MPT Presents

Based on the WYPR podcast, Out of the Blocks looks at the impact of COVID on the lives and communities of people living on the blocks of Baltimore, Seattle, Charleston, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The stories are woven together by intros from co-hosts Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick and a custom-tailored score by Patrick.

Dementia is the most costly disease facing society today, and Medicare doesn’t cover the cost of dementia care. Those costs rest squarely on the caregiver’s shoulder. SPENT – Discussing Dementia brings together leading experts in the fields of dementia and related illness to help you better understand the disease and how best to prepare financially and emotionally for what lie ahead.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel fled Nazi Germany to became “an authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America.” His book, "The Prophets" inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. to invite him to take a roll in the Civil Rights Movement. Heschel was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, an advocate for Soviet Jewry and a pioneer of interfaith dialogue.

In 1960, Belair at Bowie, one of Maryland's first planned communities, opened to the interested homebuyers. It promised an idyllic suburban lifestyle, but was the community everything that was promised in the sale brochure? Tales of Belair at Bowie presents first-hand memories from original residents of the community mixed with archival clips and photos.

For the inmates of the Baltimore County Detention Center, there are few opportunities to have contact visits with their families. Almost all interaction is through glass. Turning Pages, a local literacy and family reunification program, allows inmates an opportunity to maintain and grow their bonds as fathers through the act of reading with their children.

Deserted - In the world’s wealthiest country, access to healthy and affordable food should be a basic human right. However, equal access to nutritional food remains an endemic problem across America. Deserted shares the stories of individuals and organizations across Baltimore City working to shift the narrative and reclaim their right to healthy food.

With over 16 million people caring for a loved one with dementia, this film introduces us to a cross-section of American families who are in the throes of this disease and grappling with how to manage its emotional and financials costs...in many cases turning lives upside down. Through expert interviews and intimately-told stories, SPENT reveals a world in the midst of a public health crisis.

In 1906, the State Board of Forestry in Maryland was third in the nation to establish a system of forests, parks, and selected natural resource open-spaces. Fred W. Besley was appointed by Governor Edwin Warfield to become Maryland's first State Forester. Mr. Besley served for 36 years. Today, Marylanders are learning his lessons of forest conservation, and listening to the music of the trees.

Maryland Public Television and WTMD Towson University Radio present another WTMD First Thursday Festival with a special televised concert for music lovers in the region. This year’s signature free outdoor festival series features the sizzling funk and soul of Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Baltimore Freakwave favorites Super City, and the seductive blues rock of Emily Wolfe.

With over 800 attendees, the 61st National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy® Awards Gala was held on June 22, 2019 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

The 60th Emmy Awards were held on June 23rd at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center to honor excellence in television production in various sectors of the television industry including entertainment programming, news and documentary shows, sports programming and craft categories.

Maryland's Dorchester County is ground zero for the effects of climate change on Chesapeake Bay, where precious shoreline is vanishing below rising waters and increased erosion. People have historically sought to live as close as possible to waterfronts, but it may be time to retreat from the shores. Can communities overcome the challenges of adapting to life on the edge of a rising tide?