06/28/07 Natalie Angier

 
I am just going to go ahead and admit that I am afraid of science.  I am also afraid of math.  Just the idea of trying to understand mathmatical or scientific concepts makes my brain shut down.  There were many unpleasant moments in high school because of this mental block.*
But so now that I am a bit [...]

06/28/07 12 pm Dick Cheney

 
I’m hanging this picture above my desk.
Whether you love Dick Cheney or hate him, you gotta admit…he’s got to be pretty clever to have made the vice presidency so powerful.
Marc shared a colorful quote during his introduction to today’s show.  John Nance Garner said the vice-presidency is “not worth a pitcher of warm piss.”  Lovely [...]

06/27/07 12 PM Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and BRAC

How do you feel about the fact that tens of thousands of people are coming to our state because of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)?
 Are you a real estate agent who is looking forward to the business?
…or a parent who is worried about more kids in an already overcrowded school?
Are you a highway construction worker [...]

06/27/07 1 PM Maria Allwine

Whatever you think of her politics, you have to respect the passion and commitment that Maria Allwine shows to the causes that are dear to her.
Her newest incarnation is as the Green Party candidate for President of the City Council of Baltimore City.  She’ll be joining us today to discuss her agenda for that office.  [...]

06/26/07 noon Eastern Shore Development

First off, a geography test.  Can you find the Eastern Shore on this map?
While much of The Eastern Shore is still full of small towns and farms, places like Kent County and Worcester County have seen large population growth and increasingly widespread development.  This hour we’ll be looking at some of the concerns accompanying current [...]

06/26/07 1pm Commuting

How much time do you spend getting to and from work every day?  What else would you like to be doing with that time, however much it may be?
Our show this hour will be focused on commuting, so if you need to vent, now’s your chance.  Seems like commuting is something about which just about [...]

06/25/07 noon Some of our favorite recent articles and editorials…

These pictures will make sense if you listen to the show on Monday, I promise.
This hour we’ll have interviews with the authors of some pieces that caught our attention in the papers lately, or in one case, online.  If you want to do some homework over the weekend, here’s a link to each one:
What Ted Stevens, [...]

06/25/07 1pm Camelia Entekhabifard

Finished reading the articles for noon and looking for something else to read over the weekend?  Read the book that we’ll be discussing in the second hour on Monday with author Camelia Entekhabifard.  It’s called Camelia: Save Yourself By Telling the Truth, A Memoir of Iran. 
Camelia was born and raised in Tehran.  She has a pretty incredible story about being imprisoned [...]

06/21/07 noon Cities With a Lot of Murders

One city had more homicides per capita than Baltimore last year, Detroit.  Newark wasn’t far behind, barely beaten out for third by New Orleans.  This hour we talk with journalists from Detroit, Newark, and here in B-more who have been covering crime in their towns.
Violence is nothing new in any of these places.  How did it become such an entrenched part [...]

06/21/07 1pm Stephanie Rawlings Blake

Thanks to the City Paper for this artful shot of our current City Council President, taken back when she was City Council VP.  The article that it came from has this nice quote, as well: “I’m a workhorse, not a show horse.”
That said, the City Council President will be here today to discuss her bid [...]