WAMU

BONUS: How Can We Make The Roads Safer For All?

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:46:24 +0000

On April 5, WAMU held a Kojo In Our Community call-in special about traffic safety. He talked with officials and advocates about why we saw an increase in traffic fatalities in 2021, and how new policies and changed infrastructure can help curb traffic crashes.

Update: When deciding to flee Ukraine means leaving a family member behind

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:40:00 +0000

Last week Radio Diaries brought us the story of Sofia Bretl, who was trying to get her mother — who was caretaking an elderly family member — to evacuate Ukraine. We have a sad update.

3 military medics in Ukraine describe how the war has changed them

Elissa Nadworny — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:45:00 +0000

Young military medics in Ukraine talk about their experience and life under the Russian siege.

Poet Ocean Vuong sifts through the aftershock of grief in ‘Time Is a Mother’

Tonya Mosley — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:40:00 +0000

Vuong's new collection of poetry was inspired by his mother's death from breast cancer. His 2019 novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, followed a boy who, like Vuong, is an immigrant from Vietnam.

‘Wet Leg’ hooks you with their prickly, raunchy way of looking at the world

Ken Tucker — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:40:00 +0000

Last year, a catchy song called "Chaise Longue" became a breakout hit for a duo of 20-something women from the Isle of Wight. Wet Leg's new self titled album is full of more clever entertainment.

Evidence of war crimes is building in Ukraine. What happens next?

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:42:32 +0000

Peace talks are still underway — but how will a horrific discovery in the town of Bucha change negotiations?

Apollo 13’s Fred Haise says it’s important to ‘Never Panic Early’

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:29:32 +0000

The crew of Apollo 13 would not make it to the Moon. Instead, they became subject to a full-fledged effort to get them back to Earth alive.

Meeting the challenge of a new life in America

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:23:35 +0000

America’s chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 closed the door on one chapter of U.S. history.

Sara Nović on Deaf culture, access to ASL, and ‘True Biz’

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:16:20 +0000

In American Sign Language, the expression “true biz” translates to real talk. It’s also the title of Nović’s new novel.

Listen: A Maryland doctor helps immunocompromised people access a life-saving drug

Avery Kleinman — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:55:31 +0000

Evusheld is supposed to give immunocompromised patients some protection against COVID-19 for six months.