Episodes

  • Episode NINE: A conversation with Executive Calvin Ball (Season One Finale)

    Episode NINE: A conversation with Executive Calvin Ball (Season One Finale)
    Dec 28 2018
    In this, the last episode this season, I speak with newly elected County Executive, Dr. Calvin Ball, and discuss his vision for the future of Howard County.
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    20 mins
  • Episode EIGHT: Angelina Brannigan: The paperweight of water

    Episode EIGHT: Angelina Brannigan: The paperweight of water
    Dec 28 2018
    A survivor of the 2018 flood recounts her harrowing experience and how she managed to survive.
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    28 mins
  • Episode SEVEN: Belling the Cat

    Episode SEVEN: Belling the Cat
    Dec 21 2018
    I have a conversation with hydrologist Jason Elliott of NOAA about rain conditions preceding a flash flood. I also speak with Howard County’s director of emergency management, Ryan Miller, about emergency services after the two floods.
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    31 mins
  • Episode SIX: Kittleman and Weinstein: City just enough for the living

    Episode SIX: Kittleman and Weinstein: City just enough for the living
    Dec 20 2018
    I speak with County Executive Allan Kittleman and Councilman Jon Weinstein about a flood mitigation plan and the future of Ellicott City.
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    32 mins
  • Episode FIVE: Preservation Maryland

    Episode FIVE: Preservation Maryland
    Dec 14 2018
    I have a conversation with Nicholas Redding, Executive Director of Preservation Maryland.
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    30 mins
  • Episode FOUR: Bruce Taylor - Doctor / Developer / Native Son

    Episode FOUR: Bruce Taylor - Doctor / Developer / Native Son
    Dec 14 2018
    I have a conversation with Dr. Bruce Taylor. He is a psychiatrist and property owner/developer whose family built the iconic Caplan’s department store building and developed several of the businesses and institutions in and around the Historic District.
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    28 mins
  • Episode THREE: The Historical Society

    Episode THREE: The Historical Society
    Dec 9 2018
    Before we move forward into the story of present-day Ellicott City, I thought it would be a good idea to learn more about the history of this Maryland milltown and how it came to be. So, naturally, sleuth that I am, I went to the most obvious source, the Howard County Historical Society.
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    21 mins
  • Episode TWO - "Hopefully, not tonight..."

    Episode TWO - "Hopefully, not tonight..."
    Dec 8 2018
    The Howard Council listens to the community’s opinion about a flood mitigation plan that had been announced by County Executive Allan Kittleman and Councilman Jon Weinstein on August 23, 2018. The county’s announcement was three months after the unthinkable happened again.
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    19 mins