He's Holy & I'm Knott

One of things we love about this experience is the opportunity to bring to light organizations that are doing amazing work throughout the City, this episode we have Bernand Foster who is the Executive Director of the Tuerk House and he has overseen and been a part of tremendous growth since he came on board in 2011.  Founded in 1970, the concept of drug and alcohol treatment was forever changed wi...

Wow, every once and a while we bring forward these great organizations from the heart our our community and they are doing amazing work, right in our backyard.  Walter Billips and Earl El Amin are doing the work that's helping turn peoples lives in the right direction.  NCIA, The program runs five traning courses for incredible jobs that can provide for a great living and everyone of them allows t...

Reverand Al and I have been busy, AIR LLC and Beloved Community Services are about as busy as they have ever been and before we get even busier.  So its time to get busy with a series of new Podcasts to be released over the next two months. We've been back in the Advanced Indoor Resources Poast Studio with a bunch of exciting new guests.  So get ready for weekly Posts as the next two months are fi...

Here we go wiith another great interview in Las Vegas at the ICSC Maryland Pool Party.  We start off with Bill Henry, our Comptroller for the City of Baltimore, a Baltimore native and a man who has served our City for many years.  Bill gradualted HS class of 86' at Loyola Blakefield.  He served three terms as Baltimore's City Councilman representing the 4th District.  He loves revitalizing neighbo...

So we are out in Las Vegas with all of the Developers in Maryland and as it turns out many Maryland born developers have also started developing in Virginia and who do we find at the Maryland Pool my friend, Levar Stoney..the Mayor of Richmond. He grew up in Hampton Roads, went to James Madison and his next stop was Richmond. He fell in love with it and so why not become the Mayor.  The people of...

People come to Baltimore and fall in love with it and dedicate their lives to making it better,  Rev. Al and I couldn't be more excited to welcome Farmer Chippy a man who John Brothers couldn't stop talking about, so we had to bring him on and we quickly came to the conclusion he's a bigtime diamond in the rough. Farmer Chippy, he's a farmer, he's community organizer, the father of two children an...

So if you're looking for a conversation about development you might want to find yourself by the Pool at the Maryland Party at the ICSC Conference in Las Vegas Nevada. Rev. Al and I couldn't be more pleased to have the opportunity to catch up with Mark Renbaum, a friend, and a man on a mission to bring a Transit Oriented Development to Lutherville, Maryland.  Mark's firm owns the old Caldor site a...

This is the first of a bunch of new releases that were recorded while we attended the ICSC Convention. It is Maryland's Real Estate Extravaganza held anually at the Wynn in May.  You can hear the crowd in the background around the pool,  a huge thanks and shout out to Howard Perlow and the Wynn for the set up and space to conduct these interviews.. Brooke grew up in politics, that's what happens w...

When you grow up in the Embry Family you are well versed in what it means to be a part of a Community.  You watch your parents lead in the areas of Art's, Philanthropy and Community building,....and next thing you know you end up becoming Elizabeth Embry. City College> Yale > Columbia Law School...its all impressive, but when you start off with City College you know you're gonna end up Holy... Rev...

How about this guy, super lawyer, author of several childrens books, educated in Maryland's Public School system, he's a Terp for Life!  He serves on multiple Boards at the University of Maryland, he Chaired Gov. Wes Moore's campaign and is now the Board Chair of the Maryland Stadium Authority.  Ladies and Gentlemen, Rev Al and I are thrilled to open up Season #3 with Craig Thompson. We talk about...

We hit a high point for Holiness on this day when we welcomed Dr. Frank Lance, the President and CEO of the venerable Parks and People Foundation and Sr. Pastor at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church. We talk about everything Parks and People and the amazing work that this tranformative organization is doing all over Baltimore City.  There's not a neighborhood out there that hasn't been improved by this...

Reverand Al and I are especially pleased to Welcome the curators of Charm City Blue Grass. Two great entertainment guys, Adam Kirr and Phil Chorney.  Fells Point Festival, check, great success this past fall and now we are in the Spring and that means Charm City Bluegrass and it's 10th Anniversary.. A bunch of musical fanatics we venture into the minds and backgrounds of these two guys and we also...

Rev. Al and I so excited about this episode, the Mayor and Rev. go back a long ways, both graduates of City Collge High School, and both leaders in this community since their High Schools Days.  An amazing athlete Kurt Schmoke lead the City Knights to Championships two years while he was in High School, Junior and Senior year.  One of his mentors was George Young, a man who went on to run the New...

As we enter into Passover and the Easter Weekend there's a ton of "Holiness" going around especially in this episode as we welcome Kennedy Krieger's President and CEO Brad Schlaggar, MD PhD. to the fold.  I've had the pleasure of getting to know Brad over the past year and what a great steal from the City of St. Louis.  His journey is a great one as he walks us through his career and the steps it...

The Rev and I are huge fans of Howard Perlow, I knew him as the king of Real Estate Title work and the host of the Maryland Party at the Annual ICSC Convention in Las Vegas, but through this Podcast Rev. and we learned so much more about him and you will too.  To say Howard loves Baltimore is a huge understatement, he's dedicated his life to making Baltimore a better place.  As a young man he was...

Rev. Al and I are back, and we start the 2023 year with a guy who made more news happen in 2022 than anyone we know.... Stewart Bainum, the uber successful CEO of Choice Hotels International, made lots of news by getting himself in the news business as the lead investor in The Baltimore Banner.  Local news across the country was disintegrating our own Baltimore Sun was under seige by it's latest o...

This one is pure education...two experts in Real Estate one from a global level and one from an Interior perspective.  Note to self before listening, we live indoors over 90% of our lives. Our guests are fantastic, Brendan Gill, President of the MacKenzie Companies, a Full Service Real Estate company located in Lutherville with roots all over the Baltimore Metropolitan area, his Uncle Mike Gill ou...

Reverand Al  and I have been waiting to get this one out there for this special occasion as this program celebrates it's 8th Graduation this Wednesday November 30th at 11:30. The District Court Re-Entry Project provides options to Baltimore City District Court Judges to select to send someone to one of 17 training programs across a multitude of industries.  The intended outcome is providing defend...

We couldn't be more pleased than to welcome the great Mike Gill.  He loves Maryland and he loves Baltimore City...born and raised here Mike talks about his current role as Secretary of Commerce and he takes us back through the early days of his career where he was on the front of the wave for the Cellular revolution.  I met Mike when he was working for Americom and I was tasked with installing a n...

Rev. Al and I couldn't be more pleased than to welcome the amazing Rachel Monroe. Knott only is she Holy, she's a superstar, and to have her in the Advanced Indoor Resources Podcast Center was a real Mitzvah for both of us.  This weekend and for the next week Rachel will lead a group of some of Maryland's best to Israel for an experience that is second to none. I have been, and it's an incredible...

Rev Al and I get finally get to talk healthcare.  We couldn't be more pleased to have Ed Lovern, the CEO of Ascension St. Agnes join us for a a great talk that hits wide range of topics. We started things off with a quick lesson on how to say his name...say Govern, now replace the G with an L and you've got it down.  Ed's not from Baltimore, but he has quickly made his mark as the CEO of Ascension...

Rev Al and I are so excited to open up Season 2 of He's Holy I'm Knott with a Preview of this weekends Fells Point Fun Festival.  We were visited by a talented and passionate group of Baltimorean's that are the minds behind this great event.. This years event will start this Friday and end on Sunday, This Fun Festival has some great acts coming into town including War and Treaty, Brett Dennan, Amy...

Rev Al and I couldn't be more pleased than to have Gina Stewart the Executive Director and Ronny Nadiv Director of Stragetic Intitiavies for the ever growing BWI Partnership.  From the times of Friendship Airport to the BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport they talk about the roles this incredible organization plays amongst a wide variety of focuses, from transportation, in and around the a...

Wow.....Rev. Al and I couldn't be more excited to welcome the teacher, Rabbi Andrew Busch, the leader of Baltimore's Oldest Jewish Congregation, the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. A cool conversation, we talk about the great history of his Synogogue from its origin in Baltimore City to its current home on the City/ County Line. The discussion flows beautifully as these amazing men educate us on th...

Rev Al Hathaway and I are so excited about this one.  "Set the gear shift to the high gear of your soul" and learn about Ian Kennedy, a man who was recently in his glory as he watched his favorite band Phish play in the new Merriweather Post Pavillion too a crazed crowd of music lovers.  A lover of all things arts and culture as the Director of the Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commision he g...