Rob Sivak

Bestselling novelist Ann Patchett discusses her latest book, "Tom Lake," and first-time novelist Lindsay Lynch joins us to talk about her debut work, "Do Tell."

Members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir, now on a month-long Eastern US concert tour. Since 2009, the South African troupe's unique musical arrangements, powerhouse vocals and energetic choreography have won them millions of fans across the globe. (photo courtesy Ndlovu Youth Choir)

Dr. Julia Jasken was selected by the McDaniel College Board of Trustees as the college’s tenth president, effective June 1, 2021. Dr. Jasken is only the second woman president in the college’s 156-year history. She has dedicated nearly her entire professional life to higher education and most notably to McDaniel, beginning in the classroom in 2003 as an English professor and, prior to her presidential appointment, serving as the college’s executive vice president and provost. (photo courtesy McDaniel College)

Grace Cavalieri's new collection — the 27th in her prolific career as a poet — includes selections from volumes she published between 1979-2022, as well as a generous number of new poems. Now ending her 5-year tenure as Maryland's 10th Poet Laureate, Cavalieri has spent more than four decades hosting "The Poet and the Poem" series of audio interviews, now produced for the Library of Congress. (Cover image courtesy Word Works Press/Cavalieri photo courtesy Library of Congress)

A hard-working beagle chilling out on his owner's front lawn. Beagles — legendary as rabbit hunters and known for their acute sense of smell and extraordinary stamina —are one of the most popular dog breeds in the United States. (photo by Frank Shepherd, via Flickr)

A series of investigative reports in the Baltimore Banner, WYPR's non-profit online news partner, has been spotlighting the rampant rise in auto theft in Baltimore. The city's auto theft rate since May of this year has been especially high, and exceeds that of nearby Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. (Graphics credit: Laila Milevski/The Baltimore Banner. Original photos by Getty Images)

The reimagined Harborplace waterfront proposed by developer P. David Bramble offers a unique — and controversial — synthesis of parks, markets, restaurants, office space and residential units, a mix the developer says is designed "to enhance and embrace the water." (image courtesy MCB Real Estate)

(L-R) Julia Williams, Peri Walker and Kutia Jawara in Bmore Broadway Live's production of "Sweet Charity" at The Motor House. (photo credit: Jazzy Studios)

People walk in front of row homes covered in holiday decorations along the "Miracle on 34th Street" Hampden Christmas Street Holiday Show, on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The popular South African musical troupe, the Ndlovu Youth Choir, joins us for a celebratory hour of song.