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The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

Baltimore Positive

Actor and comedian Hank Azaria tells Nestor why The Boss has him living glory days in Baltimore and why he’ll be singing “Born To Run” and many more Bruce Springsteen classics when he brings his charity show to Sound Stage on March 7th. Some Simpsons, some poker and a life of loving sports and mimicry and The River with a TV legend.

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.

Justin Tucker Nestor Aparicio Super Bowl Radio Row

The happy times with Justin Tucker

Baltimore Positive

At the Super Bowl in January 2015, Nestor sat down to discuss with then-young Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker a potentially glorious Hall of Fame career in the Charm City eating Royal Farms chicken and drinking real fresh, real fast coffee and going to Canton. Tucker also sings some Texas fight song music in this one…

Mike Nolan: Here’s why this Lamar and King Henry offense set records

Baltimore Positive

After 34 years of coaching in the NFL, when it comes to learning football we turn to old friends like former Ravens coach and 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to help us better understand the game. Time well spent here discussing defensing Lamar Jackson, the power of great ownership and the abilities of coaches to put the best players in a position to make impact.

So hard saying goodbye to Simmer, my first friend in professional sports

Nestor Aparicio

“Simmer” – I’m not sure anyone I ever knew called him Shawn – left us this morning and all I can hear is the tone of his voice and his gentleness and polite Canadian demeanor. And my mind is mired in my adolescence in the 1980s, covering hockey and these special players who were all my age, trying to make it just like I was trying to be a sports journalist. We were 18 year-old kids when we met.

Ross Tucker: Lamar hasn’t played his best football in January

Baltimore Positive

Former NFL offensive lineman-turned-broadcast Ross Tucker has called as many football games as anyone this season and joins Nestor to discuss the tough exit for the Ravens and Lamar Jackson, and the difficulty of being the player who drops the ball with the game on the line. He also brings a special Valentine’s Day message.

Two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Stokley: “It’s really hard to do…”

Baltimore Positive

Always a pleasant and informative visit with our pal and Ravens Super Bowl XXXV legend Brandon Stokley, who does sports radio in Denver these days and opines on topics like Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen for NFL Most Valuable Player. And even though he’s now just a fan with two Super Bowl rings – and one we don’t talk about in Baltimore – the “other” Manning brother says this game in Buffalo is why everyone loves football.

The international money, gambling and most influential sports league in the world hasn’t snuck up on agent Leigh Steinberg

Baltimore Positive

Talking NFL revenue, player contracts, union leverage and the future of American sports leagues all over the world with our returning champion and super agent Leigh Steinberg, who joins Nestor to discuss the lineage of the billions of dollars and jobs of the NFL offseason as another Super Bowl tournament begins with his quarterback Patrick Mahomes watching football this weekend and waiting for another chance for a Lombardi Trophy.

Mike Flynn

The “legend” of Ravens’ Super Bowl champion Mike Flynn

Baltimore Positive

He’s always been a legend to us but it was the magic of a quarter-of-a-century of memories flooding back on the field when Super Bowl XXXV champion center Mike Flynn returned to the Baltimore Ravens as a “Legend of Game” with his family and personal tales of Lamar support for MVP. And Costas crabs, of course on his way outta town…

hineswardradiorow

Hines Ward says Ravens-Steelers rivalry is only thing he misses from playing days

Baltimore Positive

When folks ask Nestor Aparicio, “What is your favorite interview ever?” this one is high on the list. The former Pittsburgh wide receiver (who inconceivably isn’t in the Pro Football Hall of Fame) talked with Nestor and Luke Jones on Radio Row in Arizona ahead of Super Bowl XLIX. This one was fun! A perfect prelude to any Steelers-Ravens game…

Legendary Dickey Betts educates Nestor about Allman Brothers history and peace with Gregg

Nestor Aparicio

Back during their first reunion in 1990, then-syndicated music critic Nestor Aparicio had a chance to chat with guitarist Dickey Betts about The Allman Brothers. “You know, we worked together with 20 years, and we had our differences, and they don’t amount to that much,” Betts said about Gregg Allman. “Even Jesus Christ had differences with his disciples…”

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads burns down the house with Nestor in late 1980s chat

Nestor Aparicio

Some bands break up and never reunite. And forty years later, the music of Talking Heads has only aged gracefully and wistfully and joyfully. Back in the late 1980s during his time as a music critic at The Baltimore Evening Sun, Nestor Aparicio had a chance to talk about music, David Byrne and the magic of Talking Heads with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Harrison.

The night that Debbie Harry took a ride with Ted Bundy

Baltimore Positive

During his Almost Famous music critic era at The Baltimore Sun, Nestor Aparicio interviewed hundreds of musicians and is unearthing lost tapes with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame immortals like this one from November 1989 with Debbie Harry, who was bringing her legendary band Blondie to Hammerjacks.

Talking Partridge Family and baseball with David Cassidy in 1991

Baltimore Positive

As part of his unearthing of long-form music interviews from his music critic life last century at The Baltimore Sun, this is a spirited chat with teen idol, actor and musician David Cassidy, who gave an incredible performance at Max’s On Broadway in Fell’s Point in September 1991.

Faithfully taking a 1989 Journey with open arms back to era of Bad English with Jonathan Cain

Baltimore Positive

In an effort to release all of his Almost Famous-era rock and roll interviews from his time as a music critic at The Baltimore Sun, Nestor Aparicio found an October 1989 chat with legendary keyboardist Jonathan Cain, just as his new band Bad English was approaching Hammerjacks. Some Steve Perry chatter here from four decades ago as Journey has gone its separate ways into the wheel in the sky of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame immortality.

Stoked Schock says going back on stage again with The Go-Go’s is always a thrill

Baltimore Positive

Rock And Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s tells Nestor the girls are head over heels about putting the band back on stage in 2025 as she prepares in Dundalk for a spring at Coachella and Cruel World Festivals that’ll show they’ve still got the beat. Our lips are no longer sealed about the West Coast reunion of the five ladies who paved the way in the early 1980s.

LIVVing his best life, former Ravens wide receiver Mark Clayton shares story of his patented athletic headphone

Nestor Aparicio

Former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Mark Clayton has stayed in touch with WNST ever since the day he was drafted 20 years ago and was a frequent guest on our Monday Night Live shows. Now an entrepreneur, the former first-round draft pick from Oklahoma tells Nestor his unlikely journey into the world of premium sound, full body athletic movement and finding a headset that goes where you wanna go when you are trying to break a sweat.

La Famiglia and the spirit of The Feast of The Seven Fishes for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

In our never-ending quest to bring together the best people of Baltimore, let Nestor tell you how 40 years of friendship with “Uncle” Dan Rodricks connected him to legendary Chesapeake chef and Gertrude’s proprietor John Shields, who turned out to be related to the very tiny Aparicio family through Smalltimore marriage. The BMA, the holiday and what’s on the table at your tasty Christmas feast?

Doubling back again with ZZ Top

Nestor Aparicio

Not many bands insisted on inviting then-youthful Baltimore Sun music critic Nestor Aparicio backstage after a concert for an interview – but ZZ Top insisted back in January 1991. Turns out when Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of the little Texas band welcomed him into their dressing room for a post-show at the Capital Centre, it was all about their work with the Delta Blues Museum. For the record, the most accommodating rock stars ever…

Talking music and success with Peter Buck of R.E.M. before Max’s On Broadway gig in Baltimore in 1990

Baltimore Positive

As the music critic of The Baltimore Evening Sun from 1986 until 1992, Nestor Aparicio interviewed dozens of Rock And Rock Hall of Fame musicians in their prime and is unearthing these magical lost tapes with legends here via Music Classic at Baltimore Positive. This is guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. who joined him in 1991 before a small gig at Max’s On Broadway in Fell’s Point with Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin. At the time, Buck, along with Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Bill Berry comprised one of the biggest acts in the world and discussed the evolution, concerts, fame and success of one of the greatest American bands in music history.

The Ancient Eight John Feinstein

What makes Ivy League football unique and ancient?

Baltimore Positive

Celebrated author John Feinstein discusses his new book, “The Ancient Eight,” focusing on Ivy League football traditions highlighting the league’s unique rules, such as no expansion, no transfer portal, and no postseason games. And then, they discussed Lamar Jackson and American politics…

Ross Greenburg HBO

There’s no knocking the legacy of “Hard Knocks” with legendary HBO producer Ross Greenburg

Baltimore Positive

It’s been nearly a quarter of a century and sports documentaries as we all know them were seeded by the work of longtime HBO president Ross Greenburg, who returns to discuss how the landscape has changed and broadened for storytelling and entertaining since Steve Sabol partnered to create the first “Hard Knocks” with the Modells and Brian Billick and the Baltimore Ravens in 2001.

Jim Harbaugh Nasty Nestor Aparicio 1998

Let Jim Harbaugh tell you why he got into coaching

Baltimore Positive

The relationship of Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Nestor pre-dates the arrival his big brother John as the leader of the Baltimore Ravens. Back in 2004, when executive producer Ray Bachman was looking to surprise Nestor with a radio call-in for an anniversary show, he found Captain Comeback to come back to WNST for a spirited chat about his desire to be a coach two decades ago after taking his first gig with the University of San Diego Toreros.

Geddy Lee Rush Randy Johnson Alex Lifeson Give A Spit

Geddy Lee of Rush talks bass and baseball

Baltimore Positive

Nestor did a Rock N Jock Baseball Preview in the 1990s and his music pals called in to talk sports. Geddy Lee checked in from Toronto to discuss the 1997 Orioles and Blue Jays.

JY Styx SanFran 2015

Being a Styx ‘Renegade’ long before it was the Steelers battle song

Baltimore Positive

After almost a half century on the road, what happens when a band has too much time on its hands? For Styx guitarist and founder James Young, it was a “mirror, mirror on the wall” chat and a time to make history answering all of the hard questions Nestor ever had since he saw them on the Cornerstone tour in February 1980.

Going with The Bull oyster rock star shooter at The Walrus in Columbia

Day 13 Going with The Bull oyster rock star shooter at The Walrus in Columbia

Baltimore Positive

In the spirit of mixing it up every day on 26 in 26 days to celebrate 26 years of WNST and Baltimore Positive, the lucky thirteen day was spent with our pal John Allen of Stone Horses (and Child’s Play) rock and roll fame and “The Bull” with a two-part oyster shooter at The Walrus in Columbia. It was no bull.

Billy Squier

Billy Squier chats about The Stroke and success in December 1989

Baltimore Positive

During his youthful teenage #AlmostFamous days as music critic at The Evening Sun in Baltimore, Nestor Aparicio chatted with many legends coming through the area on tour. This is the first of two with the leader of the band who once opened for Kiss at the Capital Centre.

The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

Baltimore Positive

Actor and comedian Hank Azaria tells Nestor why The Boss has him living glory days in Baltimore and why he’ll be singing “Born To Run” and many more Bruce Springsteen classics when he brings his charity show to Sound Stage on March 7th. Some Simpsons, some poker and a life of loving sports and mimicry and The River with a TV legend.

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.

Justin Tucker Nestor Aparicio Super Bowl Radio Row

The happy times with Justin Tucker

Baltimore Positive

At the Super Bowl in January 2015, Nestor sat down to discuss with then-young Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker a potentially glorious Hall of Fame career in the Charm City eating Royal Farms chicken and drinking real fresh, real fast coffee and going to Canton. Tucker also sings some Texas fight song music in this one…

Mike Nolan: Here’s why this Lamar and King Henry offense set records

Baltimore Positive

After 34 years of coaching in the NFL, when it comes to learning football we turn to old friends like former Ravens coach and 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to help us better understand the game. Time well spent here discussing defensing Lamar Jackson, the power of great ownership and the abilities of coaches to put the best players in a position to make impact.

So hard saying goodbye to Simmer, my first friend in professional sports

Nestor Aparicio

“Simmer” – I’m not sure anyone I ever knew called him Shawn – left us this morning and all I can hear is the tone of his voice and his gentleness and polite Canadian demeanor. And my mind is mired in my adolescence in the 1980s, covering hockey and these special players who were all my age, trying to make it just like I was trying to be a sports journalist. We were 18 year-old kids when we met.

Ross Tucker: Lamar hasn’t played his best football in January

Baltimore Positive

Former NFL offensive lineman-turned-broadcast Ross Tucker has called as many football games as anyone this season and joins Nestor to discuss the tough exit for the Ravens and Lamar Jackson, and the difficulty of being the player who drops the ball with the game on the line. He also brings a special Valentine’s Day message.

Two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Stokley: “It’s really hard to do…”

Baltimore Positive

Always a pleasant and informative visit with our pal and Ravens Super Bowl XXXV legend Brandon Stokley, who does sports radio in Denver these days and opines on topics like Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen for NFL Most Valuable Player. And even though he’s now just a fan with two Super Bowl rings – and one we don’t talk about in Baltimore – the “other” Manning brother says this game in Buffalo is why everyone loves football.

The international money, gambling and most influential sports league in the world hasn’t snuck up on agent Leigh Steinberg

Baltimore Positive

Talking NFL revenue, player contracts, union leverage and the future of American sports leagues all over the world with our returning champion and super agent Leigh Steinberg, who joins Nestor to discuss the lineage of the billions of dollars and jobs of the NFL offseason as another Super Bowl tournament begins with his quarterback Patrick Mahomes watching football this weekend and waiting for another chance for a Lombardi Trophy.

Mike Flynn

The “legend” of Ravens’ Super Bowl champion Mike Flynn

Baltimore Positive

He’s always been a legend to us but it was the magic of a quarter-of-a-century of memories flooding back on the field when Super Bowl XXXV champion center Mike Flynn returned to the Baltimore Ravens as a “Legend of Game” with his family and personal tales of Lamar support for MVP. And Costas crabs, of course on his way outta town…

hineswardradiorow

Hines Ward says Ravens-Steelers rivalry is only thing he misses from playing days

Baltimore Positive

When folks ask Nestor Aparicio, “What is your favorite interview ever?” this one is high on the list. The former Pittsburgh wide receiver (who inconceivably isn’t in the Pro Football Hall of Fame) talked with Nestor and Luke Jones on Radio Row in Arizona ahead of Super Bowl XLIX. This one was fun! A perfect prelude to any Steelers-Ravens game…

Legendary Dickey Betts educates Nestor about Allman Brothers history and peace with Gregg

Nestor Aparicio

Back during their first reunion in 1990, then-syndicated music critic Nestor Aparicio had a chance to chat with guitarist Dickey Betts about The Allman Brothers. “You know, we worked together with 20 years, and we had our differences, and they don’t amount to that much,” Betts said about Gregg Allman. “Even Jesus Christ had differences with his disciples…”

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads burns down the house with Nestor in late 1980s chat

Nestor Aparicio

Some bands break up and never reunite. And forty years later, the music of Talking Heads has only aged gracefully and wistfully and joyfully. Back in the late 1980s during his time as a music critic at The Baltimore Evening Sun, Nestor Aparicio had a chance to talk about music, David Byrne and the magic of Talking Heads with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Harrison.

The night that Debbie Harry took a ride with Ted Bundy

Baltimore Positive

During his Almost Famous music critic era at The Baltimore Sun, Nestor Aparicio interviewed hundreds of musicians and is unearthing lost tapes with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame immortals like this one from November 1989 with Debbie Harry, who was bringing her legendary band Blondie to Hammerjacks.

Talking Partridge Family and baseball with David Cassidy in 1991

Baltimore Positive

As part of his unearthing of long-form music interviews from his music critic life last century at The Baltimore Sun, this is a spirited chat with teen idol, actor and musician David Cassidy, who gave an incredible performance at Max’s On Broadway in Fell’s Point in September 1991.

Faithfully taking a 1989 Journey with open arms back to era of Bad English with Jonathan Cain

Baltimore Positive

In an effort to release all of his Almost Famous-era rock and roll interviews from his time as a music critic at The Baltimore Sun, Nestor Aparicio found an October 1989 chat with legendary keyboardist Jonathan Cain, just as his new band Bad English was approaching Hammerjacks. Some Steve Perry chatter here from four decades ago as Journey has gone its separate ways into the wheel in the sky of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame immortality.

Stoked Schock says going back on stage again with The Go-Go’s is always a thrill

Baltimore Positive

Rock And Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s tells Nestor the girls are head over heels about putting the band back on stage in 2025 as she prepares in Dundalk for a spring at Coachella and Cruel World Festivals that’ll show they’ve still got the beat. Our lips are no longer sealed about the West Coast reunion of the five ladies who paved the way in the early 1980s.

LIVVing his best life, former Ravens wide receiver Mark Clayton shares story of his patented athletic headphone

Nestor Aparicio

Former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Mark Clayton has stayed in touch with WNST ever since the day he was drafted 20 years ago and was a frequent guest on our Monday Night Live shows. Now an entrepreneur, the former first-round draft pick from Oklahoma tells Nestor his unlikely journey into the world of premium sound, full body athletic movement and finding a headset that goes where you wanna go when you are trying to break a sweat.

La Famiglia and the spirit of The Feast of The Seven Fishes for the holidays

Baltimore Positive

In our never-ending quest to bring together the best people of Baltimore, let Nestor tell you how 40 years of friendship with “Uncle” Dan Rodricks connected him to legendary Chesapeake chef and Gertrude’s proprietor John Shields, who turned out to be related to the very tiny Aparicio family through Smalltimore marriage. The BMA, the holiday and what’s on the table at your tasty Christmas feast?

Doubling back again with ZZ Top

Nestor Aparicio

Not many bands insisted on inviting then-youthful Baltimore Sun music critic Nestor Aparicio backstage after a concert for an interview – but ZZ Top insisted back in January 1991. Turns out when Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of the little Texas band welcomed him into their dressing room for a post-show at the Capital Centre, it was all about their work with the Delta Blues Museum. For the record, the most accommodating rock stars ever…

Talking music and success with Peter Buck of R.E.M. before Max’s On Broadway gig in Baltimore in 1990

Baltimore Positive

As the music critic of The Baltimore Evening Sun from 1986 until 1992, Nestor Aparicio interviewed dozens of Rock And Rock Hall of Fame musicians in their prime and is unearthing these magical lost tapes with legends here via Music Classic at Baltimore Positive. This is guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. who joined him in 1991 before a small gig at Max’s On Broadway in Fell’s Point with Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin. At the time, Buck, along with Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Bill Berry comprised one of the biggest acts in the world and discussed the evolution, concerts, fame and success of one of the greatest American bands in music history.

The Ancient Eight John Feinstein

What makes Ivy League football unique and ancient?

Baltimore Positive

Celebrated author John Feinstein discusses his new book, “The Ancient Eight,” focusing on Ivy League football traditions highlighting the league’s unique rules, such as no expansion, no transfer portal, and no postseason games. And then, they discussed Lamar Jackson and American politics…

Ross Greenburg HBO

There’s no knocking the legacy of “Hard Knocks” with legendary HBO producer Ross Greenburg

Baltimore Positive

It’s been nearly a quarter of a century and sports documentaries as we all know them were seeded by the work of longtime HBO president Ross Greenburg, who returns to discuss how the landscape has changed and broadened for storytelling and entertaining since Steve Sabol partnered to create the first “Hard Knocks” with the Modells and Brian Billick and the Baltimore Ravens in 2001.

Jim Harbaugh Nasty Nestor Aparicio 1998

Let Jim Harbaugh tell you why he got into coaching

Baltimore Positive

The relationship of Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Nestor pre-dates the arrival his big brother John as the leader of the Baltimore Ravens. Back in 2004, when executive producer Ray Bachman was looking to surprise Nestor with a radio call-in for an anniversary show, he found Captain Comeback to come back to WNST for a spirited chat about his desire to be a coach two decades ago after taking his first gig with the University of San Diego Toreros.

Geddy Lee Rush Randy Johnson Alex Lifeson Give A Spit

Geddy Lee of Rush talks bass and baseball

Baltimore Positive

Nestor did a Rock N Jock Baseball Preview in the 1990s and his music pals called in to talk sports. Geddy Lee checked in from Toronto to discuss the 1997 Orioles and Blue Jays.

JY Styx SanFran 2015

Being a Styx ‘Renegade’ long before it was the Steelers battle song

Baltimore Positive

After almost a half century on the road, what happens when a band has too much time on its hands? For Styx guitarist and founder James Young, it was a “mirror, mirror on the wall” chat and a time to make history answering all of the hard questions Nestor ever had since he saw them on the Cornerstone tour in February 1980.

Going with The Bull oyster rock star shooter at The Walrus in Columbia

Day 13 Going with The Bull oyster rock star shooter at The Walrus in Columbia

Baltimore Positive

In the spirit of mixing it up every day on 26 in 26 days to celebrate 26 years of WNST and Baltimore Positive, the lucky thirteen day was spent with our pal John Allen of Stone Horses (and Child’s Play) rock and roll fame and “The Bull” with a two-part oyster shooter at The Walrus in Columbia. It was no bull.

Billy Squier

Billy Squier chats about The Stroke and success in December 1989

Baltimore Positive

During his youthful teenage #AlmostFamous days as music critic at The Evening Sun in Baltimore, Nestor Aparicio chatted with many legends coming through the area on tour. This is the first of two with the leader of the band who once opened for Kiss at the Capital Centre.

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