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10/12 What the hell, the mayor went full black helicopter for most of the show

What the hell, the mayor went full black helicopter for most of the show. Johnny Heidt with guitar news. “REFERENCED ON THE SHOW” Cummins picks Fridley for 1st US electrolyzer production plant Wife of Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman leads nonprofit with ties to fraud investigation Angela Lansbury, Entrancing Star of Stage and Screen, Dies…

Yalitza Aparicio

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Middleburg Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow in Middleburg, Virginia. Here’s one of his favorite conversations from 2018 when the festival screened Alfonso Cuaron’s masterpiece “Roma.” Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio joined Jason via interpreter to discuss starring in her very first movie. (Theme Music:…

Private Md. island for sale with history of bootlegging, ill repute

A home on a private island with a mysterious past that dates back to the Civil War is going up for sale for the first time in a half century. WTOP’s John Domen tells us the curiously named Tippity Wichity island was home to a brothel and whiskey distillery. Then we learn the story behind…

Private Md. island for sale with history of bootlegging, ill repute

A home on a private island with a mysterious past that dates back to the Civil War is going up for sale for the first time in a half century. WTOP’s John Domen tells us the curiously named Tippity Wichity island was home to a brothel and whiskey distillery. Then we learn the story behind…

S3 – E2 – Kelly’s Story

Seven years before Christine Mirzayan was murdered in Georgetown, a man cut the phone lines to a house miles outside the city and raped a teenage baby sitter. The first in a string of similar attacks spread out over several years. Kelly survived that awful night and in this episode tells her harrowing story. A…

Tom McCarthy

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley marks the launch of the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival this week in Washington D.C. by reviving this convo from the festival’s inaugural year in 2015 with “Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy and screenwriter Josh Singer, who went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. You’ll also hear a conversation…