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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We hear about farming on Maryland's Eastern Shore from Coard Bounds, co-owner of Coulbourn Farm. -
We learn about the new day pass system for Maryland State Parks. -
A Stoop story from Tom Ritter, about his humanitarian work in Haiti. -
Ospreys are big birds that make big nests... sometimes, on utility poles. We hear about a BGE program aimed at protecting the birds and the power supply. -
New law to impact agriculture, aquaculture, tourism while monitoring and improving the health of the nation's largest estuary. -
Evolutionary biologist Nathan Lents examines 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating in many different species. -
Tia McDonald has breathed life into an urban lot in West Baltimore. Now it educates neighbors about gardening and feeds them, too. -
Dr. Erin Lonon's nonprofit "I Am A Child Of God Inc." helps middle and high school students face the challenges of growing up. -
For Mothers' Day, Mary Rose Madden tells a story of how her mom inspired a love of cooking.
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We visit Soldiers Delight, a natural savanna ecosystem located just northwest of Baltimore.
