politics

Turnabout Is Fair Play: Senators Have Many Questions For IRS

Technology

Navigating Silicon Valley As A 'Woman Programmer'

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