WYPR: The Signal Podcast

Sparrows Point, "When the US Spoke French," Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and "Carrie: the Musical"


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Will Sparrows Point have a new owner soon? Plus, we learn about five Frenchmen who took refuge in Philadelphia as Revolution swept through 1790s France, Studio Theatre stages "Carrie: the Musical," and Nutritionist Monica Reinagel returns.

Sparrows Point might have a new owner soon, we talk about it with Mark Reutter, reporter for the online news site Baltimore Brew and author of a book about the Point.

Then, in the 1790s, five distinguished Frenchmen took refuge in Philadelphia as Revolution swept through France. How did they fit into the young republic they found here? We ask historian Francois Furstenberg, who’s just published "When the United States Spoke French."

Plus, Telekinesis, pig's blood and musical numbers! Tom Hall talks with theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Studio Theater's production of "Carrie: The Musical."

Tom will also tell us who won this year’s Sondheim ArtScape Prize. And, he’ll visit with the Nutrition Diva, Monica Reinagel.

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