How Howard County is expanding its mental health services, and nutritionist Monica Reinagel explains how much protein you need depending upon your age. 

The shooting in January at the Mall in Columbia prompted Howard County to expand its mental health services. Sheilah talks to county health and police officials about what’s being done and what still needs to be done to better assist those with mental health challenges.

Also, how much protein do you need, and how does that change with age? Tom Hall asks nutritionist Monica Reinagel.

What NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore could mean for Maryland, a book of photos captures life in Maryland during the Great Depression and World War II, and local author Jim Magruder talks about his new collection of short stories titled "Let Me See It." 

What can the aerospace industry do for the Eastern Shore economy? Sheilah talks with an economist at Salisbury University and the Deputy Director at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Then, a new book of photos captures life in Maryland during the Great Depression and World War II. Tom Hall talks with author Constance Schulz about Maryland as a microcosm of America.

Also, local author Jim Magruder talks about his new collection of short stories titled "Let Me See It." He talks with Tom about the linked stories which follow two cousins as they navigate growing up and growing into their identities.

The race for the Republican Nomination for County Executive, Paula Willey's recommendations for summer books, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Tribes" at Everyman Theatre, and Ann Kolakowski's poems about Warren. 

The race for the Republican nomination for Anne Arundel County Executive pits the incumbent Laura Neuman against Delegate Steve Schuh. What separates the two candidates? We ask WYPR reporter Kenneth Burns and Center Maryland’s Josh Kurtz.

School is out. Summer is here, and so is Paula Willey with summer book recommendations for young ones or teens.

Also, finding a way to be understood--through sign and sound. Theatre critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Tribes" at Everyman Theatre.

And, the town of Warren was flooded in 1921 to create the Loch Raven reservoir. Poet Ann Kolakowski wrote about it after finding an old schoolbook of her grandmother's.

Fatherhood in the inner city, and the secret lives of plants.

Sociologists Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson, of Johns Hopkins,  spent seven years living in Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in the country. They were trying to understand the lives of poor urban fathers. They've shared what they found in their book, "Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City". We talk about what surprised them.

Plus, how do flowers have sex? That's one of the questions author Ruth Kassinger asks in her new book, "A Garden of Marvels." Tom Hall talks with her about the secret life of plants.

We talk with CareFirst CEO Chet Burrell about next year's individual health insurance rates, plus Baltimore activists reflect on coming out in the 70s and 80s, and choreographer Liz Lerman on her newest theatrical dance piece, "Healing Wars."

How much will individuals pay for health insurance in November when enrollment opens back up? Insurers have told state government what they hope to charge. We talk with about it with the CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland’s largest health insurer.

This weekend's "Baltimore Pride" festivities will bring 30-thousand people into the city to celebrate LGBTQ visibility. But there was a time when being openly gay wasn’t common. We revisit our conversation with two Baltimore activists about coming out in the 1970s and 80s.

Also, Tom Hall speaks with choreographer Liz Lerman about her newest theatrical dance piece "Healing Wars." It explores how medics and nurses during the Civil War healed physical and emotional wounds.

How local NAACP branches plan to increase voter turnout.  Plus, author David Ignatius on his latest spy thriller, "The Director."

The NAACP has a new president. What direction will the civil rights organization take now? Tom Hall gets a local perspective from the President of the NAACP Maryland State Conference.

Then – More than 150 athletes from Maryland will head to New Jersey for this weekend's Special Olympics USA Games. We talk with a Frederick cyclist and a Taneytown soccer player about training for the big event.

Plus– The nuns in "Sister Act" are singing and dancing across the Hippodrome's stage. Worth seeing? Tom Hall asks our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck.

And, Sheilah talks with author and Washington Post columnist, David Ignatius, about his latest spy thriller, "The Director."

Can a state tax all of the income earned by its residents, even if it’s earned in another state? Plus, Baltimore tech entrepreneur Dave Troy maps social networks in the city, and finds two Baltimores. And, must-see movies this summer.

Can a state tax all of the income earned by its residents, even if it’s earned in another state? That's the question at the heart of a case out of Maryland that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. We talk with the attorney representing the Howard County  family at the center of the issue and an assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland

Then, local tech entrepeneur Dave Troy has mapped Baltimore’s Twitter landscape. We talk with him about how Baltimore is just as divided online as it is in the real world.

Plus, Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival are here to share with Tom Hall their rundown of must-see movies this summer.

Violence has claimed the lives of several young people in Baltimore. How are youth homicides being dealt with, and how can future violence be prevented? The BSO will perform Beethoven's Ninth this weekend conducted by Marin Alsop.

Too many young lives have been lost in Baltimore in recent months. What will it take to reduce violence against city youth? We ask members of Baltimore City's Youth Commission, Councilman Brandon Scott and Daniel Webster with the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence.

Plus, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was the last he wrote, widely considered his greatest. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform it this weekend. Tom Hall talks with BSO Music Director Marin Alsop about the message behind Beethoven’s music.

Civil rights leader Gloria Richardson reflects on the struggle in the 1960s to end segregation in Cambridge, plus Tom Hall talks with author David Grimm about man's best friend.

Fifty years ago, civil rights leader Gloria Richardson marched on picket lines to end segregation in Cambridge, on the Eastern Shore. When we spoke this spring, she told us how she reacted at one demonstration to racial slurs shouted at her, and how her daughter kept her cool. 

What are the barriers to employment for job-seekers in the Baltimore region? Plus, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "The Gospel Songstress" at Arena Players. And, we learn about Muse 360, an arts organization for youth.

A new report out today asks what barriers are keeping job-seekers from finding employment in the Baltimore region. We talk with the author of the report, the executive director of a workforce development non-profit, and with a Columbia man who says his criminal record kept him from getting a job.

Plus: Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "The Gospel Songstress" at Arena Players in Baltimore.

And: How visual and performing arts take some Baltimore students around the world. Tom Hall speaks with Sharayna Christmas Rose, founder of the arts program ‘Muse 360.’