Ashley Sterner
Co-host of WYPR’s On The RecordAshley Sterner is the co-host of WYPR’s On The Record. With co-host Sheilah Kast, Ashley interviews artists, scientists, community leaders, and others. Ashley previously served WYPR’s local host of Morning Edition from 2005 to 2024. During that time, she spent 7 years managing on-air fundraising at WYPR, and 9 years teaching classes about audio storytelling and radio station operations at Towson University.
Ashley began her public radio career at WAMU in Washington DC, being hired for her first position there at 18 years old. She lives in Baltimore, and likes to spend her free time hiking, biking, and running through the city and its surrounding natural areas.
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After more than nine years, On the Record signs off. Thank you to our listeners, and to everyone who trusted us with your ideas, stories and to amplify the work you do for Maryland, and for Baltimore. -
Lumbee tribal member and folklorist Ashley Minner Jones talks about her photo and oral history exhibit: 'Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies.' -
Millions of animals were mummified in ancient Egypt — cats, dogs, birds and more. Many are featured in 'Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt,' a new exhibit at the Walters Art Museum.
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Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, co-founders of the Stoop Storytelling series, talk about about what nearly 20 years of live storytelling has taught them. -
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For more than a century, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center -- called BARC -- has generated scientific discoveries that improved farmers’ productivity, food safety and human nutrition. The Federal government may be shutting it down. We hear about the impacts it has made on the lives of Americans. -
Baltimore born and bred David Bonnett, a producer for the new feature film 'Baltimorons', talks about what it was like filming in his home town. -
The Panamanian Golden Frog hasn't been seen in the wild in more than 15 years... but the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is keeping them alive... and working to restore them to the wild. -
I. Henry Phillips Sr. documented the vibrancy of Black communities in Baltimore for decades. His son, Webster Phillips, talks with us about his vast photo archive. -
On its argument that untraceable “ghost guns” amp up violence in the city, Baltimore just won a $62 million verdict against a company that makes them. What will be the impact?
