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

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

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

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LOCAL DISCUSSION

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

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...

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.

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

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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...

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

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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.

Major League Baseball in need of a healing season

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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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Three decades after she designed virtually aspect of our downtown stadium, Janet Marie Smith still lives here in Baltimore and has some thoughts about the future.

Avoiding bad habits and poor posture as we all stare at the Zoom lens

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Our international (but made in Baltimore) fitness guru Teddy Savage of Planet Fitness discusses posture and movement as the pandemic continues and we all work from home on a screen.

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From Purple Reign to the General of the Jets

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An unusual amount of coaching changes for Ravens this offseason?

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

College Sports 0
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.

Who wants a seat at the pool in Las Vegas for Ravens at Raiders?

Local 0
Our pal J.T. The Brick joins Nestor from Las Vegas, where dreams of a big black and silver stadium and a great road trip this fall keep the football spirits alive during a pandemic winter.

DENNIS KOULATSOS

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BALTIMORE NEWS

An unusual amount of coaching changes for Ravens this offseason?

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You have questions. We have questions. Dr. Gregory Branch does an incredible job of explaining how the vaccine really works in your body and the ideology behind the significance of this American COVID vaccination process.

Avoiding bad habits and poor posture as we all stare at the Zoom lens

Our international (but made in Baltimore) fitness guru Teddy Savage of Planet Fitness discusses posture and movement as the pandemic continues and we all work from home on a screen.

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

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?

Thirty years later: What comes next for Oriole Park at Camden Yards and downtown commerce?

Three decades after she designed virtually aspect of our downtown stadium, Janet Marie Smith still lives here in Baltimore and has some thoughts about the future.

POLITICS

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MUSIC CLASSIC

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Professor Thomas Dolby brings music class to order at Johns Hopkins

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Let them brush your rock and roll hair

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Twisted. Under, sideways, down...
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BUSINESS

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Crime

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Demanding transparency from City Hall and the City Council.
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Arts

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EDUCATION

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It's a time to listen to the streets of America as we assemble for change
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The Daily Miracle of a producing and delivering a morning newspaper

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HEALTH

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Opening up a conversation about local business while government shuts it down

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It's not easy being new mayor Brandon Scott. And it's certainly no picnic for the thousands of businesses impacted by his decision to shut down the city of Baltimore for many. Bill Cole and Nestor try to sort through the madness of what a pandemic does to a community.
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Business

Future is the focus for Santelises and Baltimore City schools

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Ripken brings us an iron streak of mental toughness during the crisis

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ARTS

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Copeland says online educational tools still open doors to Lewis Museum for learning

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The Executive Director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture tells us how to stay involved
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Arts

Falling in love with Baltimore all over again – right now!

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Do you think you love the Charm City more than the three of these local diehards? Baltimore Magazine editor-in-chief Max Weiss gives us a thousand explanations for the 50 ways to love Baltimore right now and how the December cover concept evolved.
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Arts

How Wes Moore found his way back to Baltimore

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The charm and potential of the Charm City called to him...
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LEADERSHIP

Lierman discusses COVID and housing rent crisis in Baltimore

Brooke Lierman has represented the 46th District in Annapolis as a member of the House of Delegates since 2014. She is also in Nestor's district! This chat discusses the many issues surrounding the pandemic and how it's affecting all aspects of life here in Baltimore and for the political process as well in Maryland.

Councilman Costello discusses financial struggles of Baltimore City coming in wake of COVID

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O’Malley talks openly about crime and the future of our city

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What exactly do we send Senators to Washington to do every six years?

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T.J. Smith wants you to come back to Baltimore

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WNST CLASSIC

Celebrities

That time Larry King called my book “a good read” and discussed history of Orioles baseball

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Back in the 1990s when he worked at CNN in Washington, Larry King was a frequent visitor at Camden Yards and loved talking Orioles baseball and Little Looey with Nestor.
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Celebrities

The legendary Charlie Eckman gives Nestor some life advice

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Toward the end of his legendary life as a basketball coach, referee and sports radio pundit, the pride of Glen Burnie "coached" Nestor with some information to take with him.
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Remember That Time

Joe Flacco explains life as a “classy” Philadelphia sports fan

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Nothing is better than a Super Bowl parade

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Cue "We Are The Champions"! Or, in this case, "Who Let The Dogs Out!" This is the lost Mike Flynn videotape of Super Bowl XXXV parade through streets of Baltimore.
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Arts

Let Nestor tell you the story of StanStock and the first radio studio he ever walked into at WEBB-AM

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Stanstock has become an East Side live music charity tradition led by longtime local musician Stan Gibson, who was a childhood friend of Nestor. You'll love this story as told by Mike Miller, who helps organize the festival each fall.
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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