06/14/07 1 pm Watching America

Tomorrow, get ready for an hour talking about planning for the influx of people coming into Maryland because of Base Realingment and Closure with Lietenaunt Governor Anthony Brown.
Scratch that. Elected officials are busy, and when your boss is the Governor and asks you to clear your schedule to come to a meeting, you listen! [...]

06/14/07 Andres Alonso, new CEO of BCPSS

Who the heck is Andres Alonso?
Well, starting July 1st, the new CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools.
He’s also a Cuban immigrant, a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.  He’s been a teacher and was most currently the Number 2 official in the New York City Public School System.
He’s also our guest tomorrow at [...]

06/13/07 Seth Lerer “Inventing English”

 
This afternoon we welcome Stanford University professor Seth Lerer.
He is the author of Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language.
 If you are a fan of William Satfire and love to learn the etymology of words, this show is for you.  My boyfriend is a big fan of words and wordplay.  I had to beg him [...]

06/13/07 12 pm Open Phones

It’s time for another rollicking round of Open Phones.  What’s on your mind?  Call in at 410/662/8780, 866/661/9309, email at steinershow@wypr.org, or post your comment or idea below and I’ll get it to Marc before the show.
-Jessica