Each week, WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection reaches across D.C., Maryland and Virginia to gather the sounds and stories that capture the current... more
We'll hear the tumultuous and almost otherworldly tale of the effort to create a memorial to Clara Barton, founder of... more
This Thanksgiving week, we're digging into the Metro Connection archives, and presenting some of our favorite stories about food, family,... more
We'll meet a lifelong Montgomery County resident who grew up in segregated and unequal county schools, and went on to... more
We'll find out why a tiny sliver of land honoring a pop star-turned politico is getting a new lease on... more
We'll visit a Capitol Hill rowhouse that once was home to an influential lesbian separatist collective, The Furies. And we'll... more
We'll hear from Willard Scott, who co-hosted the wildly popular show, "The Joy Boys," with the late Ed Walker. We'll... more
This week we're bringing you a compilation of some of our best stories from 2015, plus a story about The... more
We'll hear why the former head of DDOT thinks Metro should be run like a bike-sharing system, and we'll ask... more
We go poking around Metro stations with a botanist, and find out why the Kennedy Center is teaming up with... more
We'll find out why D.C. is selling off some of its public housing -- in the midst of an affordable... more