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Winter sports, Talking Heads and local sports journalism and access

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour continues to bring together new friends and old souls, Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine and longtime sports cartoonist Ricig continue their spirited holiday Koco’s Pub chat with Nestor about winter fun in our state, beer and curling, Talking Heads and the future of sports journalism in Baltimore from three guys who have made a living in the art form.

The crooked road to college football glory

Baltimore Positive

With the injustice done to Florida State in the college football $y$tem, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss bad bowl undefeated beats and the Ravens’ path to January glory through five tough opponents.

Feeling lucky in Perryville

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour made a fun and informative stop at the new sportsbook at Hollywood Casino in Perryville. Vice President and General Manager Amy Brennan tells Nestor why she came back to Perryville after being a part of the original 2010 opening team to make it even better for local players to feel comfortable and play their favorite casino games in a friendly environment in Cecil County right next to the new Great Wolf Lodge.

Measuring progress and impact with City Councilwoman Odette Ramos

Baltimore Positive

Councilwoman Odette Ramos joins Nestor from her beloved 14th District inside Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art to discuss Baltimore’s progress and challenges on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare.

There’s no place like ho-ho-home for the holidays in Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Baltimore Magazine editor Ron Cassie joins Nestor and Ko-host Ricig to talk KISS, local sports, neighborhoods, bike lanes and better transportation at Koco’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare. And the time that Morganna The Kissing Bandit kissed Nestor…

Nestor crab cakes

Taking the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to the streets for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

With the Ravens on bye week and the Orioles dormant during the early stages of baseball free agency, Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s ramping up the neighborhood and community aspect of his Maryland Crab Cake Tour and taking it to the streets for the holidays around Baltimore.

When you don’t make the grade on campus

Baltimore Positive

You can be almost perfect when you’re a head football coach and player buyer but don’t lose to your rival. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the college consequences of losing in Columbus and the good life of Ravens bye week.

Let’s talk facts about Orioles and the MSA Memorandum of Understanding

Baltimore Positive

Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso returns to answer more of Nestor’s very serious questions about the Baltimore Orioles lease, the “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) and what happens to Steve Bisciotti and the Ravens if Governor Wes Moore promises all of The Warehouse and Camden Yards land and power to the Angelos family.

What does John Angelos really want – and what is Maryland willing to give him?

Baltimore Positive

With the stadium lease drama about to go into extra innings in Annapolis and the typical Angelos family stall rolling on for baseball fans, longtime Baltimore journalist, author and Orioles historian John Eisenberg discusses the history of the franchise, the city and the downtown landscape he found four decades ago when he joined The Sun as a sportswriter and columnist.

The Pappas crab cake story from Parkville to wherever you are for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube takes us throughout the community to tell the best Baltimore Positive stories and Weis conversations, there are none better than the crab cake tales of family lore and secret recipes kept for three generations. Let Steve Pappas tell you the 50-year history history of his family crab cake and Parkville legacy.

The outer layer in the plans for the new Inner Harbor

Baltimore Positive

Local developer Jeff Ratnow attempts to educate Bill Cole and Nestor about plans for the new Harborplace space and the financial realities of the Inner Harbor and downtown to be an economic generator for the entire city and community.

Screen Shot 2023 01 17 at 11.57.28 AM

Telling the whole truth about the uncertain future of the Maryland Stadium Authority and Camden Yards and the Angelos Family

Baltimore Positive

Follow the money. Wait for the real ink on the lease not the words of a man who lies regularly. Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a long-awaited, deep dive on everything about the $1.2 billion of your money that Steve Bisciotti and the Angelos Family are getting to keep their sports franchises in Baltimore. Ask someone who knows all the answers and you get them. Listen and learn. It’s important!

Are we getting ripped off by billionaire sports owners? (Of course we are…)

Baltimore Positive

It’s been three decades since Baltimore went “all in” on the promise of sports to revitalize a downtown community. Neil deMause of Field of Schemes tells Nestor that this Angelos family money grab and its parity clause benefit to Steve Bisciotti is the same in every city for American sports franchise owners. Socialize the debt; privatize the profit.

Getting the rub on how Curio can help your aches and pains

Baltimore Positive

Our continuing education series on cannabis and CBD hits home for Nestor when he asks Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness about topicals, balms and rubs that replace the smelly, old world ways of Ben Gay when he’s sore from a workout.

The Ravens’ relevance and the Orioles’ silence

Nestor Aparicio

As the clock ticks on the Orioles agreeing to a lease that would gift them $600 million of Maryland taxpayer charity, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the Ravens’ relevance and local baseball offseason silence as the turkey and pumpkin pie loom.

Learning what you never knew about where cannabis comes from

Baltimore Positive

The Chief Brand Officer from Curio Wellness has been trying to educate Nestor about the modern cannabis industry and the science behind the plant. Recently, Wendy Bronfein took Nestor on a comprehensive tour of the Baltimore County facilities and asked him what he learned on his field trip.

What kind of a civic cash grab is John Angelos trying to get away with in darkness?

Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos what he’s learned about the Orioles intentions for Camden Yards and the downtown area. And he doesn’t like anything about the facts he’s uncovered and the legitimate people with knowledge who are speaking out about the future of our city and who will control the future of the complex and the Maryland Stadium Authority.

Why can’t people STFU when the singer is singing and we’ve all paid a ton of dough to see a performer?

Nestor Aparicio

When our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection drops by the show, it usually involves music. This time after Nestor got back from an American bender through South Carolina for Sammy Hagar and Las Vegas for U2 at Sphere, he needed some answers about how Alice Cooper got there. And why people can’t shut up when Billy Joel or John Mayer are singing a love song.

Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he's learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority

Here’s why busting up Maryland Stadium Authority is a bad idea

Baltimore Positive

As the silence from Annapolis continues and the “negotiation” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and John Angelos enters the 11th hour with no Orioles lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for 2024, Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on the facts he’s learned about the deal and “Memorandum Of Understanding” that would disband the Maryland Stadium Authority and gift a whole bunch of valuable land and full power to the Angelos family.

Heating up the holiday winnings

Baltimore Positive

John Martin of Maryland Lottery gives Nestor a Fall update on mobile sports wagering state contribution and the winter games ahead for fun.

The deviled egg is in the details and the future of downtown Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Some folks only attend the Maryland Crab Cake Tour when deviled eggs are involved. Our pal Bill Cole returns to join Mac Campbell of the Baltimore Convention Center in a wide-ranging discussion on the progress of downtown Baltimore and how to get the community to buy into the positive changes and leadership.

It’s time for ThanksWINNING at Maryland Lottery

Baltimore Positive

It’s always a fun week when Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin and Nestor get to renew the civic spirit of Browns v. Ravens. There were also some big winners here this week and a turkey of a promotion that we hope you gobble up responsibly during the ThanksWINNING season.

An overview and future of cannabis in Maryland

Baltimore Positive

As our continuing cannabis education series continues, Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness gives Nestor an overview on the stability of the business and future and science of the plant in Maryland.

Screen Shot 2022 10 27 at 11.34.34 AM

Every day is a Veteran’s Day at MCVET

Baltimore Positive

Here’s how you can help a local veteran in need this Veteran’s Day through the local organization MCVET. Let Executive Director Misty Bruce provide an overview of their annual virtual run and all of the services provides for overlooked veterans in need here in Maryland.

Welcoming any convention to Baltimore with open arms

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour gets back on the road for the holidays, Mac Campbell of the Baltimore Convention Center joins Nestor at Faidley’s to discuss future of downtown, its vibrancy and bringing folks to the Charm City in all sorts of creative ways.

Halfway through this football season, picking NFL winners is not easy

Baltimore Positive

Just when Nestor gets on a little NFL pigskin pick ’em roll, a nasty 6-8 campaign turned his football weekend sour. Now 73-61-4 on the season, he joins sportsbook manager Christian Horton from Hollywood Casino Perryville to try to get back on track as the Ravens play twice this week in Baltimore.

Tracking down millions of dollars of local winners this month

Baltimore Positive

Sometimes when folks don’t win the jackpot, they think they didn’t win at all. Seth Elkin of the Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about tracking down million dollar winners this month – including a ticket in Snow Hill that is still unclaimed.

Telling the story of the Magic ride of Earvin Johnson

Baltimore Positive

Renowned author Roland Lazenby tells Nestor about his latest biography on the life and times of Earvin “Magic” Johnson. From the roots of his basketball story through the Showtime Lakers to becoming one of the richest American athletes in the world through his passion for being an entrepreneur, businessman and civic mover.

That time of the year when you get the coverage you need

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the Ravens’ success at midseason and offers some Raskin Global real life wisdom about making sure you are maximizing your employee benefits at work and protecting your family and future.

What will Baltimore look like when we’re done?

Baltimore Positive

As we all await the Angelos Family signing a long-term lease at Camden Yards and the Orioles offseason spin will begin, Bill Cole and Nestor wonder exactly what the teams want and what the city needs to build a better future footprint for the Inner Harbor and the future of downtown Baltimore. SUMMARY KEYWORDS talk, years, game, roof, baseball, baltimore, city, good, orioles, phillies, john, winning, maryland crab, stadium, buying, built, tickets, team, put, philadelphia SPEAKERS Nestor Aparicio, Bill Cole Nestor Aparicio  00:01 What about W and st Towson? Baltimore? Baltimore positive. I wish I had some crabcake tour dates to give you right now, but they’re in flux. I’m working on about eight of them. between now and Christmas. They’re all gonna be brought to you by the Maryland lottery. We did have some winners. The two last week were Hollywood casino on Sunday, had a bunch of winners up there had a really good time and a victory for the Ravens as well. Our friends at weathernation 866 90 nation they well we’ll install them and make it happen for you 0% financing it by two you get two free that’s going on all month long October as

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What is the next move for Mike Elias and Orioles?

Baltimore Positive

In an offseason with unlimited possibilities after incredible success on the field in 2023, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the arsenal of prospects and abundance of position players the Baltimore Orioles have in their farm system. And what that could mean for an offseason of free agency, trade possibilities and the inevitable rising payroll that the Angelos family will need to support with more money.

If you’re aching from athletic activity, here’s the rub on Move

Baltimore Positive

In the aftermath of the Baltimore Running Festival, Wendy Bronfein and Lisa Schaefer of Curio Wellness join Nestor for a discussion about topical solutions for athletes and weekend warriors. Or even just some relief for nagging aches and pains. SUMMARY KEYWORDS sleep, vape, terpenes, cannabis, curio, people, educate, wellness, product, marketing, topical, cannabinoids, ambien, pain, psychoactive effects, side, turn, celebrating, smell, years SPEAKERS Wendy Bronfein, Nestor Aparicio Nestor Aparicio  00:01 Welcome back. wn s t test Baltimore, Baltimore positive celebrating 25 years of this madness. We have begun the countdown and I tell you the Orioles plan and the Ravens in London and all this stuff going on. We’re getting back to the countdown 2323 21 all coming your way out of the front of Baltimore positive and sponsored by our friends at curio wellness and foreign daughter. I’ve got the shirt shirt more last week and I think it does this week although I still have it in April. I had it for spring training, welcoming and Wendy brown fine as well as at least Shaffer making her debut here is the Vice President of Marketing for all things curio Wellness Center, friends over for daughter over timoni, where

Winter sports, Talking Heads and local sports journalism and access

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour continues to bring together new friends and old souls, Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine and longtime sports cartoonist Ricig continue their spirited holiday Koco’s Pub chat with Nestor about winter fun in our state, beer and curling, Talking Heads and the future of sports journalism in Baltimore from three guys who have made a living in the art form.

The crooked road to college football glory

Baltimore Positive

With the injustice done to Florida State in the college football $y$tem, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss bad bowl undefeated beats and the Ravens’ path to January glory through five tough opponents.

Feeling lucky in Perryville

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour made a fun and informative stop at the new sportsbook at Hollywood Casino in Perryville. Vice President and General Manager Amy Brennan tells Nestor why she came back to Perryville after being a part of the original 2010 opening team to make it even better for local players to feel comfortable and play their favorite casino games in a friendly environment in Cecil County right next to the new Great Wolf Lodge.

Measuring progress and impact with City Councilwoman Odette Ramos

Baltimore Positive

Councilwoman Odette Ramos joins Nestor from her beloved 14th District inside Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art to discuss Baltimore’s progress and challenges on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare.

There’s no place like ho-ho-home for the holidays in Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Baltimore Magazine editor Ron Cassie joins Nestor and Ko-host Ricig to talk KISS, local sports, neighborhoods, bike lanes and better transportation at Koco’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare. And the time that Morganna The Kissing Bandit kissed Nestor…

Nestor crab cakes

Taking the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to the streets for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

With the Ravens on bye week and the Orioles dormant during the early stages of baseball free agency, Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s ramping up the neighborhood and community aspect of his Maryland Crab Cake Tour and taking it to the streets for the holidays around Baltimore.

When you don’t make the grade on campus

Baltimore Positive

You can be almost perfect when you’re a head football coach and player buyer but don’t lose to your rival. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the college consequences of losing in Columbus and the good life of Ravens bye week.

Let’s talk facts about Orioles and the MSA Memorandum of Understanding

Baltimore Positive

Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso returns to answer more of Nestor’s very serious questions about the Baltimore Orioles lease, the “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) and what happens to Steve Bisciotti and the Ravens if Governor Wes Moore promises all of The Warehouse and Camden Yards land and power to the Angelos family.

What does John Angelos really want – and what is Maryland willing to give him?

Baltimore Positive

With the stadium lease drama about to go into extra innings in Annapolis and the typical Angelos family stall rolling on for baseball fans, longtime Baltimore journalist, author and Orioles historian John Eisenberg discusses the history of the franchise, the city and the downtown landscape he found four decades ago when he joined The Sun as a sportswriter and columnist.

The Pappas crab cake story from Parkville to wherever you are for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube takes us throughout the community to tell the best Baltimore Positive stories and Weis conversations, there are none better than the crab cake tales of family lore and secret recipes kept for three generations. Let Steve Pappas tell you the 50-year history history of his family crab cake and Parkville legacy.

The outer layer in the plans for the new Inner Harbor

Baltimore Positive

Local developer Jeff Ratnow attempts to educate Bill Cole and Nestor about plans for the new Harborplace space and the financial realities of the Inner Harbor and downtown to be an economic generator for the entire city and community.

Screen Shot 2023 01 17 at 11.57.28 AM

Telling the whole truth about the uncertain future of the Maryland Stadium Authority and Camden Yards and the Angelos Family

Baltimore Positive

Follow the money. Wait for the real ink on the lease not the words of a man who lies regularly. Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a long-awaited, deep dive on everything about the $1.2 billion of your money that Steve Bisciotti and the Angelos Family are getting to keep their sports franchises in Baltimore. Ask someone who knows all the answers and you get them. Listen and learn. It’s important!

Are we getting ripped off by billionaire sports owners? (Of course we are…)

Baltimore Positive

It’s been three decades since Baltimore went “all in” on the promise of sports to revitalize a downtown community. Neil deMause of Field of Schemes tells Nestor that this Angelos family money grab and its parity clause benefit to Steve Bisciotti is the same in every city for American sports franchise owners. Socialize the debt; privatize the profit.

Getting the rub on how Curio can help your aches and pains

Baltimore Positive

Our continuing education series on cannabis and CBD hits home for Nestor when he asks Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness about topicals, balms and rubs that replace the smelly, old world ways of Ben Gay when he’s sore from a workout.

The Ravens’ relevance and the Orioles’ silence

Nestor Aparicio

As the clock ticks on the Orioles agreeing to a lease that would gift them $600 million of Maryland taxpayer charity, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the Ravens’ relevance and local baseball offseason silence as the turkey and pumpkin pie loom.

Learning what you never knew about where cannabis comes from

Baltimore Positive

The Chief Brand Officer from Curio Wellness has been trying to educate Nestor about the modern cannabis industry and the science behind the plant. Recently, Wendy Bronfein took Nestor on a comprehensive tour of the Baltimore County facilities and asked him what he learned on his field trip.

What kind of a civic cash grab is John Angelos trying to get away with in darkness?

Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos what he’s learned about the Orioles intentions for Camden Yards and the downtown area. And he doesn’t like anything about the facts he’s uncovered and the legitimate people with knowledge who are speaking out about the future of our city and who will control the future of the complex and the Maryland Stadium Authority.

Why can’t people STFU when the singer is singing and we’ve all paid a ton of dough to see a performer?

Nestor Aparicio

When our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection drops by the show, it usually involves music. This time after Nestor got back from an American bender through South Carolina for Sammy Hagar and Las Vegas for U2 at Sphere, he needed some answers about how Alice Cooper got there. And why people can’t shut up when Billy Joel or John Mayer are singing a love song.

Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he's learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority

Here’s why busting up Maryland Stadium Authority is a bad idea

Baltimore Positive

As the silence from Annapolis continues and the “negotiation” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and John Angelos enters the 11th hour with no Orioles lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for 2024, Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on the facts he’s learned about the deal and “Memorandum Of Understanding” that would disband the Maryland Stadium Authority and gift a whole bunch of valuable land and full power to the Angelos family.

Heating up the holiday winnings

Baltimore Positive

John Martin of Maryland Lottery gives Nestor a Fall update on mobile sports wagering state contribution and the winter games ahead for fun.

The deviled egg is in the details and the future of downtown Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Some folks only attend the Maryland Crab Cake Tour when deviled eggs are involved. Our pal Bill Cole returns to join Mac Campbell of the Baltimore Convention Center in a wide-ranging discussion on the progress of downtown Baltimore and how to get the community to buy into the positive changes and leadership.

It’s time for ThanksWINNING at Maryland Lottery

Baltimore Positive

It’s always a fun week when Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin and Nestor get to renew the civic spirit of Browns v. Ravens. There were also some big winners here this week and a turkey of a promotion that we hope you gobble up responsibly during the ThanksWINNING season.

An overview and future of cannabis in Maryland

Baltimore Positive

As our continuing cannabis education series continues, Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness gives Nestor an overview on the stability of the business and future and science of the plant in Maryland.

Screen Shot 2022 10 27 at 11.34.34 AM

Every day is a Veteran’s Day at MCVET

Baltimore Positive

Here’s how you can help a local veteran in need this Veteran’s Day through the local organization MCVET. Let Executive Director Misty Bruce provide an overview of their annual virtual run and all of the services provides for overlooked veterans in need here in Maryland.

Welcoming any convention to Baltimore with open arms

Baltimore Positive

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour gets back on the road for the holidays, Mac Campbell of the Baltimore Convention Center joins Nestor at Faidley’s to discuss future of downtown, its vibrancy and bringing folks to the Charm City in all sorts of creative ways.

Halfway through this football season, picking NFL winners is not easy

Baltimore Positive

Just when Nestor gets on a little NFL pigskin pick ’em roll, a nasty 6-8 campaign turned his football weekend sour. Now 73-61-4 on the season, he joins sportsbook manager Christian Horton from Hollywood Casino Perryville to try to get back on track as the Ravens play twice this week in Baltimore.

Tracking down millions of dollars of local winners this month

Baltimore Positive

Sometimes when folks don’t win the jackpot, they think they didn’t win at all. Seth Elkin of the Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about tracking down million dollar winners this month – including a ticket in Snow Hill that is still unclaimed.

Telling the story of the Magic ride of Earvin Johnson

Baltimore Positive

Renowned author Roland Lazenby tells Nestor about his latest biography on the life and times of Earvin “Magic” Johnson. From the roots of his basketball story through the Showtime Lakers to becoming one of the richest American athletes in the world through his passion for being an entrepreneur, businessman and civic mover.

That time of the year when you get the coverage you need

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the Ravens’ success at midseason and offers some Raskin Global real life wisdom about making sure you are maximizing your employee benefits at work and protecting your family and future.

elias

What is the next move for Mike Elias and Orioles?

Baltimore Positive

In an offseason with unlimited possibilities after incredible success on the field in 2023, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the arsenal of prospects and abundance of position players the Baltimore Orioles have in their farm system. And what that could mean for an offseason of free agency, trade possibilities and the inevitable rising payroll that the Angelos family will need to support with more money.

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