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Meghan McCorkell gives Nestor the full story of Live Baltimore and why City Life is loved in Charm City

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Meghan McCorkell always formally educated Nestor about the charm of the Enoch Pratt Free Library but recently became the Executive Director of “Live Baltimore” and came to Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to tell him all he never knew about the “I Love City Life” folks’ 30th year aiming to attract and retain residents by highlighting the city’s 278 neighborhoods and offering home ownership incentives like down payment assistance programs. The city’s affordability, cultural richness and community spirit get no argument from the host.

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss Ravens and Ronnie Stanley coming together for 3 more years in front of Lamar

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High stakes, higher salaries and big changes are always the tone of NFL free agency but before the tampering is even over many star players have decided the grass might be greener staying home. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Ravens and Ronnie Stanley coming together for three more years and $60 million to continue to protect Lamar Jackson during this run of excellence and collective disappointment.

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Row, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, National, Nestor Aparicio, News

Preparing Youth For Tomorrow on the streets of Baltimore

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With “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” back at Faidley’s Seafood at the beautiful new Lexington Market, it was a great time to bring Officer Kevin Moody back with Tori Kerr to tell more tales of Preparing Youth For Tomorrow and ways the local organization is inspiring young people to volunteer and be involved in “Handshakes Over Handcuffs” mentoring on the streets of Baltimore.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Maryland Lottery, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Taking the pop quiz of responsible play for gamblers

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Every March, the Maryland Lottery steps up its game to make sure than citizens are playing the games within their means and understanding the odds and the help that is available. Executive Director John Martin joins us frequently to discuss all elements of the games and the realization that March Madness and baseball season are here and it’s time to consider your gambling habits.

#DearOrioles, Business, ColumnNes, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

What is the Rubenstein threshold for new Orioles’ payroll?

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With the news that Grayson Rodriguez and Andrew Kittredge will begin the season off the field, we wonder whether Mike Elias will be out buying more pricey relief pitching in a sport with no salary cap. Luke Jones and Nestor debate the Baltimore Orioles’ pitching needs and the threshold for payroll in the world of David Rubenstein. The money and tough-talk financial realities of small-market MLB in this one…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Row, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Travel

Lexington Market and pre-gaming for Orioles baseball makes a perfect Camden Yards plan

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The new Lexington Market is absolutely stunning and with the weather warming and Orioles season coming, Damye Hahn and Jamal McCord talk spring and baseball pre-gaming at Faidley’s Seafood and all of the delicious stalls and local vendors making your Camden Yards day a richer experience. Plan a visit!

Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Keeping Stanley is DeCosta’s biggest win of free agency

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High stakes, higher salaries and big changes are always the tone of NFL free agency but before the tampering is even over many star players have decided the grass might be greener staying home. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Ravens and Ronnie Stanley coming together for three more years and $60 million to continue to protect Lamar Jackson during this run of excellence and collective disappointment.

John Eisenberg joins Nestor to discuss more Birdtapes, Orioles updates and Ravens realities with Justin Tucker

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Longtime Baltimore sports writer John Eisenberg returns for another season of Orioles baseball and an announcement about his continuing journey through the history of the franchise – even as he enjoys the present and opines about the future. And, of course, the venerable columnist brings out his journalism sniffer on the Justin Tucker scandal and the NFL investigation.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Row, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, National, Nestor Aparicio, News

Live Baltimore: For the love of city life

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Meghan McCorkell always formally educated Nestor about the charm of the Enoch Pratt Free Library but recently became the Executive Director of “Live Baltimore” and came to Faidley’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to tell him all he never knew about the “I Love City Life” folks’ 30th year aiming to attract and retain residents by highlighting the city’s 278 neighborhoods and offering home ownership incentives like down payment assistance programs. The city’s affordability, cultural richness and community spirit get no argument from the host.

Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the tampering period and Ronnie Stanley decision for Ravens

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It’s never the biggest week of the year for the Baltimore Ravens, who rarely delve deeply into free agency but this week will reveal the future of Ronnie Stanley and the offensive line. Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the tampering period and the options of both sides in a weird window of negotiations and news. You’ll want to be on the WNST Baltimore Positive Text Service this week!

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Row, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News

A quarter of a century of Art With A Heart deserves a celebration story

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Local attorney Randi Pupkin shares her journey from local lawyer to aspiring artist to making a true Baltimore Positive impact over 25 years of leading “Art With A Heart,” providing art classes to under-served communities and now offering over 16,000 classes annually. Nestor leads her through their mutual friendship with local sports cartoonist and legend Ricig, and this amazing journey and a quarter of a century showing kids the world in color and inspiring creativity.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Taking a deeper dive into Orioles history with The Bird Keeper of “The Magic”

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Longtime Baltimore sports writer John Eisenberg returns for another season of Orioles baseball and an announcement about his continuing journey through the history of the franchise – even as he enjoys the present and opines about the future. And, of course, the venerable columnist brings out his journalism sniffer on the Justin Tucker scandal and the NFL investigation.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Business, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

The local realities of climate change

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Professor Billy Friebele of Loyola University Maryland heats Nestor up for a campus climate change symposium on March 13 with acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh and a keynote on “The Great Uprooting: Migration and Movement in the Age of Climate Change.”

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

The story behind the story – how local journalism works and everything you need to know about the reporting of the Justin Tucker massage scandal

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With three blockbuster tales of reporting the allegations of 16 different women accusing Baltimore Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy appointments more than a decade ago, reporter Julie Scharper of The Baltimore Banner answers all of Nestor’s questions about how the story came to light and the journalism, reporting and fact-checking done by their staff to confirm and write these “serious and concerning” stories.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Celebrities, Featured, Hall of Fame, Journalism & Media, More Sports, Music, Music Classic, National, Nestor Aparicio, Orioles, Politics, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Travel, WNST Classic

The triumph and Canadian pride of Rik Emmett and his Ten Telecaster Tales of new songs and stories

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The music of Rik Emmett and his band Triumph has stood the test of time and his post rock professor and author duties brought together a passion project about his first favorite guitar. The Canadian guitarist returns to talk Blue Jays baseball, returning to a live stage this month and some words of wisdom about American honor and neighbourly trust.

John Palumbo of Crack The Sky talks history, songwriting and the hot razors of rock music for a lifetime

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Now 39 years after first interviewing John Palumbo of Crack The Sky as an 18-year old music critic at The Evening Sun, Nestor finally gets to ask the singer and songwriter to reflect on the band’s unique blend of rock, progressive elements, and complex songwriting, which often tackled themes of race, culture, and politics. Palumbo shares the origins of songs like “Nuclear Apathy” and “Songs of Soviet Sons,” and discusses the band’s resilience and the joy the music bring to fans in Baltimore.

Arts and Entertainment, Community, Featured, Local, Maryland Lottery, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

You’ll find her in the Club

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Every year, one lucky second chance Ravens scratch-off winner will find 20 years of season tickets in the warm seats and no one could be happier than lifer-purple-hearted Shannan Brown of Aberdeen, who shares her story of being this year’s Maryland Lottery Tickets For Twenty Years victor and her plans for fun to honor her father.

Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

A big weekend for Ravens and Stanley to decide future fate of left tackle protection for Lamar

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It’s never the biggest week of the year for the Baltimore Ravens, who rarely delve deeply into free agency but this week will reveal the future of Ronnie Stanley and the offensive line. Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the tampering period and the options of both sides in a weird window of negotiations and news. You’ll want to be on the WNST Baltimore Positive Text Service this week!

Julie Scharper of The Baltimore Banner answers all Nestor’s questions about Justin Tucker reporting

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With three blockbuster tales of reporting the allegations of 16 different women accusing Baltimore Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy appointments more than a decade ago, reporter Julie Scharper of The Baltimore Banner answers all of Nestor’s questions about how the story came to light and the journalism, reporting and fact-checking done by their staff to confirm and write these “serious and concerning” stories.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Celebrities, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, WNST Classic

Crack The Sky still soaring 50 years later

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Now 39 years after first interviewing John Palumbo of Crack The Sky as an 18-year old music critic at The Evening Sun, Nestor finally gets to ask the singer and songwriter to reflect on the band’s unique blend of rock, progressive elements, and complex songwriting, which often tackled themes of race, culture, and politics. Palumbo shares the origins of songs like “Nuclear Apathy” and “Songs of Soviet Sons,” and discusses the band’s resilience and the joy the music bring to fans in Baltimore.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Celebrities, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, More Sports, Music, Music Classic, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

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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.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Featured, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Music, Nestor Aparicio, News

The nights on Broadway on Park Heights Avenue

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Who doesn’t love a great night of music and Broadway? Jillian Manko of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation invites Nestor out on March 22nd for a special night of Broadway music featuring John Rapson and hosted by Rain Pryor, daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Oh…and the desserts!

Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Orioles making a spring pitch toward early success

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The Orioles’ starting rotation isn’t built for the long haul but a promising early spring from the starters and the welcomed relief of having Felix Bautista back on the bump has Luke Jones and Nestor cautiously optimistic about Mike Elias’ ability to piece together a one-year program with Tomoyuki Sugano, Charlie Morton and the remaining cast from last season.

Authors and Books, Business, C-Suite, Celebrities, College Sports, Community, Education, Featured, Hall of Fame, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, More Sports, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

McMillen emphasizes resilience of American democracy amidst current chaos

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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.

Gary “Digital” Williams tells Nestor about his long journey to Coppin State Hall of Fame

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He’s been a visitor many times over three decades and now we can call him “Hall of Famer” Gary Williams. He’s the “other” Gary Williams of Beltway Boxing “aka” Digital, who was inducted into the Coppin State Hall of Fame after all of his years on the mic at the Coppin Center and the beautiful new Physical Education Complex. A little Eagles love here with one of our favorite local historians of the sweet science.

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