WYPR: The Signal Podcast

This week on The Signal: A capella harmony group The New Gospelites – an hour of music and stories recorded on location in Kent County, Maryland

This week (August 16th & 17th, 2013) on The Signal: A visit to Five Seeds Farm, Tim Kreider on his book of essays, “We Learn Nothing”, and a studio mini-concert with Andrew Grimm of June Star

This week (August 9th & 10th, 2013) on The Signal: Ian Svenonius on his book, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group; Fells Point boxing trainer Jake ‘The Snake’ Smith; longtime Highlandtown resident Eugenie Benser; and activist mom China Martens

This week (8.2.13 & 8.3.13) on The Signal: a radio tribute to the neon Domino Sugars sign; Marion Winik’s dating memoir, “Highs in the Low-Fifties”; and a cultural history of the tourist trap, South of the Border

This week (July 26th & 27th) on The Signal: a radio tour of the Globe Poster collection; the obscure conservative folk anthems of “Freedom is a Hammer”; and Justin Sirois on his novel, “So Say the Waiters”

This week (7.19.13) on The Signal: Thoreau lives and breathes in modern-day Baltimore, in a radio adaptation of Rob Roensch’s “The Wildflowers of Baltimore”; Den Fesperman discusses his spy novel, “The Double Game”

From a cave in Kentucky, to a school in Mississippi, to a prison in Arkansas, Stephen Wade has traveled the country in search of the living roots of iconic Library of Congress records. He joins us with stories and songs from his book, "The Beautiful Music all around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience."

This week (June 28 & 29) on The Signal: Electronic musician Wendel Patrick on the how and why of releasing four albums in one day; the arts workshop Techne teaches girls how to harness the creative power of technology; and Moira Egan shares from her poetry collection, “Hot Flash Sonnets”

This week (June 21 & 22, 2013) on The Signal: Tomas Drgon’s gypsy turbo-folk band, Orchester Prazevica; the husband-and-wife musical duo of Jen and Scott Smith, Naked Blue; and more summer reading picks from Benn Ray.

5.31.13: Prayer in Motion

5.24 & 5.25 on The Signal: the conservative folk music anthology, “Freedom is a Hammer”; neuroscientist Richard Huganir at The Stoop; and Jonathon Scott Fuqua’s children’s book, “Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore.”

This week (5.17 & 5.18) on The Signal: a visit to the family-owned Five Seeds Farm; a tour of Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood; a profile of Baltimore’s Bach Concert Series; and Nancy Heneson reads her story, “Immortal”

5.10 & 5.11 on The Signal: Death Metal 101, a public radio listener’s primer; we visit with the 2013 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners; and Jen Michalski shares from her novel, “The Tide King”

This week (5.3 & 5.4) on The Signal: a preview of Fells Point Corner Theatre’s “Glengarry Glen Ross”; a tribute to the late, great Mick the Pirate; a look at social media health aggregator “Sickweather”; and murder victim Stephen Pitcairn lives on in Shirley Brewer’s poetry collection, “After Words”

This week (4.26 & 4.27) on The Signal: Indian Carnatic singer K S Resmi shares an incredible story and a beautiful voice; Lee Boot about talks about his interactive website, “Who We Am”; and Japanese-American poet Shiori reads from her book, “The Girl Who Loved Mothra”