Dec 31, 2021
In the middle of a pandemic that threatened to devastate the economy and squeeze government budgets, Maryland is reporting higher than expected tax collection, more than $2 billion of it. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Maryland House Majority Leader Eric Luedtke and UMBC budget expert Roy Meyers about the politics of plenty....
Dec 24, 2021
Christmas Special with all local music from the Washington DC region: In order of appearance, Kara Levchenko, Sic ‘Em Buster, Bad Robot Jones, Doogie Whittaker, Two Truths, Soul Witness, Premila Mistry and Laura Guli, Emily Hall, Seth Kibel, Damon Foreman, King Soul, The Treading Lemmings, and The Airport 77s,...
Dec 17, 2021
A year ago in January 2020, White’s Ferry, a car barge connecting Poolesville in Montgomery County, MD, to Loudoun County, VA, closed down. Much has happened since but no quick resolution seems likely. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Libby Devlin, part-owner of Rockland Farm, the ferry landing site on the Virginia...
Dec 10, 2021
When Maryland State Delegate Kathleen Dumais left her District 15 seat in Montgomery County recently to join the circuit court as judge, the County Democratic Party appointed its chair, Linda Foley, to fill the position. This led to questions about whether the appointment process is truly open and democratic. Sunil...
Dec 3, 2021
Sunil Dasgupta talks with UMBC political scientist Tom Schaller about his new book, Common Enemies: Georgetown BasketBall, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports, and with Rahul Khanna, who co-founded the Maryland Badminton Premier League, bringing an immigrant sport to a changing land. Music...