When you live in a city as old as Baltimore, you are always standing on a lot of history. Every single lot in this centuries-old town has decades of stories behind it. We talk with historian Katie Labor, who has been exploring some of those stories in her project called BehindBmoreLots.

When you live in a city as old as Baltimore, you are always standing on a lot of history. Every single lot in this centuries-old town has decades of stories behind it. We talk with historian <a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/baltimore-history-katie-labor-MCJLGFSLL5DWJJE7AJIIWCAR2A/">Katie Labor</a>, who has been exploring some of those stories in her project called <a href="https://linktr.ee/seiya234">BehindBmoreLots</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 <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>

Historian sleuths out stories on Baltimore addresses

We talk with medical director Dr. Sarah Schmalzle to hear about the resources University of Maryland Medical Center's THRIVE program provides the community. She also talks about AIDS awareness, prevention and care.

In recognition of World AIDS Day, UMMC's THRIVE is offeringfree HIV, hepatitis, and diabetes screenings. This event will run Dec. 4th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at UMMC’s Midtown Campus Outpatient Tower, located at  800 Linden Avenue in Baltimore, MD.

We talk with medical director Dr. Sarah Schmalzle to hear about the resources University of Maryland Medical Center's <a href="https://www.umms.org/midtown/locations/thrive-program">THRIVE</a> program provides the community. She also talks about AIDS awareness, prevention and care.
In recognition of World AIDS Day, UMMC's THRIVE is offering free HIV, hepatitis, and diabetes screenings. This event will run Dec. 4th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at UMMC’s Midtown Campus Outpatient Tower, located at  <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=800+Linden+Avenue+in+Baltimore%2C+MD&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1012US1012&amp;oq=800+Linden+Avenue+in+Baltimore%2C+MD&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMg0ICRAAGIYDGIAEGIoF0gEHNDI5ajBqN6gCCLACAQ&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8">800 Linden Avenue in Baltimore, MD</a>.

Free HIV screenings for World AIDS Day

The Latin-script alphabet used for English isn’t the only alphabet in use today. Think, for example, of Greek or Arabic scripts.

There are also older alphabets. Until recently, we’d thought the first one was created in ancient Egypt, more than 3800 years ago.

But now, it appears that an older alphabet has been discovered, in use 500 years before the Egyptian one.  We speak to Glenn Schwartz, a professor of archaeology at Johns Hopkins University who led the team that made the discovery.

The Latin-script alphabet used for English isn’t the only alphabet in use today. Think, for example, of Greek or Arabic scripts.
There are also older alphabets. Until recently, we’d thought the first one was created in ancient Egypt, more than 3800 years ago.
But now, it appears that <a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/21/ancient-alphabet-discovered-syria/">an older alphabet has been discovered</a>, in use 500 years before the Egyptian one.  We speak to <a href="https://neareast.jhu.edu/directory/glenn-m-schwartz/">Glenn Schwartz</a>, a professor of archaeology at Johns Hopkins University who led the team that made the discovery.

Older than the ABCs: Ancient alphabet discovered in Syria

Back in 2015, New York Times reporter John Leland set out to spend a year with one of the fastest-growing age groups in America--the oldest old, those 85 and up.

He expected the stories that would emerge would be fairly morbid, if not downright depressing. He did not anticipate that he would end up with a book titled, "Happiness Is a Choice You Make."

If you are looking for emotional support, call 988 to speak with a counselor.

This interview originally aired on January 31, 2018.

Back in 2015, New York Times reporter <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-leland">John Leland</a> set out to spend a year with one of the fastest-growing age groups in America--the oldest old, those 85 and up.
He expected the stories that would emerge would be fairly morbid, if not downright depressing. He did not anticipate that he would end up with a book titled, "<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538194/happinessisachoiceyoumake">Happiness Is a Choice You Make.</a>"
If you are looking for emotional support, call <a href="https://988helpline.org/">988 </a>to speak with a counselor.
This interview originally aired on <a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2018-01-31/happiness-is-a-choice-you-make-lessons-from-a-year-among-the-oldest-old">January 31, 2018</a>.

Historian sleuths out stories on Baltimore addresses

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