The Annapolis Podcast

This week's guest is Darren Smith. Read more about his experience  in his book about his incarceration "Behind the Walls" Well educated. Rewarding career. World traveler. An all-around well-rounded individual. These are a few of the notions that come to mind when friends, family, peers and acquaintances speak about Darren Smith.  On March 15th 2019, Darren Smith became inmate #1474625, as he was s...

Today's guest is Comptroller Peter Franchot. The Comptroller, who is running for Governor of Maryland, recognizes some Annapolis community heroes. We discuss MD's Tax Free Week, education, social justice issues, budget cuts, mail-in voting. facilitating homeownership for minorities, helping small business owners by streamlining permits/regulations and incentives for people to come work remotely in...

Leigh Rand, the Annapolis Rotary Club Crab Feast Chair this year and owner of FastSigns Annapolis , is today's guest on The Annapolis Podcast.  The Rotary Club of Annapolis will hold "Rotary Crabs To Go!" a drive-through crab and corn fundraiser at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday, August 7, 2020. This year, "Rotary Crabs To Go!" will replace the Club's traditional crab feast held annu...

Today's guest is Alex Pline. He is a member of "Team Pline" based here out of Annapolis. Team Pline is the team of Alex and Lisa Pline in Annapolis MD. We love it here and advocate to maintain Annapolis' livable "small city" feel. While we have day jobs, we are passionate about the about the city and the things that keep people here – good public schools, walkable/bikeable neighborhoods and of cou...

Today's guest is Devon Brown who is the co-founder of Annapolis Coalition of Black Progressives.  Ann apolis Coalition of Black Progressives (ACBP) was founded in January of 2020. It was created as an effort to give Black and Brown people a more inclusive seat at the table when it comes to initiating policy that affects their everyday lives in the city of Annapolis and throughout the state of Mary...

Scott talks Reopening the Local Economy, our Health and Racism in Annapolis

This week's guest on The Annapolis Podcast is Carroll Hynson, Jr. Carroll is the owner of Carroll Hynson & Son, the longest running African American business in Annapolis. He talks about growing up as an African American in Annapolis. Carroll tells stories of how one of his early jobs was drag racing for money. He talks about doing puppet shows at the old Annapolis "White" Library. How his father...

Author and Annapolitan Jessie Dunleavy talks about the memoir she wrote that tells the story of her son, Paul, a boy whose learning differences constrained his connections with others and whose poetry depicts an inner life otherwise unknown, and her staunch advocacy for him, from the fight to obtain an appropriate education through the fight for his life as he entered the harrowing world of addict...

Today's guest is therapist Meredith Braden. She discusses some tips for you and your family on staying mentally healthy during this pandemic.  Teletherapy is now being used for therapy clients. Meredith Braden Bio National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 Warm Line and AA County Mental Health Resources Mental Health Children and Teen Resources    

Today I talked to journalist Josh Davidsburg about the media reporting on the coronavirus. We talk about popular culture movies, TV shows and video games. Josh Davidsburg is an award-winning broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker

Today's guest is Monica Alvarado of Bread and Butter Kitchen in Eastport. She discusses the #feedannearundel initiative and how it is a win-win-win for Anne Arundel. This idea came from the organization Anne Arundel Communities Together (ACT). ACT is working in conjunction with a cohort of restaurants across the county and they have partnered with the Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children,...

My thoughts on Coronavirus for Annapolis and my family

Mary Etzel of the Flag House Inn discusses his traditional Bed & Breakfast viewpoint in the Great AirBnB debate and the right of other viewpoints to exist. 

Ward One Resident Association member Mark Mhley tells us how he doesn't want Annapolis to become the next Disneyland. This is part 2 of the Great Annapolis AirBnB debate. Part 3 of the Great Annapolis AirBnB debate is coming soon with Mark Etzel of the Flag House Inn: https://www.flaghouseinn.com/  

This week on the Annapolis Podcast class is in session with Little Airbnb activist and Naval Academy Professor Susan Marguiles.  Part 2 of the the Great Annapolis AirBnB Debate will be with Mark Mhley, a member of the Ward One Residents Association.   This podcast is brought to you by www.macmullanlaw.com

Community Activist and D30 Democratic Club President Brooks Schandelmeier discusses City, County, State and National Politics. Brooks makes an announcement in the first couples of minutes of the episode. 

Joyce Edelson of the Parole Rotary Club talks to Scott MacMullan about her new book "Memories and History of Parole Area." Email the Parole Rotary Club to purchase the book at parolerotary@gmail.com

Annapolis Area District 30 Senator Sarah Elfreth talks about the upcoming Maryland General Assembly Session.  Take a listen and become informed!  

Today host Scott MacMullan interviews journalist, videographer and director, Josh Davidsburg about his new documentary, "The Queen of the Capital"  Check out the awesome trailer here: https://queenofthecapital.com/  

Take a listen to Scott MacMullan's interview with Ron Stafford of CRAB Radio. (The Annapolis Podcast airs taped episodes every morning from 8am - 9am on CRAB Radio, a production of Anne Arundel County Public Schools)

Former Mayor Ellen Moyer discusses the fascinating history of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. We also discuss parallels between the plight of the oyster industry and the deforestation of Anne Arundel County.

Today's guest is historian Janice Hayes-Williams. Janice discusses how she found the displaced remains of Asbury Methodist Church founder Smith Price and how detectives have reconstructed a picture of what he would have looked like from analyzing his skull. Janice also discusses slavery in Annapolis.

The Doctors are on call! Dr. Linda Hicks-Boyd and Dr. Patsy Baker Blackshear of The Annapolis Chapter of Links, Incorporated, which is one of the oldest and largest volunteer organizations of women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the cultural and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.  More information on the Joyce P. McManus Music Gra...

Today's guest is the Arundel Rivers Federation's South Riverkeeper Jesse Iliff.  To learn more about and to support the Arundel Rivers Federation, go to:  https://www.arundelrivers.org/

This week's guest is local Kara Mcguirk Allison. Kara is the founding producer of NPR's "Hidden Brain" podcast and is producing a new podcast called "The Ghost in My Room Podcast," which is set to launch on September 1, 2019 of this year.  The podcast is a look at ghost stories, legends, and folklore and the people who try to prove they are real. Annapolis' own Middleton's Tavern is featured in on...