Skip to main content
State Circle Guests

Fridays at 7pm

Friday, September 22, 2023

NewsMaker

Will Jawando
(D) Candidate For U.S. Senate
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

NewsMaker
Dr. Peter Goodwin
President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
https://www.umces.edu/

Friday, September 15, 2023

Political Roundtable

Del. Kevin Hornberger
(R) Cecil County

Del. Eric Ebersole
(D) Baltimore County

NewsMaker

Maj. Gen. Janeen  Birckhead
Adjutant General for Maryland

Friday, September 8, 2023

What's New at Your HBCU?

Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins
Coppin State University
https://www.coppin.edu/

Dr. Heidi M. Anderson
President, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
https://wwwcp.umes.edu/

Dr. Aminta Breaux
President, Bowie State University
https://bowiestate.edu/

Dr. Maurice Edington
President, University of the District of Columbia
https://www.udc.edu/

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick
Howard University
https://howard.edu/

Dr. David Wilson
President, Morgan State University
https://www.morgan.edu/

Friday, September 1, 2023

NewsMaker

David Trone
(D) Candidate For U.S. Senate
https://trone.house.gov/

CIAA Basketball Tournament 2024

Jacqie McWilliams
CIAA Commissioner
https://theciaa.com/

Al Hutchinson
President & CEO, Visit Baltimore
https://baltimore.org/

Dr. Aminta Breaux
President, Bowie State University
https://bowiestate.edu/

Friday, August 25, 2023

Political Roundtable

Sen. James Rosapepe
(D) Anne Arundel & Prince George's Counties

Del. Antonino Mangione
(R) Baltimore County

HBCU Week

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick
Howard University
https://howard.edu/
MPT HBCU Week

Friday, August 18, 2023

NewsMaker

Paul Monteiro
Secretary, Service & Civic Innovation
https://msa.maryland.gov/

Book Beat

Dee Write
Author, Little Ruth Children's Collection & Book Series

HBCU Week

Dr. Aminta Breaux
President, Bowie State University
https://bowiestate.edu/
MPT HBCU Week

Friday, August 11, 2023

National Crisis Hotline

Alana Purnell
Baltimore Crisis Response Inc.
https://www.bcresponse.org/

Adrienne Breidenstine
Behavioral Health System Baltimore
https://www.bhsbaltimore.org/

HBCU Week

Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins
Coppin State University
https://www.coppin.edu/
MPT HBCU Week

Friday, August 4, 2023

NewsMaker

Angela Alsobrooks
(D) Candidate For U.S. Senate
https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/

New Book On Children Embracing Their Uniqueness

Sherrika Myers
Author, Herbie's New Friend

NewsMaker

Vincent DeMarco
President, Maryland Citizens Health Initiative
https://healthcareforall.com/

Friday, July 28, 2023

NewsMaker

Anthony Brown
Attorney General
https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/

Rent Control

Jud Ashman
Gaithersburg Mayor
Gaithersburgmd.gov

Matt Losak
Montgomery County Renters Alliance
rentersalliance.org

Friday, July 21, 2023

New Book On The Late MD Senator Daniel Brewster

John Frece
Author, "Self Destruction: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster

Gerry Brewster
Sen. Daniel Brewster's Son

NewsMaker

Mark Anthony Thomas
CEO, Baltimore Greater Committee
https://gbc.org/

Friday, July 14, 2023

Red Line Project

Joe Richardson
President, Edmondson Community Organization
edmondsoncommunity.org

Jonathan Sacks
Executive Director,  HUB West Baltimore
hubwestbaltimore.org

Ben Rosenberg
Canton Resident

Political Roundtable

Ovetta Wiggins
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com

Pamela Wood
The Baltimore Banner
thebaltimorebanner.com

Friday, July 7, 2023

NewsMaker

Daniel Webster
Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Violence Solutions

New Book On Racial Violence

Wesley Lowery
Author, American Whitelash

Friday, June 30, 2023

Maryland's History of Lynchings

David Fakunle Ph.D
Maryland Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission
https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation

Pandemic Learning Loss

Tom Kane Ph.D
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/

Friday, June 23, 2023

Inside The Baltimore Banner

Imtiaz Patel
CEO, The Baltimore Banner
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/

Ballistics Evidence At Trials

Jeff Gilleran
Chief Attorney, Forensics Division, Office of the Public Defender
https://www.opd.state.md.us/forensics

Friday, June 16, 2023

Building Religious Tolerance  

Lt. Governor Aruna Miller
(D) Maryland
https://www.maryland.gov/

NewsMaker

Vincent DeMarco
President, Maryland Citizens Health Initiative
https://healthcareforall.com/

Friday, June 9, 2023

Gender Related Health Care

Dr. Sebastian Ruhs
Chief Medical Officer, Chase Brexton Health
https://chasebrexton.org/

NewsMaker

Mark Anthony Thomas
CEO, Baltimore Greater Committee
https://gbc.org/

Friday, June 2, 2023

New Low-Level Crime Strategy

Ivan Bates
Baltimore City State's Attorney
https://www.stattorney.org/

Political Roundtable

Al From
Democratic Strategist
https://talbotspy.org/

Craig Fuller
Republican Strategist
https://talbotspy.org/

Friday, May 26, 2023

Protecting The Chesapeake Bay 

Zack Kelleher
Sassafras Riverkeeper
shorerivers.org/
mpt.org/bayweek/

Josh Kurtz
Secretary, Natural Resources
https://dnr.maryland.gov/

Friday, May 19, 2023

Maryland's History Of Lynchings

David Fakunle Ph.D
Maryland Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission
https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation

Pandemic Learning Loss

Tom Kane Ph.D
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/

Friday, May 12, 2023

Maryland Horse Racing Industry

Alan Foreman
Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
https://www.mdhorsemen.com/

Alan Rifkin
The Maryland Jockey Club
https://www.laurelpark.com

NewsMaker

Jay Perman, MD
Chancellor, University System Of Maryland
https://www.usmd.edu/

Friday, May 5, 2023

Political Roundtable

Mileah Kromer, Ph.D. 
Goucher College Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics
https://www.goucher.edu/hughes-center/

Todd Eberly, Ph.D. 
Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland
https://www.smcm.edu/

NewsMaker

Chrissy Thornton
President & CEO, Associated Black Charities
https://www.associatedblackcharities.org/

Friday, April 28, 2023

Remembering Former House Speaker Cas Taylor

Tom Lewis
Former Chief of Staff

Baltimore Catholic Church Child Sex Abuse

Jonathan Schochor
Attorney, Schochor And Staton Law Firm
https://sfspa.com/

Friday, April 21, 2023

Chesapeake Bay Week

Zack Kelleher
Sassafras Riverkeeper
shorerivers.org/
mpt.org/bayweek/

Josh Kurtz
Secretary, Natural Resources
https://dnr.maryland.gov/

Friday, April 14, 2023

2023 Legislative Session Ends

Sen. Bill Ferguson
(D) Senate President

Del. Adrienne Jones
(D) House Speaker

Del. Jason Buckel
(R) House Minority Leader

Sen. Steve Hershey
(R) Senate Minority Leader

Friday, April 7, 2023

NewsMaker

Carol Beatty
Secretary, Maryland Department of Disabilities
https://mdod.maryland.gov/

Mission To The Moon
Reid Wiseman
Artemis 2 Commander 
https://www.nasa.gov/

Friday, March 31, 2023

NewsMaker

Rafael López
Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Services
https://dhs.maryland.gov/

Political Roundtable

Josh Kurtz
Maryland Matters
https://www.marylandmatters.org/

Friday, March 24, 2023

Annapolis FaceOff

Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
(D) Howard County

Del. Jason Buckel
(R) House Minority Leader

Political Roundtable

Sam Janesch
The Baltimore Sun
baltimoresun.com

Friday, March 17, 2023

NewsMaker

David Lapp
Maryland People's Counsel
https://opc.maryland.gov/

Political Roundtable

Steve Lash
The Daily Record
https://thedailyrecord.com/

Friday, March 10, 2023

NewsMaker

Paul Wiedefeld
Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation
https://mdot.maryland.gov/

Political Roundtable

Pamela Wood
The Baltimore Banner
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/

Friday, March 3, 2023

FaceOff

Del. Jesse Pippy 
(R) Frederick County

Del. Lorig Charkoudian
(D) Montgomery County

Political Roundtable

Jeff Barker
The Baltimore Sun
https://www.baltimoresun.com/

2023 CIAA Basketball Tournament

Dr. Aminta Breaux
President, Bowie State University
https://bowiestate.edu/
https://theciaa.com/