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Snarky Puppy

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates International Jazz Day with four-time Grammy winner Snarky Puppy. Frontman Michael League called into the radio station when the group played an epic concert with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 2017.

The Week on the Hill – April 29, 2022

Congress has approved legislation aimed at speeding more military equipment to Ukraine, as lawmakers begin to consider the White House’s massive new aid package for Kyiv. And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy weathers the latest political storm related to Jan. 6. WTOP’s Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller has “The Week on the Hill.”

Ocean City killer who dismembered a couple seeks parole

Nearly 20 years after a former-Navy SEAL and his wife brutally killed and dismembered a Fairfax County couple in Ocean City, Maryland, the convicted killer Benjamin Sifrit faced a parole board to seek an early release. WTOP’s Neal Augenstein talks about the murders and the new details of cannibalism discovered during the appeals process. Then,…

Fairfax Schools rethink cell phone use in the classroom

The Fairfax County Schools board is considering updating its cell phone use policy to ban social media for anything not related to academics and define when kids can use their phones. WTOP’s Scott Gelman tells us there’s pushback after two years of virtual learning that led students to rely on social media to connect and…

Jordan Klepper

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedian Jordan Klepper, who hosted the Free Expression Awards last night at The Anthem in Washington D.C. The hilarious “Daily Show” correspondent called into the radio station in 2019 when his TV show “Klepper” premiered on Comedy Central.

Fairfax Schools rethink cell phone use in the classroom

The Fairfax County Schools board is considering updating its cell phone use policy to ban social media if it isn’t related to academics and define when kids can use their phones. WTOP’s Scott Gelman tells us there’s pushback after years of virtual learning when students relied on social media to connect. Then, WTOP’s Mike Murillo…