Storytelling is an opportunity to share universal lessons about the human condition. Phill Branch is the founder and creative director of Baltimore Story Fest. He previews the groups performing this weekend at the Baltimore Theater Project and shares how to craft an exceptional story. 

Schedule:
May 17 @ 8pm – Perfect Liars Club
May 18 @ 8pm – Mortified
May 19 @ 4pm – What I Learned in Therapy

Storytelling is an opportunity to share universal lessons about the human condition. <a href="https://phillbranch.com/">Phill Branch</a> is the founder and creative director of <a href="https://www.theatreproject.org/baltimore-story-fest/">Baltimore Story Fest</a>. He previews the groups performing this weekend at the <a href="https://www.theatreproject.org/">Baltimore Theater Project</a> and shares how to craft an exceptional story. 
Schedule: May 17 @ 8pm – Perfect Liars Club May 18 @ 8pm – Mortified May 19 @ 4pm – What I Learned in Therapy

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org" target="_blank">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

Baltimore Story Fest spotlights tales with heart

It’s summer! Temps are high, school is out, pools are open, grills are stoked -- and the earth’s tilt is in place. What does ‘summer solstice’ mean, and is it really the longest day of the year? We ask Kelly Lepo, of Baltimore's Space Telescope Science Institute to break it down for us.

It’s summer! Temps are high, school is out, pools are open, grills are stoked -- and the earth’s tilt is in place. What does ‘summer solstice’ mean, and is it really the longest day of the year? We ask <a href="https://kellylepo.com/">Kelly Lepo</a>, of Baltimore's <a href="https://www.stsci.edu/home">Space Telescope Science Institute</a> to break it down for us.

Summer solstice: What's behind earth's tilt toward the sun?

Here’s a Stoop Story from Joe Wall about memories of summer camp and learning the truth about what lurks in the woods.  

This Sunday, June 23 at 4 pm and 11pm we have a special hour of Stoop Storytelling. The theme is: ‘Turn It All the Way Up! Stories of LGBTQ Pride!’

Here’s a Stoop Story from Joe Wall about memories of summer camp and learning the truth about what lurks in the woods.  
This Sunday, June 23 at 4 pm and 11pm we have a special hour of <a href="https://www.wypr.org/podcast/the-stoop-storytelling-series">Stoop Storytelling</a>. The theme is: ‘Turn It All the Way Up! Stories of LGBTQ Pride!’

Stoop Storytelling: What happened at summer camp!

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion. Even prior to the Dobbs decision, access was a challenge for abortion seekers.

The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, reports that the proportion of patients traveling out-of-state to obtain an abortion doubled from 2020 to 2023. Nearly one in five patients cross state lines to obtain an abortion.

How do things look on the ground in Maryland, a state with express protections for abortion? We speak with Lynn McCann-Yeh, co-executive director of the Baltimore Abortion Fund. 

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion. Even prior to the Dobbs decision, access was a challenge for abortion seekers.
<a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/">The Guttmacher Institute</a>, a research organization that supports abortion rights, reports that the proportion of patients traveling out-of-state to obtain an abortion doubled from 2020 to 2023. Nearly one in five patients cross state lines to obtain an abortion.
How do things look on the ground in Maryland, a state with express protections for abortion? We speak with Lynn McCann-Yeh, co-executive director of the <a href="https://www.baltimoreabortionfund.org/">Baltimore Abortion Fund</a>.

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