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Removing the stigma – and the “crime”

Baltimore Positive

Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness joins Nestor to discuss various topics surrounding legislation, key industry challenges, and expungement of cannabis-related offenses.

The state of America and our Presidency and politics

Baltimore Positive

Our disillusionment with American politics continues in the aftermath of a disastrous Presidential debate – all while celebrating what has always made this country great on the Fourth of July holiday. Bill Cole joins Nestor to debate the poor candidates, the loss of civility and the bewilderment at the continued devaluation of words, deeds and political parties in this country we love.

Why don’t we vote in primary elections?

Baltimore Positive

With an emphasis on freedom, money and the American way of life on the line with every election, Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to talk about the real result of this week’s election – the incredibly poor turnout of Marylanders at the polls when their uniquely earned right to vote wasn’t exercised.

The future scheduling of cannabis in America is changing

Baltimore Positive

We have all witnessed the laws and governance around cannabis changing everywhere in our county but with news out of Washington, D.C. last week about federal changes in the Schedule 1 status for a medicinal plant, our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness tells us what it all might mean in the near future.

Drums, cannabis and science rocking the education of the plant – and the future of medicine

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought a spirited holiday edition of the show to Far & Dotter in Timonium with Dundalk drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s joined by Curio founder Michael Bronfein and daughter Wendy Bronfein discussing how a once pharmaceutical family drummed its way into the cannabis wellness business in Maryland. (We loved this one!)

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Tooten discusses his Deep South journey and state of education and race in America

Baltimore Positive

Dr. Tim Tooten is no stranger to Baltimore citizens. The longtime education reporter at WBAL-TV and pastor of Harvest Christian Ministries joined us during the early days of COVID in June 2020 to tell us about his journey from the Suwannee River near Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore and what he has learned about people. A very compelling conversation with a Baltimore education reporting legend, who just retired from his work as a local journalist.

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.

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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.

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.

Lending some perspective to Orioles and Ravens weekend and conflict in Israel

Baltimore Positive

While our city’s sports teams failed to bask in the afterglow of the amazing power to bring local folks together, our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection lends the perspective to having been to Camden Yards, Pittsburgh and Jerusalem. The Orioles losses and the Ravens giveaway in Pittsburgh took a backseat to unthinkable violence and war halfway around the world.

Tackling the opioid crisis with leadership

Baltimore Positive

If you or anyone in your world has fallen victim to opioid addiction, you’ll have even more appreciation for the work ahead for the new Madame Secretary Emily Keller, who we met as the Mayor of Hagerstown. Learn about the journey of the newly appointed Special Secretary of Opioid Response and her ride to the Volvo plant with President Joe Biden.

Transporting change to Maryland from Washington

Baltimore Positive

Our Senator Chris Van Hollen joins us at MACO in Ocean City for a wide-ranging conversation about life in Washington and the potential and promise of The Red Line, Penn Station and the FBI headquarters coming to Maryland.

Sprinting to the finish line in Washington

Baltimore Positive

First elected to the House of Delegates in 1966, the local statesman Ben Cardin will complete his public service to our citizenry 16 years after heading to D.C. as a Maryland Senator. Joining Nestor at MACO in Ocean City, the Baltimore champion says he’s got plenty left to do before he departs The Capitol in January 2025.

Golf for sale

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the money of sports filtering down from the top

The ultimate power play of the Presidency and sports

Baltimore Positive

Journalist Chris Cillizza discusses the convergence of Presidents, politics and sports in American history with Nestor and the stories behind his new book: “Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency.”

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What I learned sitting on the roof in Houston and watching Ravens beat Texans in an empty stadium

Nestor Aparicio

How committed is Nestor Aparicio to covering the Baltimore Ravens as a lifelong journalist? He left BWI during the plague traveling to Houston along with just one other local journalist to cover a game before there was a vaccine in vacant NRG Stadium. Read his #ColumnNes report back from when “The Knee” was a thing that got NFL players blackballed and football was the only thing open for business during a worldwide pandemic.

A Ted Talk: Lying Leonsis and abandoning The District with “accountability”

Baltimore Positive

When Nestor read his business journalist pal Liz Farmer had written from the heart about the Caps and Wizards leaving Washington, D.C. for Virginia, it was time to move beyond the Baltimore fiasco with Angelos and Camden Yards to discuss even more local stadia and arena civic cash grab madness amongst billionaires in The DMV with an expert on government fiscal policy.

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The fear and reward of doing real journalism abroad

Baltimore Positive

Journalist Gianna Toboni of Vice returns to discuss with Nestor her real brushes with the bad guys of the world and the rewards of doing the tough kind of journalism when danger calls from Mexico to the Middle East.

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It Was Always A Choice

Baltimore Positive

In the second part of our Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at Pappas with author David Steele we discuss future of sports journalism, the NFL and race and the future of Lamar Jackson.

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The sportswashing event of the century on full display

Baltimore Positive

Sure, we love soccer but the “bring your business to Qatar” ads on Fox television during the World Cup games aren’t convincing Bill Cole and Nestor that this is anything other than the bags of billions of corrupt dollars that it so apparently appears to be this month. The blotter on Blatter and the FIFA criminals has now produced a tournament in the middle of winter in a liar’s lair.

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Was it high time for Maryland to get legal?

Baltimore Positive

Our chief digital doctor Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection joins Nestor in a discussion of how it felt in the ballot box back on Tuesday as new laws replace old belief systems in America. It only occurs when our votes change our municipalities and country.

Removing the stigma – and the “crime”

Baltimore Positive

Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness joins Nestor to discuss various topics surrounding legislation, key industry challenges, and expungement of cannabis-related offenses.

The state of America and our Presidency and politics

Baltimore Positive

Our disillusionment with American politics continues in the aftermath of a disastrous Presidential debate – all while celebrating what has always made this country great on the Fourth of July holiday. Bill Cole joins Nestor to debate the poor candidates, the loss of civility and the bewilderment at the continued devaluation of words, deeds and political parties in this country we love.

Why don’t we vote in primary elections?

Baltimore Positive

With an emphasis on freedom, money and the American way of life on the line with every election, Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to talk about the real result of this week’s election – the incredibly poor turnout of Marylanders at the polls when their uniquely earned right to vote wasn’t exercised.

The future scheduling of cannabis in America is changing

Baltimore Positive

We have all witnessed the laws and governance around cannabis changing everywhere in our county but with news out of Washington, D.C. last week about federal changes in the Schedule 1 status for a medicinal plant, our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness tells us what it all might mean in the near future.

Drums, cannabis and science rocking the education of the plant – and the future of medicine

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought a spirited holiday edition of the show to Far & Dotter in Timonium with Dundalk drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s joined by Curio founder Michael Bronfein and daughter Wendy Bronfein discussing how a once pharmaceutical family drummed its way into the cannabis wellness business in Maryland. (We loved this one!)

Screenshot 2020 06 08 03.21.38

Tooten discusses his Deep South journey and state of education and race in America

Baltimore Positive

Dr. Tim Tooten is no stranger to Baltimore citizens. The longtime education reporter at WBAL-TV and pastor of Harvest Christian Ministries joined us during the early days of COVID in June 2020 to tell us about his journey from the Suwannee River near Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore and what he has learned about people. A very compelling conversation with a Baltimore education reporting legend, who just retired from his work as a local journalist.

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.

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.

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.

Lending some perspective to Orioles and Ravens weekend and conflict in Israel

Baltimore Positive

While our city’s sports teams failed to bask in the afterglow of the amazing power to bring local folks together, our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection lends the perspective to having been to Camden Yards, Pittsburgh and Jerusalem. The Orioles losses and the Ravens giveaway in Pittsburgh took a backseat to unthinkable violence and war halfway around the world.

Tackling the opioid crisis with leadership

Baltimore Positive

If you or anyone in your world has fallen victim to opioid addiction, you’ll have even more appreciation for the work ahead for the new Madame Secretary Emily Keller, who we met as the Mayor of Hagerstown. Learn about the journey of the newly appointed Special Secretary of Opioid Response and her ride to the Volvo plant with President Joe Biden.

Transporting change to Maryland from Washington

Baltimore Positive

Our Senator Chris Van Hollen joins us at MACO in Ocean City for a wide-ranging conversation about life in Washington and the potential and promise of The Red Line, Penn Station and the FBI headquarters coming to Maryland.

Sprinting to the finish line in Washington

Baltimore Positive

First elected to the House of Delegates in 1966, the local statesman Ben Cardin will complete his public service to our citizenry 16 years after heading to D.C. as a Maryland Senator. Joining Nestor at MACO in Ocean City, the Baltimore champion says he’s got plenty left to do before he departs The Capitol in January 2025.

Golf for sale

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the money of sports filtering down from the top

The ultimate power play of the Presidency and sports

Baltimore Positive

Journalist Chris Cillizza discusses the convergence of Presidents, politics and sports in American history with Nestor and the stories behind his new book: “Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency.”

120011434 10208509908542152 6659316045831256621 o

What I learned sitting on the roof in Houston and watching Ravens beat Texans in an empty stadium

Nestor Aparicio

How committed is Nestor Aparicio to covering the Baltimore Ravens as a lifelong journalist? He left BWI during the plague traveling to Houston along with just one other local journalist to cover a game before there was a vaccine in vacant NRG Stadium. Read his #ColumnNes report back from when “The Knee” was a thing that got NFL players blackballed and football was the only thing open for business during a worldwide pandemic.

A Ted Talk: Lying Leonsis and abandoning The District with “accountability”

Baltimore Positive

When Nestor read his business journalist pal Liz Farmer had written from the heart about the Caps and Wizards leaving Washington, D.C. for Virginia, it was time to move beyond the Baltimore fiasco with Angelos and Camden Yards to discuss even more local stadia and arena civic cash grab madness amongst billionaires in The DMV with an expert on government fiscal policy.

Screen Shot 2022 12 18 at 5.42.05 PM

The fear and reward of doing real journalism abroad

Baltimore Positive

Journalist Gianna Toboni of Vice returns to discuss with Nestor her real brushes with the bad guys of the world and the rewards of doing the tough kind of journalism when danger calls from Mexico to the Middle East.

Screen Shot 2022 11 22 at 6.24.43 AM

It Was Always A Choice

Baltimore Positive

In the second part of our Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at Pappas with author David Steele we discuss future of sports journalism, the NFL and race and the future of Lamar Jackson.

Screen Shot 2022 11 25 at 6.12.58 AM

The sportswashing event of the century on full display

Baltimore Positive

Sure, we love soccer but the “bring your business to Qatar” ads on Fox television during the World Cup games aren’t convincing Bill Cole and Nestor that this is anything other than the bags of billions of corrupt dollars that it so apparently appears to be this month. The blotter on Blatter and the FIFA criminals has now produced a tournament in the middle of winter in a liar’s lair.

Screen Shot 2022 11 10 at 10.54.18 AM

Was it high time for Maryland to get legal?

Baltimore Positive

Our chief digital doctor Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection joins Nestor in a discussion of how it felt in the ballot box back on Tuesday as new laws replace old belief systems in America. It only occurs when our votes change our municipalities and country.

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