Dan Rodricks - Podcast Details

Shows

Five Dubs PodcastE117: New news formatsWhat does local journalism look like in the age of evolving media platforms? In this episode, longtime columnist and radio host Dan Rodricks joins Rebecca to talk about adapting storytelling for today's audiences. From his decades at The Baltimore Sun to his new audio column, Dan shares insights on sustaining local journalism, experimenting with audio formats and why personal narrative still matters. It’s a conversation about voice, format and the future of local news.2025-05-2844 min

MiddayDan Rodricks reflects on the past, present and future of journalismToday, we check-in with longtime journalist Dan Rodricks. Rodricks joined the Evening Sun as a reporter in 1976. For nearly 5 decades, Dan has chronicled changes, challenges in our region, and he is introduced us to an amazing array of characters; the powerful, the vulnerable, the saints, the sinners, the quirky, and the quarrelsome. Over the years, Rodricks also hosted a show on WBAL Radio, a TV show on WMAR, performed and directed local theater productions and published three books. For seven years he hosted Midday, beginning in 2008. As he prepares for retirement, we ask Rodricks what is ahead for him and...2025-01-2438 min

MRX Influencers10 tips to create & manage successful online communities with Mark RodricksThis week, Dan will dive into the power of online communities and how you can create and use powerful, engaged community members to aid with longitudinal tracking and continuous discovery with the QuestionPro Community platform. 2022-01-2824 min

Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastWriters LIVE! Firmin DeBrabander, Life after PrivacyFirmin DeBrabander is in conversation with columnist Dan Rodricks. With Life after Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society, Professor of Philosophy at Maryland Institute College of Art Firmin DeBrabander explores the role that privacy does and does not play in today’s world. Even though people do know that their every move is watched and recorded online, why do they still share everything that happens to them on social media and are so careless about virtually sending along their own personal data? We no longer have privacy, bu...2020-11-131h 03

Body Count: A History PodcastHenry Gunther: Not Firsthttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPodPerisco, Joseph, Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour (Arrow Books, 2005). Rodricks, Dan, ‘The Sad, Senseless End of Henry Gunther’ (Baltimore Sun, 2008). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 2020-06-221h 29

Roughly SpeakingClosing out 2019 at the moviesLocal film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed join columnist Dan Rodricks to review the year's best movies. (PHOTO CREDIT: Lacey Terrell/TriStar Pictures).2019-11-211h 03

Roughly SpeakingA new take on the crab cake?Thirty years is a long, good run for any restaurant, and so attention must be paid: Saturday, Oct. 12 marks three full decades for Nancy Longo’s Pierpoint in Fells Point. It was early 1989 when Longo bought the Emma Giles Tavern, a rowhouse-barroom at 1822 Aliceanna Street, with an ambition to turn it into a restaurant serving “Maryland cuisine with a contemporary style.” As her 30th anniversary approached, Sun columnist Dan Rodricks paid a visit for the Roughly Speaking podcast and recorded a conversation with Longo in the Pierpoint kitchen.In this episode: Secrets of a great crab cake. Plus, something new: The Cr...2019-10-1028 min

Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastWriters LIVE: Dan Rodricks, Father’s Day Creek: On Fly Fishing, Fatherhood and the Last Best Place on EarthDan Rodricks is a long-time columnist (and podcast host) for The Baltimore Sun, and a local radio and television personality who has won several national and regional journalism awards over a reporting, writing and broadcast career spanning five decades. Rodricks has written some 6,000 columns for the Sun, and along the way he many times revealed his love of nature and of fishing. Rodricks embraced fly fishing in the early 1990s, and that style of fishing opened doors to new relationships with people and places--and one place in particular, the “secret” creek in Pennsylvania that, once allowed to reco...2019-06-141h 05

Roughly SpeakingMayor Catherine Pugh and Gov. Larry Hogan's two very different weeksTwo prominent Maryland figures entered the spotlight this week, albeit for very different reasons. Days after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's return from New Hampshire, an early-caucus state considered a ----must---- stop for potential presidential candidates, federal law enforcement agents spread out across Baltimore, raiding City Hall and other several other locations with connections to Mayor Catherine Pugh. It was the first confirmation that federal authorities, as well as state officials, were investigating the mayor's activities, who has been on a leave of absence as she recovers from pneumonia for four weeks.On this episode, Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks discusses...2019-04-2533 min

Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.3 Hero of the Back RowLinksHow to Sithttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/tyrese-coleman/2019 PEN American Literary Award Finalistshttps://pen.org/2019finalists/Superbowl Cheerleaders https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/super-bowl-male-cheerleaders-nfl-trnd/index.htmlNFL Cheerleader Salaryhttp://money.com/money/5127457/nfl-cheerleaders-career-pay-salary/Beyoncé and Jay say “go vegan”https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/go-vegan-get-beyonce-and-jay-z-tickets-for-life-deal-1832267220The Greenprint Projecthttps://www.thegreenprintproject.com/Who is running in 2020?https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/who-is-running-for-president-in-2020-so-far/507-3d0408c4-75a9-4921-ac61-92c720519701Spider-Man: Far F...2019-03-151h 07

Roughly SpeakingBaltimore Sun editor and publisher Trif Alatzas on the importance of community journalism in 2018 (episode 450)In this year-in-review episode of the Roughly Speaking podcast, our last of 2018, columnist Dan Rodricks speaks with Triffon G. ----Trif---- Alatzas, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Sun Media Group, about the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and its aftermath. Alatzas talks about the day of the horror, the response of police, the community and other news organizations, and how the Capital recovered from the loss of four veteran journalists -- Wendi Winters, John McNamara, Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen -- and advertising assistant Rebecca Smith. Alatzas also talks about the move of the Sun's operations out...2018-12-2436 min

Roughly SpeakingRelease: James Featherstone and life after a life sentence (episode 447)Arrested 40 years ago at age 16 in the murder of a promising Johns Hopkins medical student, James Featherstone received a life sentence for his conviction. If not for a major ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals – known as the Unger ruling – Featherstone believes he would have died in prison. Since his unexpected release in 2014, he's managed to find work, but not the full-time job he seeks. He's been speaking to boys and young men in trouble with the law, hoping to save them from lives of crime and failure. And he's made friends with Carol Classen, the woman who was enga...2018-12-1350 min

Roughly SpeakingBefore you shop, some expert tips on Thanksgiving cocktails, wine and dinner (episode 442)Before you shop for the makings of a Thanksgiving feast, we offer some tips from three experts who've been guests on Roughly Speaking:For the before-dinner cocktails he described in Episode 287, Baltimore bartender Brendan Dorr tells what you need for the well-stocked home bar -- not the booze, but the bitters to finish them and the appropriate glasses in which to serve them.Confused about what wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner? Kevin Atticks, executive director of the Maryland Wineries Association, has a simple suggestion. When he was on the show last year, Attticks led us on a tour of...2018-11-1623 min

Roughly SpeakingThe Sun's Andy Green on the Maryland football scandal (episode 437)In this episode: Sun columnist Dan Rodricks and editorial editor Andy Green review a week of developments that rocked the University of Maryland, College Park, the football program and the University of Maryland System Board of Regents.2018-11-028h 40

Roughly SpeakingDoes Lexington Market really need to be replaced? (episode 429)A couple of years ago, the mayor of Baltimore announced plans to tear the market down and build, on the parking lot to its south, a big glassy structure to replace it. That plan provoked groans -- not only at the design, but at its estimated $60 million price tag. Earlier this month, officials working on Lexington Market’s renovation came up with a new plan, not as expensive and one, they say, that can be put in place faster. The city chose Seawall Development, the firm behind the R. House food hall and other projects in Remington, to construct a ne...2018-10-1122 min

Roughly SpeakingThe Great Uprising of the 1960s: Baltimore, York and Cambridge (episode 420)In a second conversation with historian Peter Levy, we hear about The Great Uprising, some 750 urban riots -- more than most Americans might imagine -- that erupted in the 1960s, from Newark to Los Angeles, from Detroit to Baltimore. According to Levy’s new history, upwards of 525 cities were affected. The two largest waves of unrest and violence came in 1967 and during the spring of 1968, after the assassination in Memphis of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In those two years alone, 25 people were killed and nearly 7,000 injured. Law enforcement officers made 45,000 arrests, and property damage reached what today would be...2018-09-0424 min

Roughly SpeakingHow to make the official sandwich of Labor Day WeekendCome along for a visit to Dan's kitchen and a tutorial on how to make a traditional peppers-and-eggs sandwich, declared by our columnist as the official sandwich of Labor Day weekend.----It’s a modest but delicious shift-worker’s lunch. So it’s a tribute to workers. And it’s made with a fresh ingredient from the late-summer garden. So it has the seasonal thing going for it, too. What's not to like?----Labor Day Peppers-and-Eggs SandwichIngredients4-5 sweet green peppers (cubanelles, if available, but bell peppers will do)4 eggsTBS grated Parmseanpinch garlic powderItalian bread or rollsMethod- Remove stems and seeds fr...2018-08-3113 min

Roughly SpeakingJesse Colvin and Michael Pullen want to unseat Andy Harris (episode 401)Six Democratic candidates are seeking their party's nomination this month to challenge Republican incumbent Andy Harris in Maryland's 1st Congressional District in November. Two of the candidates -- longtime Talbott County attorney Michael Pullen and Army veteran Jesse Colvin -- are on today's show, talking about their respective challenges to Harris and about an array of issues facing the district, which runs from the Eastern Shore to the metro Baltimore counties.Both Colvin and Pullen have been guests on earlier episodes of Roughly Speaking, and another candidate, Alison Galbraith was on the show in November and April.Other candidates did...2018-06-1838 min

Roughly SpeakingMaryland gubernatorial candidate Krish Vignarajah's viral response to 'mean tweets' (episode 399)During the last week, there have been more than 1.5 million views of an online video featuring Maryland gubernatorial candidate Krish Vignarajah responding to sexist and racist tweets. Vignarajah says she has received hate mail and mean tweets ridiculing her gender, her ethnicity and even the appearance of her 11-month-old daughter, Alana, in a campaign ad. We hear what the trolls said, and how Vignarajah responded, in the candidate's second visit to the Roughly Speaking studio. Dan's first conversation with the candidate, former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama, was in December, Episode 334, and covered an array of issues and...2018-06-1425 min

Roughly SpeakingJim Shea and Brandon Scott say Hogan just 'treading water' (episode 397)In the latest in a series of conversations with candidates for governor of Maryland, attorney Jim Shea says the man he hopes to challenge in November, incumbent Republican Larry Hogan, has been just ----treading water,---- doing little to advance education, transportation and Baltimore's crime fight. Shea says that, in lowering highway tolls, widening roads and ----doing no harm,---- Hogan has lowered expectations for the governor's office, and Shea promises to reverse Hogan's minimalist approach.Joining the conversation is Shea's running mate, lieutenant governor candidate and Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics...2018-06-0733 min

Roughly SpeakingDemocrat Madaleno says Hogan hurt Baltimore 'during darkest times' (episode 394)In another in a series of conversations leading up to the June 26 primary election, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Madaleno says Maryland under Larry Hogan ----walked away from [Baltimore] during the darkest times.---- Madaleno criticizes the incumbent Republican for failing to support the city by killing the Red Line transit system and the redevelopment of the state government center on the city's west side. Madaleno, a state senator from Montgomery County, also claims that policies Hogan adopted -- on education funding and transportation, for instance -- were made possible by progressive Democrats in Annapolis who held Hogan’s budget-cutting ambitions in...2018-05-2935 min

Roughly SpeakingRoss and Verratti: A tech-and-beer ticket for governor (episode 391)In another in our series of conversations leading up to Maryland's June 26 primary election, tech guru and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alec Ross introduces us to his running mate, Julie Verratti, and talks about the need for ----21st Century thinking---- in state government. Ross criticizes the incumbent Republican governor, Larry Hogan, for failing to support Baltimore by killing the Red Line transit system and the redevelopment of the state government center on the city's west side. He also talks about the need to address the increasing costs of child care across the state.Verratti describes her background in federal government...2018-05-2226 min

Roughly SpeakingKevin Kamenetz and Valerie Ervin (episode 385)Producer's note: Kamenetz died of cardiac arrest on May 10.Why should Maryland Democrats select Kevin Kamenetz over other candidates in a crowded field of experienced politicians and first-time office-seekers hoping to become the next governor? With the candidates agreeing on most of the issues, why Kamenetz?The Baltimore County executive, hoping to win the June 26 primary to face incumbent Republican Larry Hogan in November, answers that question on today's show.And we meet the woman he chose for a running mate, former Montgomery County Council member Valerie Ervin.Links:https://elections2018.news.baltimoresun.com/governor/kevin-kamenetz/http://www.baltimoresun.com...2018-05-0921 min

Roughly SpeakingPreparing for the possibility of a pandemic (episode 384)Featured in this episode: An infectious disease specialist talks about Bill Gates' repeated warnings that the U.S. and the world are not sufficiently prepared for the possibility of a pandemic that could kill millions. But before we get to that:Book critic Paula Gallagher recommends a new non-fiction title, ----The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession and the Natural History Heist of the Century,---- by Kirk Wallace Johnson.Baltimore County executive Kevin Kamenetz, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland, and his running mate, Valerie Ervin, talk about the opioid epidemic. Kamenetz announced Wednesday that the county...2018-05-0446 min

Roughly SpeakingWhy old industrial cities are poised for a turnaround — particularly Baltimore (episode 379)A follow-up to Dan’s Sunday column on a new Brookings Institution report, “Renewing America’s economic promise through older industrial cities,” with its lead author, Alan Berube, a Brookings senior fellow and director of its Metropolitan Policy Program.The report argues that Baltimore and other post-industrial American cities, large and small, hold great potential for more inclusive economic growth that benefits their states and regions. Cities are where the best jobs are going, and a new generation of educated and well-trained Americans have a desire to live in cities that are thriving economically and diverse socially and culturally. The report p...2018-04-2327 min

Roughly SpeakingWomen in Congress: A former member and a candidate, Connie Morella and Allison Galbraith (episode 375)1:52: Paula Gallagher has this week’s book recommendation, a new memoir about a young woman who survived a survivalist upbringing to earn a Ph.D. from Cambridge. The title is “Educated,” by Tara Westover.6:05: Allison Galbraith talks about her campaign to become the Democratic candidate to challenge Republican incumbent Andy Harris in Maryland's First District in November. Galbraith gives her position on guns, coastal oil drilling and the development of wind turbines off Ocean City. She first appeared on the podcast in November. Two other candidates, Jesse Colvin and Michael Pullen, also have been heard on the show.19:28: We hear from a...2018-04-1347 min

Roughly SpeakingListening to Lefty: A final interview with fly fishing legend Lefty Kreh (episode 370)In what was likely his last recorded conversation, the legendary fly fisherman Lefty Kreh talks about learning to handle a fly rod, his experiences in the outdoors with his son, Larry, and his favorite spot on the Potomac River. Kreh, who died on Wednesday, was a Maryland native who became one of the best-known fly anglers in the world. He taught casting to hundreds of people, including Hollywood luminaries, and he wrote 32 books over a career that included 18 years as outdoors editor of The Sun. Dan visited him at his home in Cockeysville on Feb. 1, 25 days before Kreh's 93rd birthday...2018-03-1631 min

Roughly SpeakingBen Jealous rips Hogan, proposes reforms for police (episode 363)Ben Jealous, the former national president of the NAACP, says Gov. Larry Hogan holds Baltimore in contempt and has done too little to help the city through its crisis in crime and police misconduct. On Wednesday, Jealous, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Hogan's bid for re-election, proposed a set of reforms for Baltimore police and police across Maryland, including the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of misconduct.This is another in a series of interviews with candidates for office in 2018. To listen to earlier conversations with gubernatorial candidates, visit this Roughly Speaking archives page.Also today...2018-03-0121 min

Roughly SpeakingTo the fish market with Chef Michel Tersiguel (episode 362)A visit to the wholesale fish market in Jessup, Maryland, with a chef who still does what a lot of chefs used to do: He gets up early in the morning to see what looks fresh enough to cook for his customers for dinner. And, while we’re shopping for seafood with Chef Michel Tersiguel, we’ll meet a man named Andy Foehrkolb, a cutter for Reliant Fish Co., who displays a fine hand at an old craft -- filleting one of the boniest of fish, the shad, a seasonal, but fading, tradition of the Chesapeake dinner table. Bonus: A visi...2018-02-2834 min

Roughly SpeakingCan a Democrat flip the Big Red One? (episode 361)Republican Rep. Andy Harris, one of the most conservative members of Congress, is seeking a fifth term representing Maryland's First District, which runs from Carroll County, through Harford and Baltimore counties, across the Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern Shore. Voters in the First went for Donald J. Trump in 2016 by a margin of 29 percentage points over Hillary Clinton.Can a Democrat flip the Big Red One?Until recently, no one considered the district a battleground, and many political analysts still consider it solidly red for Harris.But two weeks ago, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee moved Maryland's First into ----battleground...2018-02-2333 min

Roughly SpeakingJohn Shields and Henry Hong comfort us with food (episode 349)What's your favorite comfort food for a winter weekend? A lot of people would quickly mention mac-and-cheese. Others might favor a stew, soup or savory pasta dish. On this weekend episode: John Shields, of Gertrude's restaurant in Baltimore, offers a comforting potato dish from his ancestral home in Ireland, while Henry Hong, the Food Nerd, suggests a chicken casserole passed down from his wife's grandmother. Dan offers polenta and minestrone.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bs-md-rodricks-0126-story.html 2018-01-2623 min

Roughly SpeakingMosby challenger pledges to cut homicides in half in three years (episode 339)Thiru Vignarajah, an experienced attorney and former prosecutor, says he has a plan for cutting the city’s murder count in half within the next three years -- that is, if voters elect him over the incumbent Baltimore State's Attorney, Marilyn Mosby. Vignarajah blames Mosby for the city's three-year surge in violence, citing the loss of dozens of veteran prosecutors and a lack of convictions of violent, repeat offenders. A former deputy Maryland attorney general, Vignarajah is seeking the Democratic nomination for state's attorney in June's primary. He has just released a five-point plan to cut shootings and homicides, focusing on...2018-01-0431 min

Roughly SpeakingHome could be where the cargo was: Converting shipping containers into homes for the homeless (episode 338)Today's episode goes with Dan's latest column: A Baltimore couple, Pamela and Christian Wilson, talk about their proposal to convert used, unwanted shipping containers into two-bedroom, rent-to-own houses for people who are homeless. They have teamed with Baltimore architect Jay Orr to come up with plans and presented them to officials at City Hall. The Wilson are now seeking partners to join them in the endeavor. Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bs-md-rodricks-0103-story.html 2018-01-0323 min

Roughly SpeakingMaya Rockeymoore Cummings on what it means to be a Maryland Democrat in the time of Trump and Hogan (episode 337)In the last of a series of introductory interviews with Democratic candidates for governor of Maryland, Dan speaks with Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a public policy expert and one of two women seeking their party's nomination. A one-time congressional staffer, Rockeymoore Cummings is the founder of Global Policy Solutions, a Washington-based consulting company. She is the wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings, the veteran congressman from Baltimore. Rockeymoore Cummings wants to be the Democrat who challenges incumbent Republican Larry Hogan because, she says, Hogan has a limited vision for the state and has held back economic development for Baltimore by killing the...2017-12-2136 min

Roughly SpeakingKrish Vignarajah wants to rally women, minorities and immigrants in 2018 (episode 334)In the seventh in a series of interviews with candidates for governor of Maryland, Dan speaks with Krish Vignarajah, a 38-year-old attorney and former policy adviser to Michelle Obama. She is one of eight candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in 2018. Born in Sri Lanka, Vignarajah grew up in Baltimore and Baltimore County, the daughter of public school teachers who emigrated to the United States to escape civil war in their native country. The Yale- and Oxford-educated Vignarajah worked in the State Department and as policy director for Michelle Obama when she was first lady. Questions have been raised about Vignarajah's...2017-12-1439 min

Roughly SpeakingHogan plays 'small ball,' says Madaleno, a prospective challenger in 2018 (episode 333)In another in a series of interviews with Democratic candidates for governor, Maryland state Sen. Richard Madaleno says the Republican incumbent, Larry Hogan, has no long-term vision for the state and has been ----playing small ball---- on health care, education and transportation. Madaleno, an openly gay candidate, has been in the General Assembly for 15 years. He is one of eight Democrats seeing the nomination to challenge Hogan in 2018. He recently announced that he would seek public financing for his primary campaign, giving him an opportunity to raise as much as $2.8 million, with an estimated $1.4 million of it in public funds...2017-12-1238 min

Roughly SpeakingFilm critics react to Hollywood allegations; books and movies for the holidays (episode 332)2:43: Our film critics, Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed, talk about Hollywood and sexual abuse in the entertainment industry; plus, the announced resignation of former comedian (and former U.S. senator) Al Franken.13:42: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking critic, lists books that will make good holidays gifts for the Instant Pot fanatic, the reluctant history buff, and the ----Stranger Things---- follower in your life.30:16: DeLibero and Reed recommend released (----Ladybird---- and ----The Disaster Artist----) and upcoming films to see during the holiday season, and we celebrate the late great character actor, Claude Rains, famous for his roles...2017-12-0859 min

Roughly SpeakingMayor Pugh on crime; a challenge to Andy Harris; a good book (episode 324)4:02: Mayor Catherine Pugh, who last week declared crime out of control in Baltimore, talks about the need for more police on the street and what her administration is doing about that. The mayor objected to the suggestion, in Dan Rodricks' Wednesday column, that she was slow to put together a crime-fight strategy. Today, she talks about her plan to reduce violence across the city. The interview was recorded before the Wednesday afternoon shooting of a city police detective.23:19: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, recommends the new novel by Louise Erdrich, ----Future Home of the Living...2017-11-1647 min

Roughly SpeakingKamenetz, candidate for governor, says Maryland under Hogan 'is standing still' (episode 321)In another in a series of interviews with candidates for governor of Maryland, Dan speaks with Democrat Kevin Kamenetz. The 59-year-old Baltimore County executive says Maryland under Gov. Larry Hogan is “standing still” on public education, mass transit and economic development, and needs a more progressive leader. Kamenetz was elected Baltimore County executive in 2010 and re-elected to that office in 2014. He is the current President of the Maryland Association of Counties and is a past president of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council. You can hear earlier interviews with other candidates for governor by visiting a special page of the Roughly Speaking arch...2017-11-1033 min

Roughly SpeakingHalloween special: Best of horror movie music (Episode 317)Our Halloween 2017 special: A sampling of music from horror films with Terence Hannum, a musician and visual artist who just loves this stuff. Terence Hannum is the originator of the "Dead Air" podcast, all about music that gives us the creeps. This year, for Halloween, Hannum is hosting a radio version of "Dead Air" on the Loyola University Maryland station. Hannum pays tribute to three big names in horror movie-making that landed in the obituary columns this year: Tobe Hooper, director of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre;” Umberto Lenzi, the Italian master of horror; and George A. Romero, who produced “Night of the...2017-11-0827 min

Roughly SpeakingMaryland AG calls Trump's action on Obacamare 'perverse, irrational' (episode 310)As Maryland health insurance officials scramble to get the word out about open enrollment starting Nov. 1, they and other state regulators are facing a big messaging challenge -- how to convince the public to buy insurance when the president does everything in his power to undermine Obamacare and create marketplace chaos.On today's show: Expert explanations and analysis of President Trump's executive order to cut federal subsidies that lower the cost of deductibles for lower-income people insured under the Affordable Care Act. And Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh calls Trump's action to end the subsidies 'perverse' and 'irrational.'Our guests:• Jo...2017-11-0838 min

Roughly SpeakingBaker would revive Red Line if elected governor (episode 308)In the latest in a series of conversations with candidates for governor of Maryland, Rushern Baker talks about his life before entering politics and his career path since then — as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates and as the Prince George's County executive since 2010, following a major corruption scandal sent his predecessor to federal prison. In talking about his bid to challenge to the incumbent governor, Republican Larry Hogan, Baker says he would focus on economic development and job creation, revive the Red Line light rail project in Baltimore and keep state funding the Medicaid expansion under th...2017-11-0839 min

Roughly SpeakingTech guru vows fight with Trump over immigration crackdown (episode 305)Global tech guru Alec Ross, a\u160\ucandidate for governor of Maryland, says that, if elected, he will have the State Police arrest any agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement who violates the rights of the "citizens and guests" of the state of Maryland.\u160\u"I swear to God," he says in an interview with Dan Rodricks, "if the ICE officers violate the laws of Maryland and violate the rights of the citizens and guests of us here in the state of Maryland, I will have State Troopers arrest the ICE officers, and God bless the confrontation that brings...2017-11-0843 min

Roughly SpeakingSalad Days: A garden party with John Shields and Henry Hong (episode 273)Our favorite foodies, John Shields and Henry Hong, share ideas with Dan about serving up a buffet of salads from the garden or from the farmers markets. This episode includes advice for making, among other things, an Italian carrot salad and marinated zucchini. Those recipes, along with John's Five-Spice Chicken Marinade, can be found at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bal-your-guests-will-inhale-this-salad-and-ask-for-the-recipe-20170714-story.html.2017-11-0829 min

Roughly SpeakingThe hot mess in Washington, and best books for summer reading (episode 267)1:11: John Fritze, who covers Washington and Congress for The Baltimore Sun, talks about the Senate's controversial and widely criticized overhaul of Obamacare, HUD secretary Ben Carson's visit to Baltimore, and Maryland's bid to locate the new FBI headquarters in Prince George's County.13:15: Paula Gallagher, book critic and librarian with the Baltimore County Public Library, offers a rich selection of 2017 fiction and non-fiction titles for your consideration for summer reading.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bs-md-health-care-poll-20170621-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-carson-visits-baltimore-20170629-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-congress-fbi-cut-20170629-story.htmlhttp://www...2017-11-0838 min

Roughly SpeakingPimlico, Preakness and Park Heights; a salute to a hero (episode 254)2:00: The Sun's Childs Walker previews the 142d Preakness Stakes, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, trained by Todd Pletcher, the oddsmakers' 4-5 favorite.6:27: As attention shifts once again to Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness, Sun reporter Luke Broadwater talks about his recent story on Park Heights, the blighted neighborhood near the track and hopes for a redevelopment of the area. A lot of those hopes, Luke says, are intertwined with Pimlico and the future of the Preakness.19:28: Listen to a 12-minute recording of a ceremony honoring Chris Roberson, the 38-year-old nurse practitioner who went above and beyond good citizenship...2017-11-0833 min

Roughly SpeakingHow to make the perfect crab cake (episode 250)1:50: With Mother's Day approaching, Paula Gallagher recommends a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, a memoir about his parents, with emphasis on this mother.5:22: With Maryland's early-season crab harvest expected to be strong, John Shields, Chesapeake culinary expert, offers a 12-minute tutorial in making the perfect crab cake. Two of John's most popular recipes for crab cakes, published in his cookbooks, can also be found online -- his grandmother Gertie's Baltimore crab cakes, and Miss Shirley Phillip's Eastern Shore crab cakes. John Shields is the owner of Gertrude's restaurant in Baltimore and the author of three cook books...2017-11-0819 min

Roughly SpeakingAs Baltimore considers a dirt bike park, Cleveland votes to build one (episode 238)2:07: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian, says readers who liked JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” will enjoy a new novel, “The Animators,” about the friendship of two artistic women from poor backgrounds who become the talk of the indie film world.6:43: Leila Atassi, City Hall reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about Cleveland’s effort to curtail illegal dirt biking by building a $2.3 million dirt bike park. Baltimore’s so-called “12 O’Clock Boys” have taken to the streets — and sometimes the sidewalks — of the city for years, prompting citizen complaints and a police crackdown (On episode 155 of the podcast, Dan interviewed Wheelie Wayn...2017-11-0737 min

Roughly SpeakingWhat Baltimore data — from birth rates to block parties — says about the city (episode 237)On this episode of Roughly Speaking with Dan Rodricks, a dive into data about health, housing and community trends across the city — which neighborhoods are struggling, which ones are hot, which will be hot in the coming months and years, and which neighborhoods are the most ethnically and racially diverse.2:45: Seema Iyer measures Baltimore life in all kinds of ways. She’s associate director of the Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore, and each year for the past 15 years, the institute, in partnership with the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, has published Vital Signs, a statistical portrait of the city...2017-11-071h 07

Roughly SpeakingBringing the troubled artist Donny Hathaway to life on stage (episode 233)Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack scored major pop hits in the 1970s with their duets, “Where Is The Love?” and “The Closer I Get To You.” But Hathaway, a gifted soul singer and song writer, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a severe form of mental illness that extracted a heavy toll on his music career and his personal life, culminating with his suicide at age 33 in 1979. At Baltimore Center Stage this month, Kelvin Roston Jr. portrays Hathaway in “Twisted Melodies,” a one-man play Roston wrote and reworked over the last 10 years.Today Dan speaks with Roston (3:03) about Hathaway and the play, and ab...2017-11-0736 min

Roughly SpeakingYour Web history for sale; 'Eat Up' on food books (episode 230)2:28: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian (and Sean’s wife), recommends a good book, “Truffle Boy: My Unexpected Journey Through the Exotic Food Underground,” by Ian Purkayastha, who comes to Towson next Sunday (April 9) for an appearance with Gertrude’s chef Doug Wetzel as part of the month-long BC Reads program.10:26: Are your documents safe in the cloud? Last week, a security researcher discovered a serious problem with Docs.com, Microsoft’s free document-sharing site tied to the company’s Office 365 service: Its homepage had a search bar. Not a big deal, except that hundreds of users of Office 2016 and Office 365 apparently w...2017-11-0733 min

Roughly SpeakingLeaving prison, and not going back (episode 213)Maryland has made some progress in keeping ex-offenders from committing new crimes and going back to prison. Still, four out of 10 former inmates end up back behind the walls within three years of their release. Today, a talk about the challenges of re-entry and what it’s like for inmates coming home.Elizabeth Morse (3:28), a crime-prevention specialist assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, describes the services available to help ex-offenders adjust to life after prison. Morse compileda new list of government and private-sector agencies that assist adults recently released from state and federal prisons and local jail...2017-11-0540 min

Roughly SpeakingCelebrating the cuisine of the seven banned nations (episode 212)3:33: The Sun’s State House bureau chief Erin Cox talks about Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s refusal to comment on President Donald J. Trump’s controversial — and now overturned — executive order on immigration. Plus, we get an update on the prospects for full marijuana legalization in Maryland.8:13: Book critic Paula Gallagher recommends "A Really Good Day," by Ayelet Waldman, a memoir of mood swings, marriage and microdosing LSD. Gallagher is a librarian at the Pikesville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.21:13: In the spirit of international solidarity and adventurous cooking, Roughly Speaking foodies John Shields and Henry Hong join Dan to sha...2017-11-0546 min

Roughly SpeakingThe Fire of 1904 and tragic death of Baltimore’s youngest mayor (episode 207)The Great Baltimore Fire started on Sunday Feb. 7, 1904, burned for 30 hours, devastated 80 blocks of downtown and destroyed 1,500 buildings and hundreds of businesses. The city had a young mayor — in fact, the youngest in its history, Robert McLane, 35 years old at his election in 1903 — and he oversaw the efforts to fight the fire, then took on the daunting challenge of rebuilding the central business district.Today, historian Wayne Schaumburg talks about the Great Baltimore Fire and the sudden, shocking demise of that young mayor — at the center of efforts to stop the fire in February, leader in the effort to rebuild the ci...2017-11-0520 min

Roughly SpeakingA cherished boyhood gift's long round trip (encore presentation)This is an encore presentation of the podcast from Dec. 24, 2015.Dan shares a story from his New England boyhood. The Baltimore Sun first published the story Dec. 25, 1998.Preview the episode: https://soundcloud.com/baltsun/roughly-speaking-with-dan-rodricks-christmas-eve-episode-previewLinks:http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-12-25/features/1998359088_1_foundry-day-my-father-father-business 2017-11-0513 min

Roughly SpeakingStanding with the protesters at Standing Rock (episode 181)Bruce Snyder, a retired Baltimore County firefighter who serves as a spiritual counselor, traveled with his 22-year-old stepson, Jesse Hanlon, to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to support the ongoing Sioux protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Snyder provided medical care and Hanlon constructed yurts for winter housing. They witnessed a gathering of thousands of demonstrators who oppose the construction of the DALP near Sioux water supplies and cultural sites on the reservation. Snyder and Hanlon describe their experiences, including their encounters with Sioux elders, in this episode of the podcast. Some 2,000 veterans planned to gather this weekend...2017-11-0529 min

Roughly SpeakingRodricks reads Remnick; a Republican's quandary (episode 173)2:00: A day after the day after Donald Trump's shocking victory in the presidential election, Dan reads from David Remnick's essay, "An American Tragedy," in The New Yorker. Dan's latest column was written Tuesday night as votes from battleground states indicated a Trump defeat of Hillary Clinton.9:41: Republican analyst Richard J. Cross III, a former Capitol Hill and Annapolis press secretary and political speechwriter, talks about what Trump's triumph means for the GOP and the country. Cross's recent op-ed in The Sun was about Trump and his leading surrogates, now likely to be part of a Trump administration.Links:http://www...2017-11-0524 min

Roughly SpeakingRoughly Speaking podcast: Final Debate Reaction, Dan Rodricks and Sheri ParksSun columnist Dan Rodricks and American culture commentator Sheri Parks comment on the third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.2017-11-0518 min

Roughly SpeakingWheelie Wayne, Baltimore dirt bikes and the Highway to Nowhere (episode 155)At 39, Wheelie Wayne is the godfather of Baltimore’s 12 o'clock guys, the dirt bikers who have been a source of irritation and fascination for years. DeWayne Davis has gained international notoriety — and a friendship with rapper Fetty Wap — for his skills on city streets. Videos of Davis balancing his bike on its rear tire have won millions of views on YouTube. He has 208,000 followers on Instagram. Fetty Wap has come to Baltimore to hang out, ride with Davis and pick up some pointers. In today’s episode, Wheelie Wayne talks about dirt bike culture, the current crackdown by Baltimore police and the...2017-11-0543 min

Roughly SpeakingCurveballs, three-pointers and other mysteries of the brain (episode 144)You can’t learn to throw a curveball from words and pictures in a book. Why is that? Jonathan Flombaum, an assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University, mixes philosophy with some neuroscience to come up with an answer. We also talk about algorithms, machine leaning, deep learning, three-pointers and autonomous cars. Flombaum’s work at the Visual Thinking Lab at Hopkins focuses on big questions about the brain: What we already know about how it works and, more importantly, what we don’t know, and why so much of the brain’s process...2017-11-0536 min

Roughly SpeakingTracking trash in the Chesapeake; Hogan’s eco-backslide (episode 143)2:37/42:05: Julie Lawson, executive director of Trash Free Maryland, talks about the amount of micro-plastics her organization has found in the Chesapeake Bay and efforts underway to reduce the kind of pollution barely discernible to the eye. Also, Lawson talks about Trash Free Maryland’s project to recover and track some of the merchandise lost by Main Street stores during the Ellicott City flood late last month, including ceramic Christmas figurines.13:01: Rona Kobell, reporter with the Chesapeake Bay Journal, discusses Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to roll back septic rules for new houses put in place by his predecessor, Martin O’Ma...2017-11-0548 min

Roughly SpeakingRussian hackers; a great new novel; a jailhouse ministry; corn off the cob (episode 135)1:54: Book critic Paula Gallagher reviews what has all the makings of the next great American novel, Colson Whitehead’s "The Underground Railroad."9:11: Sean Gallagher, IT editor of ars technica and our favorite tech-splainer, talks about the suspected Russian hack of Democratic National Committee email and its larger, geopolitical significance.28:33: We meet John Rusnak, a former currency trader convicted 14 years ago in one of the largest U.S. bank frauds in history. As an ex-offender, Rusnak now devotes a good part of his life to a jailhouse ministry, visiting young men and boys -- juveniles all -- who face trial for vi...2017-11-051h 01

Roughly SpeakingDOJ investigation was long overdue, criminologist says (episode 134)A University of Baltimore criminologist talks about the scathing Department of Justice report on the Baltimore Police Department. Jeffrey Ian Ross wonders why federal investigators did not undertake their examination of policing practices sooner and how the DOJ will go about enforcing its recommendations for reforms. Ross is professor in the School of Criminal Justice and a research fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at UB. He is the author of several books including, "Policing Issues: Challenges and Controversies," published in 2011 by Jones ---- Bartlett Learning.Links:http://www.jeffreyianross.com/Forthcoming_Q0KG.phphttps://www.amazon...2017-11-0524 min

Roughly SpeakingBlack lives, blue lives, and what we tell our kids (episode 126)1:49: John Fritze, the Sun’s Washington correspondent, talks about Dump on Hillary Day at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The convention officially nominated Donald J. Trump for president, speakers tore into his presumptive Democratic opponent, and Dr. Ben Carson brought up Saul Alinsky again.11:55: A talk about everything — #BlackLivesMatter, police, guns, police shootings, shootings by police, President Obama, Republicans, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling — with the provocative Kimberly Moffitt, associate professor in American studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.38:12: David Miller, founder of the Dare To Be King consultancy in Baltimore and creator of “10 Rules For Survival When Stopped...2017-11-051h 04

Roughly SpeakingTrump and Clinton; better meatloaf; summer cocktails (episode 124)3:22: Presidential historian Richard Striner says the 2016 election could be a catastrophe for the nation and the Republican Party or a breakthrough for progressive politics. He talks about the course of the GOP over the last century and the rise of Donald J. Trump. Steiner is professor of history at Washington College and the author of several books, including "Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery." and, more recently, "Woodrow Wilson and World War I."26:39: Amie Parnes, senior White House correspondent for The Hill and co-author of a book about Hillary Clinton, assesses the damage done to the presumptive Democratic...2017-11-051h 18

Vietnam War PerspectivesSeparating myth from facts about the Vietnam War (episode 296)Ahead of the documentary release, host Dan Rodricks speaks with Arnold R. “Skip” Isaacs, who covered the war in the 1970s for The Baltimore Sun.2017-09-1500 min

ORIGINS: A Speaker SeriesEpisode 15: 2nd Anniversary of ORIGINSORIGINS is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with a one on one conversation between Chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore and Rona Kobell, an environmental reporter. Rona Kobell is a reporter for the Chesapeake Bay Journal. She also was co-producer and co-host with Dan Rodricks of Midday on the Bay, a monthly public affairs show on WYPR in Baltimore that ran for more than five years. She blogs daily and breaks news at www.bayjournal.com and maintains an active Bay Journal presence on Facebook. A former Baltimore Sun reporter, she has also contributed to Grist...2017-01-1946 min

Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastDel Quentin WilberOn March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by a would-be assassin. For years, few people knew the truth about how close the president came to dying. In his new book, Rawhide Down, Del Quentin Wilber provides a minute-by-minute account of that harrowing day. Wilber interviewed more than 125 people, many of them for the first time.With cinematic clarity, we see the Secret Service agent whose fast reflexes save the president's life; the brillian surgeons who operated on Reagan as he was losing half his blood; and the small group of White House officials trying to determine whether...2011-05-121h 09