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Metro Connection SegmentsD.C. Buyers Scramble For Homes In A Seller's MarketReporters Keep Tabs On Homicides Even As Murder Rates DropWhy The Loudoun County Drug Court CollapsedMetal Cylinder Holding Weight Of The World Mysteriously ChangesDoor To Door: Boulevard Manor, Va. And Shaw, D.C.LettersThe Location: A Carriage House With A Dramatic Past Gets a New Lease On LifeD.C. Dives: Tune Inn Thrives After Nearly Devastating FireWashingtonians Divulge Tales Of Falling In LoveWe're marking the start of autumn with a show about "Falling" (get it?). We'll meet two women who document homicides in the District and Baltimore — the rates of which are continuing to drop. We'll hear about the collapse of a program for people who've fallen to the fringes of society. And we'll share Washingtonians' stories of falling in love.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Let's Fall in Love" by Gerry Mulligan from Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi]

Metro Connection SegmentsD.C.'s "Marathon Man" Of Jazz Celebrates A Lifetime Of Making MusicPrograms Imitate People In Experimental Eco-HouseOn the Coast: Food Banks In Tourist Towns Gear Up for WinterXion's Story: Transgender Woman Tells Of Life On The Streets"Mr. Teachbad" Channels Classroom Frustrations Into A Blog"Door to Door: Glenn Dale, Md., and Fairlington, Va.Eating In The Embassy: Guinean Embassy Brings West African Food To WashingtonArtist Experiments With Portraits Of Random StrangersBookend: Prosecutor-Turned-Novelist Works to Keep Pages TurningWe get a little wild this week, and bring you a veritable cornucopia of stories that run the gamut. We'll visit a food bank that's in full swing amidst the boutiques and high-end restaurants of a Delaware beach town. We'll head out with an artist who's trying to break the ice with strangers — by painting their portraits. And we'll take a culinary voyage to West Africa, as we continue our "Eating in the Embassy" series.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsHoward University Opens A New Chapter With "Academic Renewal"Admissions Officers Demystify The Private School Application ProcessGoodbye Dodgeball, Hello Wii Pilates: DCPS Revamps Phys. Ed."Tourists" Till the Land, Learn Farming from The Ground UpFrom A To B: D.C.'s Ward 7 Prepares For New Growth, New ResidentsEntrepreneurs Find D.C.'s Food Truck Biz A Big ChallengeD.C.'s Last Full-Service Music Store Helps Customers Make Beautiful MusicDoor To Door: Morningside, Md. And Eastland Gardens, D.C.As students across the Washington region head back to school, we bring you a show all about Learning. We'll find out how D.C. Public Schools are giving physical education a makeover. We'll explore the increasingly intense competition in local private school admissions. And we'll talk with people engaged in other kinds of learning: from how how to till the land, to how to be mobile, culinary entrepreneurs. [Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsIs The District's National Political Power On The Wane?Fairfax Goes Global In Quest For Economic PowerLocal Migrant Workers Get Training To Get Out Of PovertyFrom A To B: D.C.'s Shaw And Pleasant Plains On The MoveLangley Park Immigrants Strive For Economic Power, Defer Political PowerREALS: Real Life Super Heroes Pursue A Better WorldSmithsonian Displays Mysterious Dagger From The StarsDoor To Door: Springland Farm, D.C., And Pleasant Valley, Md.It's back to the grind here in Washington as we bid farewell to summer and gear up for a fall full of politicking. So this week's show is all about power — from political power to the power of local developers, migrant workers, even real-life super heroes.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsLibrary Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... UndergroundLocal Scientists Take Stock Of An Amphibious Species On The BrinkRediscovering A Sacred Site On The Potomac: The Piscataway Hub Of MoyaoneA Virginia Family Works To Retain A Nearly-Forgotten LanguageA Piano Prodigy Re-Learns A Long-Honed SkillJumping Inside The Art Of Video GamesFrom A To B: Prince George's County Cracks Down On Illegal Drag RacingDoor To Door: Cherrydale, Va. And Michigan Park, D.C.With the languid, lazy days of summer almost over, we'll bring you a show all about the passage of time. We'll dip in to the Metro Connection archives and meet a woman who's been something of a piano prodigy for more than 90 years. We'll join a local scientist in Panama, to find out what sorts of frogs used to live in the jungles there — and what's being done now to prevent their rapid disappearance. And we'll visit a pilgrimage site held sacred by the Piscataway nation of Native Americans.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsFrom Stone To (Bright Red) Structure: A Tour of the Seneca QuarryWashingtonians Confront Claustrophobia By CavingHoops Sagrado Scores High With Local YouthSoccer Goes International In D.C.From A To B: It's Electric!Door to Door: Park Fairfax, Va. and Southwest Waterfront, D.C.Volunteers Work to Save D.C.'S Oldest MonumentsArtist Creates Elaborate Sand Sculptures In Ocean CityD.C. Gigs: The Bonsai CuratorAs we approach the end of summer, we'll take this opportunity to soak in some rays, breathe a bit of fresh air, and head into "The Great Outdoors." We'll play soccer, zoom around on electric bikes, and head underground for some serious spelunking.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsVisiting Washington's Original "Streetcar Suburbs"Military Might and the Spread of SuburbiaIndian Immigrants Embrace Suburban Life In Loudoun CountyD.C. Gigs: Helping Those On The Fringe In A Wealthy SuburbGreenbelt Ponders a Suburban Experiment, 75 Years OnCommuters Trade Time In Transit for A Taste Of Rural LifeScientists Fear Marsh's DisappearanceFrom A To B: Can Bikeshare Work in the 'Burbs?Door To Door: Hillbrook, D.C. And Elkridge, Md.We dive in to the complex, ever-changing suburban communities of our region. We'll explore the military's role in shaping the 'burbs, and go inside the rapidly-growing Indian community in Loudoun County. Plus, we consider just how far you can get outside the city and still be considered part of the Washington area.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

This week we're bringing you some of our favorite stories from recent months. We'll turn back the clock with a woman who's seen a lot of Washington history in her 93 years. We'll find out what construction crews have unearthed as they painstakingly restore a historic D.C. street and we'll meet a family that's preserving one member's memory through an unusual dinnertime tradition.

Metro Connection SegmentsGroundbreaking NASA Mission Studies Space WeatherUMD Researchers Let it Burn In The Name of ScienceFrom A To B: Virginia Gears Up For New Beltway HOT LanesFederal Workers Feel The Heat Amid Smaller Government DebateTeaching And Testing: DCPS Tackles HIVExpert Gardeners Work To Make Plants Thrive In Summer HeatWorking A Shift With A Veteran LifeguardD.C. Dives: Inside the Quarry House TavernDoor to Door: Penn Quarter, D.C., And Lake Arbor, Md.As we enter the dog days of August, we bring you our annual "Feeling the Heat" show. We'll hang out with a NASA scientist who studies solar storms, and go inside the University of Maryland lab dedicated to the study of fire. Plus, how master gardeners keep their plants alive during the summer, and a day in the life of a local lifeguard.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks /"A Summer Place" by The Continentals from The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol. 6]

Metro Connection SegmentsStruggling Monks Partner With Farming Neighbors To Stay On Solid GroundCongregations Open Doors To Neighbors Of Differing FaithsFrom A To B: Virginians Debate How To Handle Traffic At Manassas BattlefieldGrowing Up, Not Giving Up: Young People Confront Challenges Of HIV'First Ladies' Of The Goodman League Show Team SpiritEating In The Embassy: Sampling The Cuisine Of ChileBookend: Novelist H.G. Carrillo On His Love Of D.C.Door To Door: Forest Hills, D.C. And Cheverly, Md.We hit the streets to bring you stories about the roles neighbors play in our lives. In the second part of our series on the monks of Virginia's Holy Cross Abbey, we'll hear how the abbey is partnering with a local farm to stay on solid financial footing. We'll hit the basketball court in one D.C. neighborhood to hear how the game is creating unusually tight bonds among residents. And we'll explore how people of very different religious faiths are sharing worship spaces across our region.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Side By Side" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra from The Age of Charleston]

Metro Connection SegmentsVirginia Trappist Monks Grapple With Uncertain FutureFrom A to B: A Drive-In Does Battle With Its NeighborHIV And Children: The Burden Of SilenceD.C.-Area Theater Community Rallies To 'Take Care of Our Own'Developers Seek to Put the 'Wonder' Back in the Wonder Bread FactoryLocal Scientist Finds New Species - Without Leaving D.C.Dutch Photographer Captures Somber Tradition At ArlingtonDoor to Door: Maywood, Va. And Chinatown/Gallery Place, D.C.This week we'll bring you stories about Washingtonians working to survive and thrive. We'll head to a Trappist monastery to learn how its monks are keeping their abbey running in the 21st century. We'll bring you the stories of young people living with HIV, in the first of a special three-part series. And we'll visit the iconic, if run-down, Wonder Bread Factory, to hear how it's getting a new lease on life.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsNorthern Virginia Father Writes His Way To Hope (Originally broadcast May 11, 2012)Playing to Win: The D.C. Sled Sharks (Originally broadcast December 9, 2011)A Mom-and-Pop Pharmacy Celebrates 100 Years in Georgetown (Originally broadcast February 24, 2012)Snakehead Appears On Local Bride's Menu (Originally broadcast April 27, 2012)From A To B: Stress On Local Roads And Bridges (Originally broadcast March 2, 2012)An Artistic Triumph Over Cushing's Disease: J. Jordan Bruns (Originally broadcast December 9, 2011)A Dancer Rises And Falls And Rises Again (Originally broadcast February 10, 2012)Door to Door: Eckington, D.C.. and Herndon, Va. (Originally broadcast February 17, 2012)We reach into the Metro Connection archives to bring you some of our favorite stories about health and wellness. We'll meet a man who came down with an extremely rare brain disorder, and find out how that disorder has affected his art. We'll go skating with an ice-hockey team for children with disabilities, and we'll do a check-up of our region's roads and bridges, to see how well they're doing these days.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsThe Golden Era Of D.C. Dining, Or An Age Of Terror?Restaurants Give Ramen The Gourmet TreatmentA Maryland Women Gets Wild In The KitchenD.C. Gigs: Investigator Seeks Priceless ArtifactsInside D.C.'s Long, Elaborate History Of ToastingFrom A To B: Craft Brewers Struggle To Get Suds To Thirsty MassesLocal Family Recalls Three Decades Of An Eastern Market TraditionDoor To Door: Deanwood, D.C. And Takoma Park, D.C.On this week of oppressive heat and massive power outages, we bring you "Down the Hatch," a show full of flavors meant to soothe your soul. We'll go inside the world of ramen, and hear why that Cup O'Noodles that sells for less than a buck is suddenly getting the gourmet treatment. We'll check out big changes at a suburban ice-cream stand that's become a cold and creamy community institution. And we'll learn why it isn't always easy for local breweries to deliver ice-cold beers to their customers. [Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsWashingtonians Remember First Tastes of IndependenceLate-Night Tourists Hit The Lincoln MemorialMaryland School for the Blind Students Prepare for IndependenceFrom A To B: Bike Shop Owners See Big Returns From Capital BikeshareD.C. Couples Ponder Changing Attitudes Toward Interracial DatingLocal Residents Remember Summers Gone ByThe Location: American Artist Declares Independence, Creates The Peacock RoomNew Fringe Show Asks: Will You Be My BFF?Bookend: Scoping Out The D.C. Literary Scene With Kim RobertsWe'll get a jump on Fourth of July celebrations with a show all about independence. We'll learn the surprising ways Capital Bikeshare is affecting small, independent bike shops, and check out a Fringe Festival show that's performed for--and with--one audience member at a time. We'll also hear the tale of a painter who took his artistic license to the extreme, and we'll hit the street to talk with Washingtonians about the first time they felt a sense of independence in their own lives.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Metro Connection SegmentsA Moonlighting Matchmaker Juggles Multiple RolesA Strategist Balances Partisan Politics And Artistic AnarchyWashingtonian Parents By Day, Rock 'n' Rollers By NightNational Zoo's Asian Elephant Moonlights As MusicianDoor To Door: Fort Lincoln, D.C. And Glen Echo, Md.New Restaurateur Doubles As Capitol Hill AideMaryland High School Student Moonlights As NovelistMoonlighters Make Side Gigs Into Full-Time JobsThis show is for the "moonlighters" among us: Washingtonians who split their time between full-time jobs and part-time passions. We'll meet a veteran Capitol Hill aide who moonlights behind the hostess stand at her new Georgetown restaurant. We'll hang out with some parents who really just wanna rock and roll all night, and we'll chat with people who've actually made their hobbies and side jobs their primary pursuits.[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]Listen to this week's episode of Metro Connection in its entirety.