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Join us for an Urbanite Radio Story about the juvenile justice system. Our panel takes on the question of whether youth who are charged with heinous crimes should be tried as adults. Joining us are:
Laura Furr, Senior Director of Youth Justice Initiatives at Community Law in Action
Join us for an Urbanite Radio Stories. This month, Michelle Gienow's article "By Their Compost Heaps Ye Shall Know Them" takes a look at some of Baltimore's urban homesteaders, who work towards creating a self-sufficient life in the city. We went to talk to
Join us for an Urbanite Radio Stories. This month, Michelle Gienow's article "By Their Compost Heaps Ye Shall Know Them" takes a look at some of Baltimore's urban homesteaders, who work towards creating a self-sufficient life in the city. We went to talk to
In today's Urbanite Radio Story we're joined by Dr. Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy in the UCLA School of Public Affairs. He is a Baltimore native and one of the leading thinkers on refining drug enforcement policy to reduce violence and drug abuse without overloading our law enforcement and treatment systems.
Join us for this Urbanite Radio Story as we tour the Choptank Oyster Company, one of the first oyster farms operated in Maryland. Farm manager Kevin McClaren took us down to the docks of the farm, where millions of oysters grow in floats on the surface of the water.
NewsTrust is an online social network that seeks to help people identify quality journalism. We'll take a look at how this works by discussing coverage of recent events surrounding the Superblock development in downtown Baltimore, and the movement to save Read's Drug store, site of an early civil rights sit-in, from being demolished.
Join us for an Urbanite Radio Story as we speak with inventor Saul Griffith, winner of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2007. He received the prize for his creative inventions, including a desktop printer that prints out eyeglass lenses. He's worked on diverse projects like electronic ink (which powers electronic readers like the Ki
Independent scientist, author and paleoartist Greg Paul joins us for one of our Urbanite Radio Stories. He discusses his work as one of the leading illustrators of dinosaurs, his thoughts on God, and his passion for science.
On today's show, we're joined by a writer and a sociologist to discuss the new way that young people in America define family. Ethan Watters is the author of Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family? He argues that 20-somethings form friendships and networks that in many ways fill the roll that family did for earlier generations.
Today we revisit one of our Urbanite Radio Stories, we learn about a garden in an unlikely place. Inside the walls of the Metropolitan Transition Center in Baltimore, Correctional Officer Maurice Smith runs a program where inmates grow food and flowers, and help maintain a serene and welcoming corner of an otherwise stark place.
