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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.

Bringing more hope to Hope Lodge in downtown Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

After MCing the American Cancer Society big “An Evening Of Hope” in November 2023, Nestor loved hearing the news fro Vivienne Stearns-Elliott about the groundbreaking of the all-new Hope Lodge in downtown Baltimore, a facility that provides incredible care to those in the battle here at the best hospitals in the world.

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…

Preparing Youth For Tomorrow on the streets of Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

With “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” back at Faidley’s Seafood at the beautiful new Lexington Market, it was a great time to bring Officer Kevin Moody back with Tori Kerr to tell more tales of Preparing Youth For Tomorrow and ways the local organization is inspiring young people to volunteer and be involved in “Handshakes Over Handcuffs” mentoring on the streets of Baltimore.

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.

What is the Rubenstein threshold for new Orioles’ payroll?

Baltimore Positive

With the news that Grayson Rodriguez and Andrew Kittredge will begin the season off the field, we wonder whether Mike Elias will be out buying more pricey relief pitching in a sport with no salary cap. Luke Jones and Nestor debate the Baltimore Orioles’ pitching needs and the threshold for payroll in the world of David Rubenstein. The money and tough-talk financial realities of small-market MLB in this one…

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 local realities of climate change

Baltimore Positive

Professor Billy Friebele of Loyola University Maryland heats Nestor up for a campus climate change symposium on March 13 with acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh and a keynote on “The Great Uprooting: Migration and Movement in the Age of Climate Change.”

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.

The nights on Broadway on Park Heights Avenue

Baltimore Positive

Who doesn’t love a great night of music and Broadway? Jillian Manko of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation invites Nestor out on March 22nd for a special night of Broadway music featuring John Rapson and hosted by Rain Pryor, daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Oh…and the desserts!

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.

The Ovechkin Fountain of Youth and fire on ice with snow on the mountain

Nestor Aparicio

Yes, the Fountain Dive of the 2018 Stanley Cup hangover celebration has been memorialized, but Ovechkin is still not done making memories for Caps fans. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the fire of The Great Eight and the ice of the Justin Tucker scandal in their weekly podcast chat.

Twenty years of living the Ravens’ club life

Baltimore Positive

When baseball and football intersect, we’re always happy to welcome Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery who reveals the Ravens “Tickets For 20 Years” grand prize winner and the spring training days of entering the Home Run Riches contest to win big when the Orioles hit ’em deep this this season.

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.

It’s time for MLB to figure out streaming and how fans will find Orioles baseball in future

Baltimore Positive

“What channel is the game on?” It’s a lot more complicated than it used to be – or needs to be. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the MLB ethos on media, streaming and how we find baseball in 2025. And, more importantly, where the new ownership of the Orioles find their fan base with the MASN mess left behind with the Nationals from Team Angelos’ mismanagement and chaos.

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.

The big Ravens Maryland Lottery winner returns with his Voices of Hope to help others overcome addiction in Harford County

Baltimore Positive

He bought a Ravens scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket on Harford Road 18 months ago and T.J. Humphries is going to the games with his daughter for the next 20 years. He returns to “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” to tell Nestor about his cushy club level seats but also his amazing story of addiction, recovery and now helping others via his Voices of Hope recovery and mentoring journey.

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.

The amazing holiday story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex

Baltimore Positive

When we bring “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” on the road every February, these are exactly the kinds of stories we seek to tell so you’ll get involved. Meet Robin Emrick, who tells Nestor the incredible story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex and holiday joy for children and struggling parents in East Baltimore County.

A bucket list African experience: “Hurry, boy, it’s waiting there for you”

Baltimore Positive

Local musician and wanderlust traveler Jason Siemer takes us through three weeks of an African safari bucket list journey. From capturing the wildlife and real life of Kenya and Tanzania through his lens and into the sky across the Serengeti, let the leader of the local band Bad With Names tell you how he’s become good with finding remote places on the planet like the Faroe Islands and Patagonia to sharpen his eye.

And old friend tells us how to be a new Friend of Patapsco Valley State Park

Baltimore Positive

It’s always fun when our guests begin a segment by telling Nestor about an old roadtrip they partcipated in during the golden purple era. Bruce Clopein had two community tales on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” at State Fare in Catonsville: his Patapsco Valley State Park volunteer advocacy and how his group at Catholic Charities makes a difference all around Baltimore.

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.

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.

Bringing more hope to Hope Lodge in downtown Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

After MCing the American Cancer Society big “An Evening Of Hope” in November 2023, Nestor loved hearing the news fro Vivienne Stearns-Elliott about the groundbreaking of the all-new Hope Lodge in downtown Baltimore, a facility that provides incredible care to those in the battle here at the best hospitals in the world.

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…

Preparing Youth For Tomorrow on the streets of Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

With “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” back at Faidley’s Seafood at the beautiful new Lexington Market, it was a great time to bring Officer Kevin Moody back with Tori Kerr to tell more tales of Preparing Youth For Tomorrow and ways the local organization is inspiring young people to volunteer and be involved in “Handshakes Over Handcuffs” mentoring on the streets of Baltimore.

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.

What is the Rubenstein threshold for new Orioles’ payroll?

Baltimore Positive

With the news that Grayson Rodriguez and Andrew Kittredge will begin the season off the field, we wonder whether Mike Elias will be out buying more pricey relief pitching in a sport with no salary cap. Luke Jones and Nestor debate the Baltimore Orioles’ pitching needs and the threshold for payroll in the world of David Rubenstein. The money and tough-talk financial realities of small-market MLB in this one…

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 local realities of climate change

Baltimore Positive

Professor Billy Friebele of Loyola University Maryland heats Nestor up for a campus climate change symposium on March 13 with acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh and a keynote on “The Great Uprooting: Migration and Movement in the Age of Climate Change.”

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.

The nights on Broadway on Park Heights Avenue

Baltimore Positive

Who doesn’t love a great night of music and Broadway? Jillian Manko of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation invites Nestor out on March 22nd for a special night of Broadway music featuring John Rapson and hosted by Rain Pryor, daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Oh…and the desserts!

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.

The Ovechkin Fountain of Youth and fire on ice with snow on the mountain

Nestor Aparicio

Yes, the Fountain Dive of the 2018 Stanley Cup hangover celebration has been memorialized, but Ovechkin is still not done making memories for Caps fans. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the fire of The Great Eight and the ice of the Justin Tucker scandal in their weekly podcast chat.

Twenty years of living the Ravens’ club life

Baltimore Positive

When baseball and football intersect, we’re always happy to welcome Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery who reveals the Ravens “Tickets For 20 Years” grand prize winner and the spring training days of entering the Home Run Riches contest to win big when the Orioles hit ’em deep this this season.

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.

It’s time for MLB to figure out streaming and how fans will find Orioles baseball in future

Baltimore Positive

“What channel is the game on?” It’s a lot more complicated than it used to be – or needs to be. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the MLB ethos on media, streaming and how we find baseball in 2025. And, more importantly, where the new ownership of the Orioles find their fan base with the MASN mess left behind with the Nationals from Team Angelos’ mismanagement and chaos.

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.

The big Ravens Maryland Lottery winner returns with his Voices of Hope to help others overcome addiction in Harford County

Baltimore Positive

He bought a Ravens scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket on Harford Road 18 months ago and T.J. Humphries is going to the games with his daughter for the next 20 years. He returns to “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” to tell Nestor about his cushy club level seats but also his amazing story of addiction, recovery and now helping others via his Voices of Hope recovery and mentoring journey.

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.

The amazing holiday story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex

Baltimore Positive

When we bring “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” on the road every February, these are exactly the kinds of stories we seek to tell so you’ll get involved. Meet Robin Emrick, who tells Nestor the incredible story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex and holiday joy for children and struggling parents in East Baltimore County.

A bucket list African experience: “Hurry, boy, it’s waiting there for you”

Baltimore Positive

Local musician and wanderlust traveler Jason Siemer takes us through three weeks of an African safari bucket list journey. From capturing the wildlife and real life of Kenya and Tanzania through his lens and into the sky across the Serengeti, let the leader of the local band Bad With Names tell you how he’s become good with finding remote places on the planet like the Faroe Islands and Patagonia to sharpen his eye.

And old friend tells us how to be a new Friend of Patapsco Valley State Park

Baltimore Positive

It’s always fun when our guests begin a segment by telling Nestor about an old roadtrip they partcipated in during the golden purple era. Bruce Clopein had two community tales on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” at State Fare in Catonsville: his Patapsco Valley State Park volunteer advocacy and how his group at Catholic Charities makes a difference all around Baltimore.

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.

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