Wamu: Metro Connection

We'll follow efforts to save one of Virginia's most endangered places, and visit a D.C. school with an ambitious goal: to create a model for educating city kids and erasing the achievement gap.

We'll explore some of our region's trickiest problems — and meet people working to find solutions to those problems — on this week's show.

We'll bring you stories of the moments that define and change our lives, with a show we're calling "Milestones."

We'll explore the nation's capital as an international crossroads of cultures and people.

We'll tour the D.C. region's music scene this week in a special collaboration with WAMU's music site, Bandwidth.fm.

We'll take an audio tour of Virginia's most heavily-populated county, and meet some of the 1.1 million people who call it home.

From astronomers to female barbers to a dominatrix in D.C., we'll step aside from our usual thematic approach to bring you one of our Wild Cards show.

Now that you can use small amounts of marijuana in the nation's capital, we'll explore how it's affecting the city, the region, and the national debate over the legalization of pot.

We'll bring you stories of the secret and surreptitious, from underground vaults to off-the-record dinner parties to what happens behind the scenes at the White House.

We'll get ready for Earth Day with a show about reducing, reusing, and recycling in the D.C. region.

As residents in D.C.'s Ward 8 head to the polls this month, we'll look at life in the neighborhoods once represented by mayor-for-life and D.C. Council member Marion Barry.

We'll meet Washingtonians with a singular devotion to work, and a passionate dedication to play, as we bring you tales of duty and dedication.

From the D.C. Jail to the tiniest town in Maryland, we'll trek across our region in pursuit of "Perseverence."

We'll celebrate the official arrival of spring with stories of the young'ns among us.

It's a show chock-full of favorite stories from the past few months -- from the tale of a nearly-forgotten figure in local history, to a jam session featuring a 15th-century musical instrument.

Route 1 is one of the D.C. region's oldest highways, cutting through Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. This week we meet the folks living and working along the route, and talking about how they're making it better.

This week we're turning warehouses in to museums, agriculture in to art, and ex-offenders in to registered voters, as we explore all kinds of changes in the D.C. region.

With homelessness on the rise in D.C., we'll hear how city officials are tackling the issue, and how homeless residents are coping with the struggle.

We'll tip our hats to Valentine's Day with tales of both romantic love and the fervor Washingtonians feel for their jobs and hobbies.

We'll look at everyday life in the place where people work and play just steps from the center of American political power.