rupert wondolowski

Film critic Josh Slates is just back from the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and he fills us in on the latest in martial arts and action cinema, from Herman Yau’s “Ip Man:  The Final Fight” to Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grand Master”

We’re joined by father-and-son duo Ken and Brad Kolodner, who play old-time music together on banjo, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer

On March 17th, Baltimore lost one of its most original and revered poets:  ‘Blaster’ Al Ackerman.  Blaster’s longtime friend and publisher, Rupert Wondolowski of Shattered Wig Press, shares a remembrance.

Davy and Peter Rothbart drop by the studio to celebrate ten years of Found Magazine and to preview Davy’s new book, My Heart is an Idiot, a collection of personal essays about life and love on the American road

Jeff Trueman takes us to a Fells Point boxing gym to learn the ropes with trainer – and former Maryland boxing champ – Jake ‘The Snake’ Smith

Mike Fussell paints a radio portrait of his Highlandtown neighbor, Eugenie Benser, and her bittersweet relationship with an imperfect father

We meet a man who grew up blind in a small village in Sierra Leone.  As a child, he taught himself how to play a rare, traditional instrument called the Kondi.  He adopted the name of his instrument, and today, Sorie Kondi is on an unlikely international tour, thanks to a network of world music fan