Attracting attorneys to represent arrestees at initial hearings, remembering "the battle that saved Washington" during the Civil War, plus how one man’s story reflects India’s story in the 20th century.

The District Court of Maryland is looking for lawyers to represent criminal defendants at the pretrial hearings that decide whether the arrestee is held in custody or released before trial. We ask Chief Judge John Morrissey about how the search is going.

Then, the "Battle of Monocacy," fought near Frederick 150 years ago next week, crushed Confederate hopes of capturing Washington. We talk with Brett Spaulding, a Monocacy National Battlefield Park Ranger who wrote a book about the conflict.

Plus, J. Wynn Rousuck and Tom Hall discuss the first major revival of the musical "Sideshow," now at the Kennedy Center.

And, writer and Johns Hopkins anthropologist Anand Pandian tells the story of his grandfather, and of India in the 20th century, in his new memoir, Ayya’s Accounts.