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Melissa Gerr
Senior ProducerMelissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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A new book looks at the history of ads placed by formerly enslaved people who hoped to reconnect with family and loved ones.
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We talk with author and professor Martha S. Jones about her book, Birthright Citizens.
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The Walters Art Museum hosts a Lunar New Year celebration - we get a preview!
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Transit riders want to ensure Maryland's budget includes public transportation support. They're traveling to Annapolis to make their voices heard.
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Brain Balance says their program is like cross training for the brain. We ask how it works.
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With Us For Us coalition hopes to get some of Baltimore's biggest non profits to pay for the city services they use.
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Sen. Guy Guzzone, chair of the senate budget and tax committee, talks through challenges and possible solutions.
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The state veterinarian and a Hopkins Bloomberg public health professor weigh in on Maryland's bird flu status.
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Animal rehabilitator Corinne Parks shares some of her wildlife experiences!
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The University of Maryland, Baltimore asks, what is on the horizon for psychedelic drug therapies?