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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For International Transgender Day of Visibility, therapist M. Pease, Trans Maryland executive director Lee Blinder, and Trans Maryland policy director Charlotte Hoffman discuss what life is like for transgender people in Maryland. They also talk about the Birth Certificate Modernization Act, a bill currently in the General Assembly. -
Station North will be lit! We get a preview of 'Inviting Light.' -
Here is Stacey Lee's Stoop story about listening to that little voice inside your head ... -
We talk with oral historian Maria Gabriela Aldana about her continuing work to honor memory, legacy and resilience from the FSK bridge collapse. -
Building Hope Center program manager Mayra Loera talks about how Catholic Charities rose to the need of neighbors. -
We hear from Tony Woods, Secretary for the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families, about the attempted ban on transgender military personnel. -
Jeremiah Program provides college support, mentoring and more to single parents and their kids. We meet the director and one of the moms. -
Here's a story from Rebecca Fielding about her son Enso, and everything he's taught her.
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We go On the Record to hear what a laugh can reveal about your relationship to someone. University of Baltimore professor Sally Farley shares her surprising research. For instance: why do most laughs in conversation come when something is NOT funny ? -
Two Stoop stories, from Dena and from George Hopkins. Both address fortitude and finding one's way.
