Kathleen Cahill

To understand how easily a single debt can upend someone’s life, consider this story: Pam has a job in Tennessee that pays double the minimum wage, but years ago, she had a medical bill that she was unable to pay. Eventually she was sued for that debt, but she missed her court date because she was at work. And because she was a no-show, the judge had no choice but to issue a default judgment against her and side with the debt collector.

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Yes, NoHo Needs Some SPF15! The Road Theatre Company’s 15th annual Summer Playwrights Festival (SPF15), now one of the largest staged reading festivals in the U.S., returns July 12-21! We do theatre in the NoHo Arts District. So whether you are a theatre novice or an avid theatre goer, you will have your pick of shows, especially this summer.

Tom's next guest is the urban planner, builder and architectural historian, Charles Duff. As the president of Jubilee Baltimore since 1987, Mr. Duff has helped to revive dozens of Baltimore neighborhoods and is an expert on the city's architectural evolution. He’s written a book about how the homes in Baltimore and cities in other parts of the world came to look as they do. The book is called The North Atlantic Cities.