Roughly Speaking
583 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsA conversational take on Maryland news and culture from The Baltimore Sun newsroom.
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3,000 home brewers hit Baltimore (episode 104)
November 04, 2017 23:54 - 28 minutes - 26 MBHomeBrew Con 2016, the 38th annual National Homebrewers Conference, brings 3,000 beer lovers to Baltimore this week. Dan speaks with Gary Glass, director of the 46,000-member American Homebrewers Association, about the popularity of brewing beer, cider and mead at home. HomeBrew Con is being held at the Baltimore Convention Center June 9-11.
3___000 home brewers hit Baltimore (episode 104)
November 04, 2017 23:54 - 28 minutes - 26 MBHomeBrew Con 2016, the 38th annual National Homebrewers Conference, brings 3,000 beer lovers to Baltimore this week. Dan speaks with Gary Glass, director of the 46,000-member American Homebrewers Association, about the popularity of brewing beer, cider and mead at home. HomeBrew Con is being held at the Baltimore Convention Center June 9-11.
Driverless cars___ the Buick Cascada___ Airbag recall___ with John Davis of MotorWeek (episode 103)
November 04, 2017 23:53 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBDriverless cars are being tested in the United States and in Europe. A British concern is set to roll out a commuter and shuttle-type vehicle called Pod Zero to get people around places like airports and resorts. The state of Michigan is pushing to allow the manufacture and sale of driverless cars in an effort to get ahead of the development curve in the United States. Are driverless cars really going to become part of our daily lives?We discuss a no-hands-on the-steering-wheel future with Jo...
Driverless cars, the Buick Cascada, Airbag recall, with John Davis of MotorWeek (episode 103)
November 04, 2017 23:53 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBDriverless cars are being tested in the United States and in Europe. A British concern is set to roll out a commuter and shuttle-type vehicle called Pod Zero to get people around places like airports and resorts. The state of Michigan is pushing to allow the manufacture and sale of driverless cars in an effort to get ahead of the development curve in the United States. Are driverless cars really going to become part of our daily lives?We discuss a no-hands-on the-steering-wheel future with Jo...
Gin summer cocktails from bartender Brendan Dorr (episode 102)
November 04, 2017 23:53 - 1 hour - 91.7 MB2:39: Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik discusses two things — TV coverage of the leading presidential candidates, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, and an Investigation Discovery special on the Adnan Syed murder case.35:18: Film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Reed reviews six films from the current cinema — "Weiner," "Me Before You, "Lobster," Nice Guys," "Bigger Splash," and "X-Men: Apocalypse" — and talk about what's ahead for the summer at the movies.1:0...
Could dinosaurs come back? and other 5th grader questions answered by experts (episode 101)
November 04, 2017 23:50 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB“What’s the most gruesome thing you ever saw?” There’s a question you’ve always wanted to ask a doctor and probably never did. But a student in Leah Burchman’s 5th-grade class at Bollman Bridge Elementary School in Jessup, Maryland, didn’t hesitate to ask Dr. John Cmar for his ickiest memory. "My students are very curious individuals, and they love learning about all different types of subjects,” says Burchman, who teaches two English/language arts classes at the Howard County school.On today...
Riot response becomes a crisis management case study (episode 100)
November 04, 2017 23:48 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBRob Weinhold, a former Baltimore police officer and one-time spokesman for the department, is a student of crisis management -- how leaders deal with tough times and threats to their reputations and careers. Now chief executive of the Fallston Group, a Baltimore-based crisis management and communications firm, Weinhold has a lot to say about Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's actions and statements during the unrest that hit Baltimore following the death in police custody of Freddie Gray last A...
The Trump reality show; History Channel reimagines 'Roots'; dining out vs. cooking in (episode 99)
November 04, 2017 23:46 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB1:42: The Trump reality show: The possibility of a Donald Trump presidency creates big buzz and more anxiety after the presumptive Republican nominee gets a poll bump showing him closing in on Hillary Clinton. Is the Trump candidacy a genuine political phenomenon or one rooted in reality television and the American desire to be entertained? Dan discusses that question with American culture commentator Sheri Parks.29:57: Reimagining "Roots": Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik reviews the...
Game of Drones (episode 98)
November 04, 2017 23:45 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBIn December 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appeared on "60 Minutes" and unveiled Amazon Prime Air, a drone-delivery system that he said could transport packages to customer doorsteps in 30 minutes. Bezos said more safety testing and federal approvals were needed, but he estimated that Prime Air would be available to customers in as soon as 4 to 5 years. What's up with that project and other civilian applications of unmanned vehicle technology? Sean Gallagher, Baltimore-based IT editor of Ars Tec...
Race, place and the Dedric Colvin case (episode 97)
November 04, 2017 23:43 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe Toy Gun and the Black Son episode: A look back to the Dedric Colvin case in Baltimore. Dedric is the African-American 8th-grader who was wounded by a police officer on April 27 after he spotted the boy with what the officer thought was a handgun. It turned out to be a BB gun that resembles a real gun. Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, suggested that police would not have chased and fired on Dedric had he been white. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who is white, seeme...
Race___ place and the Dedric Colvin case (episode 97)
November 04, 2017 23:43 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe Toy Gun and the Black Son episode: A look back to the Dedric Colvin case in Baltimore. Dedric is the African-American 8th-grader who was wounded by a police officer on April 27 after he spotted the boy with what the officer thought was a handgun. It turned out to be a BB gun that resembles a real gun. Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, suggested that police would not have chased and fired on Dedric had he been white. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who is white, seeme...
Why the prospect of a Trump presidency has an African-American mom gun ownership (episode 96)
November 04, 2017 23:42 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBDonald Trump anxiety — people have been seeing their shrinks about it, and Mike Pesca on The Gist podcast introduced the Trump anxiety hotline, playing concern over the billionaire bully’s ascendance for comic and emotional relief. But, when Dan spoke to Kimberly Moffitt and asked her about Trump anxiety, she said it had made her consider buying a gun, something she had never considered before. Moffitt is associate professor in American Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. ...
The 30 percent: Who are the women who support Trump? (episode 95)
November 04, 2017 23:41 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIf the polls are correct that 7 out of 10 women disapprove of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, who are the women of the other 30 percent and why do they support him?In this podcast:Melissa Deckman, chair of political science at Washington College, has spent a lot of time with Republican women, particularly those aligned with the tea party — the “Mama Grizzlies,” self-branded and characterized by Sarah Palin as conservative moms who became politically active because they feared for th...
On Kentucky Derby weekend, horsing around Maryland, mixing mint juleps (episode 94)
November 04, 2017 23:40 - 1 hour - 70 MB2:37: We start the show with our weekly visit with Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik. NBC did something the other night that got stuck in David’s craw, but that does’t keep him from talking about it. The network’s nightly news program moved, anchor Lester Holt and all, to Trump Tower. Holt interviewed presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and anchored the rest of the broadcast from the building’s gold-and-marble lobby. Says David Z: Bad idea.19:51: Today is actor George C...
On Kentucky Derby weekend___ horsing around Maryland___ mixing mint juleps (episode 94)
November 04, 2017 23:40 - 1 hour - 70 MB2:37: We start the show with our weekly visit with Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik. NBC did something the other night that got stuck in David\u8217\us craw, but that does\u8217\ut keep him from talking about it. The network\u8217\us nightly news program moved, anchor Lester Holt and all, to Trump Tower. Holt interviewed presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and anchored the rest of the broadcast from the building\u8217\us gold-and-marble lobby. Says David Z: Bad idea.19...
'Strange Glow,' a history of radiation, with Tim Jorgensen (episode 93)
November 04, 2017 23:37 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAfter the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, Tim Jorgensen suddenly found himself on the receiving end of a lot of emails and phone calls. People were frightened. People had questions. Jorgensen, a Johns Hopkins-trained radiation biologist based at Georgetown University, spent a good amount of time explaining radiation and the risks from exposure to an international news media. Since then, he’s written a history of radiation, telling fascinating stories of research a...
'Strange Glow___' a history of radiation___ with Tim Jorgensen (episode 93)
November 04, 2017 23:37 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAfter the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, Tim Jorgensen suddenly found himself on the receiving end of a lot of emails and phone calls. People were frightened. People had questions. Jorgensen, a Johns Hopkins-trained radiation biologist based at Georgetown University, spent a good amount of time explaining radiation and the risks from exposure to an international news media. Since then, he\u8217\us written a history of radiation, telling fascinating stories of res...
Celebrating the day Frank Robinson hit a ball out of Memorial Stadium (episode 92)
November 04, 2017 23:36 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB3:20: Sun sports columnist Peter Schmuck talks about the Orioles, the team's recent injuries and the value of connective tissue.19:06: This Sunday, May 8, marks 50 years since Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, in his first season with the Orioles, hit the first-ever home run out of Memorial Stadium. Mark Melonas, an Orioles fan who lives near the site of the bygone stadium, talks about Robinson's feat and an event this weekend to mark its golden anniversary.
Freddie Gray case trials; buying a home in Baltimore; American Pharoah's Triple Crown (episode 91)
November 04, 2017 23:35 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB5:17: On May 1, 2015, after the long week of unrest and curfew, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby stepped into War Memorial Plaza and announced charges against six Baltimore police officers in connection with the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Since then, one of the officers, William Porter, stood trial; that trial ended in December with a hung jury. We get an update on the next step in the prosecution of the officers from the Sun’s criminal justice reporter, Justin Fenton.13:12: A ...
Analysis of the Maryland and Baltimore primary results (episode 90)
November 04, 2017 23:32 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIn this podcast:1:39: Republican analyst Richard Cross and Sun reporter Yvonne Wenger: Analysis of the U.S. Senate and presidential primaries in Maryland and of the Baltimore Democratic mayoral primary. Cross says Trump is now the Republicans' "de facto nominee" and looks ahead to a Trump vs. Clinton general election matchup. Wenger crunches some numbers in the mayor's race, noting that both winner Catherine Pugh and runner-up Sheila Dixon outperformed their percentages in the final Sun poll....
Lewis Museum takes on unrest anniversary; Cokie Roberts' 'Capital Dames' (episode 89)
November 04, 2017 23:30 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB5:36: NPR's Cokie Roberts: The longtime political analyst and author has a new book, this one about women of Washington before, during and after the Civil War. Roberts shares a few tales from "Capital Dames," with some fascinating connections to Baltimore and Maryland, including the woman at the center of a deadly scandal involving the son of Francis Scott Key.1:57, 29:30: Two books reviews from Paula Gallagher: A memoir by David Kushner, a Rolling Stone contributor, about his brother, Jon, w...
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Douglas (episode 88)
November 04, 2017 23:29 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBA veteran and former Pentagon official, Maryland attorney Richard J. Douglas is making his second run for the Republican Senate nomination, hoping to become his party's nominee to replace Sen. Barbara Mikulski. Douglas, who lives in College Park, finished second in the 2012 GOP Senate primary to Dan Bongino. Douglas served as a deputy assistant Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration and spent five years on Capitol Hill as a staff attorney to the Senate Foreign Relations Com...
7th District City Council candidates (episode 87)
November 04, 2017 23:28 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBIn this podcast:Sandtown-Winchester is the West Baltimore neighborhood where the late Freddie Gray was arrested last April, and it’s where he grew up. It's within District 7 of the Baltimore City Council, and that’s the focus of today’s show. The 7th District is central-west Baltimore City -- Sandtown, Hampden, Reservoir Hill, Matthew Henson, Walbrook, Druid Heights, Ashburton. Today, we offer interviews with six of the Democratic candidates campaigning to replace Nick Mosby, who decided to r...
5th and 12th districts City Council candidates (episode 86)
November 04, 2017 23:25 - 2 hours - 138 MBWe have a lot of ground to cover today. If you live in northwest Baltimore City, if you live in central and east Baltimore, we’re bringing you the candidates for City Council from your part of town. In this podcast:District 5 is northwest Baltimore -- that is, Pimlico, Howard Park, North Roland Park, Fallstaff, Cross County. Rochelle "Rikki" Spector has been the City Council member for that district since the 1970s. She’s retiring. A woman named Elizabeth Ryan Martinez and two men, Isaac “Yit...
4th district City Council candidates (episode 85)
November 04, 2017 23:21 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBWe have three more days of podcasts devoted to the candidates for Baltimore City Council in this month’s primary election. In this podcast:Today’s conversations are with candidates for District 4 in north-central Baltimore, stretching from Guilford to Govans, from Wilson Park to Woodbourne Heights, up and down York Road from Lake-Evesham to Penn Lucy. Bill Henry is the incumbent Democrat who has served two terms. His challengers are Rodney Burris, Francesco Legaluppi and Brian Hammock.1:39: B...
6th and 8th districts City Council candidates (episode 84)
November 04, 2017 23:18 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBWe are just a week away now from the Maryland and Baltimore City primary elections, and all this week we are taking time to bring the people of Baltimore interviews with candidates for City Council. Today conversations with candidates for two City Council districts -- District 6 and District 8, both on the west side of town.In this podcast:1:28: First, District 6, which runs from Roland Park to Forest Park and includes Ashburton, Park Heights and Pimlico. The incumbent city council member, Sh...
9th District City Council candidates (episode 83)
November 04, 2017 23:16 - 1 hour - 64 MBContinuing our conversations with candidates for Baltimore City Council, today we go to the 9th District, which is in west and southwest Baltimore, one of the poorest districts in the city, including neighborhoods such as Pigtown, Sowebo, Harlem Park, Rosemont and Franklintown Road. The city councilman there is Pete Welch, known as the council’s quietest member. He is seeking reelection. His mother, Agnes Welch, held the seat before he did. In this podcast:Today, you’ll hear from 9th District...
1st District City Council candidates (episode 82)
November 04, 2017 23:15 - 2 hours - 150 MBToday we bring you conversations with candidates for Baltimore City Council in the 1st District. That is southeastern Baltimore City — Canton, Fells Point, Highlandtown, Greektown, Little Italy, Patterson Park, Little Italy, Butcher’s Hill and other neighborhoods. The City Council member who served that district for the last 12 years is not running for re-election, so this has opened up a very competitive race with strong candidates, Democrat and Republican.In this podcast:We will hear from f...
3rd and 11th districts City Council candidates (episode 81)
November 04, 2017 23:10 - 2 hours - 126 MBIn this podcast:District 3: Several Democrats are running to replace retiring City Councilman Robert W. Curran in Northeast Baltimore — Moravia, Loch Raven, Belair-Edison, Hamilton and other neighborhoods. Three of the candidates agreed to be interviewed for Roughly Speaking: Ryan Dorsey, Marques Dent and George Van Hook Sr1:18: Ryan Dorsey18:45: Marques Dent36:57: George Van Hook Sr.District 11: In one of council's most competitive races, Councilman Eric Costello faces Greg Sileo, Dea Thomas...
Mayoral candidates Patrick Gutierrez and Alan Walden (episode 80)
November 04, 2017 23:07 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBRoughly Speaking's two-plus weeks of candidate interviews returns to the Baltimore mayor's race with talks with one Democrat and one Republican, both of whom worked in local media, the latter a familiar voice on WBAL Radio for a decade.In this podcast:1:40: Patrick Gutierrez worked briefly here at the Sun as an editorial assistant. Before that, he had a successful career in banking. Today, he tells us why he’s running for mayor and describes the event last spring, following the death of Fredd...
2nd District candidates Brandon Scott and Tony Christian (episode 79)
November 04, 2017 23:05 - 46 minutes - 43 MBToday you’ll hear two candidates for the 2nd District (find your district) of the Baltimore City Council. That district includes Harbel, Parkside, parts of Belair-Edison, Gardenville, Cedmont, Cedonia, Overlea, Frankford and other neighborhoods in the east/northeast part of the city. Our two guests are Brandon Scott (19:14), the incumbent city council member in the 2nd District, and one of his challengers, Tony Christian (1:25). We did not get a response to our invitation for an interview fro...
14th District candidates Mary Pat Clarke and Terrell Williams (episode 78)
November 04, 2017 23:04 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBToday you’ll hear two candidates for the 14th District of the Baltimore City Council, representing neighborhoods that include Charles Village, Homewood, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Waverly, and half of Hampden. Our guests are Mary Pat Clarke (1:15), the incumbent city council member in the 14th District, and her challenger, Terrell Williams (27:52), a 34-year-old regional cafeteria manager for Baltimore City public schools.
U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Chris Van Hollen; getting city kids to golf (episode 77)
November 04, 2017 23:02 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB2:25: A conversation with Chris Van Hollen: The Democratic Congressman who is trying to win his party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate. His opponent is Donna Edwards, another member of the Maryland Congressional delegation. The Van Hollen-Edwards contest is one of the tightest Senate races in the country. Edwards has gone on the attack, accusing Van Hollen of being too willing to compromise with Republicans on key issues during his time in the House of Representatives. But, as you’ll hear, Va...