WAMU: Metro Connection

As kids head back to school, we'll look at the lessons we learn in the classroom — and beyond — with a show we're calling "Learning the Ropes."

More than a decade ago, the District began sheltering homeless families in the city's abandoned public hospital, D.C. General. This week, we visit some of those families, talk to the kids, and get some updates on the future of the hospital.

We'll sweat it out with "Feeling the Heat," our annual show dedicated to summertime in the city.

From Korean bagels to vegan donuts to mambo/mumbo sauce, we'll dig in to food, glorious food in the National Capital Region.

We'll bring you stories of the secret and surreptitious, from underground vaults to off-the-record dinner parties to what happens behind the scenes at the White House.

We'll celebrate Independence Day with stories of adventurers and iconoclasts of all kinds.

This week we'll look at the moments in life that can lead to big changes, from the home front to the workplace.