Facebook-f X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Spotify Podcast

Paid Advertisement

Community

Where is Steve Bisciotti hiding and when will he appear?

Baltimore Positive

With the miserable exit of the Baltimore Ravens season on Sunday night in Pittsburgh, this is the week the franchise will address any major changes in leadership, coaching and a stated direction for the fan base (if they care about such things). Other NFL owners are speaking with local media around the league. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the offseason mess left behind from a wildly disappointing season and the clear need for owner Steve Bisciotti to come forward after eight years of neglecting to answer questions about his $5 billion franchise.

Frederick teachers get schooled on cashing in on the Power of a Holiday Bonus

Baltimore Positive

It’s not often that 14 winners surprise the folks at the Maryland Lottery with such a fun holiday tale of pooling and Powerballing their way to a $50,000 pay day on the recent $1.8 billion jackpot. Seth Elkin of Maryland Lottery talks winning and spirited group of Frederick teachers getting schooled on cashing in for the New Year.

No One Listens Aparicio Nestor Nasty

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio

Part biography, part civic documentary, this film uncovers the uncompromising journey of Nestor Aparicio—journalist, truth-teller, and founder of Baltimore Positive. Through battles with institutions, personal setbacks, and a stubborn commitment to his hometown, “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” shows what happens when one person refuses to stop believing in Baltimore.

Let’s welcome in happiness and better health in 2026

Baltimore Positive

With the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Planet Fitness on York Road in Timonium, we told our friends Justin Drummond and April Fowler that we’d bring the Maryland Crab Cake Tour by to welcome them into the new year if they’d provide the inspiration and the awesome PF Times Square party hats.

Saving a lost season still possible for Harbaugh and Ravens in Pittsburgh

Baltimore Positive

It’s been quite a slog for everyone involved in the Baltimore Ravens organization in 2025. Leonard Raskin and Nestor take a real assessment of the end of a football season and the beginning of the playoffs and another chance for the men of John Harbaugh to redeem themselves – and their turbulent season – in Pittsburgh.

Fish, family and fastballs at Gertrude’s with Casper Wells

Baltimore Positive

In the spirit of the holiday season, we bring friends and family together. Chesapeake chef extraordinaire and proprietor of Gertrude’s at The BMA John Shields hosts Nestor once again for a Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebration (at an hour we can all appreciate) along with former MLB outfielder Casper Wells for chat about seven fishes, sauerkraut and Pete Alonso.

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

Baltimore Positive

This stands as a warning to anyone who invites Nestor by their place for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour: you’re an invite and a taste away because he’s en route to meet more great local folks who want to promote their business. Owner Soo Mi Kang of Honey’s in Halethorpe invited us over and must’ve known that offering “Crabby Toast” would invoke the legend of Charles Markwood Eckman. Competitive billiards, great food and the game is always on at this old-school joint on the south side.

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

Baltimore Positive

His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays to take Nestor back to his Aparicio roots with the 1966 Baltimore Orioles winning the World Series – and the realities of the city, race, politics and a colorful upcoming show “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966.”

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

Baltimore Positive

It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years), who once taught Nestor at Holabird Junior High School in 1979, could still be teaching him about the important things in life beyond chorus and physics all these years later. Two beloved Baltimore County educators continue trying to tame their rambunctious student for the holidays with music and love (and crab cakes) at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Sausage, soccer and suffering local World Cup madness

Baltimore Positive

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to DiPasquale’s for an Italian tour of the holidays, we knew Darren The Sausage King would bring us some seasonal favorites. Nestor explores some East Baltimore holiday flavor in Canton just in time for kielbasa and sauerkraut on the dinner table while talking World Cup fever with Highlandtown soccer legend Pete Caringi.

Finding the history and center of community support at St. Francis in Reservoir Hill

Baltimore Positive

It was years in the making, finally getting Torbin Green of St. Francis Community Center to visit for a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays. Turns out it’s a busy job serving 20,000 folks in West Baltimore with youth programs, family love and food distribution in West Baltimore. Let him tell you about the pride in the work they do and its impact in the neighborhood over generations.

Adding up The Y and the whole Thanksgiving menu of the Turkey Trot

Baltimore Positive

John Hoey of The Y returns to give Nestor the receipts and warm trail of holiday fun from the 5K Turkey Trot on a chilly Thanksgiving morning that took place all over the community and wound up being featured on the Ravens’ NBC broadcast for the world to see with their pumpkin pie.

Councilman Conway steps up and into race for Congress

Baltimore Positive

It’s an election season and we’re welcoming plenty of political candidates and sitting elected officials onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Councilman Mark Conway has told us about his challenges and triumphs in the 4th District of Baltimore City and now is focused on running for the current seat of Congressman Kweisi Mfume in the 7th U.S. Congressional District, encompassing large parts of the city and edges of the county.

Communicating and relating publicly the Maroon way

Baltimore Positive

Our annual “two old sports guys” holiday visit with longtime communications pro John Maroon came on turf very familiar to all parties: Costas Inn in Dundalk, where no one was crabby but the ramping up of artificial intelligence in the world of public relations, marketing and advertising was spicy on our tongues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Always changing, always evolving…

This is the big one

Nestor Aparicio

It stands as the fourth largest jackpot in American lottery history and John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for almost two billion reasons to have some fun with “the big one” as Powerball powers past $1.7 billion for Christmas. Ho Ho, hope you win!

Maxing out on local sports and lousy officiating

Baltimore Positive

Did you know that Tom Davis was once in a movie scene in Baltimore with the legendary Al Pacino? We did and Max Weiss has promised Nestor a full treatment of all memorable local movie history in the next edition of Baltimore Magazine. They continue their holiday chat about bad referees, big money Orioles signings and what’s on the table at Di Pasquale’s in Canton on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Feasting on seven fishes and holiday neighborhood love at Di Pasquale’s

Baltimore Positive

It’s the holidays and time for traditions and trimmings so we ventured back to DiPasquale’s in Canton with former UMBC soccer coach Pete Caringi to ask Domenico DiPasquale about the Christmas tradition of the Feast of The Seven Fishes and bringing family together for good cheer and great food.

City sidewalks dressed in holiday style

Baltimore Positive

It’s always a treat to welcome Matt Gallagher of The Goldseker Foundation back to Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the progress and challenges of Baltimore City, while shouting out more holiday dining options and civic celebrations than any other podcast or radio show in the market. We love Baltimore – and it shows!

Volleying with Coppin fun and sports into the new year

Baltimore Positive

It’s always fun to welcome our Coppin State sports marketing pal Ruffin Bell back on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, especially when there are MEAC championships on the court and a big visit from Dawn Staley and South Carolina Gamecocks coming to West Baltimore on January 18th. Hey Coppin!

Shipping them a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays always makes the spirits bright

Baltimore Positive

Yes, Faidley’s is coming to Catonsville very, very soon in the frontage of The Fishmonger’s Daughter on Frederick Road but before then you can still pay a holiday visit to Lexington Market or ship those tasty crab cakes and all of the sides and trimmings anywhere in the country this week. Let Damye Hahn of Faidley’s Seafood update you for Christmas and beyond with the first family of downtown jumbo lump crab cakes.

Citizen Stewart continues run for Baltimore County Executive with multi-faceted platform

Baltimore Positive

With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back in Baltimore County, it’s always important to discuss the issues in an election year with prospective candidates who tell Nestor what they like – and don’t like – about the direction of current leadership. Nick Stewart returns to update Nestor on his pitch and platform at Honey’s in Halethorpe as the conversation about the future of the county of our business and life is open for debate and big 2026 local ballot looms in the spring.

If I had a billion dollars…

Baltimore Positive

We’ve officially entered the billionaire club era if you’re the big winner of the next Powerball jackpot. John Martin of The Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss lots of money, some winners who haven’t come forward just yet and some cool yuletide holiday fun as next promotions begin for 2026.

Ho Ho Home for the Holidays and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour

Nestor Aparicio

We’re out on the road with our friends at the Maryland Lottery and GBMC getting our Maryland Crab Cake Tour into some new places with some fresh faces and old friends as we gear up for Santa, family and football with lots of chances to say hello for the holidays. Come share a cup of cheer…

Sprinkling in more fun during the holiday rush

Baltimore Positive

There are a bunch of fun games and an emerging jackpot at the Maryland Lottery for the holidays but watching people cash in on Keno with bonuses is part of the December fun. John Martin returns to get Nestor ready for the big Raffle for a million bucks and some holiday trimmings.

You don’t need quantum physics to learn AI

BP Podcast Audio

Now a month into his artificial intelligence immersion, Nestor was thrilled to welcome Coppin State quantum physics student Praise Alayode to share her real intelligence about artificial intelligence and continue to lure him into the tech world of limitless possibilities and algorithms.

The power and allure of Baltimore crab cake love and lore

Baltimore Positive

We love bringing the best people in Baltimore together. There’s been a magazine story on the wall at Koco’s Pub for years that compares the Marcella Knight’s jumbo crab cake to the smoked version from our friend Chef Nancy Longo of Pierpoint. So, Nestor brought them together in Lauraville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for foodie fun.

Telling the stories from a life spent inside ballparks

Baltimore Positive

There’s nothing better than longing for baseball in the offseason and our pal and longtime MLB reporter Robby Incmikoski joins Nestor from Pittsburgh to discuss his “Sacred Grounds” ballpark book and the malaise of the Steelers and ‘yins booing Renegade.

Nasty and Marvin Lewis at The Barn Draft Day 1997 2

Thirty years later, Marvin Lewis is still teaching us football

Baltimore Positive

Both of these guys look a little older and more seasoned these days but whenever Marvin Lewis spends time with us, we learn. Nestor and the Pittsburgh native discuss life in Baltimore and Da ‘Burgh and talk football magic and tragic as the Steelers and Ravens scuffle to the top of the AFC North and the Super Bowl XXXV champions will be honored downtown this weekend.

The modern reality of the moving grift of NFL franchises a half a century later

Baltimore Positive

They met as young sportswriters in early 1984 here at The News American right before the landscape of the NFL began changing. Longtime St. Louis sportswriter Jeff Gordon joins former colleague Nestor for a Mayflower journey on losing franchises and winning championships – and still losing franchises. From Colts to Cardinals to Rams to Ravens to Inglewood…

Lamar Jackson Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens

Once again, we await saga of Lamar’s health and mobility against Steelers: “As the ankle turns…”

Baltimore Positive

What happened between Wednesday and Thursday when the Ravens’ two-time MVP quarterback didn’t make it onto the field but made it onto the injury report? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the ankle of Lamar Jackson and his ability to lead Baltimore against the Steelers while the franchise celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Super Bowl XXXV champs all weekend in Charm City.

Where is the Rubenstein and Arougheti commitment to winning for Orioles fans?

Baltimore Positive

It’s a murky picture throughout Major League Baseball as the Winter Meetings begin and Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports returns to discuss the state of the game, on and off the field. And the business and labor of MLB and a pending working stoppage might be affecting much more than just the payroll of the Baltimore Orioles heading into 2026.

Where is Steve Bisciotti hiding and when will he appear?

Baltimore Positive

With the miserable exit of the Baltimore Ravens season on Sunday night in Pittsburgh, this is the week the franchise will address any major changes in leadership, coaching and a stated direction for the fan base (if they care about such things). Other NFL owners are speaking with local media around the league. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the offseason mess left behind from a wildly disappointing season and the clear need for owner Steve Bisciotti to come forward after eight years of neglecting to answer questions about his $5 billion franchise.

Frederick teachers get schooled on cashing in on the Power of a Holiday Bonus

Baltimore Positive

It’s not often that 14 winners surprise the folks at the Maryland Lottery with such a fun holiday tale of pooling and Powerballing their way to a $50,000 pay day on the recent $1.8 billion jackpot. Seth Elkin of Maryland Lottery talks winning and spirited group of Frederick teachers getting schooled on cashing in for the New Year.

No One Listens Aparicio Nestor Nasty

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio

Part biography, part civic documentary, this film uncovers the uncompromising journey of Nestor Aparicio—journalist, truth-teller, and founder of Baltimore Positive. Through battles with institutions, personal setbacks, and a stubborn commitment to his hometown, “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” shows what happens when one person refuses to stop believing in Baltimore.

Let’s welcome in happiness and better health in 2026

Baltimore Positive

With the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Planet Fitness on York Road in Timonium, we told our friends Justin Drummond and April Fowler that we’d bring the Maryland Crab Cake Tour by to welcome them into the new year if they’d provide the inspiration and the awesome PF Times Square party hats.

Saving a lost season still possible for Harbaugh and Ravens in Pittsburgh

Baltimore Positive

It’s been quite a slog for everyone involved in the Baltimore Ravens organization in 2025. Leonard Raskin and Nestor take a real assessment of the end of a football season and the beginning of the playoffs and another chance for the men of John Harbaugh to redeem themselves – and their turbulent season – in Pittsburgh.

Fish, family and fastballs at Gertrude’s with Casper Wells

Baltimore Positive

In the spirit of the holiday season, we bring friends and family together. Chesapeake chef extraordinaire and proprietor of Gertrude’s at The BMA John Shields hosts Nestor once again for a Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebration (at an hour we can all appreciate) along with former MLB outfielder Casper Wells for chat about seven fishes, sauerkraut and Pete Alonso.

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

Baltimore Positive

This stands as a warning to anyone who invites Nestor by their place for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour: you’re an invite and a taste away because he’s en route to meet more great local folks who want to promote their business. Owner Soo Mi Kang of Honey’s in Halethorpe invited us over and must’ve known that offering “Crabby Toast” would invoke the legend of Charles Markwood Eckman. Competitive billiards, great food and the game is always on at this old-school joint on the south side.

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

Baltimore Positive

His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays to take Nestor back to his Aparicio roots with the 1966 Baltimore Orioles winning the World Series – and the realities of the city, race, politics and a colorful upcoming show “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966.”

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

Baltimore Positive

It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years), who once taught Nestor at Holabird Junior High School in 1979, could still be teaching him about the important things in life beyond chorus and physics all these years later. Two beloved Baltimore County educators continue trying to tame their rambunctious student for the holidays with music and love (and crab cakes) at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Sausage, soccer and suffering local World Cup madness

Baltimore Positive

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to DiPasquale’s for an Italian tour of the holidays, we knew Darren The Sausage King would bring us some seasonal favorites. Nestor explores some East Baltimore holiday flavor in Canton just in time for kielbasa and sauerkraut on the dinner table while talking World Cup fever with Highlandtown soccer legend Pete Caringi.

Finding the history and center of community support at St. Francis in Reservoir Hill

Baltimore Positive

It was years in the making, finally getting Torbin Green of St. Francis Community Center to visit for a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays. Turns out it’s a busy job serving 20,000 folks in West Baltimore with youth programs, family love and food distribution in West Baltimore. Let him tell you about the pride in the work they do and its impact in the neighborhood over generations.

Adding up The Y and the whole Thanksgiving menu of the Turkey Trot

Baltimore Positive

John Hoey of The Y returns to give Nestor the receipts and warm trail of holiday fun from the 5K Turkey Trot on a chilly Thanksgiving morning that took place all over the community and wound up being featured on the Ravens’ NBC broadcast for the world to see with their pumpkin pie.

Councilman Conway steps up and into race for Congress

Baltimore Positive

It’s an election season and we’re welcoming plenty of political candidates and sitting elected officials onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Councilman Mark Conway has told us about his challenges and triumphs in the 4th District of Baltimore City and now is focused on running for the current seat of Congressman Kweisi Mfume in the 7th U.S. Congressional District, encompassing large parts of the city and edges of the county.

Communicating and relating publicly the Maroon way

Baltimore Positive

Our annual “two old sports guys” holiday visit with longtime communications pro John Maroon came on turf very familiar to all parties: Costas Inn in Dundalk, where no one was crabby but the ramping up of artificial intelligence in the world of public relations, marketing and advertising was spicy on our tongues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Always changing, always evolving…

This is the big one

Nestor Aparicio

It stands as the fourth largest jackpot in American lottery history and John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for almost two billion reasons to have some fun with “the big one” as Powerball powers past $1.7 billion for Christmas. Ho Ho, hope you win!

Maxing out on local sports and lousy officiating

Baltimore Positive

Did you know that Tom Davis was once in a movie scene in Baltimore with the legendary Al Pacino? We did and Max Weiss has promised Nestor a full treatment of all memorable local movie history in the next edition of Baltimore Magazine. They continue their holiday chat about bad referees, big money Orioles signings and what’s on the table at Di Pasquale’s in Canton on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Feasting on seven fishes and holiday neighborhood love at Di Pasquale’s

Baltimore Positive

It’s the holidays and time for traditions and trimmings so we ventured back to DiPasquale’s in Canton with former UMBC soccer coach Pete Caringi to ask Domenico DiPasquale about the Christmas tradition of the Feast of The Seven Fishes and bringing family together for good cheer and great food.

City sidewalks dressed in holiday style

Baltimore Positive

It’s always a treat to welcome Matt Gallagher of The Goldseker Foundation back to Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the progress and challenges of Baltimore City, while shouting out more holiday dining options and civic celebrations than any other podcast or radio show in the market. We love Baltimore – and it shows!

Volleying with Coppin fun and sports into the new year

Baltimore Positive

It’s always fun to welcome our Coppin State sports marketing pal Ruffin Bell back on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, especially when there are MEAC championships on the court and a big visit from Dawn Staley and South Carolina Gamecocks coming to West Baltimore on January 18th. Hey Coppin!

Shipping them a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays always makes the spirits bright

Baltimore Positive

Yes, Faidley’s is coming to Catonsville very, very soon in the frontage of The Fishmonger’s Daughter on Frederick Road but before then you can still pay a holiday visit to Lexington Market or ship those tasty crab cakes and all of the sides and trimmings anywhere in the country this week. Let Damye Hahn of Faidley’s Seafood update you for Christmas and beyond with the first family of downtown jumbo lump crab cakes.

Citizen Stewart continues run for Baltimore County Executive with multi-faceted platform

Baltimore Positive

With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back in Baltimore County, it’s always important to discuss the issues in an election year with prospective candidates who tell Nestor what they like – and don’t like – about the direction of current leadership. Nick Stewart returns to update Nestor on his pitch and platform at Honey’s in Halethorpe as the conversation about the future of the county of our business and life is open for debate and big 2026 local ballot looms in the spring.

If I had a billion dollars…

Baltimore Positive

We’ve officially entered the billionaire club era if you’re the big winner of the next Powerball jackpot. John Martin of The Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss lots of money, some winners who haven’t come forward just yet and some cool yuletide holiday fun as next promotions begin for 2026.

Ho Ho Home for the Holidays and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour

Nestor Aparicio

We’re out on the road with our friends at the Maryland Lottery and GBMC getting our Maryland Crab Cake Tour into some new places with some fresh faces and old friends as we gear up for Santa, family and football with lots of chances to say hello for the holidays. Come share a cup of cheer…

Sprinkling in more fun during the holiday rush

Baltimore Positive

There are a bunch of fun games and an emerging jackpot at the Maryland Lottery for the holidays but watching people cash in on Keno with bonuses is part of the December fun. John Martin returns to get Nestor ready for the big Raffle for a million bucks and some holiday trimmings.

You don’t need quantum physics to learn AI

BP Podcast Audio

Now a month into his artificial intelligence immersion, Nestor was thrilled to welcome Coppin State quantum physics student Praise Alayode to share her real intelligence about artificial intelligence and continue to lure him into the tech world of limitless possibilities and algorithms.

The power and allure of Baltimore crab cake love and lore

Baltimore Positive

We love bringing the best people in Baltimore together. There’s been a magazine story on the wall at Koco’s Pub for years that compares the Marcella Knight’s jumbo crab cake to the smoked version from our friend Chef Nancy Longo of Pierpoint. So, Nestor brought them together in Lauraville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for foodie fun.

Telling the stories from a life spent inside ballparks

Baltimore Positive

There’s nothing better than longing for baseball in the offseason and our pal and longtime MLB reporter Robby Incmikoski joins Nestor from Pittsburgh to discuss his “Sacred Grounds” ballpark book and the malaise of the Steelers and ‘yins booing Renegade.

Nasty and Marvin Lewis at The Barn Draft Day 1997 2

Thirty years later, Marvin Lewis is still teaching us football

Baltimore Positive

Both of these guys look a little older and more seasoned these days but whenever Marvin Lewis spends time with us, we learn. Nestor and the Pittsburgh native discuss life in Baltimore and Da ‘Burgh and talk football magic and tragic as the Steelers and Ravens scuffle to the top of the AFC North and the Super Bowl XXXV champions will be honored downtown this weekend.

The modern reality of the moving grift of NFL franchises a half a century later

Baltimore Positive

They met as young sportswriters in early 1984 here at The News American right before the landscape of the NFL began changing. Longtime St. Louis sportswriter Jeff Gordon joins former colleague Nestor for a Mayflower journey on losing franchises and winning championships – and still losing franchises. From Colts to Cardinals to Rams to Ravens to Inglewood…

Lamar Jackson Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens

Once again, we await saga of Lamar’s health and mobility against Steelers: “As the ankle turns…”

Baltimore Positive

What happened between Wednesday and Thursday when the Ravens’ two-time MVP quarterback didn’t make it onto the field but made it onto the injury report? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the ankle of Lamar Jackson and his ability to lead Baltimore against the Steelers while the franchise celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Super Bowl XXXV champs all weekend in Charm City.

Where is the Rubenstein and Arougheti commitment to winning for Orioles fans?

Baltimore Positive

It’s a murky picture throughout Major League Baseball as the Winter Meetings begin and Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports returns to discuss the state of the game, on and off the field. And the business and labor of MLB and a pending working stoppage might be affecting much more than just the payroll of the Baltimore Orioles heading into 2026.

8

Paid Advertisement

Podcast Audio Vault

Spotify Apple Youtube
8
8
8

Paid Advertisement

Scroll to Top
Verified by MonsterInsights