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Memories of fire dances and Festivus Maximus 20 years later with Big Ed

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Marty Conway and Nestor discuss future of Orioles and stadium situation

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Terps color analyst Chris Knoche joins Nestor to discuss big time college hoops realities during pandemic

Terps color analyst Chris Knoche joins Nestor to discuss big time college hoops realities during pandemic
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Luke Jones and Nestor discuss magic of Orioles baseball for next 24 months in Baltimore

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss magic of Orioles baseball for next 24 months in Baltimore
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Don Mohler and Nestor start measuring progress of Biden administration early days

Don Mohler and Nestor start measuring progress of Biden administration early days
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Dick Jerardi and Nestor discuss realities of a college basketball season during a plague

Dick Jerardi and Nestor discuss realities of a college basketball season during a plague
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Former Ravens guard Edwin Mulitalo talks memories of fire dances at The Barn and the good spirit of Festivus Maximus two decades after Tampa and the parade.

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Marty Conway and Nestor discuss future of Orioles and stadium situation

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Terps color analyst Chris Knoche joins Nestor to discuss big time college hoops realities during pandemic

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Luke Jones and Nestor discuss magic of Orioles baseball for next 24 months in Baltimore

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Don Mohler and Nestor start measuring progress of Biden administration early days

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LOCAL DISCUSSION

Major League Baseball in need of a healing season

Forbes baseball business insider Maury Brown joins Nestor to discuss all that ails the sport as spring training commences. And, as always, bonus rock music discussion, history and rumination.

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Taking a long walk with John Feinstein on The National Anthem at sporting events and race in America

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Staying in Fells Point for a Baltimore staycation all summer long

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Mancini feeling great, participating fully as Orioles’ full-squad workouts underway

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Major League Baseball in need of a healing season

Business 0
Forbes baseball business insider Maury Brown joins Nestor to discuss all that ails the sport as spring training commences. And, as always, bonus rock music discussion, history and rumination.

Finding your personal Patterson Park Pagoda in lieu of a diamond this spring

Arts 0
Longtime baseball insider (and cool musician) at The Washington Post Dave Sheinin joins Nestor to discuss the joys of writing about life in East Baltimore as the weather changes and the Orioles work on that zero point zero.

The realities of (another) Orioles summer of losing a lot of baseball games

#DearOrioles 0
Sure, the 0.0 predictions about postseason hopes were clever but what is the 2021 ceiling for the Birds of Mike Elias and rebuilding into another season without real hope for anything other than the future?

From Purple Reign to the General of the Jets

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Longtime Baltimore Ravens scout Joe Douglas tells Nestor those two Super Bowl parades down Pratt Street inspire him every day as he tries to rebuild the New York Jets franchise.

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Luke Jones 0
Dean Kremer is among the interesting young talents to watch in 2021.

An unusual amount of coaching changes for Ravens this offseason?

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Luke Jones and Nestor discuss a long list of coaching staff changes for John Harbaugh in Owings Mills and how it impacts the franchise this offseason.

DENNIS KOULATSOS

BILL COLE

LEONARD RASKIN

TODD SCHULER

BALTIMORE NEWS

Major League Baseball in need of a healing season

Forbes baseball business insider Maury Brown joins Nestor to discuss all that ails the sport as spring training commences. And, as always, bonus rock music discussion, history and rumination.

Next election race for Comptroller of Maryland begins as Bowie Mayor Tim Adams discusses candidacy and role

Bowie Mayor Tim Adams discusses vaccines for citizens and his background and candidacy for Maryland Comptroller in Prince George's County.

We could all use a few days in New Orleans right now

Mardi Gras during pandemic came and went but at least the cuisine of the Cajun soul was fed. Todd Schuler spent some formative years on the Bayou but can't get Nestor enthused about that nasty King Cake...

What happens when government fails to keep the lights and heat on?

Don Mohler and Nestor do a full recon on the Texas energy failure and role of government to protect citizens from predatory business practices during a state of emergency.

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POLITICS

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MUSIC CLASSIC

Arts

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Josh Todd discusses the danger and evolution of the music of Buckcherry

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Leverty returns to discuss impact of “Love of a Lifetime” and songwriting for memories

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Climbing the highest mountain

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And you give yourself away...
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Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky…

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You owe it to yourself to own this one...
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Arts

Ahmet Zappa explains the incredible hologram Frank Zappa tour show and Baltimore love

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BUSINESS

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Wes Moore and the power of community

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Charity

Hemminger threads through challenges of virus and educating young people

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C-Suite

Santelises updates on challenges and realities of Baltimore City Schools during pandemic

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Business

Hornbeck shares his beliefs on the value of public education in America

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David Hornbeck explains the long struggle of government vs. education in America
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EDUCATION

Community

Speaking about the long road to Madam Speaker with Delegate Jones

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From Cowdensville and Arbutus through Lansdowne and onto Annapolis, we learn more about the new Speaker of The House Adrienne Jones
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Charity

Hemminger threads through challenges of virus and educating young people

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Bill Cole

What will drive innovation and growth for Baltimore over next decade?

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Bill Cole and Nestor ask some lengthy and difficult questions about the future of business and industry in our hometown as the pandemic drags into the second year.
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HEALTH

Business

Pieninck says putting the care first is crucial for COVID patients locally

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The President and C.E.O. of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield joined us to discuss everything we ever wanted to know about medical insurance and this crisis
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Hemminger brings the Thread through the loop in Baltimore

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What is Thread? Glad you asked...
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Business

Doring discusses role of MD State Dental Association for all patients during COVID

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Donating their PPE to area hospitals and staying on duty for trauma and emergencies, local dentists are waiting through the crisis like everyone else
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ARTS

Arts

Baltimore resident Thomas Dolby blinds Nestor with the science of Light City at its dawn

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Did you know that 80s pop star Thomas Dolby has been a professor at Johns Hopkins teaching music for several years? It was poetry in motion when he was an ambassador and performer at the inaugural Light City when Nestor first got to say hello in 2016.
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Business

A Baltimore Positive vision for future of our city

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Let Damian O'Doherty tell you how this city gets better...
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Arts

American Idol star Caleb Lee Hutchinson tells Nestor about Maddie and tour coming to Modell Lyric

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True love, singers and American Idol.
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LEADERSHIP

WNST CLASSIC

Hall of Fame

Was Nestor nervous the first time he sat down to interview Brooks Robinson?

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It happened at Hooters at Harborplace and there are no pictures to show just how nervous Nestor was in trying to be cool with royalty in 1995
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Celebrities

That time when Tony Gwynn called into the show when Art Donovan was co-hosting

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Live radio from The Barn on Anniversary Shows was always a mixture of mayhem, beer, crabs and cake. And sometimes Hall of Famers tripping over each other from San Diego to Baltimore...
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Hall of Fame

The “great” Nils Lofgren talks about being an E Streeter

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WNST.net owner Nestor Aparicio chats about all things E Street with the "great" Nils Lofgren who plays guitar in Bruce Springsteen's legendary Hall of Fame band.
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College Sports

Taking a long walk with John Feinstein on The National Anthem at sporting events and race in America

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Decorated author John Feinstein joins Nestor and Don for further discussion on a recent column in The Washington Post regarding Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks dispatching with an American tradition.
Read more
Food + Drink

That time I vacationed in Buffalo

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Back in 2007, Nestor Aparicio did the 48-hour "Where to Go in Buffalo" video prior to a horrible Ravens loss to the Bills in Orchard Park. At least's Nestor's in North Tonowanda served a legit hot dog. Oh, and the wings were solid as well...
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Business

Who has the best crab cake in Maryland? Let the debate continue…

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Evan Brown of State Fare in Catonsville and Nestor go down a very familiar crustacean hole and resurrect the eternal debate: what makes the perfect crab cake? One of them intends to investigate this further...
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Arts