Orbiting a million miles from earth, The James Webb Space Telescope is humanity’s newest eye onto the cosmos.

In its first year of exploration, the Webb telescope captured dazzling images of the universe—cosmic cliffs, ghostly nebulas and stars from the farthest reaches of the universe.

What’s in store for the Webb telescope?

Astrophysicist Macarena Garcia Marin is European Space Agency Instrument Scientist and Project Scientist in the Webb Mission Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Nestor Espinoza is an Assistant Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where he applies the Webb’s cutting-edge instruments to the study of exoplanets.

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Here's a Stoop Story from Julie Mendez about playing the long game for love. You can find more information about the Stoop Storytelling Series - including upcoming live events and the Stoop podcast, at Stoopstorytelling.com

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Carole Boston Weatherford, and her son, Jeffrey, team up to create an illustrated novel in verse. "Kin: Rooted in Hope," goes deep into a family’s history from slavery into liberty. The poems conjure many voices from as many perspectives--a powerful portrait shaped by enslavement and freedom.

Links: Ivy Bookshop event Sat. Sept. 23. 

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The next step in Richard Worley’s path to being confirmed as Baltimore’s 41st police commissioner comes tonight, when the City Council’s Rules and Legislative Oversight Committee will consider his nomination. We speak with Justin Fenton, an investigative reporter at The Baltimore Banner, about Worley's proposed contract and his predecessor's legacy.

Plus, what are residents of Central West Baltimore looking for in the next chief of police? We ask Ashiah Parker, executive director of the No Boundaries Coalition. On Tuesday, September 26th at Baltimore Unity Hall, No Boundaries will hold, "Changing the Narrative: Addressing Gun Violence in 21217."

The confirmation hearing before the City Council’s Committee on Rules and Legislative Oversight is scheduled for 5 p.m. It’s open to the public. The full City Council is expected to vote on Worley Oct. 2nd.

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Gov. Wes Moore, and several prominent legislators, have signaled that wind energy is an important part of Maryland's renewable energy goals. Last April, Moore signed the POWER Act at Tradepoint Atlantic, where several companies plan to build the parts needed for offshore wind turbines. The POWER Act established one of the nation’s most aggressive offshore wind goals, four times the offshore wind capacity currently approved.

We are joined by the primary sponsor of the POWER Act, Delegate Lorig Charkoudian of Montgomery County.

Later in the show, we speak with US Wind's CEO Jeff Grybowski. US Wind is one of two companies currently developing hundreds of acres of offshore wind turbines near Maryland's coast.

(Photo by London Rachel, Via Wikimedia)

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It may take years for people who were sexually abused as children to come to grips with what happened and decide how to move forward. Until now, if they were past age 38, Maryland law ruled out suing alleged abusers. What will be the effect of new law that wipes out the statute of limitations? The Child Victims Act of 2023 goes into effect on October 1st. 

We speak with Delegate C.T. Wilson, who championed this change, and Lisae Jordan,  executive director and counsel at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA).

Resources:
Find a Rape Crisis and Recovery Center near you
MCASA’s Sexual Assault Legal Institute (SALI)
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-4673
Call 211 for resources in Maryland

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We Pass the Mic to Diamonté Brown, Baltimore Teachers Union president. She and her guests, education associate Chris Patterson and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, discuss what it means to expand teacher advocacy and ‘bargain for the common good.'

What does it look like to bargain for things like better housing and healthcare that will benefit everyone inside and outside the classroom?

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Here's a Stoop Story from artist, historian and Lumbee tribe member Ashley Minner Jones about why her grandmother’s spirit stays with her to this day. You can hear her story and others at Stoopstorytelling.com

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Charm City is blessed with a vibrant arts and culture scene. Now Baltimore Center stage and Baltimore American Indian Center team up and add to that bounty -- with a gallery to showcase local Indigenous arts. We hear about the inaugural Indigenous Art Gallery exhibit! 

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A beloved coffee spot in Hampden faced a sudden closure in July, catching both staff and customers by surprise. But that wasn’t the end of Common Ground Bakery Café; its workers are coming together to reopen later this month as a co-op. Co-ops flip the model on the typical business model. So how do they work?

Christa Daring is the Executive Director of the Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy. The nonprofit advises and provides financial support for fledgling co-ops in the Baltimore area.

Also with us is Jake Urtes, a worker-owner at Common Ground Bakery Café. The coffee shop and gathering place closed this summer after 25 years but is reopening later this fall.

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