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How can we support expectant mothers with real help?

Baltimore Positive

As part of our continuing local health education series with GBMC, we welcome Dr. Aneesha Varrey to discuss modern childbirth and the many ways for everyone in a mother’s life to support her pregnancy – before and after the baby comes – with all of the family excitement and love.

Hitting the links for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor while still aglow from the sunburn and fun of a Ravens home beat down of the Cleveland Browns and a day spent at Woodholme Golf Course with the great folks of the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital raising funds and awareness for the great work they do for the children in need locally and regionally.

Banding together with friends and family at Trifecta Food Truck & Music Festival in Timonium on September 20th

Baltimore Positive

It’s fun, affordable and has become a Baltimore fall tradition for anyone who loves great music. Longtime 24X7 concert promoter Paul Manna gives Nestor the Trifecta Festival lineup for this year at the new Costas Inn in Timonium, right above the infield where the bands and food trucks and music lovers will gather by the thousands to rock to the best tribute bands in the region.

Letting Lydell tell the tales of the 1975 Baltimore Colts

Baltimore Positive

With the 50th Anniversary of the Baltimore Colts amazing 1975 season being celebrated on Saturday at Union Brewing, it was a thrill to welcome former running back Lydell Mitchell back up the middle to tell Nestor everything he ever wanted to know about Bert Jones and the first team that he loved as a kid on 33rd Street at Memorial Stadium.

How social media has changed politics in America

Baltimore Positive

Both with family roots in the heart of Essex, it was serendipity that Pizza John’s was the cheesesteak of choice as Senator J.B. Jennings and Nestor convened for the first time on the #TastyNes leg of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour with a lengthy chat about Bob Ehrlich, farmland in Maryland and the ways politics has changed here and keeping bipartisan lines of communication open in Annapolis and all over the state.

Former punter Dave Zastudil splits defense of Browns and Ravens as Flacco returns to Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

He has the rare distinction of being a guy born and raised in Cleveland who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens and returned home to Northern Ohio for a life on and off the field with his hometown Browns. For better or worse, our old pal and punter-turned-insurance executive Dave Zastudil always teaches us more about football. Can Joe Flacco come back to Baltimore and beat the Ravens on Sunday?

The progress and hope of Baltimore through the eyes of Zeke Cohen

Baltimore Positive

The numbers don’t lie. There is real progress on crime in Baltimore City and City Council President Zeke Cohen shares his thoughts on progress and the hope for a brighter future in the Charm City with Nestor at MACo in Ocean City on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Joe Flacco: Coming back to Baltimore to set the record straight on Cleveland

Baltimore Positive

We’ve been writing about and talking to Joe Flacco about football since the day he was drafted in Baltimore in 2008. After an amazing December run in Cleveland in 2023, our Super Bowl XLVII MVP came back home to discuss what made his fairy tale ride with the Browns so special and to set the record straight on his Ravens’ fire and legacy as a winner.

For the love of the 1975 Baltimore Colts

BP Podcast Audio

With the 1975 Baltimore Colts reunion coming later this month, it was appropriate to reach out to the other biggest Bert Jones fan in the sports journalism community by inviting one-time Baltimore Colts beat writer for The Evening Sun, Clark Judge, back to talk Memorial Stadium, Lamar Jackson’s quest to win a Super Bowl and the long waiting in Buffalo as another NFL season begins.

When something Magic happens on 30th Anniversary of Cal 2131 and day of Davey Johnson’s death

Baltimore Positive

It was quite a Saturday in Birdland. The day began with news of the death of Orioles player and manager Davey Johnson and ended with a near no-hitter and an old-school “Magic” win over the Dodgers in the aftermath of a massive 30th Anniversary celebration of Cal Ripken and 2131. Our Allen McCallum was at Camden Yards on Saturday night and was the WNST clubhouse reporter in 1996 and 1997 when Davey led rare winning teams during the Angelos era. This is a deep dive on Orioles lore and history.

The offseason business of last place and Camden Yards renovations for Orioles

Baltimore Positive

When it’s been as lousy as it has been for as long as it has been, we all realized the Baltimore Orioles rebuild and retool under new ownership could be a “work in progress.” Georgetown sports business professor and one-time leader of the Birdland sales and business operation Marty Conway discusses this tumultuous time in MLB for media, money and labor peace whilst Camden Yards gets renovated and David Rubenstein tries to figure out a baseball franchise presumably with Mike Elias still picking players.

Kicking up the truth about Justin Tucker at The Baltimore Banner

Baltimore Positive

As local journalism continues to evaporate, The Baltimore Banner proved earlier this year that a big story still needs real professional journalists, facts, witnesses and lots of lawyers as the Justin Tucker scandal was unearthed by its team. Sports editor Chris Korman joins Bill Cole and Nestor to discuss what really happened after Justin Fenton and Julie Scharper received a tip about the kicker of the Baltimore Ravens being a serial predator nuisance to women in the massage industry all over the region.

No. 11 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Pennsylvania Dutch Market and Mary’s Donuts Maple Bacon Glazed

Nestor Aparicio

It’s the kind of donut that makes you want another one – or three. If you love fried dough and want some tasty, tender, loving, Amish care in every light bite, come see this beautiful family operation one morning late in the week. Right on York Road in Hunt Valley. Pick the one you like because every choice is the right one at Mary’s Donuts in the Pennsylvania Dutch Market.

No. 12 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Chap’s Pit Beef

Nestor Aparicio

It was all ours in East Baltimore for decades before Guy Fieri and the food culture of America discovered this little pit beef shack secret in Armistead Gardens. The operation has moved a few hundred feet in recent years and looks – and tastes – better than ever. You knew this was high on this list. It was only a matter of where…and how, so let us show you.

The Bills Mafia fund for Mark Andrews is over $146,624 and you need to meet one of the kids who made it happen

Nestor Aparicio

This will be the best story of “Buffalo” week. Last winter, we met Ryan Patota and Nicholas Howard, who began a Go Fund Me page for juvenile diabetes awareness after Mark Andrews’ infamous drop against the Bills and the online bullying began in the aftermath of a tough playoff loss for the Baltimore Ravens. Nestor welcomes the heroic young Patota back onto the show to tell his special journey in life and why you’ll want to help support this aspiring sports journalist’s efforts for Breakthrough. Watch and be inspired!

David Rubenstein Orioles owner

Dear David Rubenstein: I really believed things were going to be different with “The Next Chapter” of Orioles history – but I was wrong so far

Nestor Aparicio

I’m still “under review” and denied media credentials. You’re still under review by every fan of the Baltimore Orioles and every citizen who chipped in $600 million toward your $1.725 billion asset. Be a better person and a better baseball owner than Peter Angelos. Be the noise for truth, accountability and decency. Make “The Next Chapter” a truly inclusive one, David.

No. 16 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Clavel Tacos

Nestor Aparicio

For most of our #TastyNes Tour, we’ve been featuring one special dish – our favorite craving item – on most menus at all of these local places we love. But for Day 16 on this journey, there are simply too many tasty tacos to only test one or two at this oasis in the center of Baltimore. When you go to Clavel, get ready to have the best tacos in town and a flavor you’ll savor.

Celebrating 40 years of crab cake love with nice people only (and Koco-nut Shrimp) at Koco’s Pub

Baltimore Positive

The sign on the door says: ONLY NICE PEOPLE ALLOWED! And somehow Marcella Knight and the awesome folks at Koco’s Pub were still nice enough to allow us to celebrate their 40th Anniversary that required some #TastyNes Koconut Shrimp along on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from the heart of Lauraville with tales of our favorite things to eat in Baltimore along with our favorite Ko-Host, sports cartoonist Ricig.

When the owners of Birdland ask Orioles fans for the next round of funding after a season like this…

Baltimore Positive

When you invite three busy friends and guests onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Costas Inn in Timonium and they all converge simultaneously, you host a candid, spontaneous chat about the realities of a Birdland Insider membership and being a modern Baltimore Orioles customer, fan and an ATM for ownership no matter what happens – on or off the field. A sports editor, a roofer and a duct sucker all walk into a bar with a guy from Dundalk…

Continuing the Kamenetz family name in local politics

Baltimore Positive

Young, motivated and ready to continue his father’s family legacy in Baltimore County, Karson Kamenetz tells Nestor why he’s going to be entering local politics and running for Baltimore County Council at Costas Inn in Timonium on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

The heady hangover of BMW Championship and golf awesomeness at Caves Valley

Baltimore Positive

If you witnessed either of the two BMW Championship stops at Caves Valley over the past four years, you know what we’re talking about here at Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Forest Park golf pro R.J. Sheppard joins Nestor to discuss an amazing weekend of Scottie Scheffler memories and wonder aloud if there are any more PGA memories coming in the future of Baltimore after a pair of big weeks and a great setting here in the north county.

The wave that comes after the Ocean City MACo power conference for Maryland

Baltimore Positive

If you’ve seen our Baltimore Positive threads the past two weeks, you know we were in Ocean City discussing the future of Maryland with key business leaders, politicians and influencers in an sea of conferences, parties, beers and cheer. Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the summer calling of Maryland business to Ocean City and what happens after you meet new people…

Solving issues in District 4 with Councilman Mark Conway

Baltimore Positive

There are plenty of fresh faces in local government and some are even folks who grew up elsewhere and fell in love with Baltimore. City Councilman Mark Conway tells Nestor why he got involved in local politics and what he’s trying to do to lift the 4th District and solve problems.

No. 24 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: The Beaumont in Catonsville

Baltimore Positive

Our 27th Anniversary #TastyNes Tour around town brought to you by Curio Wellness as part of our Maryland Crab Cake Tour takes us back to Catonsville and one of the tastiest special occasion treats we can find to splurge on and feel completely self-indulgent in buttery, velvety decadence. The fried lobster tail at The Beaumont is the “other” divine crustacean and is simply perfect in The ‘Ville.

No. 27 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: Philly Pretzel Factory

Nestor Aparicio

We begin our month-long journey in the celebration of tastiness and our 27th Anniversary with a stop in Bel Air for the smell of fresh pretzels in the oven. You don’t have to like Philadelphia to savor the brotherly love in a Philly Pretzel Factory pretzel. Hard to believe there could possibly be 26 things even tastier but you can follow along with the hashtag #TastyNes to find out all of our personal favorites, brought to you by Curio Wellness and our Maryland Crab Cake Tour stops with the Maryland Lottery and GBMC. On the road all month sharing our favorite foods to eat…

Going beyond the coffee on the menu at Zeke’s

Baltimore Positive

As Baltimore Positive gets ready to celebrate its 27th Anniversary and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour will feature our 27 favorite things to eat in Baltimore, we set the stage at Zeke’s Coffee with a caffeinated discussion about menus, pastries, sandwiches and meals of happiness with Dan Rodricks, who shares his culinary peppers and eggs philosophy to Thomas Rhodes and Joe Robinson on Harford Road.

The Child’s Play of a youth spent making music savored for a lifetime

Baltimore Positive

Our eternal rocker and Stone Horses pal John Allen returns to the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at 1623 Brewing in Eldersburg for a beer and some summer cheer, joining Nestor in a spirit chat about the heavy metal legacy of Ozzy Osbourne, forty years of Live Aid and still being preoccupied with 1985. (He co-wrote that song with Baltimore’s Mitch Allen, if you didn’t know that local music nugget!)

How can we support expectant mothers with real help?

Baltimore Positive

As part of our continuing local health education series with GBMC, we welcome Dr. Aneesha Varrey to discuss modern childbirth and the many ways for everyone in a mother’s life to support her pregnancy – before and after the baby comes – with all of the family excitement and love.

Hitting the links for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor while still aglow from the sunburn and fun of a Ravens home beat down of the Cleveland Browns and a day spent at Woodholme Golf Course with the great folks of the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital raising funds and awareness for the great work they do for the children in need locally and regionally.

Banding together with friends and family at Trifecta Food Truck & Music Festival in Timonium on September 20th

Baltimore Positive

It’s fun, affordable and has become a Baltimore fall tradition for anyone who loves great music. Longtime 24X7 concert promoter Paul Manna gives Nestor the Trifecta Festival lineup for this year at the new Costas Inn in Timonium, right above the infield where the bands and food trucks and music lovers will gather by the thousands to rock to the best tribute bands in the region.

Letting Lydell tell the tales of the 1975 Baltimore Colts

Baltimore Positive

With the 50th Anniversary of the Baltimore Colts amazing 1975 season being celebrated on Saturday at Union Brewing, it was a thrill to welcome former running back Lydell Mitchell back up the middle to tell Nestor everything he ever wanted to know about Bert Jones and the first team that he loved as a kid on 33rd Street at Memorial Stadium.

How social media has changed politics in America

Baltimore Positive

Both with family roots in the heart of Essex, it was serendipity that Pizza John’s was the cheesesteak of choice as Senator J.B. Jennings and Nestor convened for the first time on the #TastyNes leg of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour with a lengthy chat about Bob Ehrlich, farmland in Maryland and the ways politics has changed here and keeping bipartisan lines of communication open in Annapolis and all over the state.

Former punter Dave Zastudil splits defense of Browns and Ravens as Flacco returns to Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

He has the rare distinction of being a guy born and raised in Cleveland who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens and returned home to Northern Ohio for a life on and off the field with his hometown Browns. For better or worse, our old pal and punter-turned-insurance executive Dave Zastudil always teaches us more about football. Can Joe Flacco come back to Baltimore and beat the Ravens on Sunday?

The progress and hope of Baltimore through the eyes of Zeke Cohen

Baltimore Positive

The numbers don’t lie. There is real progress on crime in Baltimore City and City Council President Zeke Cohen shares his thoughts on progress and the hope for a brighter future in the Charm City with Nestor at MACo in Ocean City on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Joe Flacco: Coming back to Baltimore to set the record straight on Cleveland

Baltimore Positive

We’ve been writing about and talking to Joe Flacco about football since the day he was drafted in Baltimore in 2008. After an amazing December run in Cleveland in 2023, our Super Bowl XLVII MVP came back home to discuss what made his fairy tale ride with the Browns so special and to set the record straight on his Ravens’ fire and legacy as a winner.

For the love of the 1975 Baltimore Colts

BP Podcast Audio

With the 1975 Baltimore Colts reunion coming later this month, it was appropriate to reach out to the other biggest Bert Jones fan in the sports journalism community by inviting one-time Baltimore Colts beat writer for The Evening Sun, Clark Judge, back to talk Memorial Stadium, Lamar Jackson’s quest to win a Super Bowl and the long waiting in Buffalo as another NFL season begins.

When something Magic happens on 30th Anniversary of Cal 2131 and day of Davey Johnson’s death

Baltimore Positive

It was quite a Saturday in Birdland. The day began with news of the death of Orioles player and manager Davey Johnson and ended with a near no-hitter and an old-school “Magic” win over the Dodgers in the aftermath of a massive 30th Anniversary celebration of Cal Ripken and 2131. Our Allen McCallum was at Camden Yards on Saturday night and was the WNST clubhouse reporter in 1996 and 1997 when Davey led rare winning teams during the Angelos era. This is a deep dive on Orioles lore and history.

The offseason business of last place and Camden Yards renovations for Orioles

Baltimore Positive

When it’s been as lousy as it has been for as long as it has been, we all realized the Baltimore Orioles rebuild and retool under new ownership could be a “work in progress.” Georgetown sports business professor and one-time leader of the Birdland sales and business operation Marty Conway discusses this tumultuous time in MLB for media, money and labor peace whilst Camden Yards gets renovated and David Rubenstein tries to figure out a baseball franchise presumably with Mike Elias still picking players.

Kicking up the truth about Justin Tucker at The Baltimore Banner

Baltimore Positive

As local journalism continues to evaporate, The Baltimore Banner proved earlier this year that a big story still needs real professional journalists, facts, witnesses and lots of lawyers as the Justin Tucker scandal was unearthed by its team. Sports editor Chris Korman joins Bill Cole and Nestor to discuss what really happened after Justin Fenton and Julie Scharper received a tip about the kicker of the Baltimore Ravens being a serial predator nuisance to women in the massage industry all over the region.

No. 11 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Pennsylvania Dutch Market and Mary’s Donuts Maple Bacon Glazed

Nestor Aparicio

It’s the kind of donut that makes you want another one – or three. If you love fried dough and want some tasty, tender, loving, Amish care in every light bite, come see this beautiful family operation one morning late in the week. Right on York Road in Hunt Valley. Pick the one you like because every choice is the right one at Mary’s Donuts in the Pennsylvania Dutch Market.

No. 12 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Chap’s Pit Beef

Nestor Aparicio

It was all ours in East Baltimore for decades before Guy Fieri and the food culture of America discovered this little pit beef shack secret in Armistead Gardens. The operation has moved a few hundred feet in recent years and looks – and tastes – better than ever. You knew this was high on this list. It was only a matter of where…and how, so let us show you.

The Bills Mafia fund for Mark Andrews is over $146,624 and you need to meet one of the kids who made it happen

Nestor Aparicio

This will be the best story of “Buffalo” week. Last winter, we met Ryan Patota and Nicholas Howard, who began a Go Fund Me page for juvenile diabetes awareness after Mark Andrews’ infamous drop against the Bills and the online bullying began in the aftermath of a tough playoff loss for the Baltimore Ravens. Nestor welcomes the heroic young Patota back onto the show to tell his special journey in life and why you’ll want to help support this aspiring sports journalist’s efforts for Breakthrough. Watch and be inspired!

David Rubenstein Orioles owner

Dear David Rubenstein: I really believed things were going to be different with “The Next Chapter” of Orioles history – but I was wrong so far

Nestor Aparicio

I’m still “under review” and denied media credentials. You’re still under review by every fan of the Baltimore Orioles and every citizen who chipped in $600 million toward your $1.725 billion asset. Be a better person and a better baseball owner than Peter Angelos. Be the noise for truth, accountability and decency. Make “The Next Chapter” a truly inclusive one, David.

No. 16 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Clavel Tacos

Nestor Aparicio

For most of our #TastyNes Tour, we’ve been featuring one special dish – our favorite craving item – on most menus at all of these local places we love. But for Day 16 on this journey, there are simply too many tasty tacos to only test one or two at this oasis in the center of Baltimore. When you go to Clavel, get ready to have the best tacos in town and a flavor you’ll savor.

Celebrating 40 years of crab cake love with nice people only (and Koco-nut Shrimp) at Koco’s Pub

Baltimore Positive

The sign on the door says: ONLY NICE PEOPLE ALLOWED! And somehow Marcella Knight and the awesome folks at Koco’s Pub were still nice enough to allow us to celebrate their 40th Anniversary that required some #TastyNes Koconut Shrimp along on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from the heart of Lauraville with tales of our favorite things to eat in Baltimore along with our favorite Ko-Host, sports cartoonist Ricig.

When the owners of Birdland ask Orioles fans for the next round of funding after a season like this…

Baltimore Positive

When you invite three busy friends and guests onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Costas Inn in Timonium and they all converge simultaneously, you host a candid, spontaneous chat about the realities of a Birdland Insider membership and being a modern Baltimore Orioles customer, fan and an ATM for ownership no matter what happens – on or off the field. A sports editor, a roofer and a duct sucker all walk into a bar with a guy from Dundalk…

Continuing the Kamenetz family name in local politics

Baltimore Positive

Young, motivated and ready to continue his father’s family legacy in Baltimore County, Karson Kamenetz tells Nestor why he’s going to be entering local politics and running for Baltimore County Council at Costas Inn in Timonium on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

The heady hangover of BMW Championship and golf awesomeness at Caves Valley

Baltimore Positive

If you witnessed either of the two BMW Championship stops at Caves Valley over the past four years, you know what we’re talking about here at Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Forest Park golf pro R.J. Sheppard joins Nestor to discuss an amazing weekend of Scottie Scheffler memories and wonder aloud if there are any more PGA memories coming in the future of Baltimore after a pair of big weeks and a great setting here in the north county.

The wave that comes after the Ocean City MACo power conference for Maryland

Baltimore Positive

If you’ve seen our Baltimore Positive threads the past two weeks, you know we were in Ocean City discussing the future of Maryland with key business leaders, politicians and influencers in an sea of conferences, parties, beers and cheer. Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the summer calling of Maryland business to Ocean City and what happens after you meet new people…

Solving issues in District 4 with Councilman Mark Conway

Baltimore Positive

There are plenty of fresh faces in local government and some are even folks who grew up elsewhere and fell in love with Baltimore. City Councilman Mark Conway tells Nestor why he got involved in local politics and what he’s trying to do to lift the 4th District and solve problems.

No. 24 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: The Beaumont in Catonsville

Baltimore Positive

Our 27th Anniversary #TastyNes Tour around town brought to you by Curio Wellness as part of our Maryland Crab Cake Tour takes us back to Catonsville and one of the tastiest special occasion treats we can find to splurge on and feel completely self-indulgent in buttery, velvety decadence. The fried lobster tail at The Beaumont is the “other” divine crustacean and is simply perfect in The ‘Ville.

No. 27 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: Philly Pretzel Factory

Nestor Aparicio

We begin our month-long journey in the celebration of tastiness and our 27th Anniversary with a stop in Bel Air for the smell of fresh pretzels in the oven. You don’t have to like Philadelphia to savor the brotherly love in a Philly Pretzel Factory pretzel. Hard to believe there could possibly be 26 things even tastier but you can follow along with the hashtag #TastyNes to find out all of our personal favorites, brought to you by Curio Wellness and our Maryland Crab Cake Tour stops with the Maryland Lottery and GBMC. On the road all month sharing our favorite foods to eat…

Going beyond the coffee on the menu at Zeke’s

Baltimore Positive

As Baltimore Positive gets ready to celebrate its 27th Anniversary and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour will feature our 27 favorite things to eat in Baltimore, we set the stage at Zeke’s Coffee with a caffeinated discussion about menus, pastries, sandwiches and meals of happiness with Dan Rodricks, who shares his culinary peppers and eggs philosophy to Thomas Rhodes and Joe Robinson on Harford Road.

The Child’s Play of a youth spent making music savored for a lifetime

Baltimore Positive

Our eternal rocker and Stone Horses pal John Allen returns to the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at 1623 Brewing in Eldersburg for a beer and some summer cheer, joining Nestor in a spirit chat about the heavy metal legacy of Ozzy Osbourne, forty years of Live Aid and still being preoccupied with 1985. (He co-wrote that song with Baltimore’s Mitch Allen, if you didn’t know that local music nugget!)

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