WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast

We all know that in case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. For information, press 4-1-1. But last year, more than 96,000 Maryland residents dialed 2-1-1. Sandy Monck, chief impact officer at United Way of Central Maryland tells us how UWCM's 2-1-1 Maryland is assisting residents in need. We talk with Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, seasoned cartoonist for The Economist and The Baltimore Sun, about his new book, Daggers Drawn: 35 Years of Kal Cartoons in The Economist. Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the farce Boeing Boeing at Rep Stage in Columbia. The letters and manuscripts of author Stephen Crane are on display at the Peabody library. Curator Gabrielle Dean takes us through the exhibit.

On The Lines Between Us, we talk with Trina Morris of the Recovery Network-University Psychological Center and Carl Lejuez of University of Maryland, College Park about the stigma of drug addiction. Then, inmates from the Maryland Correctional Training Facility in Hagerstown perform The 'N' Word, as part of the Direct Responses Alleviate Misdirected Aggression (D.R.A.M.A.) program. Tom Hall discusses the play with play director Bashi Rose and D.R.A.M.A's Mike Perry.

The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay declined by over 60 percent in the past year. But the number of fertile females is up. Why the changes--and what does cannibalism have to do with it? We ask Maryland's Department of Natural Resources. Then-Where did Cab Calloway and his sister grow up? Where did W.E.B. Du Bois raise his daughter? What was the only neighborhood in the early 20th century to put covenants in place that kept white residents from buying homes there? We talk to Professor Dale Glenwood Green, a Morgan State University professor who’s making sure that the history of the neighborhoods of Morgan Park and Wilson Park are well-known. Plus-The Memorial Players in Bolton Hill open the musical Meet Me In St. Louis on Friday. Tom Hall speaks with the director and producer.

The Maryland GOP elected a new chair last weekend. We ask Diana Waterman of the Eastern Shore about her plans for the party after a General Assembly session that was tough for Republicans. Then, on the eve of Baltimore Civic Work’s 20th anniversary, we speak with co-founders Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Dana Stein about the service organization's past and future. And, when Conductor Rafael Schaechter was sent to a Nazi concentration camp near Prague, he took with him the score to Verdi's "Requiem." In 1943 and ‘44, he organized performances of the Requiem inside the camp. Tom Hall talks to conductor Murry Sidlin, whose program "Defiant Requiem" honors Schaechter at the Peabody Conservatory tonight and tomorrow.

Domestic violence can have health consequences that are just as real, if not as visible, as the bruises. We talk with a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing about the health effects of domestic violence and her research on how to prevent it. The movie Argo won three Oscars this spring at the Academy Awards. The man behind the movie--and the plan--is former spy Antonio Mendez, who now lives in Washington County. We talk with him. New residents are moving in, but the welcome mat isn't being rolled out...Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews CENTERSTAGE's production of "Clybourne Park." Photojournalist Tim Hetherington died while covering the conflict in Libya in 2011. His life and work are documented in Sebastian Junger's new film Which Way is the Front Line from Here. Tom Hall talks about the film with a photojournalist and a filmmaker from a panel that followed a WYPR/Maryland Film Festival Spotlight Series screening.

A bill that passed the General Assembly earlier this month would give farmers a 10-year exemption from any new state and local pollution laws. . . if they've put sufficient mechanisms in place to reduce runoff. Bay Journal reporter Rona Kobell will tell us what needs to happen for the law to be effective. John Hodgman will be in southern Maryland Saturday for the annual Mark Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture at St. Mary's College. We'll talk to Hodgman, and to Ben Click, the St. Mary's English professor and Twain-o-phile who started the series. Master lute player Ronn McFarlane gives us a preview of his Friday night concert at An die Musik with flutist Mindy Rosenfeld. The Maryland Morning Culture Calendar: Treats for aesthetes!

First-Three deaths have been confirmed, and over 100 people were injured after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Today we hear from Maryland voices about the tragedy. Tom Hall talks to Boston Marathon runner and University of Maryland associate professor Dr. Rodney Taylor. We hear from Lee Corrigan, the president of Corrigan Sports Enterprises, which puts on the Baltimore Marathon every October. Then, Sheilah Kast speaks to counterterrorism expert Bill Braniff of the University of Maryland. Then-The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill that opens the door to the use of medical marijuana in the state. If the governor signs it, how would it work, exactly? We'll talk logistics with physician and state delegate Dr. Dan Morhaim. Plus-Single Carrot Theatre opens a world premiere tomorrow night called The VIP. It’s about hostages held by guerilla nationalists in Peru. Tom Hall talks with the playwright and dramaturg.

After a diagnosis of autism, what’s next for parents and children? We talk to the director of Kennedy Krieger’s ‘Center for Autism and Related Disorders’ and the co-author of a book about raising children on the autism spectrum. Forty years ago, Nando Parrado lived through a plane crash in the Andes, four days lying unconscious, and 11 days walking over mountains to find help. Before his appearance tomorrow at the Baltimore Speakers Series, he tells us what he learned about life by being so close to death. Also today major league baseball honors Jackie Robinson, who joined the Dodgers 66 years ago. Lesser known is a professional team in North Dakota that broke the color line… during the Great Depression. We talk with Marylander Tom Dunkel, who's written a book about the Bismark team.

On Lines Between Us, we talk with Melody Taylor-Brancher of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Dan Pontius of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council about integrating communities. Then, Tom Hall talks with filmmakers of The Central Park Five Sarah Burns and David McMahon and one of the Central Park Five Raymond Santana.

Across-the-board federal spending cuts called “sequestration” were put in place March 1st. They've already caused layoffs in Maryland. We talk with a federal public defender dealing with furloughs, and a government contractor that has laid workers off due to spending cuts at Fort Meade. Then, Erika Robuck blends history into fiction in novels about famous authors. Her latest imagines an intense friendship between Zelda Fitzgerald and a psychiatric nurse in Baltimore. We talk with Robuck ahead of her appearance Saturday at the Annapolis Book Festival. And Poet Paul Muldoon will be in Baltimore on Sunday. His new book is a collection of lyrics written for his rock bands. Tom Hall asks him about editing poetry for The New Yorker and...rocking out.

Lawmakers are heading home after three months in Annapolis. While there, they created a gas tax, banned the death penalty, and created new gun laws. We talk with two reporters about the 2013 legislative session. We visit the oldest continually operating blacksmith shop in the country, G. Krug and Son, located in downtown Baltimore. Melinda O'Neal has been directing Baltimore's Handel Choir since 2004. Now, as she finishes up her final season, we talk about her tenure as conductor.

Female U.S. military veterans cope with the same re-entry challenges as any veteran but, in many cases, the added struggle of MST (military sexual trauma). Today, we meet veteran BriGette McCoy, who testified last month to a Senate subcommittee about the aftermath of her rape, and Patricia Lee Stotter, co-producer of the film "Service: When Women Come Marching Home".It screens tomorrow at the University of Maryland. Nathan talks tech news with Andrew Zaleski, reporter for the news site Technically Baltimore. Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Iron Crow Theatre Company's production of the coming-of-age play "Slipping." Tom Hall talks with acclaimed short-story writer George Saunders, who will be in town for the CityLit festival Saturday.

On The Lines Between Us, we look into the value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We talk to Morgan State professor Ray Winbush, Delegate Aisha Braveboy and formber HBCU student Antonio Johnson. Then, Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival and our own Tom Hall dicuss the late film critic Roger Ebert.

In this week's episode of “The Lines Between Us,” we’ll hear how inequality in the Baltimore region looks, from your point of view. Then, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox, on how America's War on Drugs plays out in Mexico. And continuing a Maryland Morning St. Patrick's Day tradition, guitarist Robin Bullock joins Tom Hall in studio.

Today on the Lines Between Us: CEO pay. It's grown manyfold in the last few decades. We'll look at efforts here in Maryland to bring more accountability and transparency to the way corporate boards put together executive compensation packages. Then we'll ask Professor Michael Faulkender of the University of Maryland Smith School of Business why CEO pay has outpaced worker pay, and what impact that gap has on overall inequality. Then, the American Visionary Art Museum’s new exhibition is called "The Art of Storytelling." Tom Hall and AVAM’s founder and director Rebecca Hoffberger lead us through the exhibit, and share some details about the artists and their work.