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Metro Connection (Community)

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  • Host: David Furst
  • This is the only local news magazine airing in the Washington radio market. The subject is our city... our local communities... our backyards. The program highlights upcoming arts events, tells the history of our neighborhoods and offers live, in-studio performances from local bands worthy of attention - bands that have no other radio outlets in the region.
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  • Genres: Community
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Language: English
  • Networks: WAMU
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Metro Connection for 2009-12-04

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
This week: Youth Power In Copenhagen; Charters... And Grants; Fred Fiske: Health Care; Hungry For Music; Broadcasting The Bard; Holiday Magic at the Botanic Garden; Gardening With Kathy Jentz: December Chores; Jessica Piscitelli: Reality D.C.; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/12/04.php

Metro Connection for 2009-11-27

Sat, Nov 28 Listen
This week: Light Rail vs. Rapid Busses; Britain Contemplates Baltimore; Fred Fiske: Canine Intelligence; The Grandsons - 2009; How to Cook a Turkey; Thanksgiving Turkeys - 2009 Edition; Wine with Dick Rosano: Leftovers; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/11/27.php

Metro Connection for 2009-11-20

Fri, Nov 20 Listen
This week: Non-Profit Survival; Remittances Dry Up; Fred Fiske: The Door is Open; Redskins Trademark Survives; The Washington Blade Closes - And is Reborn as the Agenda; Food With Tim Carman: Talking Tacos; Edible Art; Edward Burtynsky: Oil; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/11/20.php

Metro Connection for 2009-11-13

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
This week: D.C.'s 'Master Teachers'; On Hallowed Ground; John Brown's Body; Low-Flow Showers Put To The Test; The PD Dancers; Best Bets with Colleen Fay; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/11/13.php

Metro Connection for 2009-11-06

Sat, Nov 7 Listen
This week: Violence and Charter Schools; How Violence Affects the Classroom; Fred Fiske: Marathon Dreams; Choc'late Soldiers From The USA; Bring on the Barn Dance; Nature with Mark Garland: Welcome the Water Fowl; Music Review: Olivia Mancini and the Mates; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/11/06.php

Metro Connection for 2009-10-30

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
This week: Local Currencies; Weatherizing Funds Drum-Up Questions; Fred Fiske: NFL Injuries; Shakespeare in Trinidad; El Dia De Los Muertos; Wine with Dick Rosano: Halloween and Football; Meg Roggensack: Beware the Squirrel Costume; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/10/30.php

Metro Connection for 2009-10-23

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
This week: The Shad Comeback; On This Spot - Pinpointing the Past in DC; The Bentzen Ball; Belly Horror at the Birchmere; Searching For Blelvis; Nature Via Metro; Liam Callanan: Back to School; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/10/23.php

Metro Connection for 2009-10-16

Sat, Oct 17 Listen
This week: Stingray - It's What's For Dinner; More on Chesapeake Stingers; Fred Fiske: Sports with Obama; Biking DC's Forbidden Roads; Visionaries In Our Midst; Nightlife with Fritz Hahn; Jenny Rough: Autumn Walks; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/10/16.php

Metro Connection for 2009-10-09

Fri, Oct 9 Listen
This week: Math, Science... and American High Schools; Tax Credits for Upgrades; Fred Fiske: Casual Conundrum; Personal Historian Services; Eva The Mule; Food with Tim Carman: DC's Best Coffee; Music Review: Le Loup; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/10/09.php

Metro Connection for 2009-10-02

Fri, Oct 2 Listen
This week: Playgrounds and Crumb Rubber; Interview with Tamara Keith; Danger in the Garden; Fred Fiske: The Dominance of English; Glen Echo's "Puppetry Slam"; Fall Foliage at the Bonsai Museum; Gardening with Kathy Jentz; Jim Helein on the Redskins Implosion; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/10/02.php

Metro Connection for 2009-09-25

Fri, Sep 25 Listen
This week: Science City or Sprawling Mess?; Fred Fiske: Why I am Thankful for Traffic Tickets; Blessed Are The Cheesemakers; Pirate Linguistics; Vandaveer - Divide and Conquer; Bets Bets with Colleen Fay; Bonnie Auslander: Knitting and Chekhov; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/09/25.php

Metro Connection for 2009-09-18

Fri, Sep 18 Listen
This week: Masons and the District; DC Prepares for Dan Brown's Latest; Fred Fiske: Mayors Against Illegal Guns; Climate Challenge; Low-Flow Toilets; Sound of the Shofar; My Romance Story; Jessica Piscitelli: Skipping Summer Vacations; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/09/18.php

Metro Connection for 2009-09-11

Fri, Sep 11 Listen
This week: The Turnaround Man; Comparing Apples with Apples; Fred Fiske: Back to School Controversy; The Right to Complain; Log Canoes; Food with Tim Carman: Downtown Italian; DC VegFest; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/09/11.php

Metro Connection for 2009-09-04

Fri, Sep 4 Listen
This week: Autism Treatment; The Tree Lady of Baltimore; Fred Fiske: Two Marylands; Electronica Fest 2009; Legends and Legacies; Wine with Dick Rosano: My Favorite Fall Color - Red; Liam Callanan: Serious School Supplies; Dick Rosano: Red Wine Picks for Autumn 2009; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/09/04.php

Metro Connection for 2009-08-28

Fri, Aug 28 Listen
This week: Now We Just Need Some Students; Fred Fiske: Ted Kennedy; Remembering Ted Kennedy; Poet Lore at 120; A Hundred Years of Flights; We Were Pirates; Jim Helein: The Answer Man Is Back; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/08/28.php

Metro Connection for 2009-08-21

Fri, Aug 21 Listen
This week: The "Have Nots" and "Have Not Enoughs" of Health Care; Health Care Embarrassment; Health Care Reform: Where It's At; Exploring Obsession; The Alexandria Kleztet; Colleen Fay's Best Bets ; The Musical Influence of Mali; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/08/21.php

Metro Connection for 2009-08-14

Fri, Aug 14 Listen
This week: Priced Out of St. Mary's; The Rise of the Robots; Fred Fiske: Northern Virginia Gridlock; DC Shorts Preview; Searching For Blelvis; Gardening with Kathy Jentz: Hops and Grapes; Reuben Jackson - DC's Fifth Season; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/08/14.php

Metro Connection for 2009-08-07

Fri, Aug 7 Listen
This week: The Number of the Beast... Oh, I Mean the Budget; The Nine Lives of Marion Barry; Fred Fiske: Public vs. Private; All Bow Before His Air-ness; Nightlife with Fritz Hahn: Semi-Civilized Happy Hours; Next Stop... Nature - Theodore Roosevelt Island; Meg Roggensack: Bearcar the Twitterer; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/08/07.php

Metro Connection for 2009-07-31

Sat, Aug 1 Listen
This week: The House of Pain; Checkpoints in Trinidad; Fred Fiske: Recession Over?; Green Home Construction; Next Stop... Nature - part 3; Washington Printmakers Gallery; Food with Tim Carman: DC Cheesesteaks; DC's Demented Drivers; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/07/31.php

Metro Connection for 2009-07-24

Fri, Jul 24 Listen
This week: The Bonus Army; Fred Fiske: 100 And Counting; NASA's Water Recycling Technology; The Archives at 75; Camp 'Sugarfoots'; Next Stop... Nature - part 2; Music Review: My Favorite Highway; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/07/24.php

Metro Connection for 2009-07-17

Fri, Jul 17 Listen
This week: DC Roofs Keep Getting Greener; Policy Greenhouse; Checking In With The Chancellor; Fred Fiske: 'Socialized' Medicine; Edgewood Mural; Hail to the Uke; "Next Stop... Nature"; Lynn Peterson Mobley: The Expensive World of Gardening; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/07/17.php

Metro Connection for 2009-07-10

Fri, Jul 10 Listen
This week: How Healthy Is Your Neighborhood?; Fred Fiske: Dinnertime Fury; R&D at the National Arboretum; 75 Clothing-Free Years; Improv Classes; Best Bets with Colleen Fay; Liam Callanan: Fatherly Lies; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/07/10.php

Metro Connection for 2009-07-03

Sat, Jul 4 Listen
This week: Strings Crossing Continents; The 'Other' Parades; Food, Inc.; Fred Fiske: Summer Gas Prices; Summer Gardening Tips - Part 4; Wines for the 4th; Meg Roggensack: Summer on a Spoon; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/07/03.php

Metro Connection for 2009-06-26

Sat, Jun 27 Listen
This week: The Beach Erosion Battle; Beach Erosion - part 2; Green Bug Spray; Green Summer Jobs; Fred Fiske on Prison Reform; Summer Gardening Tips - part 3: A Big Year For Weeds; 15 Years of DC WritersCorps; Nightlife with Fritz Hahn: Let There Be Summer; Reuben Jackson: Never Can Say Goodbye; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/06/26.php

Metro Connection for 2009-06-19

Fri, Jun 19 Listen
This week: Now We Just Need A Building; The National Recording Registry; Fred Fiske: Love Me, Love My GPS; June Gardening Tips - Part 2; Neighborhood Nestwatch; Food with Tim Carman: DC Restaurant Guide; Llewellyn King: Curtain Falls on Washington; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/06/19.php

Metro Connection for 2009-06-12

Fri, Jun 12 Listen
This week: A Year in the Life of a DC School - Part 4; 'Turnaround' Schools; Fred Fiske: Same-Sex Marriage; A Month of Gardening Tips - Part 1; What Counts as Green Collar?; SilverDocs Preview; Reuben Jackson: Words Like Punches; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/06/12.php

Metro Connection for 2009-06-05

Fri, Jun 5 Listen
This week: A Year in the Life of a DC School - Part 3; Bike Theft - and Recovery - in DC; Fred Fiske: Speed Cameras; Virginia Governor's Race - Personal Profiles; Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; Best Bets with Colleen Fay; Jim Helein: "45"; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/06/05.php

Metro Connection for 2009-05-29

Fri, May 29 Listen
This week: A Year in the Life of a DC School - Part 2; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection; Fred Fiske: The Language Curmudgeon Returns; FDA and Food Safety - A Failing Grade; High School Baseball in Nationals Park; Step Afrika!; Mark Garland: "Next Stop, Nature"; Music Review: Girl Loves Distortion; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/05/29.php

Metro Connection for 2009-05-22

Sat, May 23 Listen
This week: A Year in the Life of a DC School; A New Direction for Special Education; More on Special Education; Fred Fiske: Don't Blame the Military; Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong; Night at the Smithsonian; Gardening with Kathy Jentz: Beat the Pests... and the Heat; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/05/22.php

Metro Connection for 2009-05-15

Sat, May 16 Listen
This week: The View From The Track; When is a Black-Eyed Susan Not a Black-Eyed Susan?; Fred Fiske: Water Crisis; The Shad Comeback; The Bike Prom; The Prom King; Choosing Change; 3 Videos, No Waiting; Reuben Jackson: Mid-Recession Job Hunts; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/09/05/15.php

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