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Getting educated about local water and the safest consumption

Baltimore Positive

It’s been a while since we’ve talked water safety with our friend Doug Workman of Liberty Pure Solutions, who continues to educate Nestor about local water impurities, well water and ways to make it safe and tasty for consumption. “Be a filter or buy a filter” simplifies the reality.

Frosh: Trump is putting our democracy in great peril

Baltimore Positive

The United States of America has changed dramatically over the last eight weeks. Former Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joins Nestor to discuss democracy, laws, checks and balances and why America doesn’t have a King. A refresher course and re-education on what we were all taught in middle school Social Studies class about The Constitution and the law of the land.

Hitting it big – on or off the field

Nestor Aparicio

As the Home Run Riches hits it deep with Orioles baseball this week, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery has big news on bigger jackpots and a new twist on an enduring Mega game.

Chapter 3: My Pop and Little League in Dundalk

Nestor Aparicio

What are your Little League memories of youth? Here’s how Nestor fell in love with baseball at rec leagues at Colgate, Eastwood and Berkshire in Dundalk with his Pop as an umpire and manager for kids. And the tales of the diamond that last a lifetime…

If you start to work at The StarTUp in Towson, you might never stop

Baltimore Positive

Our CVP Towson stop on the The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought Patrick McQuown, Executive Director of The StartUp at Towson University, over a few blocks to discuss the unique co-working space offering 6,000 square feet of free, no-membership workspace – and open five days a week. “It’s kinda like a working library without the books!”

Finding your down dog and hot yoga flow at UpDog in Towson

Baltimore Positive

If you’re not a devotee of hot yoga, you might want to try it by the end of this one. Endorsing the many benefits is not hard for Nestor but let Yogini master Susan Selckman of Updog Yoga in Towson tell you about the flow of her studio and mat space just a block away from the CVP, where they convened on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to sweat out the small secrets of better health and a beautiful practice. Namaste.

Raising standard on the path to sobriety and wellness for those battling addiction at Hygea

Baltimore Positive

Robby Stempler, local founder of Hygea Healthcare, shared his journey from addiction to recovery and his mission to combat substance abuse in Baltimore. Struggling with Vicodin addiction a decade ago, he saw the need for better comprehensive addiction treatment and has developed a multi-faceted approach to treatment, including mental health support and job placement post-recovery.

Swinging for the fence after they moved the wall in

Baltimore Positive

With baseball season ready to pitch into the fun, John Martin of RThe Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for Home Run Riches and 162 games where local folks will be swinging for the fences and hoping for more grand slams.

Talking Towson Tigers and NIL future with head coach Pat Skerry

Baltimore Positive

The Towson Tigers have won a lot of basketball games over the past four years but once again won’t be participating in March Madness. Head coach Pat Skerry joined Nestor at CVP Towson to discuss the tough weekend in D.C. in the CAA Tournament and looked forward to the world of NIL and continuing to find the right student-athletes for the program to eventually get to the dance.

Being touched by The Northern Lights in Iceland

Baltimore Positive

Our American Dream believer and resident financial wizard Leonard Raskin took a wintry winter vacation chasing lava, glaciers and The Northern Lights in Iceland. The aurora borealis never disappoints when the magic glow appears…

Taking the pop quiz of responsible play for gamblers

Baltimore Positive

Every March, the Maryland Lottery steps up its game to make sure than citizens are playing the games within their means and understanding the odds and the help that is available. Executive Director John Martin joins us frequently to discuss all elements of the games and the realization that March Madness and baseball season are here and it’s time to consider your gambling habits.

Live Baltimore: For the love of city life

Baltimore Positive

Meghan McCorkell always formally educated Nestor about the charm of the Enoch Pratt Free Library but recently became the Executive Director of “Live Baltimore” and came to Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to tell him all he never knew about the “I Love City Life” folks’ 30th year aiming to attract and retain residents by highlighting the city’s 278 neighborhoods and offering home ownership incentives like down payment assistance programs. The city’s affordability, cultural richness and community spirit get no argument from the host.

A quarter of a century of Art With A Heart deserves a celebration story

Baltimore Positive

Local attorney Randi Pupkin shares her journey from local lawyer to aspiring artist to making a true Baltimore Positive impact over 25 years of leading “Art With A Heart,” providing art classes to under-served communities and now offering over 16,000 classes annually. Nestor leads her through their mutual friendship with local sports cartoonist and legend Ricig, and this amazing journey and a quarter of a century showing kids the world in color and inspiring creativity.

The story behind the story – how local journalism works and everything you need to know about the reporting of the Justin Tucker massage scandal

Baltimore Positive

With three blockbuster tales of reporting the allegations of 16 different women accusing Baltimore Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy appointments more than a decade ago, reporter Julie Scharper of The Baltimore Banner answers all of Nestor’s questions about how the story came to light and the journalism, reporting and fact-checking done by their staff to confirm and write these “serious and concerning” stories.

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Nestor Aparicio

Methinks we’re kinda getting to the point where we’ll soon hear from “your people” in a two-sentence press release on the team website about the future of the kicking department of the Baltimore Ravens. Probably after lunch on Friday, the way all the cowards in your industry drop the news they want to bury. Not-so-bold prediction: Justin Tucker has kicked his last kick for your franchise.

McMillen emphasizes resilience of American democracy amidst current chaos

Baltimore Positive

It’s easy to go marching into the Madness of college basketball season with Tom McMillen but our defending forward of Congressional service and American hoops diplomacy joins Nestor to discuss a lot about Russia, the state of the world and a little about the path of the Maryland Terrapins this month.

Will the NFL find Tucker scandal to be “serious, concerning” enough for action?

Baltimore Positive

As Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh deflected an NFL investigation in their building regarding the Justin Tucker allegations at a combine media cattle call, Luke Jones and Nestor attempt to decipher their Indianapolis words of confidence on a return for Ronnie Stanley, the future of Mark Andrews and what they’ll be looking for in the April draft.

Spring training and winter winning

Baltimore Positive

Always making time for some spring training baseball chatter along with the winners, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for a season of fun games and tales of no-hitters lost and borrowed.

Flying instead of Truckin’ to Vegas for Dead & Company

Baltimore Positive

The first days are the hardest days so Curio Wellness has put together a fun excursion contest to Las Vegas to see Dead & Company at The Sphere. Signing up for rewards is fun and easy and Nestor asks Wendy Bronfein all about what’s happening at Far & Dotter in Timonium as we continue the trip through cannabis education.

Justin Tucker Eagles

When will Ravens become Tuckered out by these 16 massage therapist allegations?

Baltimore Positive

The Justin Tucker scandal has continued as seven more women have come forward to The Baltimore Banner to accuse the longtime Ravens’ kicker of inappropriate conduct during local massages a decade ago. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the now-16 female massage therapists’ claims vs. the word of Justin Tucker – and attacking the journalists – and what the Baltimore Ravens are gonna do about it. And when…

The safety and defense of senior dogs and putting “Ed” ucation and love into Reed’s Rescue

Baltimore Positive

Our final stop for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” was at Kooper’s North in May Chapel, named after a dog, so it was appropriate that Kate Bell brought Nestor her safety story of true love for senior dogs. Reed’s Rescue, whose mission is to provide care for older dogs, often overlooked in shelters, by placing them in foster homes and finding them adoptive families, was named after a dog named “Reed,” whose name was inspired by a certain Baltimore Ravens’ Hall of Famer.

Monopolizing the fun

Baltimore Positive

It’s a big week for the Ravens scratch-off winners gathering for the grand prize of “Tickets For 20 Years” and John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for the culmination of the biggest promotion of the year as well as the rolling jackpot of “Rich Uncle Pennybags” and the current Monopoly game.

When true love and Koco’s crab cakes are on your plate for Valentine’s Day

Baltimore Positive

Nothing says true Baltimore love on Valentine’s Day like crab cakes. Let our beloved proprietor Marcella Knight and Ko-host show and tell you about what she loves about making people when they come to her legendary little pub in Lauraville. And how ordering ahead and grabbing them to go on the side door has become a boon to her business and makes folks all over town aware of the Mayor’s favorite crab cake.

Streaming away the NFL season

Baltimore Positive

It’s the one event we all watch but now that football season is over and we turn toward the rest of the sports landscape, what you watch is predicated on what you’re willing to pay for to subscribe. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the remnants of a dud Super Bowl and former cable TV ecosystem that powers modern sports streaming and confuses the hell out of the rest of us…

Fighting food insecurity and providing emergency assistance in Catonsville

Baltimore Positive

Our “A Cup Of Soup or Bowl Week” is designed to create awareness during these coldest weeks of the year to folks less fortunate and the humans and incredible organizations that power and support to the neediest families and children. Meet Caitlyn Kirby of Catonsville Emergency Assistance, who returns to State Fare to update Nestor on the impact of donations to feed families in 21228 and beyond through the Maryland Food Bank.

Burgers, music, gumbo and the spirit of survival at Kooper’s North

Baltimore Positive

The games are on, the music is perfect and the food is terrific, which is why we keep coming back to Kooper’s North in Mays Chapel. And, of course, the gumbo! On the final day of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl,” we reconvened with our favorite two-time cancer survivor Terry Beck, who tells his journey and support of LLS and many other charities via the “Burger Of The Month” in Timonium and Fell’s Point.

From Paris, with Accelerent, hot wings and charity for LLS Visionary research

Baltimore Positive

Our defending Accelerent champion and runner-up for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society “Visionary Of The Year,” Cate Paris joins Nestor to discuss networking the right way, raising money to beat cancer and a future career in improv comedy from State Fare on “A Cup Of Soup or Bowl Week” in Catonsville.

Getting educated about local water and the safest consumption

Baltimore Positive

It’s been a while since we’ve talked water safety with our friend Doug Workman of Liberty Pure Solutions, who continues to educate Nestor about local water impurities, well water and ways to make it safe and tasty for consumption. “Be a filter or buy a filter” simplifies the reality.

Frosh: Trump is putting our democracy in great peril

Baltimore Positive

The United States of America has changed dramatically over the last eight weeks. Former Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joins Nestor to discuss democracy, laws, checks and balances and why America doesn’t have a King. A refresher course and re-education on what we were all taught in middle school Social Studies class about The Constitution and the law of the land.

Hitting it big – on or off the field

Nestor Aparicio

As the Home Run Riches hits it deep with Orioles baseball this week, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery has big news on bigger jackpots and a new twist on an enduring Mega game.

Chapter 3: My Pop and Little League in Dundalk

Nestor Aparicio

What are your Little League memories of youth? Here’s how Nestor fell in love with baseball at rec leagues at Colgate, Eastwood and Berkshire in Dundalk with his Pop as an umpire and manager for kids. And the tales of the diamond that last a lifetime…

If you start to work at The StarTUp in Towson, you might never stop

Baltimore Positive

Our CVP Towson stop on the The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought Patrick McQuown, Executive Director of The StartUp at Towson University, over a few blocks to discuss the unique co-working space offering 6,000 square feet of free, no-membership workspace – and open five days a week. “It’s kinda like a working library without the books!”

Finding your down dog and hot yoga flow at UpDog in Towson

Baltimore Positive

If you’re not a devotee of hot yoga, you might want to try it by the end of this one. Endorsing the many benefits is not hard for Nestor but let Yogini master Susan Selckman of Updog Yoga in Towson tell you about the flow of her studio and mat space just a block away from the CVP, where they convened on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to sweat out the small secrets of better health and a beautiful practice. Namaste.

Raising standard on the path to sobriety and wellness for those battling addiction at Hygea

Baltimore Positive

Robby Stempler, local founder of Hygea Healthcare, shared his journey from addiction to recovery and his mission to combat substance abuse in Baltimore. Struggling with Vicodin addiction a decade ago, he saw the need for better comprehensive addiction treatment and has developed a multi-faceted approach to treatment, including mental health support and job placement post-recovery.

Swinging for the fence after they moved the wall in

Baltimore Positive

With baseball season ready to pitch into the fun, John Martin of RThe Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for Home Run Riches and 162 games where local folks will be swinging for the fences and hoping for more grand slams.

Talking Towson Tigers and NIL future with head coach Pat Skerry

Baltimore Positive

The Towson Tigers have won a lot of basketball games over the past four years but once again won’t be participating in March Madness. Head coach Pat Skerry joined Nestor at CVP Towson to discuss the tough weekend in D.C. in the CAA Tournament and looked forward to the world of NIL and continuing to find the right student-athletes for the program to eventually get to the dance.

Being touched by The Northern Lights in Iceland

Baltimore Positive

Our American Dream believer and resident financial wizard Leonard Raskin took a wintry winter vacation chasing lava, glaciers and The Northern Lights in Iceland. The aurora borealis never disappoints when the magic glow appears…

Taking the pop quiz of responsible play for gamblers

Baltimore Positive

Every March, the Maryland Lottery steps up its game to make sure than citizens are playing the games within their means and understanding the odds and the help that is available. Executive Director John Martin joins us frequently to discuss all elements of the games and the realization that March Madness and baseball season are here and it’s time to consider your gambling habits.

Live Baltimore: For the love of city life

Baltimore Positive

Meghan McCorkell always formally educated Nestor about the charm of the Enoch Pratt Free Library but recently became the Executive Director of “Live Baltimore” and came to Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to tell him all he never knew about the “I Love City Life” folks’ 30th year aiming to attract and retain residents by highlighting the city’s 278 neighborhoods and offering home ownership incentives like down payment assistance programs. The city’s affordability, cultural richness and community spirit get no argument from the host.

A quarter of a century of Art With A Heart deserves a celebration story

Baltimore Positive

Local attorney Randi Pupkin shares her journey from local lawyer to aspiring artist to making a true Baltimore Positive impact over 25 years of leading “Art With A Heart,” providing art classes to under-served communities and now offering over 16,000 classes annually. Nestor leads her through their mutual friendship with local sports cartoonist and legend Ricig, and this amazing journey and a quarter of a century showing kids the world in color and inspiring creativity.

The story behind the story – how local journalism works and everything you need to know about the reporting of the Justin Tucker massage scandal

Baltimore Positive

With three blockbuster tales of reporting the allegations of 16 different women accusing Baltimore Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy appointments more than a decade ago, reporter Julie Scharper of The Baltimore Banner answers all of Nestor’s questions about how the story came to light and the journalism, reporting and fact-checking done by their staff to confirm and write these “serious and concerning” stories.

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Nestor Aparicio

Methinks we’re kinda getting to the point where we’ll soon hear from “your people” in a two-sentence press release on the team website about the future of the kicking department of the Baltimore Ravens. Probably after lunch on Friday, the way all the cowards in your industry drop the news they want to bury. Not-so-bold prediction: Justin Tucker has kicked his last kick for your franchise.

McMillen emphasizes resilience of American democracy amidst current chaos

Baltimore Positive

It’s easy to go marching into the Madness of college basketball season with Tom McMillen but our defending forward of Congressional service and American hoops diplomacy joins Nestor to discuss a lot about Russia, the state of the world and a little about the path of the Maryland Terrapins this month.

Will the NFL find Tucker scandal to be “serious, concerning” enough for action?

Baltimore Positive

As Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh deflected an NFL investigation in their building regarding the Justin Tucker allegations at a combine media cattle call, Luke Jones and Nestor attempt to decipher their Indianapolis words of confidence on a return for Ronnie Stanley, the future of Mark Andrews and what they’ll be looking for in the April draft.

Spring training and winter winning

Baltimore Positive

Always making time for some spring training baseball chatter along with the winners, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for a season of fun games and tales of no-hitters lost and borrowed.

Flying instead of Truckin’ to Vegas for Dead & Company

Baltimore Positive

The first days are the hardest days so Curio Wellness has put together a fun excursion contest to Las Vegas to see Dead & Company at The Sphere. Signing up for rewards is fun and easy and Nestor asks Wendy Bronfein all about what’s happening at Far & Dotter in Timonium as we continue the trip through cannabis education.

Justin Tucker Eagles

When will Ravens become Tuckered out by these 16 massage therapist allegations?

Baltimore Positive

The Justin Tucker scandal has continued as seven more women have come forward to The Baltimore Banner to accuse the longtime Ravens’ kicker of inappropriate conduct during local massages a decade ago. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the now-16 female massage therapists’ claims vs. the word of Justin Tucker – and attacking the journalists – and what the Baltimore Ravens are gonna do about it. And when…

The safety and defense of senior dogs and putting “Ed” ucation and love into Reed’s Rescue

Baltimore Positive

Our final stop for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” was at Kooper’s North in May Chapel, named after a dog, so it was appropriate that Kate Bell brought Nestor her safety story of true love for senior dogs. Reed’s Rescue, whose mission is to provide care for older dogs, often overlooked in shelters, by placing them in foster homes and finding them adoptive families, was named after a dog named “Reed,” whose name was inspired by a certain Baltimore Ravens’ Hall of Famer.

Monopolizing the fun

Baltimore Positive

It’s a big week for the Ravens scratch-off winners gathering for the grand prize of “Tickets For 20 Years” and John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for the culmination of the biggest promotion of the year as well as the rolling jackpot of “Rich Uncle Pennybags” and the current Monopoly game.

When true love and Koco’s crab cakes are on your plate for Valentine’s Day

Baltimore Positive

Nothing says true Baltimore love on Valentine’s Day like crab cakes. Let our beloved proprietor Marcella Knight and Ko-host show and tell you about what she loves about making people when they come to her legendary little pub in Lauraville. And how ordering ahead and grabbing them to go on the side door has become a boon to her business and makes folks all over town aware of the Mayor’s favorite crab cake.

Streaming away the NFL season

Baltimore Positive

It’s the one event we all watch but now that football season is over and we turn toward the rest of the sports landscape, what you watch is predicated on what you’re willing to pay for to subscribe. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the remnants of a dud Super Bowl and former cable TV ecosystem that powers modern sports streaming and confuses the hell out of the rest of us…

Fighting food insecurity and providing emergency assistance in Catonsville

Baltimore Positive

Our “A Cup Of Soup or Bowl Week” is designed to create awareness during these coldest weeks of the year to folks less fortunate and the humans and incredible organizations that power and support to the neediest families and children. Meet Caitlyn Kirby of Catonsville Emergency Assistance, who returns to State Fare to update Nestor on the impact of donations to feed families in 21228 and beyond through the Maryland Food Bank.

Burgers, music, gumbo and the spirit of survival at Kooper’s North

Baltimore Positive

The games are on, the music is perfect and the food is terrific, which is why we keep coming back to Kooper’s North in Mays Chapel. And, of course, the gumbo! On the final day of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl,” we reconvened with our favorite two-time cancer survivor Terry Beck, who tells his journey and support of LLS and many other charities via the “Burger Of The Month” in Timonium and Fell’s Point.

From Paris, with Accelerent, hot wings and charity for LLS Visionary research

Baltimore Positive

Our defending Accelerent champion and runner-up for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society “Visionary Of The Year,” Cate Paris joins Nestor to discuss networking the right way, raising money to beat cancer and a future career in improv comedy from State Fare on “A Cup Of Soup or Bowl Week” in Catonsville.

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