Kevin Rector's guest appearances

Kevin Rector

Roughly Speaking

Christopher & Eric

Donald Trump

Nick Carter

Brandon Scott

John Davis

Darnell Moore

Van Jones

Buick Cascada

Cokie Roberts

Ben Cardin

Lane Harlan

Chris Van Hollen

John Brown

Jon Snow

Teddy Roosevelt

Chris Reed

OwlTail

William Arnold

Two years ago, Christopher and Eric used this podcast to bring much needed attention to the brutal homicide of a young gay man named William Arnold Newton, whose severed head and feet were found in a Hollywood dumpster in 1990. But when they went looking for local newspaper articles about Billy's gruesome and disturbing murder, the pickings were slim. Worse, there wasn't a word about the case to be found in LA's local paper of record, the Los Angeles Times. All that changed when out journalist Kevin Rector brought Billy Newton's face and story to the paper's front page. In this conclusion to #JusticeforBilly month, Rector joins Christopher and Eric for a discussion of the evolving nature of covering dark stories that involve the LGBT community — as well as sex workers and other marginalized communities — and the team of devoted amateur sleuths who brought Billy's story into his inbox and onto the Times’ front page.

Ep. 172 – The Murder of William Arnold Newton Pt. X – Case Closed: Interview with LA Times Journalist Kevin Rector

Baltimore Sun reporter Kevin Rector spent some time this past summer taking a deep look at the proposal to build a multibillion-dollar, magnetic levitation train (or Maglev) system along the Northeast Corridor of the United States, starting with a track between Washington and Baltimore. Kevin’s reporting on Maglev took him to Japan, and he spent a lot of time speaking with those in the Baltimore-Washington region who want to replicate Japan’s 311-mph Maglev system here. Dan interviewed Kevin on a busy platform at Penn Station in Baltimore to hear what he learned about high-speed train travel that could get passengers from Baltimore to Washington in 15 minutes.

Sun reporter Kevin Rector on Maglev: 15 minutes from Baltimore to Washington (episode 433)