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Metro Connection SegmentsOne Year After Shelter Protest, Anacostia Moves ForwardAnacostia Spruces Up Historic Homes With Grant ProgramHitting The Slopes, Minus The Snow, In VirginiaD.C. Gigs: Running The Show At City's Newest Ice Skating RinkMaryland Family Braves Frigid Atlantic Waters On Sailing ExpeditionEating In The Embassy: Cuisine From A Land Of GlaciersInaugural Caterers Prepare For Long, Grueling Day In The ColdVirginia Man Creates Elaborate System To Reduce Food WasteDoor To Door: Tenleytown And LeDroit Park, D.C.It's mid-January, and that means it's time for our annual "Out in the Cold" show. We'll face the frigid waters of the mid-Atlantic with a Maryland family sailing across the world. We'll go skiing on a hill in Virginia, where snow is no longer required for a fun day on the slopes. Plus, we'll sample the cuisine of Iceland, as we continue our Eating in the Embassy series.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" by Beegie Adair from Jazz Piano Christmas]

Metro Connection SegmentsUsing "Clair" Senses To Understand The Present — If Not The FuturePreppers Prep For Disaster, Confront StereotypesLocal Lawmakers Gear Up For Big Year of Environmental DecisionsSouthwest D.C. Gears Up For More RedevelopmentLiberians Living In Washington Seek To Help HomelandConstellation Theater Charges Into The Future With ZorroBuilding The Next Big Thing... With Chicken Feathers?Singer-Songwriter Martin Sexton Charts His Own Musical PathFrom psychics to scientists to swashbuckling superheroes, this week we'll meet people charging "Into the Future." We'll also consider what the next 12 months have in store for the District's smallest quadrant, and meet people for whom prepping for the next big disaster is a way of life.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Back to the Future Theme" by Alan Silvestri from Back to the Future Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Metro Connection SegmentsVirginia Trappist Monks Grapple With Uncertain Future (Original broadcast: July 20, 2012)Struggling Monks Partner With Farming Neighbors To Stay On Solid Ground (Original broadcast: July 27, 2012)HIV And Children: The Burden Of Silence (Original broadcast: July 20, 2012)Docs, Nurses Stay Alert On Overnight Shift In Children's Cardiac Unit (Original broadcast: June 15, 2012)Virginia Seeks Evidence To Right Wrongful Convictions (Original broadcast: Oct. 12, 2012)Catfight Continues Over Controlling Feral Felines (Original broadcast: June 15, 2012)'First Ladies' Of The Goodman League Show Team Spirit (Original broadcast: July 27, 2012)Before we ring in the new year, we'll look back and bring you some of our favorite stories from 2012. We'll revisit our mini-series on the monks of Virginia's Holy Cross Abbey, and hear again from D.C. youths coping with HIV. Plus, going court-side with the District's "First Ladies" of basketball.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsD.C.-Born Opera Star Makes Triumphant ComebackFrom Addiction To Redemption: Former Lorton Inmate Reflects on Turning Life AroundLocal Children Continue Fight Against ObesityMicrogreens Program Looks To Expand Healthy Eating For KidsScientists, Farmers Continue Battle Against StinkbugsLife With MPSIII: Revisiting A Degenerative DiseaseBookend: Book Critic Michael Dirda Shares Reading HabitsD.C. Dives: Raising A Glass At The Players We'll circle back to some of the Washingtonians we've met over the past few years and get updates on their stories. We'll hear from an opera superstar whose career was nearly derailed by a serious medical condition. We'll follow up with local kids struggling with obesity. And we'll get the latest from scientists engaged in a fierce battle against stinkbugs.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Follow You, Follow Me" by The Karaoke Channel from The Karaoke Channel - In The Style of Genesis, Vol. 1]

Metro Connection Segments'Stories From The Kitchen' Brings Homeless Residents' Stories To The StageFriday Night Lights: Local Family Keeps Sabbath In Twenty-First Century WayDistrict Schools Toss Out Traditional Methods of Teaching MathD.C. Gigs: Building (And Rebuilding) The National CathedralFrom South Africa To West Texas: Local Family Blends Multiple TraditionsWashingtonians Bridge The Gap Between Jewish, Christian TraditionsD.C. Revels Celebrate Thirty Years Of Song And DanceThe 'Bishop's House' Makes The Season Merry... And Very, Very BrightDoor To Door: Logan Circle And Benning Heights, D.C.It's time for our annual "Traditions" show! This year, we'll meet local residents who are blending very different traditions and keeping old rituals alive. We'll check out the D.C. public schools'overhaul of traditional methods of teaching math. And we'll check out an elaborate, high-wattage holiday lights display that's become a must-visit destination for many Washington families.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsLeslie Morgan Steiner On Cultural Shifts In Washington ParentingLocal Couple Pursues Parenting Dream Overseas'Choice Moms' Opt For Parenthood Without A PartnerD.C. Public Schools Reinvent The Home VisitMaryland Family Departs On Year-Long Sailing ExpeditionNaked Mole Rats: The Animal Kingdom's Most Functional Dysfunctional FamilyNational Gallery Of Art Presents Roy Lichtenstein's Pop Art VisionWe'll dive in to the life-altering, all-consuming world of parenting, as we consider how we conceive, engage with and educate our children in the nation's capital. We'll find out why a local couple useda surrogate mother thousands of miles away. We'll learn why a significant number of Washington women are choosing to parent without a partner. And we'll hear from a family that's spending the next year sailing around the world.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Teach Your Children" by Pickin' On CSN&Y from Pickin' On CSN&Y]

Metro Connection SegmentsDo You Speak D.C.? Georgetown Linguists Study Washington-Area LanguageDrivers, Bicyclists Say New Bike Lanes Lead To Mixed SignalsMan Takes Lessons From Brother's Life... And Mysterious DeathArtist's Exhibit Reflects On Loss of Uncle He Never KnewLocal Doctor Blends Medicine And MusicStrolling Along D.C.'s Former Newspaper RowsGeologist Uses Archaeology To Understand Climate ChangeBookend: D.C. Romance Novelists Defy StereotypesOur focus this week is on communication of all sorts. We'll explore how the District's drivers and cyclists sometimes get their signals crossed. We'll discover what ancient fossils are trying to tell us about climate change. Plus, a memory-lane trip to Washington's long-gone "Newspaper Row."[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Call Me Maybe (Instrumental Version)" by Tribute Stars from Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe]

Metro Connection SegmentsD.C. Theater World Pays Homage To Benefactor Jaylee MeadRemembering A Man Who Broke Boundaries Between Earth, SkyMoonlighting As A Musician... When You're An AnimalA Drive-In Does Battle With Its NeighborArtist Creates Elaborate Sand Sculptures In Ocean CityD.C.'s "Marathon Man" Of Jazz Celebrates A Lifetime Of Making MusicClassroom To Cupcakes: Two Principals Exchange Old Careers For NewThis year has introduced us to no shortage of interesting characters on Metro Connection, so this week we'll feature some of our favorite profiles of 2012. We'll hear from the Maryland man who's trying to save one of our region's last drive-in movie theaters. We'll spend some time with a self-described "swaggering iconoclast" of the D.C. jazz scene. We'll hit the beach with the artist who coaxes elaborate scupltures from the sand. And we'll remember Jaylee Mead, whose legendary support of D.C. theater benefited stages across our region for decades. [Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsHomeless Mother Waits In The Cold For Spot In ShelterHomeless College Students Cope With Needing A Home Over Winter BreakCentral Union Mission Returns To Downtown D.C.On the Coast: Homeless In Ocean CityBaltimore Clinic Develops E-Records for Homeless PatientsInside The Ultimate House-Sitting GigTransforming Lorton Prison Into New HomesWe bring you stories from the home front, and talk with people who are lacking shelter as winter approaches. We'll meet a man who survived in a tent during Super Storm Sandy, and walk the streets with a mother who spends her nights outdoors with her infant son. Plus, we'll take a tour of the former prison in Lorton, Va., and hear about plans to turn it into snazzy new apartments and townhouses.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsElection Over, Inaugural Planning Ramps UpAdvocates Strive To Get Veterans Into HomesInjured Va. Teen Works To Walk AgainD.C. Juvenile Offender Seeks A Clean SlateFormer Nun Finds Her Stride As Mom, BusinesswomanA New Future For Baltimore Harbor?Ambassador Represents World's Newest Nation In D.C.After all the months of barnstorming, debating, robocalling, political mailings, and door knocking, the election is finally over. And with our current political reality in mind, we'll bring you a show all about "New Beginnings" — from the political to the personal to the environmental. We'll hear about a plan to "re-green" Baltimore's Inner Harbor with floating wetlands made in part from trash. We'll meet a Virginia teen who's learning to walk again after a devastating spinal cord injury. And we'll talk with a former nun who chose a new path as a businesswoman and mother.[Music: This Week on MC: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / Hail to the Spirit of Liberty by the United State Marine Band from Bicentennial Collection (Disk 5)]

Metro Connection SegmentsReporter's Diary: Living, Breathing, Covering Super Storm SandyPoliticos Pursue Electoral Victory Through Snail MailRemembering The Political Drama of 1912, A Century LaterLatino Influence, Voter Rolls Grow In Battleground VirginiaDoor To Door: Gunner's Lake, Md. And Chevy Chase, D.C. (rebroadcast)Dreamers Ditch Day Jobs To Pursue Their PassionsPolio Survivor And Doctor Chooses New PathDC Dives: JV Restaurant Serves Up Food, Brews And Live MusicWe'll jump from the political to the personal this week as we bring you a show about choices. We'll go inside the District's messaging machine, and meet politicos trying to influence your choice at the ballot box. Plus, we'll talk with Washingtonians who've opted to leave their nine-to-five gigs to pursue their passions. And we'll pay homage to the news event in which we had little choice but to participate: Super Storm Sandy.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Should I Stay or Should I Go [Karaoke Version in the Style of The Clash]" by Karaoke Pro Band]

Metro Connection SegmentsHume Homeowners Hear Things Go Bump In The NightMan Confronts Childhood Obsession With Ghosts In New MemoirActors Gear Up To Give A Good Scare At Markoff's Haunted ForestsHaunted Annapolis: Ghosts Of The Capital CityStorycorps: Family Juggles Deployment, New BabyThe Location: Is Historic Heurich House Actually Haunted?Photographer Captures Ghostly 'Hollywood Of Europe' On FilmDoor To Door: Brunswick, Md., and Tara-Leeway Heights, Va.We'll bring you spine-chilling, blood-curdling and potentially otherworldly tales of life in our region with our annual "Haunted D.C." show. We'll visit a house where things really go bump in the night, and we'll check out the spookier spots in historic Annapolis. We'll also meet a man who spent his childhood convinced he was haunted by the ghost of a little girl.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Scream Soundtrack" by Horror Movie Theme Songs from Songs From Scary Movies]

Metro Connection SegmentsSeeing Eye To Eye: Gallaudet Research Shows How Deaf People Navigate SpaceRoad Tripper Treks To Presidential Resting PlacesSoldiers Begin Anew After Devastating InjuriesMWAA Board Member Resigns, Sounds Off On Agency ControversiesGrowing Number Of D.C. Kids Turn To SkateboardingPOTUS Among Us: Washington Improv Theater Satirizes Presidential CampaignStorycorps: Born African American, Raised By White Foster ParentsBookend: Pulitzer Prize Winner Edward P. Jones Discusses His WorkWe'll stroll, stretch, trek, roll and sprint through a show we're calling "On the Move." We'll meet a guy on a road trip to visit late presidents, we'll hear from soldiers learning to move after devastating injuries and we'll go on a whirlwind tour of an election campaign where the candidates are anything but scripted.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Movin' Right Along" by PJ Pooterhoots from Unreleased]

Metro Connection SegmentsLocal Farmers, Environmentalists Square Off In CourtVirginia Seeks Evidence To Right Wrongful ConvictionsGeorgetown Doc Works Toward Personalized Cancer Care'MicroGreens' Teaches Youth To Cook Healthy On A BudgetDoor To Door: Mount Pleasant, D.C. And Forest Estates, Md.Studio's Lab Series Tests New Plays On A BudgetResidents, Archaeologists Dig Into History Of 'The Hill'Storycorps: Couple Shares Tale Of Life With Bipolar DisorderThis edition of the show is about "Trial and Error" — from the courtroom, to the science lab, to the kitchen. We'll talk with a researcher at Georgetown whose discoveries may allow doctors to avoid much of the trial-and-error involved in treating cancer. We'll meet a man who was tried and convicted for a crime he didn't commit — and has since fought to prevent other people from going through the same thing. And we'll engage in some theatrical experimentation at D.C.'s Studio Theatre.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsU.S. Diplomats Grapple With Risks, Rewards Of Jobs OverseasForeign Governments Seek Square Footage, Symbolism In EmbassiesWashingtonians Seek Diplomacy In Personal PoliticsFormer Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee Reflects On Past LeadershiptDoor To Door: Lorton, Va. And Woodland Normanstone, D.C.'The Diplomats' Pursue Rock-And-Roll OutreachFounding Gardeners Sheds Light On Plant DiplomacyStorycorps: Washington Women Share Story Of Coming Out, Co-ParentingThe recent attacks on U.S. embassies overseas have rattled many Washingtonians. This week we'll bring the story of those attacks closer to home with a show about diplomacy. We'll talk with foreign service officers past and present about the risks and rewards of a career in diplomacy. We'll also explore embassy real estate and the symbolism of D.C.'s ambassadorial digs. And we'll meet European diplomats who are moonlighting in the world of rock-and-roll. [Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Steady State" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra from Concert Program]