Hey Baltimore

Hey Hollie Stephenson

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:07:16 GMT

Hollie Stephenson is Head Brewer at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery just outside Baltimore. What is it like to be part of such an iconic brand? How did she get into brewing? And, what exactly does the term craft beer mean, anyway? This Downtown Baltimore resident and 2019 Imbibe Magazine Beer Person of the Year drops some knowledge and sips some breakfast beers with us.

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Hey Will Johnson

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:09:55 GMT

With bands like Centro-Matic and Monsters of Folk, Austin musician Will Johnson has played the biggest stages in the country but we caught up with him before a show at one of his favorite venues, the living room of his friend, Baltimore architect Scott Vieth.

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Night Brunch, Bringing Baltimoreans Together

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:56:38 GMT

Our hour-long interview with the team behind the Night Brunch phenomenon posted earlier this week. This is a companion interview as they launch the first-ever Night Brunch Festival on October 5 and 6. Sit back and enjoy this quick look into what makes these events so special and how they are maybe the most representative Baltimore event going. Cheers!

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Night Brunch

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 20:00:28 GMT

They produce Baltimore's hottest roving party, Night Brunch, and are about to debut a multi-day festival of music and food. Last summer their charity, Summer Lunch, served 2,200 meals to kids in west Baltimore. The duo behind these efforts joins our first feature film-length podcast. Settle in while Jason Bass and DJ Impulse drop the needle on some Truth.

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Helena del Pesco

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:07:23 GMT

Helena del Pesco trained at Chez Panisse and staged at the Michelin-starred Arzak. After traveling the world, she is putting down roots with a new Baltimore restaurant, Larder. We talk food, fermentation, and her philosophy about becoming a chef on this edition of Hey Baltimore.

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Nick Miller

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:23:46 GMT

Nick Miller is a serial entrepreneur from Baltimore who just left Facebook to start a new CBD beverage company with, as fate would have it, two other serial entrepreneurs from Baltimore.

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Jeff St. Pierre

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:00:45 GMT

Country Music Award-winning radio host, Jeff St. Pierre, is a proud Baltimore implant. In this wide-ranging interview he talks about his unexpected life in Baltimore, the community behind country music, and what it's like to be on air every morning at 5 am.

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Dominic Wiker

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:00:00 GMT

Dominic Wiker transforms old buildings in marginal neighborhoods into community destinations with apartments, artist space, and entrepreneurial incubators.

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Cirque du Soleil

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:45:06 GMT

Go behind the scenes of the world-famous Cirque du Soleil. Each performance is a multi-sensory spectacle of music, dance, and acrobatics supported by a traveling city with hundreds people, complicated logistics, and multicultural traditions.

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Charisse Nichols

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:11:08 GMT

We get bubble drunk with the inimitable Charisse Nichols who never waited a table before becoming GM at one of Baltimore's premiere restaurants.

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Hey Emma Snyder

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:00:24 GMT

Books are dead. Or are they? Emma Snyder, who just took over Baltimore's beloved Ivy Bookshop, explains why a personal experience built around a physical object still matters in a digital marketplace

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Hey Ellen Frost

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:01:41 GMT

We never thought about locally and ethically sourcing cut flowers until we met Ellen Frost, who explains why most flowers no longer have any smell, and what that has to do with cocaine.

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Hey Sofia Alvarez

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:00:19 GMT

Sofia Alvarez, is living something of a dream. The new mom lives in a converted chocolate factory and is wrapping up the script for a sequel to the Netflix film, To All the Boys I've Loved Before. She talks about adapting the popular young adult novels into a screenplay, and how growing up in Baltimore informed her powers of observation.

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Hey Ekiben

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:46:09 GMT

His restaurant, Ekiben, was just named one of the 100 best in the US. Executive Dishwasher, co-owner, and chef, Steve Chu,stops in for a beer to celebrate.

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Hey Patrick Rife

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:32:47 GMT

Patrick Rife, an entrepreneur behind one of Baltimore's hottest start-ups talks about the DIY ethos that drives both him and the company.

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Hey DJ Impulse

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:00:10 GMT

International DJ, coffee junkie, and co-host of Baltimore Night Brunch, DJ Impulse talks about his craft, the Baltimore Club scene, and how he balances family life with a job that keeps him out nights in clubs around the globe. And then he poisons us with 500,000 scoville units of hot sauce.

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Hey Jenn Aiosa

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 19:00:32 GMT

As Executive Director of Blue Water Baltimore Jennifer Aiosa is of the Chesapeake region’s greatest advocates. She discusses her work and why each of should positively impact the environment.

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Hey Erin Douglas

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:00:19 GMT

A gut feeling spurred Erin Douglas to leave her financial job in New York City and follow her dream of becoming a professional photographer.

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The Bmore Creatives

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:14:04 GMT

If you have Instagram and love cities, you may want to join the 28,000 people already following #TheBmoreCreatives. The team behind the tag tells us how they built their virtual following and are transforming it into a real community.

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Hey Cara Ober

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 21:45:01 GMT

Baltimore's art scene is as fertile as it is unpretentious, and few people know it better than our guest, Cara Ober of Bmore Art.

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Hey Super City

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:38:37 GMT

Baltimore band Super City is going places, with new west coast management and a record that' s about to drop. They walk us through tracks from the record, Sanctuary, talk about how their music comes together, and the hustle it takes to be a working band in a digital age.

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Hey Stoop Storytelling

Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:36:25 GMT

Stoop Storytelling brings people onstage to relate personal anecdotes before an audience of strangers. Like its creators, Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, the series has become a Baltimore institution.

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Hey Miranda Hall

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:08:49 GMT

Baltimore playwright Miranda Rose Hall discusses her new work, Plot Points in our Sexual Development, which debuts at Lincoln Center this fall, and tells us how her creative surroundings growing up in Reservoir Hill led to a blossoming career in theater

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Hey War on Women

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:49:04 GMT

The New York Times wrote that women are making the best rock music and, as proof, they featured our guests, Shwana Potter and Brooks Harlan from the Baltimore-based band War on Women.

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Hey Carmen Brock

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:44:51 GMT

One of Baltimore's top taste-makers, Carmen Brock, grew up on a rural farm and took a circuitous route to owning her popular retail store, Trohv. She talks about the hustle it takes for a brick and mortal store to compete in a digital age. And to think, it all started with a cow.

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Hey Jess Mayhugh

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:39:45 GMT

How does a monthly print publication stay current in a digital world that rewards instant, constantly updated content? Baltimore Magazine has been doing this incredibly well in our opinion, and that's thanks largely to Jess Mayhugh. As the publication's digital editor, she can't answer a tech question but she can and does make the publication's website a valuable resource for Baltimore's food, entertainment, sports scenes, and cultural scenes.

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Hey Ryan Detter

Wed, 23 May 2018 13:48:42 GMT

Corner bars function like living rooms for Baltimore rowhouse dwellers. We tour some favorite with food writer Ryan Detter, and ponder their future amidst gentrifying neighborhoods and the retirement of the moms and pops who run them.

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Hey Diamondback Brewing

Thu, 03 May 2018 15:58:24 GMT

Colin Marshall and Tom Foster, co-founders of Diamondback Brewing Company stop by with some of their beer to taste, talk about their beautiful McHenry Row taproom, national brewery trends, and the (surprisingly complicated) task of naming beers.

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Hey Erin Fitzpatrick

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:38:52 GMT

She took everything but painting in art school, so how did Erin Fitzpatrick become such a highly sought after portraitist? We talk about the hustle it takes to build a career in fine art and her beloved Orioles on this episode of Hey Baltimore.

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Hey Peters Inn

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:41:10 GMT

Peters Inn has been one of Baltimore's consistently best restaurants for decades, but a recent fire dealt the chef-owners, Karin Fuller and Bud Tiffany, a major blow. We process the near tragedy and it's future over gin and fake Baltimore accents.

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Hey Bishme Cromartie

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:49:26 GMT

Fashion designer Bishme Cromartie's career is blowing up. He's dressing celebrities, showing at NY Fashion Week, and has his eyes on a Paris show. We sit down with the charming, Baltimore-based couturier to talk about his bright future (and scandalous high school side hustle).

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Hey Chef Carlos Raba

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:30:04 GMT

Carlos Raba is one of Baltimore's most talented chefs and co-owner of the award-winning Clavel restaurant. Like the restaurant, his food is a family affair that draws heavily on his childhood in Sinaloa.

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Hey Visionary Art Part 2

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:12:14 GMT

In part two of our interview with American Visionary Art Museum founder, Rebecca Hoffberger, she takes us on a unique backstage tour of her favorite exhibits. Seeing the galleries through her eyes, and learning about the talented, often troubled people who created the works underscores the healing power of art.

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Hey Visionary Art Part 1

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:12:41 GMT

Museum attendance is down across the US, but not at the American Visionary Art Museum, where all the pieces are created by outsider artists. Their work is just the beginning, a launch pad to explore personal demons, the nature of creativity, and the way human beings try to understand the world around them. Founder, Rebecca Hoffberger, shares her curatorial philosophy and walks us through this cabinet of wonders.

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Hey, The Banjo and Baltimore

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 23:06:23 GMT

Pete Ross and Kristina Gaddy, local musicians, historians, and luthiers, explore the roots of an iconic American instrument that isn't actually American at all, and that had a surprising transformation in Baltimore.

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Hey Heavy Seas Beer

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:16:38 GMT

Hugh Sisson created Maryland's first brew pub at his father's eponymously-named Federal Hill restaurant in the mid-1980s, resurrecting Baltimore's long-dormant local brewing traditions. By the mid-1990s, Hugh founded what would become Heavy Seas Beer, an award-winning craft brewery with distribution up and down the East Coast of the US. We met him in the Heavy Seas Taproom to discuss the craft brewing revival, pick his brain about what to look for in a good beer, and get some valuable insight about his other great passion, wine.

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Hey Parkway Theater Designers

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:47:35 GMT

Architect Steve Ziger and Post Typography's Bruce Willen talk about their collaboration on the Parkway Theater Restoration, the simple rules that guided the project, what inspired the hot pink accents, and the popcorn that inspired the wallpaper.

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Hey Treason

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:56:18 GMT

Hey Baltimore ! Ever wanted to hear three people giving themselves a hangover? Neither did we, but that's essentially what happened when the engaging and hilarious founders of Treason Toting Co. joined us in the studio one Friday after work. Aaron and Jason are more than the creatives behind the bespoke, made-in-Baltimore line of backpacks and tote bags. They're relentlessly passionate about what they do, their community of like-minded creatives, and the city where they're building a business they can pass on to their kids

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Hey, Let's Think Wrong

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:31:35 GMT

How do you break out of a creative rut? The minds at Future Partners are here to help. Their techniques have helped global brands and small community organizations develop ingenious new ways to solve old problems. They call the process Thinking Wrong. We talk to them about how to Think Wrong, and about their work with Baltimore institutions like the Maryland Institute College of Art and, most recently, Loyola University of Maryland.

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Hey! It's a Fringe Festival Preview

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:03:44 GMT

What does it take to channel a Holywood starlet who was also a rocket scientist, or do questionable things with a chicken puppet? Find out as we talk with the many performers behind this year's Charm City Fringe Festival

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Hey Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:45:40 GMT

Local journalist and Baker Award-winning author, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, takes us into the bizarre world of a millionaire heiress who used dolls to develop the field of forensic science. We also talk about being a writer in Baltimore, the supportive community, and how she's building a national profile from coffee shops in Hampden.

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Hey Charm City Fringe

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:11:32 GMT

Experimental, accessible, cheap, and provocative. Charm City Fringe Festival is all these things and more. We explore Baltimore's theater underground and learn what to expect when the Fringe Fest comes to the Bromo Arts District for the first time.

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Hey Hilton Carter

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:58:50 GMT

How do you go from around 700 Instagram followers to almost 34,000 in less than a year? Plant stylist, artist, and re-patrioted Baltimorean, Hilton Carter, joins us to talk about how he did it, why he moved back to his hometown, and the growing #jungalostyle movement.

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Hey B-More Kitchen

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:09:00 GMT

We take the show on the road to B-More Kitchen, a business incubator that supports many of Baltimore's favorite caterers, food trucks, and farmers market purveyors with the equipment, space, and support they need to grow.

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Hey Q Ragsdale

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:08:59 GMT

We talk with MD Historical Society Marketing Director Q Ragsdale about moving to Baltimore from Texas and the incredible new fall exhibitions at MDHS.

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Hey Matt Doud

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:08:26 GMT

You're doing things right when you can tout award-winning digital ad content " amazing Belgian waffles as professional achievements. Planit's Matt Doud sat down to talk about his agency, his love for Baltimore, and opening a coffee shop.

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Hey Claudia Towles

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:07:15 GMT

Claudia Towles' professional and personal lives are almost indistinguishable. Her shop- aMuse Toys- her home, her family, and her new career in real estate are all woven together in her beloved Fells Point. She sits down with us to talk about her decidedly Baltimore life.

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Hey Allison Robicelli

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:06:15 GMT

After famously leaving her native Brooklyn for Pigtown, author and chef Allison Robicelli talks Baltimore Restaurant Week (JUly 28-August 6). Her advice? Fancy lunches.

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Hey David Alima

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:04:58 GMT

David Alima spends his days surrounded by ice cream, his wife, and the blissed-out customers of Hampden gem, The Charmery. We may have found the happiest man in Baltimore.

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Hey Elan Kotz

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:03:52 GMT

We talk with Elan Kotz who helped bring The Food Market (and with it a wave of excellent restaurants) to Hampden, and who is now working on Blikkee- an app that connects travelers to locals for a hyper-curated experience.

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Hey Emilie Carter

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:02:42 GMT

We spoke with Emilie Carter of Design Collective about urban design trends, rooftop gardening tips, and what it's like to be obsessed with plants.#gardening #urbangardening #Baltimore #architecture #design

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Hey Nasreen Alkhateeb

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:02:08 GMT

Megan talks with Nasreen Alkhateeb of All Media Storytelling about her talk during this year's Labs at Light City, what exactly a trans-media storyteller does, and about flying over the arctic in a plane from World War II.

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Hey John Krakauer

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:01:51 GMT

Mike talks with Dr. John Krakauer, famed Johns Hopkins neurologist and neuroscientist who is using non-invasive experiments, like video games, to learn more about how our brains learn to control our bodies. The research helps victims of brain injury, such as strokes, recover. John is also a fascinating world traveler who has interesting insights about his adopted home city, Baltimore.

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Hey Baltimore Bike Party

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:00:36 GMT

The team behind Baltimore's favorite monthly party talks about the creation of the event and how they manage to keep thousands of costumed bikers in line.

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Hey Colette

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:29:38 GMT

We talk with the team at Colette- Station North's go-to restaurant for accessible French food and excellent cocktails.

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Hey StoryCorps

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:29:04 GMT

A conversation about NPR's beloved StoryCorps- how it was created, what it means for the communities involved, and what it's like to travel the country gathering stories.

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Hey Walters Art Museum

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:28:37 GMT

An interview with the team at the Walters Art Museum. Learn about upcoming events and what its like to work around all that beauty.

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Hey Vincent Lancisi

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:28:17 GMT

An interview with Vincent Lancisi, the charismatic and resourceful leader of Everyman Theatre.

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