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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University of Maryland Medical System scandal, the fight to save the Preakness and the youngest lawmakers in Annapolis
March 27, 2019 21:10 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIn the 12th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun State House reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Mileah Kromer talk about the evolving scandal rocking the University of Maryland Medical System over allegations of ----self-dealing---- and no-bid contracting among board members. Sun politics reporter Pamela Wood joins the discussion about the continuing battle to save the Preakness from moving to Laurel. The show's guests are the youngest lawm...
University of Maryland Medical System scandal___ the fight to save the Preakness and the youngest lawmakers in Annapolis
March 27, 2019 21:10 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIn the 12th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun State House reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Mileah Kromer talk about the evolving scandal rocking the University of Maryland Medical System over allegations of ----self-dealing---- and no-bid contracting among board members. Sun politics reporter Pamela Wood joins the discussion about the continuing battle to save the Preakness from moving to Laurel. The show's guests are the youngest lawm...
'Healthy Holly,' crossover day, and Sen. Bill Ferguson
March 20, 2019 01:07 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBIn the 11th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun State House reporters Luke Broadwater and Pamela Wood talk about the intense scrutiny facing the University of Maryland Medical System over its contracting practices, including $500,000 in payments to Mayor Catherine Pugh for self-published ----Healthy Holly---- books. They also discuss the flurry of legislation moving in the General Assembly on ----crossover day---- — the deadline for most bills to pass from o...
'Healthy Holly___' crossover day___ and Sen. Bill Ferguson
March 20, 2019 01:07 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBIn the 11th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun State House reporters Luke Broadwater and Pamela Wood talk about the intense scrutiny facing the University of Maryland Medical System over its contracting practices, including $500,000 in payments to Mayor Catherine Pugh for self-published ----Healthy Holly---- books. They also discuss the flurry of legislation moving in the General Assembly on ----crossover day---- \u8212\u the deadline for most bills to pass...
The massive redevelopment of the old Bethlehem Steel land in Sparrows Point (episode 511)
March 18, 2019 16:17 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBAmazon, FedEx and Under Armour are the first major tenants of Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, the sprawling former site of the largest steel-making operation in the world, where more than 30,000 men and women were employed in 1959. But Bethlehem Steel is long gone, and now Tradepoint Atlantic, a private joint venture, is in the process of redeveloping the waterfront land for a hub of e-commerce and manufacturing. So far, the complex features mostly warehouse and distribution centers ...
Medically assisted suicide___ the handgun review board and Del. Eric Luedtke
March 12, 2019 21:09 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBIn the 10th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the House of Delegates' vote to legalize medically assisted suicide, the effort to repeal the Handgun Permit Review Board and how a Sun investigation is changing state policy. The show's guest is Del. Eric Luedtke, a Montgomery County Democrat who gave moving testimony on the so-called ----aid-in-dying---- bill. Sun reporters Pam...
Medically assisted suicide, the handgun review board and Del. Eric Luedtke
March 12, 2019 21:09 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBIn the 10th episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the House of Delegates' vote to legalize medically assisted suicide, the effort to repeal the Handgun Permit Review Board and how a Sun investigation is changing state policy. The show's guest is Del. Eric Luedtke, a Montgomery County Democrat who gave moving testimony on the so-called ----aid-in-dying---- bill. Sun reporters Pam...
The Lisanti censure, the fight over Preakness, and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford
March 06, 2019 01:19 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn the ninth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the House of Delegates' censure of Harford County Del. Mary Ann Lisanti after she apologized for using a racist slur. They also check in on important bills moving through the General Assembly, including two that affect the future of horse-racing in Maryland. The show's guest is Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, who talks about how the G...
The Lisanti censure___ the fight over Preakness___ and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford
March 06, 2019 01:19 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn the ninth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the House of Delegates' censure of Harford County Del. Mary Ann Lisanti after she apologized for using a racist slur. They also check in on important bills moving through the General Assembly, including two that affect the future of horse-racing in Maryland. The show's guest is Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, who talks about how the G...
After four decades under cover, a Baltimore party band records its first album (episode 510)
March 01, 2019 14:07 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGazze is one of the Baltimore area's oldest party bands, going back to teen dances in the 1970s. In fact, if you attended a wedding, bah mitzvah, dance, bull roast, crab feast or fundraiser over the last 47 years, there’s a good chance the music at that event came from Gazze -- a cover band with a brass section and a talented lead singer and dancer, Dwight Weems, the last of the founding members.In this episode: Can a group that played other people’s music for 40-plus years come up with its o...
After four decades under cover___ a Baltimore party band records its first album (episode 510)
March 01, 2019 14:07 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGazze is one of the Baltimore area's oldest party bands, going back to teen dances in the 1970s. In fact, if you attended a wedding, bah mitzvah, dance, bull roast, crab feast or fundraiser over the last 47 years, there\u8217\us a good chance the music at that event came from Gazze -- a cover band with a brass section and a talented lead singer and dancer, Dwight Weems, the last of the founding members.In this episode: Can a group that played other people\u8217\us music for 40-plus years come...
Unspecified gender option sought for Maryland IDs; sexual assault waiver investigation gets results
February 27, 2019 01:16 - 42 minutes - 39 MBSun investigation into sexual assault waivers gets results; the debate over gender neutral driver's licenses; and an interview with Sen. Stephen Hershey: In the eighth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about what it's like being a State House reporter and spotlight some of the key debates in the Maryland General Assembly, including whether to add a non-binary gender classification...
Four great___ un-Oscar-buzzed movies you must see (episode 509)
February 21, 2019 14:34 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOver dinner at Gertrude's in Baltimore, film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed talk about the 2019 Oscars and four great movies you probably won't hear much about during Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. Take notes in case you missed them: ----If Beale Street Could Talk,---- and ----First Reformed,---- both victims of major Oscar snubs, and two foreign-language films: ----Shoplifters,---- and ----Capernaum.---- Linda and Chris handicap the major Oscar categories for us, an...
Four great, un-Oscar-buzzed movies you must see (episode 509)
February 21, 2019 14:34 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOver dinner at Gertrude's in Baltimore, film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed talk about the 2019 Oscars and four great movies you probably won't hear much about during Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. Take notes in case you missed them: ----If Beale Street Could Talk,---- and ----First Reformed,---- both victims of major Oscar snubs, and two foreign-language films: ----Shoplifters,---- and ----Capernaum.---- Linda and Chris handicap the major Oscar categories for us, an...
Government Edition: Goucher Poll___ a possible new Bay Bridge___ Del. Shelly Hettleman
February 19, 2019 21:44 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBBaltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer go in-depth on the Goucher Poll results on the key issues facing Marylanders, including whether to raise the minimum wage, legalize marijuana and ban tobacco for people younger than 21. The show's special guest is District 11 state Del. Shelly Hettleman, a Baltimore County Democrat who speaks about her work to expand testing of rape kits and other issues. Sun State House reporter Pamela Wood and breaking new...
Government Edition: Goucher Poll, a possible new Bay Bridge, Del. Shelly Hettleman
February 19, 2019 21:44 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBBaltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer go in-depth on the Goucher Poll results on the key issues facing Marylanders, including whether to raise the minimum wage, legalize marijuana and ban tobacco for people younger than 21. The show's special guest is District 11 state Del. Shelly Hettleman, a Baltimore County Democrat who speaks about her work to expand testing of rape kits and other issues. Sun State House reporter Pamela Wood and breaking new...
Government Edition: The great Labor Day school fight, tougher gun laws, and Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
February 12, 2019 21:31 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn the sixth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer discuss the heated debate over the General Assembly's push to overturn Gov. Larry Hogan's order that public schools may not start classes until after Labor Day, before interviewing District 13 state Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, a Howard County Democrat and vice chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee. After extolling the diversity of her distric...
Government Edition: The great Labor Day school fight___ tougher gun laws___ and Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
February 12, 2019 21:31 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn the sixth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer discuss the heated debate over the General Assembly's push to overturn Gov. Larry Hogan's order that public schools may not start classes until after Labor Day, before interviewing District 13 state Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, a Howard County Democrat and vice chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee. After extolling the diversity of her distric...
One of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever (episode 508)
February 11, 2019 14:48 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode: A look back to 1896 and a landmark Supreme Court decision that is considered one of the worst in the court's history. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the court upheld a Louisiana law that required racial separation on passenger trains. The decision preserved and furthered segregation (----separate but equal----) throughout the nation well into the 20th Century. Guest: Baltimore-based journalist and author Steve Luxenberg, a former Sun reporter and editor, and senior editor at The Wash...
Government Edition: Hogan's State of the State___ gun laws and Sen. Justin Ready
February 06, 2019 13:50 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBHogan's ----State of the State,---- gun laws and Sen. Justin Ready: In the fifth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about tax cuts, gun laws and Gov. Hogan's ----State of the State---- speech, before interviewing State Sen. Justin Ready, a Carroll County Republican. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Doug Donovan join the discussion.----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a part...
Government Edition: Hogan's State of the State, gun laws and Sen. Justin Ready
February 06, 2019 13:50 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBHogan's ----State of the State,---- gun laws and Sen. Justin Ready: In the fifth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about tax cuts, gun laws and Gov. Hogan's ----State of the State---- speech, before interviewing State Sen. Justin Ready, a Carroll County Republican. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Doug Donovan join the discussion.----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a part...
Government Edition: Anton Black___ criminal justice and Sen. Jill P. Carter
January 30, 2019 13:06 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn the fourth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about criminal justice issues affecting Maryland, including the Anton Black case and a proposed police force for Johns Hopkins University, before interviewing State Sen. Jill P. Carter, a Baltimore Democrat who is the former director of Baltimore's Office of Civil Rights. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Talia Richman join the discussio...
Government Edition: Anton Black, criminal justice and Sen. Jill P. Carter
January 30, 2019 13:06 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn the fourth episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about criminal justice issues affecting Maryland, including the Anton Black case and a proposed police force for Johns Hopkins University, before interviewing State Sen. Jill P. Carter, a Baltimore Democrat who is the former director of Baltimore's Office of Civil Rights. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Talia Richman join the discussio...
Turning Baltimore's abandoned houses and vacant lots into affordable homes (episode 503)
January 28, 2019 14:50 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBBaltimore's long-standing problem with thousands of abandoned houses and blighted communities is gradually being addressed -- with state funds for demolition and initiatives by the city to raise funds for affordable housing and new development in previously overlooked neighborhoods. One of the key organizations on the affordable-housing front is Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. Since it came on the scene in the 1980s, Habitat Chesapeake has built or restored about 750 homes in the city...
Government Edition: Immigration___ education___ Hogan 2020?
January 23, 2019 13:34 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBBaltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about Gov. Larry Hogan's inauguration, budget and whether ----Hogan 2020---- is real, before interviewing District 20 State Sen. William C. Smith Jr., a Montgomery County Democrat who is chairman of the Veterans Caucus. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Liz Bowie join the discussion.Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a partnership between the Baltimore Sun and Goucher College that will run during t...
Government Edition: Immigration, education, Hogan 2020?
January 23, 2019 13:34 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBBaltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about Gov. Larry Hogan's inauguration, budget and whether ----Hogan 2020---- is real, before interviewing District 20 State Sen. William C. Smith Jr., a Montgomery County Democrat who is chairman of the Veterans Caucus. Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Liz Bowie join the discussion.Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a partnership between the Baltimore Sun and Goucher College that will run during t...
Government Edition: Miller\u8217\us health___ crime and robocalls
January 16, 2019 14:20 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBIn the second episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's cancer diagnosis and other issues before interviewing State Del. Kathy Szeliga, a Baltimore County Republican who was the target of what prosecutors say was an illegal robocall. Sun reporter Pamela Wood joins the discussion, and we hear some of Miller's best zingers from the Gen...
Government Edition: Miller’s health, crime and robocalls
January 16, 2019 14:20 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBIn the second episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's cancer diagnosis and other issues before interviewing State Del. Kathy Szeliga, a Baltimore County Republican who was the target of what prosecutors say was an illegal robocall. Sun reporter Pamela Wood joins the discussion, and we hear some of Miller's best zingers from the Gen...
Putting refugees to work in Atwater's Big Kitchen
January 10, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBEven as the Trump administration drastically curtails the nation's refugee resettlement program -- in the midst of the worst global refugee crisis in history -- Atwater's, the local restaurant group, has been putting refugees to work baking cookies and making soup. Working with the International Rescue Committee in Baltimore, Atwater's has provided jobs at its central ----Big Kitchen---- in Morrell Park and at two of its six locations for 11 refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Central Af...
Polls___ water bills___ and the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session
January 09, 2019 13:38 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBIn the first episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the results of the recent Gonzales poll before interviewing District 43 State Sen. Mary Washington and District 40 Del. Nick Mosby about their new legislation concerning exorbitant water bills and other issues affecting their Baltimore districts. ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a partnership between the Baltimore...
Polls, water bills, and the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session
January 09, 2019 13:38 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBIn the first episode of ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition,---- Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater and Goucher College pollster Dr. Mileah Kromer talk about the results of the recent Gonzales poll before interviewing District 43 State Sen. Mary Washington and District 40 Del. Nick Mosby about their new legislation concerning exorbitant water bills and other issues affecting their Baltimore districts. ----Roughly Speaking: Government Edition---- is a partnership between the Baltimore...
Baltimore Sun editor and publisher Trif Alatzas on the importance of community journalism in 2018 (episode 450)
December 24, 2018 15:41 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this year-in-review episode of the Roughly Speaking podcast, our last of 2018, columnist Dan Rodricks speaks with Triffon G. ----Trif---- Alatzas, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Sun Media Group, about the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and its aftermath. Alatzas talks about the day of the horror, the response of police, the community and other news organizations, and how the Capital recovered from the loss of four veteran journalists -- Wendi Winters,...
Was there any good news in 2018? Yeah___ as a matter of fact (episode 449)
December 20, 2018 14:11 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBDan chats with Baltimore Sun reporter Christina Tkacik about her ----good news---- story in the annual year-in-review package.
Was there any good news in 2018? Yeah, as a matter of fact (episode 449)
December 20, 2018 14:11 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBDan chats with Baltimore Sun reporter Christina Tkacik about her ----good news---- story in the annual year-in-review package.
How Sinclair's plans to challenge FOX News went bust (episode 448)
December 14, 2018 13:55 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBHow a huge media merger, primed for approval by the Federal Communications Commission and its Republican chairman, went wrong. Just a few months ago, Sinclair Broadcast Group, based in Hunt Valley, appeared ready to close a $3.9 billion deal for Tribune Media that would make Sinclair the most powerful broadcast group in the nation with more than 200 stations, a presence in New York and Los Angeles and a challenge to FOX News in the conservative media arena. But first the Sinclair-Tribune deal...
Release: James Featherstone and life after a life sentence (episode 447)
December 13, 2018 15:04 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBArrested 40 years ago at age 16 in the murder of a promising Johns Hopkins medical student, James Featherstone received a life sentence for his conviction. If not for a major ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals – known as the Unger ruling – Featherstone believes he would have died in prison. Since his unexpected release in 2014, he's managed to find work, but not the full-time job he seeks. He's been speaking to boys and young men in trouble with the law, hoping to save them from lives of...
When men went to war over Chesapeake oysters (episode 446)
December 06, 2018 14:09In the 19th Century, the Chesapeake Bay became a battleground over oysters as watermen from New England and New York invaded local waters to harvest the valuable shellfish for a growing international market. Maryland watermen picked up guns to fight off the dredge boats from up north, prompting the Maryland General Assembly to establish an Oyster Navy to try and keep the piece. But many men died in the long war, says Greg Bartles, historian of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, the foreru...
Artist Randall Gornowich sees a big green dinosaur lurking behind his big pink flamingo (episode 445)
November 29, 2018 14:26Randall Gornowich, the Baltimore artist who created the famous 30-foot pink flamingo perched above Cafe Hon in Hampden, plans to enhance his creation with a big, green homage to the bird's ancient ancestor. Listen to this episode of Roughly Speaking to understand why there's a T-Rex lurking behind the flamingo when you visit Hampden for the holidays.
Trump, the Crown Prince and the murder of a journalist (episode 444)
November 21, 2018 20:51President Trump's support of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, against the CIA's conclusion that he ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, follows Trump's incessant criticisms of White House reporters and the American news media generally, calling it ----the enemy of the people.---- The Sun's media critic, David Zurawik, joins Dan for another conversation about Trump's war on the press and how journalists should be covering the 45th presidency.
Trump___ the Crown Prince and the murder of a journalist (episode 444)
November 21, 2018 20:51President Trump's support of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, against the CIA's conclusion that he ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, follows Trump's incessant criticisms of White House reporters and the American news media generally, calling it ----the enemy of the people.---- The Sun's media critic, David Zurawik, joins Dan for another conversation about Trump's war on the press and how journalists should be covering the 45th presidency.
A national spotlight for Baltimore's old movie theaters (episode 443)
November 20, 2018 14:04The National Building Museum in Washington has opened up four galleries to feature photographs, relics and oral histories about the theaters that once brought motion pictures to dozens of Baltimore neighborhoods. The exhibit, ----Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore's Forgotten Movie Theaters---- is based on the 2017 book by Amy Davis, an award-winning staff photographer of The Baltimore Sun. In this encore episode, Dan speaks with Amy Davis about her project to capture what remains ...
Before you shop___ some expert tips on Thanksgiving cocktails___ wine and dinner (episode 442)
November 16, 2018 13:09 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBBefore you shop for the makings of a Thanksgiving feast, we offer some tips from three experts who've been guests on Roughly Speaking:For the before-dinner cocktails he described in Episode 287, Baltimore bartender Brendan Dorr tells what you need for the well-stocked home bar -- not the booze, but the bitters to finish them and the appropriate glasses in which to serve them.Confused about what wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner? Kevin Atticks, executive director of the Maryland Wineries ...
Before you shop, some expert tips on Thanksgiving cocktails, wine and dinner (episode 442)
November 16, 2018 13:09 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBBefore you shop for the makings of a Thanksgiving feast, we offer some tips from three experts who've been guests on Roughly Speaking:For the before-dinner cocktails he described in Episode 287, Baltimore bartender Brendan Dorr tells what you need for the well-stocked home bar -- not the booze, but the bitters to finish them and the appropriate glasses in which to serve them.Confused about what wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner? Kevin Atticks, executive director of the Maryland Wineries ...
Likely Maryland's oldest citizen, one week from 111, Downing Kay is in good health and good humor (episode 441)
November 15, 2018 15:35In today's episode, Dan makes a return trip to the home of Downing Kay, who was born Nov. 23, 1907. She is most likely Maryland's oldest citizen. She will turn 111 next week, one of only an estimated 50 Americans who are 110 or older. She's in good health, plays Scrabble and still takes the Zumba class at Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson.She was born Downing Jett and grew up in a rowhouse in the Walbrook section of Baltimore. Her father was a clothier on West Fayette Street. Her par...
Likely Maryland's oldest citizen___ one week from 111___ Downing Kay is in good health and good humor (episode 441)
November 15, 2018 15:35In today's episode, Dan makes a return trip to the home of Downing Kay, who was born Nov. 23, 1907. She is most likely Maryland's oldest citizen. She will turn 111 next week, one of only an estimated 50 Americans who are 110 or older. She's in good health, plays Scrabble and still takes the Zumba class at Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson.She was born Downing Jett and grew up in a rowhouse in the Walbrook section of Baltimore. Her father was a clothier on West Fayette Street. Her par...
A psychologist warns that Trump's 'malignant narcissism' could lead to fascism (episode 440)
November 09, 2018 16:40Baltimore-based psychologist John Gartner is a leader of a group of mental health professionals called Duty To Warn. Alarmed at what they see of the president's personality and mental state, they seek to have Trump’s cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, which lays out the procedure for removing a president who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” The petition has garnered more than 70,000 signatures. Since Gartner and the group went public about a year ago, there has be...
Zurawik on Fox: Shilling without shame for Trump (episode 439)
November 07, 2018 21:36The Sun's media critic David Zurawik talks about Sean Hannity's role as a shill for President Trump and Fox's empty claims that the right-wing cable power is concerned that its popular host violated journalistic standards by appearing at a Republican rally on the eve of Tuesday's election.
Inside an election night newsroom (episode 438)
November 07, 2018 03:36As results start to come in from polling places across Maryland and across the country, Dan spends a few minutes with Sun reporters and editors covering the 2018 midterm elections.
The Sun's Andy Green on the Maryland football scandal (episode 437)
November 02, 2018 13:24 - 20 hours - 18.9 MBIn this episode: Sun columnist Dan Rodricks and editorial editor Andy Green review a week of developments that rocked the University of Maryland, College Park, the football program and the University of Maryland System Board of Regents.
How to chowder up the Chesapeake blue crab___ with John Shields and Yolanda Johnson (episode 436)
November 01, 2018 12:57 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBAs the cook in charge of making crab soup every day at Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen in Baltimore, Yolanda Johnson is known as the Patapsco River Soup Queen. She makes classic crab soup and cream of crab soup. But what about crab chowder? New England has creamy clam chowder. Manhattan has its own version of clam chowder. Why not chowder up the Chesapeake blue crab?John Shields, the owner of Gertrude's and author of books on regional cooking, challenged Yolanda Johnson to come up with crab cho...