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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, may we suggest an audio book or two? Our book critic Marion Winik makes the case for listening to Sarah Blake's The…

The next few weeks are going to be filled with celebratory dinners, scaled back, of course, because of COVID. Even if it's just the two of you, or maybe…

The Reports: Week of November 30th 2020

What a mess!No, not the Afghan puppy that’s the subject of a series of children’s books, but rather the situation the Ravens and the NFL find themselves…

Tom talks with Mileah Kromer, the Director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College. Mileah is reading: Steadfast Democrats: How…

December 6, 1943--The audience at The Hippodrome waited to see the Benny Goodman band with drummer Gene Krupa take the stage. But it wasn't Krupa behind…

Every couple years or so I have been making it a habit to pick up a few different varieties of apples and do a scientific test to see which make the best…

Where does our love of music begin? Experts believe it is in the first five years. (Photo by iStock/RyanJLane)

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but because of the coronavirus, many people – for the first time in their lives -- won’t be able to gather with their families…

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that bring New York City to life: Debra Jo Immergut's You Again, and Caroline Leavitt's…