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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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'Fake news' but one complication of media's new reality (episode 221)
November 05, 2017 22:51 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBAs Donald Trump and his White House staffers continue to attack the news media, culture commentator Sheri Park opens a broader conversation about the press in 2017, the changes that have taken place in journalism since the advent of social media, and how Trump’s attacks might influence public opinion of the nation’s mainstream news organizations.
Oscars recap: Grace after snafu capped a night of Hollywood solidarity (episode 220)
November 05, 2017 22:50 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBOur film critics, Linda Delibero (12:30) of Johns Hopkins University and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (5:08) of Stevenson University, react to the 2017 Academy Awards, and the most shocking snafu in Oscars history — the announcement of the wrong winner for best picture.
Trump's fear-mongering on refugees (episode 219)
November 05, 2017 22:49 - 21 minutes - 20 MB7:56: President Trump’s executive order on immigration cuts by more than half the maximum number of refugees the United States will take from troubled lands each year. Trump claims that refugees, particularly those from Syria, pose a threat to public safety and national security. But what are the facts? Veteran journalist Arnold “Skip” Isaacs takes a hard look at the data, and finds virtually no evidence to support the president’s claim.3:05: Book critic Paula Gallagher recommends a memoir of...
Is the president a national security risk? (episode 218)
November 05, 2017 22:49 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBSean Gallagher is the Baltimore-based IT editor and national security editor of Ars Technica, the Cond\u233\u Nast website covering technology news. In an earlier life, Sean was a naval officer whose computer skills landed him assignments as network administrator and computer security officer. He’s plugged into the world of national security, cybersecurity and intelligence. Today, Dan and Sean discuss the Russian connection to Donald Trump and the 2016 Trump campaign for president, the resign...
Massacre of 11 black soldiers was nearly kept hidden from history (episode 217)
November 05, 2017 22:47 - 24 minutes - 22 MBMore than a million African-American men served in segregated units of the U.S. military during World War II. While most were relegated to Army support units, the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion served in combat in France and took part in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of the war, in December 1944. Eleven members of the battalion were captured by Nazi SS, tortured and massacred in the small Belgian village of Wereth. The Army covered up the atrocity; it did not becom...
Crazy idea: Turning the old penitentiary into an art gallery (episode 216)
November 05, 2017 22:46 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBKelly Cross, a Baltimore community activist, has a crazy idea about preserving the old Maryland Penitentiary and possibly turning it a destination — with a museum, art gallery, shops and restaurants. It sounds farfetched, but some architects and philanthropists already have taken a look at the place. They see potential. Plus, Baltimore Heritage is on the case, calling for the state of Maryland to revise demolition plans and consider saving the 19th Century penitentiary and another building in...
Nico Sarbanes making a name for himself in jazz world (episode 215)
November 05, 2017 22:45 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB2:46: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, recommends a new work of science fiction, "All Our Wrong Todays," by Elan Mastai.6:28: Sarbanes is a widely recognized name in Maryland. Paul Sarbanes was a U.S. Senator for 30 years. John Sarbanes, the senator's son, is a member of the House of Representatives, serving Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District. The next Sarbanes you’ll hear about is the congressman's son, Nico Sarbanes, a 23-year-old jazz musicia...
What's new with Orioles pitchers and catchers as they start spring training (episode 214)
November 05, 2017 22:45 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBDan speaks with Peter Schmuck, Sun sports columnist, about the Orioles’ pitchers and catchers, now at spring training in Sarasota. The Orioles’ ace Chris Tillman has a lingering shoulder problem and will likely miss his Opening Day start. Schmuck discusses the significance of that development, runs through the starters and relievers, and talks about the departure of Matt Wieters and the arrival of the team’s new catcher, Welington Castillo.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/balnews-peter-schmu...
Leaving prison___ and not going back (episode 213)
November 05, 2017 22:44 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBMaryland has made some progress in keeping ex-offenders from committing new crimes and going back to prison. Still, four out of 10 former inmates end up back behind the walls within three years of their release. Today, a talk about the challenges of re-entry and what it\u8217\us like for inmates coming home.Elizabeth Morse (3:28), a crime-prevention specialist assigned to the U.S. Attorney\u8217\us office in Baltimore, describes the services available to help ex-offenders adjust to life after...
Leaving prison, and not going back (episode 213)
November 05, 2017 22:44 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBMaryland has made some progress in keeping ex-offenders from committing new crimes and going back to prison. Still, four out of 10 former inmates end up back behind the walls within three years of their release. Today, a talk about the challenges of re-entry and what it’s like for inmates coming home.Elizabeth Morse (3:28), a crime-prevention specialist assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, describes the services available to help ex-offenders adjust to life after prison. Morse...
Celebrating the cuisine of the seven banned nations (episode 212)
November 05, 2017 22:43 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB3:33: The Sun’s State House bureau chief Erin Cox talks about Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s refusal to comment on President Donald J. Trump’s controversial — and now overturned — executive order on immigration. Plus, we get an update on the prospects for full marijuana legalization in Maryland.8:13: Book critic Paula Gallagher recommends "A Really Good Day," by Ayelet Waldman, a memoir of mood swings, marriage and microdosing LSD. Gallagher is a librarian at the Pikesville branch of the Bal...
Amid progress on mental health, Obamacare repeal would be giant step back (episode 211)
November 05, 2017 22:42 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBCan the country afford repeal of the Affordable Care Act, especially while we’re in the midst of a deadly opioid epidemic? What happens if the ground-breaking mental health provisions of the law, which include coverage for drug abuse treatment, are scrapped? Dr. Mark Komrad, a psychiatrist on the clinical and teaching staff of Sheppard Pratt Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, provides perspective on mental health and insurance through the years, and what’s at stake if Congr...
Amid progress on mental health___ Obamacare repeal would be giant step back (episode 211)
November 05, 2017 22:42 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBCan the country afford repeal of the Affordable Care Act, especially while we\u8217\ure in the midst of a deadly opioid epidemic? What happens if the ground-breaking mental health provisions of the law, which include coverage for drug abuse treatment, are scrapped? Dr. Mark Komrad, a psychiatrist on the clinical and teaching staff of Sheppard Pratt Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, provides perspective on mental health and insurance through the years, and what\u8217\us at ...
Trump's travel ban and the U.S. doctor pipeline (episode 210)
November 05, 2017 22:41 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIf upheld, one of the ramifications of President Trump’s restrictions on travel from seven nations could be fewer primary-care doctors for areas of the United States where they are badly needed. In criticizing Trump’s executive order, the Association of American Medical Colleges notes that the U.S. faces a serious shortage of physicians. International graduates represent roughly 25 percent of the medical workforce. In the last decade, says the association, one immigration program alone direct...
Clavel's Lane Harlan makes a margarita; a new novel from 'Family Fang' author (episode 209)
November 05, 2017 22:40 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB1:40: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, praises "Perfect Little World," a new novel from Kevin Wilson, best-selling author of "The Family Fang." If you liked the early works of John Irving, says Paula, you’ll like the characters in this new work by Wilson. With today’s podcast, Paula begins a series of weekly book recommendations.5:09: Lane Harlan, creator of Bar Clavel, the Mexican-inspired bar and restaurant in Remington, describes her establishme...
A sometimes testy chat with David Zurawik on presidents and the press (episode 208)
November 05, 2017 22:39 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBDan and David Zurawik have a spirited, wide-ranging and sometimes testy conversation about presidents (Trump and Obama) and the press, CNN being “iced out” by the White House, news reporting on Trump supporters, Obama administration pursuit of reporters’ sources, NAFTA and the Affordable Care Act. In this episode, Zurawik refers to two programs, a podcast from Al Jazeera English about the Obama administration and the press, and an upcoming Showtime program about the 2016 election.Links: http:...
The Fire of 1904 and tragic death of Baltimore’s youngest mayor (episode 207)
November 05, 2017 22:38 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThe Great Baltimore Fire started on Sunday Feb. 7, 1904, burned for 30 hours, devastated 80 blocks of downtown and destroyed 1,500 buildings and hundreds of businesses. The city had a young mayor — in fact, the youngest in its history, Robert McLane, 35 years old at his election in 1903 — and he oversaw the efforts to fight the fire, then took on the daunting challenge of rebuilding the central business district.Today, historian Wayne Schaumburg talks about the Great Baltimore Fire and the su...
The Fire of 1904 and tragic death of Baltimore\u8217\us youngest mayor (episode 207)
November 05, 2017 22:38 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThe Great Baltimore Fire started on Sunday Feb. 7, 1904, burned for 30 hours, devastated 80 blocks of downtown and destroyed 1,500 buildings and hundreds of businesses. The city had a young mayor \u8212\u in fact, the youngest in its history, Robert McLane, 35 years old at his election in 1903 \u8212\u and he oversaw the efforts to fight the fire, then took on the daunting challenge of rebuilding the central business district.Today, historian Wayne Schaumburg talks about the Great Baltimore F...
International relief agencies decry Trump\u8217\us refugee ban (episode 206)
November 05, 2017 22:38 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBLeaders from two Baltimore-based relief agencies \u8212\u the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and Catholic Relief Services \u8212\u talk about President Trump\u8217\us order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim nations and Trump\u8217\us indefinite ban on refugees from the Syrian civil war. Dan\u8217\us guests are Linda Hartke (1:28), president and CEO of LIRS, and Bill O\u8217\uKeefe (13:14), vice-president for government relations for CRS. Offering commentary on the poten...
International relief agencies decry Trump’s refugee ban (episode 206)
November 05, 2017 22:38 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBLeaders from two Baltimore-based relief agencies — the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and Catholic Relief Services — talk about President Trump’s order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim nations and Trump’s indefinite ban on refugees from the Syrian civil war. Dan’s guests are Linda Hartke (1:28), president and CEO of LIRS, and Bill O’Keefe (13:14), vice-president for government relations for CRS. Offering commentary on the potential international ramifications of Trump’...
Breaking down Trump\u8217\us baseless assertions of voter fraud (episode 205)
November 05, 2017 22:37 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBCould voter fraud of the massive scale being asserted by President Donald J. Trump occur in the United States? Sean Gallagher, the Baltimore-based IT editor of Ars Technica and our favorite techsplainer, explains why getting 3 million to 5 million illegal votes cast in multiple states would be nearly impossible. Gallagher also talks about the Russian hack of the 2016 presidential campaign, but he believes Internet trolls likely had more of an influence on voters than did the Russian hackers a...
Breaking down Trump’s baseless assertions of voter fraud (episode 205)
November 05, 2017 22:37 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBCould voter fraud of the massive scale being asserted by President Donald J. Trump occur in the United States? Sean Gallagher, the Baltimore-based IT editor of Ars Technica and our favorite techsplainer, explains why getting 3 million to 5 million illegal votes cast in multiple states would be nearly impossible. Gallagher also talks about the Russian hack of the 2016 presidential campaign, but he believes Internet trolls likely had more of an influence on voters than did the Russian hackers a...
A Baltimore cop on the crime fight___ increased patrols___ targeting offenders (episode 204)
November 05, 2017 22:36 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWith 2017 off to a deadly start in Baltimore, Bob Cherry, a Western District sergeant and past-president of the police union, asks citizens to step up and help officers prevent and solve crimes across the city. Additionally, Cherry suggests that the police department adopt a New York City model for patrol-based targeting of violent, repeat offenders to reduce the shootings that have claimed nearly 700 lives since the spring of 2015. That means, he says, fewer officers in special units and mor...
A Baltimore cop on the crime fight, increased patrols, targeting offenders (episode 204)
November 05, 2017 22:36 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWith 2017 off to a deadly start in Baltimore, Bob Cherry, a Western District sergeant and past-president of the police union, asks citizens to step up and help officers prevent and solve crimes across the city. Additionally, Cherry suggests that the police department adopt a New York City model for patrol-based targeting of violent, repeat offenders to reduce the shootings that have claimed nearly 700 lives since the spring of 2015. That means, he says, fewer officers in special units and mor...
Oscar nominations snubs and surprises (episode 203)
November 05, 2017 22:35 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBRoughly Speaking film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed share their thoughts with Dan on nominations for the 89th Academy Awards, noting nods to African-American actors and directors following the #OscarsSoWhite controversy of 2016, a snub of actress Amy Adams and yet another (and perhaps unnecessary) nomination for the great Meryl Streep.
The Parker sisters’ rescue from a notorious Maryland slave catcher (episode 202)
November 05, 2017 22:35 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThomas McCreary lived in Maryland’s Cecil County in the 19th Century and, in the 1840s and 1850s, he became widely known as a slave catcher, a man who would cross into the free state of Pennsylvania to nab black men, women and children he suspected of being runaway slaves. Sometimes they were; sometimes they were not. At a time of heightened tensions over slavery, McCreary’s exploits were decried by abolitionists and praised by those who defended slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Ce...
The Parker sisters\u8217\u rescue from a notorious Maryland slave catcher (episode 202)
November 05, 2017 22:35 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThomas McCreary lived in Maryland\u8217\us Cecil County in the 19th Century and, in the 1840s and 1850s, he became widely known as a slave catcher, a man who would cross into the free state of Pennsylvania to nab black men, women and children he suspected of being runaway slaves. Sometimes they were; sometimes they were not. At a time of heightened tensions over slavery, McCreary\u8217\us exploits were decried by abolitionists and praised by those who defended slavery and the Fugitive Slave A...
Trump refries a stump for his inaugural address (episode 201)
November 05, 2017 22:34 - 17 minutes - 16 MBKimberly Moffitt, associate professor in American and Africana studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County; and Richard Cross, Maryland Republican analyst and speech writer, give their takes on President Donald Trump's inaugural address.
The president vs. the press (episode 200)
November 05, 2017 22:34 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB1:35: Culture commentator Sheri Parks talks about the transition from Obama to Trump, and Friday’s inauguration.19:37: The Sun’s media critic David Zurawik expounds on Trump and his incessant tweets, and David explains how he came to be known as “Schmobo in Baltimore.”
What happened to the State Center project? (episode 199)
November 05, 2017 22:32 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIt happened just a few days before Christmas: Maryland’s governor, comptroller and treasure — the state’s Board of Public Works — voted to cancel the $1.5 billion State Center redevelopment plan on mid-town Baltimore’s west side, a project 10 years in the making. Gov. Larry Hogan claimed the plan made no economic sense. What’s more, the state filed a lawsuit against State Center’s developer, seeking to break the leases for office space that underpin the financing of the project. Then, state c...
Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin and mothers having ’the talk’ with their sons (episode
November 05, 2017 22:32 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBApril Ryan, White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks, talks about the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, and his criticism of the press. (He will be the fourth president Ryan has covered in her broadcasting career.) But, with her new book, Ryan’s focus is on the important roles mothers play in the lives of African-American children, particularly boys and young men. Ryan’s book is “At Mama’s Knee: Mothers And Race In Black And White,” and it addresses race relations, and ...
Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin and mothers having ’the talk’ with their sons (episode
November 05, 2017 22:32 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBApril Ryan, White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks, talks about the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, and his criticism of the press. (He will be the fourth president Ryan has covered in her broadcasting career.) But, with her new book, Ryan’s focus is on the important roles mothers play in the lives of African-American children, particularly boys and young men. Ryan’s book is “At Mama’s Knee: Mothers And Race In Black And White,” and it addresses race relations, and ...
Freddie Gray___ Trayvon Martin and mothers having \u8217\uthe talk\u8217\u with their sons (episode
November 05, 2017 22:32 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBApril Ryan, White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks, talks about the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, and his criticism of the press. (He will be the fourth president Ryan has covered in her broadcasting career.) But, with her new book, Ryan\u8217\us focus is on the important roles mothers play in the lives of African-American children, particularly boys and young men. Ryan\u8217\us book is \u8220\uAt Mama\u8217\us Knee: Mothers And Race In Black And White,\u8221\u an...
Scorsese and what it means to believe (episode 197)
November 05, 2017 22:31 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBFilm critic Christopher Llewellyn Reed says "Silence," about Jesuit missionaries to Japan in the early 17th Century, is Martin Scorsese's best work in years, a monumental film notable for the director's uncharacteristic restraint. "It's as if Scorsese had taken the title to heart," he says. Reed also reviews from the current cinema "A Monster Calls," Hidden Fences," "Patriots Day," and "20th Century Women."Christopher Llewellyn Reed is chair of the Film ---- Moving Image Department at Stevens...
Exiled from Bell Foundry___ Baltimore Rock Opera Society seeks own home (episode 196)
November 05, 2017 22:30 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB\u8220\uBrides of Tortuga,\u8221\u \u8220\uGrundelhammer\u8221\u and \u8220\uPhantom of the Paradise\u8221\u were three of the original productions staged by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society over the last eight years. But BROS actors, writers, designers, builders, musicians and artists now finds themselves in exile, without a headquarters and production house. The nonprofit opera company was among tenants of the old Bell Foundry building until Baltimore officials condemned the workspace in th...
Exiled from Bell Foundry, Baltimore Rock Opera Society seeks own home (episode 196)
November 05, 2017 22:30 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB“Brides of Tortuga,” “Grundelhammer” and “Phantom of the Paradise” were three of the original productions staged by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society over the last eight years. But BROS actors, writers, designers, builders, musicians and artists now finds themselves in exile, without a headquarters and production house. The nonprofit opera company was among tenants of the old Bell Foundry building until Baltimore officials condemned the workspace in the Station North Arts District last month. ...
Cummings and Van Hollen on Trump, ACA repeal, Russian hack, Obama's record (episode 195)
November 05, 2017 22:29 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB1:29: Just two days after being sworn in as Maryland’s junior Senator, Chris Van Hollen took to the floor to speak out against Republican fast-track efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On today’s podcast, Van Hollen talks about the consequences of dismantling President Obama’s signature health insurance law.18:48: Rep. Elijah Cummings criticizes congressional Republicans, including the chairman of a government watchdog committee, for not questioning President-elect Donald Trump’s exten...
Cummings and Van Hollen on Trump___ ACA repeal___ Russian hack___ Obama's record (episode 195)
November 05, 2017 22:29 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB1:29: Just two days after being sworn in as Maryland\u8217\us junior Senator, Chris Van Hollen took to the floor to speak out against Republican fast-track efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On today\u8217\us podcast, Van Hollen talks about the consequences of dismantling President Obama\u8217\us signature health insurance law.18:48: Rep. Elijah Cummings criticizes congressional Republicans, including the chairman of a government watchdog committee, for not questioning President-elect...
The Obama Legacy (episode 194)
November 05, 2017 22:28 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBWith President Obama scheduled to give his farewell address from Chicago on Tuesday night, Michael Days, editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, talks about the president’s legacy. Days has written a book about Obama’s time in the Oval Office, assessing everything from the passage of the Affordable Care Act to the Detroit bailout and the efforts to pull the nation out of the worst economic decline since the Great Depression. Days, author of “Obama’s Legacy: What He Accomplished,” will be the f...
What's new in Washington and Baltimore? A lot. (episode 193)
November 05, 2017 22:27 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB1:04: John Fritze, the Sun's Washington correspondent, talks about the new Congress and the battles ahead, plus the roles of Maryland's two Democratic senators, Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, are expected to play in Trump administration confirmation hearings next week.12:52: Kevin Rector, crime and criminal justice reporter for The Sun, provides perspective to the disturbing statement, by the police union leader, that Baltimore does not have enough cops on patrol to protect its citizenry. T...
A cherished boyhood gift's long round trip (encore presentation)
November 05, 2017 22:26 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThis is an encore presentation of the podcast from Dec. 24, 2015.Dan shares a story from his New England boyhood. The Baltimore Sun first published the story Dec. 25, 1998.Preview the episode: https://soundcloud.com/baltsun/roughly-speaking-with-dan-rodricks-christmas-eve-episode-previewLinks:http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-12-25/features/1998359088_1_foundry-day-my-father-father-business
Toward grander things: A musical antidote to Trumpism (episode 192)
November 05, 2017 22:26 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBSince Donald J. Trump’s election, we’ve heard from a lot of people who supported the winner of the popular vote, Hillary Clinton, and who have been downright despondent or depressed over the outcome. Many have turned to other things to get their minds off the crude and divisive politics of 2016, to avoid arguments over the holidays with friends and relatives, and to feel inspired again. They’ve vowed to perform acts of kindness and generosity. They’ve turned to books, to movies and to nature....
100 things to do in Baltimore before it's too late (episode 191)
November 05, 2017 22:25 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBHaussner’s Regret is Dan’s term for the remorse Baltimoreans feel when they realize it’s too late to do something they always meant to do but never did, or something they did once and enjoyed but never got to a second time. It is named for the once-famous, now-gone Highlandtown restaurant crammed with paintings, ceramics and sculpture that closed after 73 years in 1999. It closed fast, too, just two weeks after Mrs. Frances Haussner George announced she’d had enough. Haussner’s was overwhelme...
Why city-dwellers should be tree-huggers (episode 190)
November 05, 2017 22:25 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBBaltimore would likely be a healthier city if it had more trees, and there’s plenty of research to support that claim. In addition to their role in human wellness, trees suck up storm water and provide awesome curb appeal to homes in city neighborhoods. Jill Jonnes, an accomplished author, is a champion of urban trees and the founder of the Baltimore Tree Trust, established in 2009 to promote tree plantings in the city, particularly in neighborhoods that have not seen healthy trees in years. ...
Celebrating the winter solstice with Pat Montley(episode 189)
November 05, 2017 22:24 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBOn Wednesday, the first day of winter, there will be a celebration of the solstice at First Unitarian Church in Baltimore — and, of course, it will be celebrated all around the world. Druids, Wiccans, Pagans and Neopagans everywhere will be hanging the evergreens and mistletoe, lighting candles and burning the Yule log, beating drums, forming circles, chanting and singing. Patricia Montley, a playwright and teacher of playwriting, wrote a book on this celebration of the Earth, and she will be...
The week in Trump; the current and holiday cinema (episode 188)
November 05, 2017 22:23 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MB1:26: Mild-mannered Maryland Republican Richard Cross talks about the week in Trump, along with Kimberly Moffitt, political analyst and associate professor in American studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. From his cabinet picks to his criticism of the CIA to his attack on Vanity Fair for a bad review of one of his restaurants, President-elect Donald Trump seems to makes news every hour with his Twitter account. But he cancelled a press conference to address questions about ...
Who was really behind the presidential campaign hacks? (episode 187)
November 05, 2017 22:22 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBGet some fresh, informed perspective on the massive Yahoo cyber breach and the Russian hacking of the presidential campaign from Sean Gallagher, Baltimore-based IT editor of Ars Technica, the news and technology web site.
When Walter Gill walked up The Hill (episode 186)
November 05, 2017 22:21 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIn September 1954, just four months after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling against racial discrimination in public education, 17-year-old Walter Gill became one of the first black students to enter the elite, all-white, all-male Baltimore City College High School. He and nine other black students reached the famous "Castle on the Hill" after Baltimore’s school board voted to desegregate the schools and adopt a free choice policy that made integration voluntary. Gill, who would become the f...
Punching up cocktails with brandy; making soup; gifting books (episode 185)
November 05, 2017 22:20 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB1:43: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, offers a list of non-fiction titles -- from American history to celebrity memoir to cookbooks -- that could make good gifts for friends or relatives.26:43: Food nerd Henry Hong and restaurateur and cookbook author John Shields have some professional advice on making great soups, including savory Asian concoctions involving noodles.47:31: Baltimore bartender Brendan Dorr of the B----O American Brasserie offers ...
A breakthrough movie about coming home from war: 'The Best Years of Our Lives' (episode 184)
November 05, 2017 22:18 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBToday marks 75 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and, soon after, the United States’ entry into World War II. The war lasted four more years. While there were many movies made about the war while it was still underway, the post-war film, "The Best Years of Our Lives," told the stories of three American servicemen returning to the states, a breakthrough movie about the pains and challenges (unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, alienation) of a soldier’s and sailor’s homecoming. Th...