Podcasts by Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City
A radio show and podcast telling intergenerational stories of place and memory in Baltimore City. Produced in partnership with WEAA 88.9 and AIR's Localore: Finding America project.
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Episode 19: Rise + Shine Waverly from 2018-04-16T20:13:10
Have you ever wished that a band of roving podcasters would visit your community to collect stories of uplift, history, and hope, then broadcast those stories for you and your neighbors in a space ...
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Episode 18: Beach Your Bottom Dollar from 2017-09-22T14:52:37
Episode 18, "Beach Your Bottom Dollar," tells the story of three of Maryland's historically Black beaches, Carr's and Sparrow's Beaches and Highland Beach. Hear all about the heyday of beachside co...
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Bonus Episode: Never Monument to Hurt You from 2017-08-24T04:16:26
In the middle of an August night, the City of Baltimore removed four Confederate monuments from parks and public squares. A few people bore witness, and almost everyone in town had an opinion. In t...
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Episode 17: A Series Of Burial Plot Twists from 2017-06-02T15:58:28
Episode 17 of the Rise of Charm City takes listeners to two of the city's most historically significant cemeteries: Mount Auburn, the oldest Black cemetery in the city, and Green Mount Cemetery, fi...
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Episode 16: Lacrosse My Heart and Hope to Slide from 2017-05-12T17:12:48
Episode 16 of the Rise of Charm City features the history of lacrosse in Baltimore city's various communities. Hear indigenous lacrosse history professor Dr. Allan Downey; Dr. Miles G. Harrison Jr,...
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Episode 15: Queer's Looking at You, Cis from 2017-04-14T16:11:46
Episode 15 of the Rise of Charm City explores the history of Baltimore's LGBTQ+ communities. Hear historians, activists, and artists talk about their memories of clubs, bookstores, bars, and resour...
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EpIsode 14: A Modern Study of Morganic Chemistry from 2017-03-17T16:10:26
Part 2 of The Rise of Charm City's exploration of Morgan State University's 150-year history continues in Episode 14: "A Modern Study of Morganic Chemistry." You'll hear the familiar voices of Univ...
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Episode 13: Protect Your Vital Morgan from 2017-03-03T17:23:36
Celebrating its sesquicentennial celebration in 2017, Morgan State is the oldest and largest African American college in Maryland. This week we explore the founding of the institution, its long leg...
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Bonus Episode: Dressed and Highly Favored from 2017-01-20T20:18:20
The Rise of Charm City's new, bonus episode, "Dressed and Highly Favored," provides listeners with a brief window into Black Baltimore's history of fashion merchandising and design. You'll hear fro...
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Episode Twelve: Glow in the Park from 2016-08-05T17:24:27
The 12th — and final — episode of our first season, "Glow in the Park," presents a history of Druid Hill Park, the third oldest public urban park in the country.
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Episode 11: The Rise of Charm City - LIVE! from 2016-07-22T18:08:01
Episode 11, "The Rise of Charm City: LIVE!" is a broadcast of our very first live performance event, held on July 14 at the historic Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum. Sound engineerin...
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Ep 10: Can't We All Just Get Islam? from 2016-07-01T15:37:20
"Can't We All Just Get Islam?" explores the history of Muslim presence in Baltimore City and the relationship of the city's predominantly black Muslim population and South Asian Muslims in suburbs ...
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Episode 9: Banks for the Memories from 2016-05-27T19:45:45
Episode 9: "Banks for the Memories" tells the story of black banking -- both traditional and nontraditional -- in Baltimore City. With the presence of pawn shops, private lenders, and the city's la...
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Episode 8: Where There's a Mill, There's a Way from 2016-05-06T19:06:07
This episode takes us to one of Baltimore City's last remaining predominantly white communities: Hampden. We visit Hampden's milling history, its 1950s thriving business district, and its current g...
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Episode 7: Mall's Fair in Love and War (or Mall's Well That Ends Well) from 2016-04-22T16:45:08
Episode 7: Mall's Fair in Love and War (or Mall's Well that Ends Well!) tells the story of Mondawmin Mall, the first enclosed mall in the country and one of the first presumably black, inner city m...
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Episode 6: Whistlestop in the Name of Love from 2016-04-08T16:38:55
This episode takes us first to Baltimore Penn Station, where we talk to some Amtrak and station employees about the unique features of one of the city’s most vital transportation hubs.
The...
Episode 5: Livin' on a Mayor from 2016-03-18T16:31:24
This week's episode of "Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City" takes listeners to City Hall where we take a look at mayoral administrations past and what's at stake for the future mayor of Baltimore.
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Episode 4: Don't Start Nuns, Won't Be None from 2016-03-04T17:06:41
This week, Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City visits a 188-year-old order of African American nuns, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, and St. Frances Academy, the still-thriving school they founded ...
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Episode 3: Be Real Black (in Wax) for Me from 2016-02-19T17:46:40
This week's episode of "Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City" takes listeners to The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. You'll hear from its co-founder Dr. Joanne Martin and longtime workers from an...
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Episode 2: Eddie-AFRO! from 2016-02-05T23:28:57
Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City takes you to the offices of the legendary Afro-American Newspapers at 2519 N. Charles Street. We talk to current and former employees of the paper and explore near...
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Teaser: Outtakes and an Ep. 2 Preview from 2016-02-01T12:08:24
A new full episode of Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City is coming on Friday, Feb. 5. Until then, here's more on the making of the show, outtakes from Episode 1, and a teaser of what's to come in Ep...
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Episode I: Keep Shaking and Baking from 2016-01-25T19:28:32
A history of Shake & Bake Family Fun Center in Upton. From Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City. A new documentary series on WEAA-FM.
Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City is a new show that visi...