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Giving Baltimore residents shelter

As her work for two decades with housing issues and helping folks led her to the Baltimore City Council, Odette Ramos brings some city needs and realities down to Ocean City and the Maryland Counties Conference in a wide-ranging discussion about improving Baltimore. Even her most famous resident in the 14th District, Governor Wes Moore made a cameo!

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Cornbread and crab cakes with Delegate Anderton in Ocean City

Our returning Republican champion from the Eastern Shore, Delegate Carl Anderton welcomes Nestor back to Ocean City at MACO with a chat about the value of the Ravens and Orioles to folks all over Maryland. And some local perspective on bridges, broadband, education and growth on the lower peninsula.

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Sprinting to the finish line in Washington

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.

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The beauty of Baltimore when both teams are winning

Now 25 years into talking about sports around the clock, it’s rarefied air when the Orioles are in first place and the Ravens are expected to join them in the fall. Long time public relations executive John Maroon and original WNST producer Andy Mueller join Nestor at Drug City to discuss how much fun sports can be for a community like Baltimore.

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When it’s all Greek on your 25th Anniversary

The WNST 25th Anniversary celebration is just getting underway but we began our fun at Costas Inn with Dennis Koulatsos and the only member of the Triantafilos family who isn’t too shy to tell the amazing Dundalk family story of coming to America with a dream.

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Investing in our community for 25 years

When Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski stopped by the Dundalk homestead of Drug City for our 25th Anniversary celebration, we discussed how our citizens bond over sports, milkshakes and the important pieces that make our neighborhoods feel like home.

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Mr. Statham and Ricig celebrate WNST 25th on the street where Nestor lives

Our favorite segments are the ones when we mix and match guests who’ve never met. For the 25th Anniversary celebration at Costas Inn on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano surprised Nestor with typical flair and legendary music teacher Calvin Statham tickled the ivories with an impromptu “My Fair Lady” show tunes singalong.

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The magic of Orioles baseball and musical friendship

Serendipity followed our WNST 25th Anniversary celebration as local sports cartoonist Ricig gifted a surprise visit and local musician Ed Lauer joined Nestor at Costas Inn for a winding discussion about a quarter of a century of lousy Orioles baseball, the Bob Irsay dummy and the dream for another orange parade in Baltimore.

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Two decades after escaping pro sports, Maroon joins our 25th Anniversary with survival tales

Longtime local public relations insider John Maroon joins original WNST producer Andy Mueller at WNST at Drug City on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss a quarter of a century of changes in the Baltimore sports media landscape. And how to survive Dan Snyder and Peter Angelos in the next century.

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Celebrating 25 with Dangerously Delicious Pie, oh my!

The king of Pie Style in Hampden, Hot Rod Henry of Dangerously Delicious Pies crosses town into Dundalk to serve Nestor and his pal Bill Yerman some 25th Anniversary Pineapple Right Side Up Pie at Drug City. Rock and roll, dive bars and the perfect apple pie on the road were on the savory menu.

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How did 25 years of Baltimore sports radio fly by like this?

Original WNST Executive Producer Andy Mueller joins Nestor for a bunch of 25th Anniversary memories of life in Baltimore in 1998 as we were trying to be pioneers in how sports radio was presented for local fans. Lots of beautiful memories from Drug City here with one of our favorite people.

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The Dundalk home of Schock and rock

Our favorite Dundalk Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s talks songwriting and singing along with playing the drums in the most famous band of ladies of the ’80s at The Beaumont on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

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The foodie life and adventure beyond crab cakes is real in Charm City

As the founder and eater of Charm City Food Adventures, Doug Clayton eats a lot of crab cakes, too! Along with Marcella Knight at Koco’s Pub, we made the case for Baltimore beyond the local delicacy on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop presented by The Maryland Lottery and Window Nation.

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Putting the local McCafferty championship love on the table at The Beaumont

When the Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into The Beaumont in Catonsville, Nestor finally got the third member of the McCafferty family talking about his father’s famous restaurant in Mount Washington and his grandfather’s famous Super Bowl V title as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts. Talking crab cakes, steaks and eating local in The ‘Ville.

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Talking Orioles pennant race fever over beer and crab cakes

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into Koco’s Pub in the midst of baseball fever in Lauraville. Our favorite sportswriter from The Washington Post who has only lived in Baltimore joined our lifer sports cartoonist pal to discuss whether the Ravens or Orioles might soon bring us a parade. Let Dave Sheinin and Mike Ricigliano give you pennant fever!

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Bringing friends and the local rock to The House of Schock

He’s not quite the Simon Cowell of making bands but Nestor Aparicio finally had chance to unravel his role in helping Gina Schock put a Baltimore-based band together. Let The Go-Go’s drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer tell you about her new band The House of Shock and its roots in the Dundalk soil and soul.

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Is “Sara” the greatest song ever written?

Nothing makes the Maryland Crab Cake Tour better than bringing together sports friends from different worlds. This time longtime sportswriter Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post and legendary sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano move beyond sports to discuss a mutual love of music and what makes a song great from Koco’s Pub in Lauraville.

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