Ron Tanner

We tour the rowhouse-basement factory of Rheb’s Candies, a family business that’s been supplying Baltimore with confectionary delights for more than ninety years.

From The Stoop, optimist Ron Tanner buys a condemned frat house and gives himself six months to restore it before inviting his extended family to stay for Christmas.

In 2000, Ron Tanner discovered the house of his dreams, a condemned and abandoned 4,500-square-foot rowhouse in Charles Village. He bought the one-time frat house, and with his girlfriend Jill, embarked on an adventure in home renovation, one that many warned would lead to financial and emotional ruin. Ron Tanner teaches writing at Loyola University. He is the author of “From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story," and our guest this hour.

• We revisit the controversial trademarking of the word “hon,” with William P. Tandy, editor of Smile Hon, You’re in Baltimore.
• Ron Tanner talks about his new illustrated novel, Kiss Me, Stranger. The book tells the story of a dystopian future plagued by civil war and environmental degradation… and believe it or not, it manages to be hopeful, tender, and downright funny.
• We talk to John Heyn, who co-directed the seminal rock-n-roll documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.