5-7-12: A Conflict for a Continent

Exploring the roots of the War of 1812 with author John Stagg.

4-13-12: Actor, Marine, Author

Benjamin Busch, son of novelist Frederick Busch, has acted in “The Wire” and done two tours of Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. Today he talks to Tom about his memoir “Dust to Dust,” which he’ll discuss tomorrow at the CityLit festival in Baltimore.

12-30-11: Music at Walter Reed

The legacy of September 11 in America has been perhaps most visible at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. We’ll hear from a Maryland woman who spent just about every Friday performing music for the wounded soldiers until the hospital was closed last summer.

11-25-11: The War in Baltimore, the War Overseas

Writer and teacher Michael Corbin reflects on the decision by one of his former students to join the Army after being expelled from high school.

10-3-11: “Certain Neighborhoods, Certain Backgrounds”

As his daughter leaves to volunteer in Alaska and the young West Baltimore man he mentored deploys to Afghanistan, Tom Hall brings us this essay about young people’s choices in Baltimore.

9-9-11: Music at Walter Reed

How has America changed since 9/11? One of the most powerful answers to that question has been at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. We’ll hear from a Maryland woman who spent just about every Friday performing music for the wounded soldiers until Walter Reed was closed earlier this summer.

1-10-11: The War in Baltimore, the War Overseas

Writer and teacher Michael Corbin reflects on the decision by one of his former students to join the Army after being expelled from high school, and we read the names of the military personnel Maryland lost in 2010.