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Metro Connection (Culture)

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  • Host: David Furst
  • This is not sound-bite radio. In-depth NPR-style news features, live sets with local musicians and visits to "Crummy But Good" restaurants - it's a fresh perspective on the communities and backyards surrounding the nation's capital.
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Metro Connection for 2008-11-28

Sat, Nov 29 Listen
This week: DC Mayor Adrian Fenty at Midterm; Digital TVs Mean Analog Trash; Fred Fiske: Thanksgiving; Local Talent Helps Fuel Kooza; Thanksgiving with the Grandsons '08; Thanksgiving Video Turkeys; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/11/28.php

Metro Connection for 2008-11-21

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
This week: Access to Dental Care in Virginia; A 'VOICE' for the Uninsured; Fred Fiske: A Bailout for Detroit?; A Museum of Their Own; Pinups For Pitbulls; Gardening with Kathy Jentz: Lighting the Garden; Commentary by Jenny Rough: Walking on Sunshine; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/11/21.php

Metro Connection for 2008-11-14

Fri, Nov 14 Listen
This week: Teens and Tech; Taxi Cab Poetry; Fred Fiske: A Climate for Al Gore; The Irregulars; Blood on the Stage; Food with Tim Carman: Vegetarian; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/11/14.php

Metro Connection for 2008-11-07

Fri, Nov 7 Listen
This week: New Era of Civic Engagement?; Fred Fiske: Election 2008; Lincoln at 200; Arts in Hospitals; Who Are You - The Life of Pete Townshend; Nightlife: DC Dive Bars; Reuben Jackson: Does Flip-Flop Weather Ever End?; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/11/07.php

Metro Connection for 2008-10-31

Fri, Oct 31 Listen
This week: Betting On - And Against - Slots; Emancipation Day; Fred Fiske: Getting Around to the Newseum; Monster College; Dead Men's Hollow; Gardening with Kathy Jentz; Jessica Piscitelli: Retail Therapy Backfires; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/10/31.php

Metro Connection for 2008-10-24

Sat, Oct 25 Listen
This week: Hypermilers; Spies, Stakeouts and Flying Squirrels; Book: Wild Washington; Guitarist Chris Anderson; Jim Helein: Defending the Washington Insider; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/10/24.php

Metro Connection for 2008-10-17

Sat, Oct 18 Listen
This week: Wall Street and Washington; Fred Fiske: Bring Back the WPA; Donkeys and Elephants; New Music: The Cassettes and The Wax Standard; 'Remembering Not To Forget' Revisited; Remembering Dr. Marc Cathey; Arts: Colleen Fay's Best Bets; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/10/17.php

Metro Connection for 2008-10-10

Fri, Oct 10 Listen
This week: DC Remembers 1929; The Veteran Courts the Vets; 100 Years of Bees - and Beekeepers; Remembering Not to Forget; Election Season Nightlife; Music Review by Mark Jenkins - Gist; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/10/10.php

Metro Connection for 2008-10-03

Fri, Oct 3 Listen
This week: The Bookstore Is Closed; Get Out and Get Nuts; Barack Obama and 'Race' in the Race; All Roads Film Festival; DC's Gourmet Burger Boom; Jim Helein: No Walk in the Park; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/10/03.php

Metro Connection for 2008-09-26

Fri, Sep 26 Listen
This week: A Spike in HIV Cases; HIV / AIDS Report Card; DC Handgun Ban - A Response; Dueling Shakespeares; 2008 National Book Festival; Wine with Dick Rosano; Commentary by Jessica Piscitelli: Female Issues; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/09/26.php

Metro Connection for 2008-09-19

Sat, Sep 20 Listen
This week: From Prison Bars to Artist Studios; 40 Years and Over 30,000 Films; Fred Fiske: Church Endorsements; Massive Resistance in Virginia; Mozart's Men; Think-Tank vs. Think-Tank; Mr. Yogato's Rules; Reuben Jackson: The Last King; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/09/19.php

Metro Connection for 2008-09-12

Sat, Sep 13 Listen
This week: A Word From The Chancellor; Children Should Be Seen AND Heard; Fred Fiske - The Handgun Ban; Saving African American Treasures; Chris Anderson; Gardening with Kathy Jentz; Lynn Peterson Mobley - Older; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/09/12.php

Metro Connection for 2008-09-05

Fri, Sep 5 Listen
This week: It Takes a Village to Create a Community ; Young@Heart; Commentary by Fred Fiske: Capital Gains ; Colleen Fay's Best Bets ; The F Street Artists; The Pirates of the Inner Harbor ; Music Review: Rambling Shadows ; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/09/05.php

Metro Connection for 2008-08-29

Tue, Sep 2 Listen
This week: School Conversions; National Women's History Museum; Fred Fiske: Labor Day; New Eva Cassidy CD - Somewhere; Food with Tim Carman: The Death of 'Gourmet' Hot Dogs; Chasing the Ice Cream Man; Jessica Piscitelli: Doing Business on a Social Network; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/08/29.php

Metro Connection for 2008-08-22

Fri, Aug 22 Listen
This week: Growing Food, Not Lawns; The Maryland Online Farmers Market; Local Wines; Fred Fiske: The Language Curmudgeon; Adult Double Dutch; The Covington String Quartet; Mascot Madness; The Mascot Stalker; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/08/22.php

Metro Connection for 2008-08-15

Fri, Aug 15 Listen
This week: DC's Growing Sidewalk Hazards; Another Side of the Clippers; Walkable Decisions; Straw Bale Housing - No Huffing and Puffing Please; Fred Fiske: A Glimmer of Hope; Opening the Mail at the Nation's Library; Chessie and the Music of Trains; Reuben Jackson: Remembering Jo Stafford; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/08/15.php

Metro Connection for 2008-08-08

Fri, Aug 8 Listen
This week: Foreign Investors Buying a Piece of DC; Oak Hill Summer Camp; ADHD and Ritalin; Fred Fiske: Paper Guilt; The Pope's Stuff; Appalachian Reality; Nightlife with Fritz Hahn: Beach Party Inside The Beltway; Melissa Jordan: A Little Advice; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/08/08.php

Metro Connection for 2008-08-01

Sat, Aug 2 Listen
This week: Searching for Solutions in Trinidad; A Life Cut Short at 13; Trinidad Dance; Fred Fiske: Let 'Em Sit With The Boys; Youth Voices: Fear, Hype and the Media; Gonzo The Great; Nature with Mark Garland: Glover-Archibald Park; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/08/01.php

Metro Connection for 2008-07-25

Sat, Jul 26 Listen
This week: Feedback From the Middle East; Youth Voices - A Tiny Revolution; Uncle Sam Wants YOU... to Work for a Federal Agency; Fred Fiske - Obesity and Air Travel; Jim Henson's Fantastic World; Getting Serious About Ice Cream; Best Bets with Colleen Fay; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/07/25.php

Metro Connection for 2008-07-18

Fri, Jul 18 Listen
This week: Green Affordable Housing; Summer of Trash; Youth Voices - Fashion Forward; Fred Fiske: Man-Made Diamonds; Studio Session with Pam Parker; Noche Crist - A Romanian Revelation; Associated, Inc.; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/07/18.php

Metro Connection for 2008-07-11

Fri, Jul 11 Listen
This week: Youth Voices; Cats, Dogs and Overpopulation; Fred Fiske - Tattoos; Capital Fringe Festival; Senior Moments Theatre Company; Gardening with Kathy Jentz - How To Weed; Liam Callanan: Fear of Fireworks; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/07/11.php

Metro Connection for 2008-07-04

Fri, Jul 4 Listen
This week: The Star Spangled Banner - Behind The Music; The Oklahoma Twisters; Berta Rojas - Heart, Soul and Guitar; Link Wray - 50 Years of the Power Chord; The Hall Monitors; The Washington Balalaika Society; Reuben Jackson - Remembering Buddy Miles; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/07/04.php

Metro Connection for 2008-06-27

Fri, Jun 27 Listen
This week: Weevil Versus Weed; Lost in Pollution; Fred Fiske: Gas Prices; Acting for Business Professionals; Wits and Wagers; Bedouin Weaving - Via Charlottesville; Wine with Dick Rosano; Music Review: Julie Ocean; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/06/27.php

Metro Connection for 2008-06-20

Fri, Jun 20 Listen
This week: Textile Museum Scraps Expansion; Source Festival; Fred Fiske: Same-Sex Marriage; Millennials and the Economy; Food with Tim Carman: Pupusa Trucks on the Run; Lunchtime Concerts and Caribbean Carnivals; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/06/20.php

Metro Connection for 2008-06-13

Fri, Jun 13 Listen
This week: Bedtime Stories From Prison; Science Fair at the Detention Center; Rockville Autism Program - Year One; Fred Fiske - The Water Crisis; From Bo Diddley to Shaft - The Guitar of Skip Pitts; 2008 SilverDocs Festival Preview; Commentary by Jennie Apter - Dancing Ghosts; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/06/13.php

Metro Connection for 2008-06-06

Fri, Jun 6 Listen
This week: Hypermilers; Paddle To The Bay; World Naked Bike Ride; Fred Fiske: Ultimate Fighting; Teen AIDS; Regional Accents; The Frog Chorus; Reuben Jackson: RFK; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/06/06.php

Metro Connection for 2008-05-30

Fri, May 30 Listen
This week: DC's Carbon Footprint; Chronic Sleep Restriction; Fred Fiske: Charter Member of the Clean Plate Club; China Gig for the Maryland Community Band; Upgrade for the Nation's Fishbowl; Faulkner in Virginia; Jim Yenckel: Scenic and Historic Hikes; Reuben Jackson: Politics in the Barbershop; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/05/30.php

Metro Connection for 2008-05-23

Fri, May 23 Listen
This week: Non Profits in a Slow Economy; Sailing in Southwest; DC's Smart Bikes; Fred Fiske: Memorial Day; How The States Got Their Shapes; Celeste Starchild; Andrew Hiller: My Birthday; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/05/23.php

Metro Connection for 2008-05-16

Fri, May 16 Listen
This week: Posing as Lawyers and Preying on Immigrants; Silver Spring - World in a Zipcode; Around the World Open House; Chesapeake-Friendly Gardening; Gardening with Kathy Jentz: An Obsession With Tomatoes; Spidey Hits the Library; Lynn Peterson Mobley: Finding Your Voice at 50; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/05/16.php

Metro Connection for 2008-05-09

Fri, May 9 Listen
This week: The Price of a Slice; Smart Shopping; Fred Fiske: Iraq; Tween Romance and Designer Labels; Opera in Amman; Best Bets with Colleen Fay; Finding Inspiration in "Migration"; Music Reviews with Mark Jenkins; for complete show details, visit http://wamu.org/programs/mc/08/05/09.php

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