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Theo Hill hosted a series of intimate and honest conversations with people battling addiction on his WYPR podcast, One Day at a Time. His producer, Aaron Henkin, takes some time this week to remember Theo, who died recently due to complications from a stroke. Mr. Hill was 22 years substance-free at the time of his death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ask MTA administrators and transit activists, and you'll get the same answer: No idea. It's just been that way forever. This episode, we find a fifty-year-old archival newspaper article that reveals some clues, and we hear from present-day student commuters about how well the system is working out for them today. This episode, we hear from: MDOT MTA Administrator Holly Arnold Student bus commuters Isabelle, Imani, and Na'im Ruth Farfel and Kwane Wyatt of The Fund for Educational ExcellenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode takes on a question from a far-from-home listener. Robert Cusworth is from Maryland, he's in the US Coast Guard, and he's currently stationed in Guam. He noticed that one of the ships in the fleet out there is named USCG Cutter Myrtle Hazard. (Cool name, right?) Well, he heard the ship's namesake was originally from Baltimore. So, who is Myrtle Hazard? And why is there a Coast Guard ship in Guam named after her? In this episode, we hear from: Robert Cusworth, USCG Petty Officer stationed in Guam US Coast Guard Historian William Thiesen Lieutenant Jalle Merritt, Commanding Officer of the USCG Cutter Myrtle HazardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you seen that Rapunzel-looking brick tower next to the Hoes Heights neighborhood in North Baltimore? It just got restored, and everyone agrees it looks beautiful. That's pretty much where the good feelings end. Now there's a bitter argument over what's going to happen to the little plot of land around the tower. Some folks want a park. Others want access roads. Baltimore Banner reporter Jasmine Vaughn-Hall joins the podcast to unpack how a seemingly innocent planning project has reaggravated some long-standing racial wounds in a historically Black neighborhood. In this episode, we hear from: Baltimore Banner reporter Jasmine Vaughn-Hall Baltimore Brew reporter Fern Shen Claire Agre of Unknown Studio Hoes Heights Action Committee members Joanne Kent, Eleanor Matthews, Teri Logan, Hana Morford, and Kitsy Lee Friends of the Roland Water Tower member Michael Falk Baltimore City Council Members Odette Ramos and James TorrenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a not-so-secret weapon that gives The Ravens their home field advantage: Baltimore's Marching Ravens are a massive musical hype machine that brings hometown crowds to their feet with the Ravens Fight Song. They're more than a hundred members strong. Their halftime show is a spectacle of uniform precision. And their musicianship is awe-inspiring.  But who are these people? How did this band come to be? And is it true that they helped save football in Baltimore? This episode, we meet: Band President John Ziemann Music Director Dan Fake Band members Nathan Beans, Gigi Kwik Gronvall, Kim Smith, and Brooke ColemanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They're wandering through yards, snacking on gardens. They're hanging out in neighborhood parks. They're strolling down the middle of the streets. Deer are everywhere. Or at least it feels that way if you live up and down the Baltimore DC corridor. Is this normal? Banner reporters Hallie Miller and Liz Bowie have been reporting on the state's deer population, and they join us this episode to answer the question:  Why are the deer surrounding us, and what we should do about it? In this episode, you'll hear from: Baltimore Banner reporter Hallie Miller Baltimore Banner reporter Liz Bowie Carrie Engel, Greenhouse Manager at Valley View Farms George Timko, Deer Project Co-Leader at the Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It just appeared one day, inexplicably. An empty coffin, nestled in the woods on the bank of Stony Run Creek in Wyman Park. An engraved nameplate read, “Mathilda Lorenz, died July 26, 1882, aged 18 years, 2 months, and 1 day.” The neighbors were baffled. And then, a few weeks later, just as strangely, the coffin disappeared. Baltimore Banner reporter Julie Scharper became obsessed with this stubborn local mystery, she followed a winding trail of breadcrumbs, and she joins us this episode to reveal what she's discovered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's covered in graffiti, overgrown by the forest, and neglected by the city, but Fort Armistead was once a state-of-the-art coastal defense installation. Why was this place built? Whatever happened to it? What's going on there now? Is it true that you can find tunnels into it? And what'll you discover if you venture inside? By the way, check out Baltimore Heritage's Five Minute Histories video about Fort Armistead Park! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our quest takes us to a ring-jousting event hosted by the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association. Then we venture into a forest to find the ruins of a Gothic mansion where the state's first official joust was held. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this final episode of the series, Theo reflects on his two years as host of One Day at a Time, he shares some exciting personal and professional news, and he gives some timely advice for listeners who are struggling with addiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's listener grew up in Maryland, and he always just assumed there were roadside pit beef stands across the whole country. Not so! Pit beef is a hyper-regional food tradition rooted in Baltimore's industrial past, and we head out to explore the origins and permutations of this local delicacy. In this episode, we hear from: Simone Phillips of the food blog, Charm City Table Allison Robicelli, who wrote the Washington Post article, Here are 11 of the best places to enjoy pit beef – Maryland's answer to barbecue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Kate Jakuta asks, “Why isn't Baltimore City part of Baltimore County? And could the city and the county ever join in the future?” It's a mystery that hopscotches us through time to the founding of Baltimore Town in 1729, the rewriting of the State Constitution in 1851, and a sly ballot referendum in 1948, which adds up to an unfortunate result for the city. While other US cities continue to grow by annexing land from surrounding counties, Baltimore's city/county line has been frozen in place for more than 70 years. Is there a way to unbind the city? And is there a political will to make it happen? This episode we hear from: The Villena family, whose house is bisected by the city/county line Matthew Crensen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, and author of Baltimore: A Political History Ron Cassie, Senior Editor and Political Reporter at Baltimore Magazine. Check out Ron's article, How To Fix Baltimore Don Hutchinson, former County Executive of Baltimore County See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a tiny park in Baltimore's Guilford neighborhood that's home to an improbable monument. It's a bronze bust of Simon Bolivar, who liberated Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spanish colonial rule. Questions abound: Who made this thing? Was it a gift? Who was it from? How and why is it here? And what message should we take from it? Get ready for a trip down a historical rabbit hole that spans centuries, from the Colonial Era to the Cold War. In this episode, we hear from: Public historian Aimee Pohl, who's written an article about the statue and produced a video feature on the subject for Baltimore Heritage. Christy Thornton, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies at Johns Hopkins University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Stacy Gilbert wandered into a shop called Protean Books & Records, and she found a weird little room in the back. A sign read, Dr. Gloom's Crypt of Curiosities. She pulled aside the curtain, and when she stepped inside, she was fascinated by the otherworldly oddities on display. This week, we introduce Stacy to the crypt's proprietor, we remember Baltimore's now-shuttered American Dime Museum, and we head up to Havre de Grace to check out a mysterious soon-to-open spot called, First Call Paranormal and Oddities Museum. In this episode, we hear from: Chris LaMartina of Dr. Gloom's Crypt of Curiosities Dick Horne of The American Dime Museum James Taylor of the forthcoming First Call Paranormal and Oddities Museum See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood has been the epicenter of the city's gay community for decades, but clubs and bars there have been closing while a new scene has emerged in the neighborhoods of Old Goucher and Station North. This episode, we talk with Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials about the past and present of gay life in Baltimore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Andrew Cosentino wanted to know more about Baltimore's chapter of Negro Leagues baseball history, so we caught up with Ray Banks of the Hubert V Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball, to learn about the Baltimore Elite Giants and The Baltimore Black Sox. And sportswriter Charlie Vascellaro helps us track down a historic ballfield in Druid Hill Park where some of the earliest games were played. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Joanna Reed wanted to know how the crab seasoning, Old Bay, got started and how it became such a Maryland icon. So, food writer Jen Wheeler joins us this episode to tell the story of how a German Jewish immigrant made his way to Baltimore and ended up creating the best thing to ever happen to shellfish. We pay a visit to the inventor's original spice grinder. And we try to get the McCormick spice company to reveal what's actually in the secret mix. In this episode, we hear from: Food writer Jen Wheeler Baltimore Museum of Industry Executive Director Anita Kassoff McCormick Chief Marketing Officer Jill Pratt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Josh Dix's question about sister cities takes us down a historical rabbit hole to a moment in Cold War history when President Eisenhower announced a new ‘citizen diplomacy' initiative to build relationships with cities abroad. Sister Cities International has been operating ever since, and today, Baltimore has nine sister cities around the globe. Take your seats for a very cosmopolitan episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it graffiti? Sort of. Is it illegal? Pretty much. Does it make people smile? Almost always. If you're stopped at a traffic light in Baltimore, look up and you might see one of his wire sculptures hanging from the cable across the intersection, backlit by the sky. Street Artist Reed Bmore has been putting up these little artistic winks for a decade now, and this episode, we talk with him at his home studio about how & why he does what he does. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It turns out The Ravens aren't the only pro football team in town. For 15 years now, the Baltimore Nighthawks have been repping the city in a hard-hitting national league where the teams compete in high-level, full contact, tackle football: The Women's Football Alliance. This episode, we meet the Nighthawks players and coaches who are blazing a trail for women in America's last ‘men's only' sport. Who you'll hear from: Breona Brewer, Nighthawks Wide Receiver, Free Safety, Kick/Punt Returner Alisha Owensford, Nighthawks Linebacker & Running Back Amanda Eich, Nighthawks Wide Receiver, Defensive End, and Long Snapper Tanya Bryan, Nighthawks owner (and Strength & Conditioning / Special Teams Coach) Keith Kahan, Nighthawks Head Coach Lisa King, Commissioner of the Women's Football Alliance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did the rat become Baltimore's unofficial mascot? Who's behind this ubiquitous image? Why is it so popular? And what exactly is it supposed to mean as a symbol? This episode, we meet: Matt Fouse, rat hunter and founder of Ratczar Toya Sykes-Coates, Chief of Property Management and the Baltimore Department of Public Works and previous head of Baltimore's Rat Rubout Program Dawn Biehler, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at UMBC and author of Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore's sister-city, Odesa, is experiencing the tumult of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and we got on the line today with Karina Mandell, chairwoman of the Baltimore Odesa Sister City Committee, to hear about her efforts to contact friends and family back home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke and his big brother didn't get along, until they started smoking marijuana together. But what started as a bonding experience became a slippery slope for Luke's addictive personality. Next came pills, then heroin. Luke is about to celebrate seven years clean, and he talks with Theo about what he's learned along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you seen those mysterious "Odd Fellows" signs on buildings across Maryland?  Who meets there? What do they do? And where did that name come from? This episode, we get invited behind the curtain of a secretive, centuries-old fraternal organization with deep Baltimore roots. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether it's ‘Bawlmer' or ‘Baldamor,' the city's accent is a phonological puzzle. This episode, we invite locals to share their versions of the Baltimore accent, and we bring in linguistics scholars and historians to help make sense of what we're hearing. We even answer the question, ‘Is there such a thing as a Spanish Baltimore accent?' This episode, we hear from: Baltimore natives EZE Jackson and Tommy Sinbazo Linguistics professors Christine Mallinson and Inte'a DeShields Baltimore writer D Watkins Aida Medina, Director of Cross Cultural Competency at Gallery Church Patterson Park   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore has had a longtime love affair with the breaded, deep-fried carryout dish known as Lake Trout, but what is it, exactly? Is it trout? What lake does it come from? How did it get so popular? And how did it get its name? We talk with a Baltimore food blogger, a Maryland fisheries expert, and a celebrity chef to try to get to the bottom of this culinary mystery. This episode, we hear from: Simone Phillips, food blogger at Charm City Table Erik Zlokovitz, Recreational Fisheries Coordinator at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources John Shields, Chef at Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen and head of Our Common Table See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When he was young, John recalls that the other kids around him had normal aspirations. But he says that, as far back as he can remember, his only goal was to get drunk and high. John talks with Theo about the toll of his long-term addiction and the lessons he's learned in his past six years clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It sounds like a word-problem with a simple solution: “A city resident and a county resident get their water from the same source. They both use the same amount of water. How will their bills compare?” The answer, it turns out, is tangled up in a century-old municipal labyrinth with more twists and turns than the meandering Gunpowder River. In this episode, we hear from: Matthew Garbark, Deputy Director of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Rianna Eckel, affordable drinking water advocate with Food and Water Watch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to the 51-foot-tall Male/Female sculpture outside of Baltimore's Penn Station, opinions abound. Questions, too: How did it end up there? What is it supposed to mean? And what might become of it in the future? This episode, we hear from someone who's kept his thoughts to himself, until now – the artist, Jonathan Borofsky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore's rowhouses are renowned for their white marble front steps, but where did all that marble come from? This episode, we track down the origins of the mystery marble, and it turns out the answer is closer than you might expect. In this episode, we hear from: Community artist Megan Hildbrandt Historian Phillip Lord Thomas Doyle, President of Hilgartner Natural Stone Company See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, a listener asks why Baltimore's traffic-light network seems so poorly organized, so we talk with the engineering masterminds behind the system. And Aaron does an experiment to calculate how much time we spend waiting at red lights. This episode, we hear from: William Haynes, Chief of the Traffic Division at Baltimore's Department of Transportation Frank Murphy, Senior Advisor with Baltimore's Department of Transportation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some are tempted by the idea. Some are repelled. Will it ever be safe to take a dip in Baltimore's Inner Harbor? How long will it take? And what needs to happen? Goals have been set. Deadlines have been missed. But recent studies show there is reason to hope. In this episode, we hear from: Adam Lindquist, Director of Baltimore Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative Alice Volpitta, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper at Blue Water Baltimore And here's where you can find Blue Water Baltimore's regularly updated data on region's water quality See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chrissy stayed clean for 23 years, and life was good. Then one day she popped an extra prescription pill, and things went downhill fast. She's in recovery again and working to rebuild her life. Peppy spent a year clean, but a relapse put him in long-term recovery, where he's focusing on surrendering and accepting help. Theo talks with Chrissy and Peppy about their winding roads to recovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Starting in the early 1800s, waves of Jewish immigrants started to settle in downtown Baltimore. Since then, the population has slowly but steadily moved northwest to neighborhoods like Pikesville and Owings Mills. How & why did that happen? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's on local breakfast menus next to the bacon & sausage, but what in the world is it? Where did it come from? And why do some folks love it while others fear it? This episode, a skeptical listener asks, “Scrapple, why?” So, we take a deep dive into the cultural (and anatomical) origins of Maryland's favorite mystery meat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the Baltimore Development Corporation a branch of city government, an independent company, or somehow both? What's their agenda? Who are they accountable to? Who's benefitting from their support? And what's their vision for Baltimore's future? We head downtown to 36 Charles Center and try to get some answers from BDC President & CEO Colin Tarbert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hayley Nelson's grandparents met and fell in love in Patterson Park back in the 1930s. She wants to know if this might be where she's destined to meet her own Mr. Right. So, we head to the park with Hayley and try to help her meet some guys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theo talks with his guest, Bill, about relapses, humility, and lessons learned from the example of a lost love. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in the 70s and 80s, you could buy a vacant house for a dollar if you promised to fix it up and live there. What happened to that deal? Why did it end? Can the city bring it back? And by the way, are any of those original homesteaders still around? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Someone told Ashley that there are a bunch of hidden streams flowing underground below our feet in Baltimore. She asked us about it, so we set out to discover where they are and why they're down there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's The Maryland Curiosity Bureau all about? Host Aaron Henkin introduces the show and invites you to put him to work with a question of your own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a ten-year stretch of multiple relapses, Michael remembers saying to God, “Either take my life or change it.” Michael talks with Theo about his long journey out of addiction and his ongoing efforts to deal with the wreckage of his past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore will hold off on booster shots for the general population until FDA approval. Maryland HBCUs lag behind other colleges and universities on vaccine compliance rates. City officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new affordable housing development in the Oliver neighborhood. Plus, as a new chapter begins at the Daily Dose next week, you'll hear from the minds behind the podcast and meet your new host. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baltimore County's executive issues a vaccine mandate for county employees. And state lawmakers meet to hash out issues relating to the potential legalization of recreational cannabis in Maryland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Maryland Department of Health is making it easy for all residents 65 and older to get a COVID booster shot. And a blistering report on Baltimore County Schools' administration makes recommendations to improve morale, among other things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One week into classes at Baltimore County Public Schools, nearly 800 people are in quarantine. And in the city of Baltimore, the mayor is encouraging eligible residents to apply for a property tax credit that will keep them in their homes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Joe, drugs were a convenient escape from childhood trauma, but when he was introduced to crack cocaine at age thirteen, he slipped fast into the grip of addiction. By age 17, Joe was sent to prison for robbery and assault. When he got out, eight years later, he discovered a new addiction – fentanyl.  Joe talks with Theo about the near-death overdose that ultimately spurred him into recovery, where he finally had to face a lifetime of unresolved personal pain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theo's guest, Sheila, suffered an abusive childhood that led to shyness, depression and low self-esteem. In high school, she found a way to an escape and feel comfortable in her own skin: alcohol, marijuana, and then heroin. Her addiction kept her from graduating high school. She ended up getting pregnant, and finally as a young mother she realized that she needed to get clean, for herself and for her son. Sheila talks with Theo about what it takes to break out of what is comfortable and move on to what's meaningful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Ann spent many years as a functional addict, abusing alcohol and marijuana, but when a neighbor introduced her to crack cocaine, her life crumbled in a hurry. She lost her job, emptied her 401k to pay for her habit, and her house went into foreclosure. Lee Ann talks with Theo about her humbling road to recovery and what it's taken to put her life back together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Mike got out of the Army, it was at the height of the US cocaine epidemic. He was already abusing other drugs and alcohol, but when he started shooting cocaine, he lost control of his life. Mike lost his marriage, his job, and kids, and his home, and he ended up of the streets of Baltimore. Mike joins Theo to talk about his long road to recovery, his lessons learned, and his 31 years clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.