What’s The Story With Fort Armistead Park?
What’s The Story With Fort Armistead Park?
It’s covered in graffiti, overgrown by the forest, and neglected by the city, but Fort Armistead was once a state-of-the... Read more
1 Jun 2022
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31mins
How Did Jousting Become Maryland’s Official State Sport?
How Did Jousting Become Maryland’s Official State Sport?
Our quest takes us to a ring-jousting event hosted by the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association. Then we venture into... Read more
24 May 2022
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25mins
What's The Deal With Pit Beef?
What's The Deal With Pit Beef?
This week’s listener grew up in Maryland, and he always just assumed there were roadside pit beef stands across the whol... Read more
16 May 2022
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26mins
Could Baltimore City & County Ever Unite?
Could Baltimore City & County Ever Unite?
Listener Kate Jakuta asks, “Why isn’t Baltimore City part of Baltimore County? And could the city and the county ever jo... Read more
9 May 2022
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23mins
What’s With That Random Simon Bolivar Statue?
What’s With That Random Simon Bolivar Statue?
There’s a tiny park in Baltimore’s Guilford neighborhood that’s home to an improbable monument. It’s a bronze bust of Si... Read more
29 Apr 2022
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23mins
What is Dr. Gloom’s Crypt of Curiosities?
What is Dr. Gloom’s Crypt of Curiosities?
Listener Stacy Gilbert wandered into a shop called Protean Books & Records, and she found a weird little room in the... Read more
18 Apr 2022
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31mins
Where is Baltimore’s Gayborhood?
Where is Baltimore’s Gayborhood?
Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood has been the epicenter of the city’s gay community for decades, but clubs and bars... Read more
11 Apr 2022
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32mins
What’s Baltimore’s Negro Leagues baseball history?
What’s Baltimore’s Negro Leagues baseball history?
Listener Andrew Cosentino wanted to know more about Baltimore’s chapter of Negro Leagues baseball history, so we caught ... Read more
4 Apr 2022
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21mins
What's the story behind Old Bay?
What's the story behind Old Bay?
Listener Joanna Reed wanted to know how the crab seasoning, Old Bay, got started and how it became such a Maryland icon.... Read more
28 Mar 2022
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17mins
Baltimore’s Sister Cities: Where are they? And why them?
Baltimore’s Sister Cities: Where are they? And why them?
Listener Josh Dix’s question about sister cities takes us down a historical rabbit hole to a moment in Cold War history ... Read more
21 Mar 2022
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23mins