Last year about one in three Americans carried medical debt, and nearly one third of them took out loans -- totaling 74 billion dollars. We hear about ‘Dollar For’ - a non profit that teaches people how to eliminate medical debt by accessing financial assistance hospitals are legally required to provide. We talk with founder Jared Walker, and Sally Kervin and Nayano Taylor-Neumann, two Marylanders who had their medical debt erased.

Lots of things to worry about in this world. Too much wealth and power in the hands of too few people, too many of them self-absorbed and thoughtless. Bad decisions that threaten the delicate balance of land and water. Not to mention tensions that keep people from appreciating the ones closest to them.

If you can weave all that into an absorbing on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery set near the ocean -- that’s a win, right? That’s just what Annapolis author Kate Myers has done in her second novel, 'Salty' and we talk with her about it!

When Dr. Meena Seshamani, an ear-nose-&-throat surgeon and former head of the federal Medicare program, was sworn in as Maryland’s health secretary four months ago, she stepped into a swirl of challenges: budget and policy pressures from the Trump administration, the Free State’s high levels of opioid addiction and overdoses, departures of top staff. She joins us to talk about her priorities and concerns in the job.

Wendy Sittner explores the impermanence of life. Here is her Stoop Story. For more information about Stoop Storytelling, including live events and the Stoop podcast, visit Stoopstorytelling.com

This month Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum opens a new solo exhibition, called “The Strength To Be Joyful: Messages from Mary Proctor” exploring the life and work of the Southern visionary artist.

We talk with Ellen Owens, AVAM’s new Executive Director and Curator and Grants Manager Gage Branda to get a preview!

Our show today has roots in the dark history of Baltimore’s racist housing practices, called redlining. But what’s grown from it - in this case - is a streamlined path to homeownership with the intention of building neighborhoods based on equity.

Two high school friends, who discovered their families had textbook example -- though polar opposite -- experiences with housing discrimination, set out to disrupt the cycles of lost generational wealth. So in 2019 they launched Project Own, a non profit that builds new tools for Black wealth creation.

We hear from Project Own co-founders AJ Protin and Tyrell Dixon, and from Meredith McAllister, a counseling program manager at Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center.

The summer heat may have you wanting to stay inside, but it’s the perfect weather for spotted lanternflies. They’re an invasive species. You may have started seeing their adult form flit through the air in recent weeks.

Spotted lanternflies may be pretty, but they can be pretty irritating, too. Especially to some farmers. But they are here to stay, and to find out how we can coexist, we turn to Dr. Paula Shrewsbury, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland.

The House of Ruth Maryland has supported survivors of violence by intimate partners for decades. It's learned that to end that violence, not just cope with it, abusers need access to help, too. Now there’s an anonymous hotline 24/7, for abusers called Gateway 2 Change

Here's a Stoop Story from Duilla DeMello about discovering a supernova.

The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating its third year of operations, answering questions about asteroids, early galaxies, black holes, exoplanets and more.

Deputy Project Scientist, Dr. Macarena Garcia Marin shares some of Webb’s discoveries.