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New York City looms large in new novels from Elizabeth Strout and Marlowe Granados!

Nationally, more than 2 million women have left the workforce since the start of COVID19. In the Baltimore region many more are planning to leave their current jobs. R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to them with Doug Lent..

What D. Watkins learned on the streets of East Baltimore, in addition to how to hustle, was that a real man must always mask his true feelings. That’s a lie, Watkins says in his latest memoir, Black Boy Smile. We hear Watkins take on the truth behind the lies.

Baltimore City's budget director and the CEO of a leading grant organization explain why they oppose the Renew Baltimore plan, discussed here last week, to cut city property taxes by 40% over the next six years.

Al Waller and Catherine Collinson teach us all we need to know about interest rates and their impact.

For a long time travelers have been coming back from upstate New York bearing tales of the wonderful wines growing there.

The Reports: Week of July 11th, 2022

The Reports: Week of July 18th, 2022

What is the point of baring one’s secrets to the world? The power of the personal narrative.

Astrophysicist Duília de Mello shares a Stoop Story about an exploding star.

Ford McGill returns to the states to study medicine to help the new colony of Maryland, Liberia.

Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday joins us to help us make sense of director Jordan Peele's new sci-fi horror film, and spotlight some other great new summer movies.

The distilling industry in Maryland is small but growing like crazy. Lyon Rum in St. Michaels is producing an outstanding line of quality sipping rum that Al loves.

I recently discovered a first class butcher shop that specializes in grass-fed dry-aged beef. John Brown General and Butchery up in Hunt Valley has become my go to source for some of the best beef I've ever tasted. And Chef Jerry Pellegrino, what amazes me is that some of my favorite cuts are the least expensive.

Orioles GM Mike Elias has been quiet 'til now. The team's play may force him out of anonymity.

Bill Russell took basketball and racism seriously but not himself.

Your Retirement July 2022

The Reports: Week of July 25th, 2022

Lashar, a corporate IT consultant, believes the time is right for a third-party candidate for governor; he explains his libertarian visions for the state.

Using Census data, a new report traces where people in Maryland’s state prisons come from. The central finding? One in every 100 Baltimore residents is locked up in a state prison. We hear from advocates about how mass incarceration drains city neighborhoods.