Virginia Hall, daughter of an upscale Baltimore family, turned herself into one of the most daring spies of World War II.

Biographer Sonia Purnell recounts Hall repeatedly eluding capture and death while helping the French resist Nazi occupation. Original airdate: November 5, 2019.

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It seems so simple … but can so easily elude us: noticing the quiet, the surprising, the graceful--the moments of delight--that abound each day. Can we become more aware of delight, with practice? Poet Ross Gay gave himself a year-long task: … each day to fine-tune his ‘radar for delight,’ … to observe the small caretaking gestures that connect us, and to handwrite a short essay. He reads from the result, “The Book of Delights” … and implores readers to slow down and savor the little things. Original air date 2.14.19

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What do very old people know about being happy that most of us don’t? Can we put their approach into use in our own lives? New York Times journalist John Leland spent a year with six elders and put what he learned in his new book, Happiness Is a Choice You Make -- Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old. Original air date: 1/31/18

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Open Society Institute’s Baltimore field office works to improve city life by offering start-up funding to social entrepreneurs.

We get a behind the scenes view of how OSI community fellows are selected with Pamela King, who oversees the program, and 2016 fellow Gianna Rodriguez, who heads Baltimore Youth Arts.

Then, we kick off our profiles of this year’s fellows with Alphonso Mayo. He was working as a football coach when he saw the gap a mentor could fill. Mayo’s project - Mentors Mentoring - will bring middle, high school, and college students together to build a chain of mentoring.

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Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, the New Year … For many the holiday season evokes thoughts of peace, joy ... and ‘good will toward men’. What does it mean to ‘love your neighbor’ ... year round? We posed that question to some of our WYPR neighbors, here in Charles Village in Baltimore.

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When migrant workers arrive in the U.S., they frequently face dangerous housing and work conditions. If they complain, they risk deportation. We ask an advocate fighting to protect migrant workers’ rights what options they have.

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Eighteen of Maryland’s 24 counties are considered rural. Doctors, dentists and mental-health services can be sparse, but there are some inventive, collaborative ways to provide close-by care.

Lara Wilson, who heads a nonprofit that advocates for quality healthcare in rural Maryland, tells us about patients whose lives changed once they could get much-needed medical attention.

And Mark Luckner, director of the state commission mandated to expand access to health services in underserved areas … talks about funding priorities … and why grants to rural nonprofits yield promising outcomes.

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Imagine yourself walking among trees dappled with sun. A clear stream gurgles nearby. Maybe your shoulders relaxed a bit just picturing it. But for some African Americans walking in the woods is tied to a legacy of racial terror, and could trigger quite the opposite response.

The national nonprofit Outdoor Afro is inspiring African Americans to reclaim the outdoors as a place to refresh the spirit, replenish the soul … and simply have fun!

We hear from local organizer Monette Bailey, and from the founder of Outdoor Afro, Rue Mapp.

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Watching Fred Rogers’ warm smile as he came through the door, sang his cheerful greeting, and shed his professional jacket for a cardigan … most viewers didn’t pick up on how meticulously Mr. Rogers had planned his Neighborhood … and how intensely he worked to counter the values of many kids’ shows in the 1960s. Hopkins business professor Alexandra Klarén’s new book goes deep into Roger’s religious motivation and his insights into what children need to be secure enough to learn about the world.

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400 years after enslaved Africans were first brought to North America, inequalities continue to impact the health and life expectancy of African Americans. One driver of disparate outcomes is quality of care. Doctors tend to talk more and listen less to minority patients. Undoing this, says Johns Hopkins internist and researcher Dr. Lisa Cooper, requires educating future physicians. And sociologist Alexandre White tells how historical responses to disease outbreaks can teach useful lessons about structural racism.

A conference on this issue - co-hosted by the Center for Health Equity and Urban Health Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Office of Public Health Practice and Training and SOURCE at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - is today at 3 pm. Details and webcast available here here.

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