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11/01 A remembrance of Halloween from the Garage Logic book

A remembrance of Halloween from the Garage Logic book. Rare praise for mayor Melvin Carter on his choice for police chief. Paul Pelosi: sometimes people just get hit in the head with a hammer. Johnny Heidt with guitar news. “REFERENCED ON THE SHOW” Cmdr. Axel Henry picked as St. Paul’s next police chief Family: Adam…

David Baldacci (Part 2)

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with best-selling author David Baldacci about his new novel “Long Shadows,” the seventh installment of his “Memory Man” series about Amos Decker. They also discuss his Virginia roots and his quest for improved literacy in America. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)

S3 EP 5 – Going Down the Rabbit Hole

By 2018, investigators had tired of waiting for another DNA cold hit and decided to hand the case to a cop named ‘Smugs.’ A young Montgomery County police officer who had already used genealogy to solve several high profile rape and murder cases. Crimes that had stumped detectives for years. Could ‘Smugs’ be the one…

Why it’s scary to talk about how much we make

Pay parity — making the same amount for the same job — is a hard thing to pin down. It’s difficult to ask your co-workers what they make, which also is often based on experience and time at the company. But it’s also not easy to answer the question out of fear of how you’ll…

Why it’s scary to talk about how much we make

Pay parity — making the same amount for the same job — is a hard thing to pin down. It’s difficult to ask your co-workers what they make, which also is often based on experience and time at the company. But it’s also not easy to answer the question out of fear of how you’ll…

10/31 We try to figure out the Paul Pelosi situation

We got educated on the mine near Aitkin. We try to figure out the Paul Pelosi situation. Rebeca Brannon comes through again: Minneapolis is a crime infested hell hole. “REFERENCED ON THE SHOW” Just another night in Minneapolis The infamous 1991 Halloween Blizzard

Freddy Krueger’s composer

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates Halloween by chatting with “A Nightmare on Elm Street” composer Charles Bernstein, who wrote the music for Freddy Krueger. They spoke in 2020 about his memories of working with Wes Craven to craft the creepy ditty “1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you.” He even recreates the music live on…