Paul Scimonelli on going to watch the Washington Senators play baseball at Griffith Stadium back in the day~ - "The only reason to come to the stadium, and that was Shirley Povich and Bob Addy said the same thing,

Ron Paul on raising awareness of kidney disease, and the need for more education and testing ~ - "The key is awareness. We have to find out who needs kidneys. There's thousands and thousands of people that need a kidney that don't even know that they ...

Donnie Simpson honors his brother Harry ~ - "My second oldest brother, Harry. . .a fascinating story. . . because of his experiences, he was able to go in and help people that I never could have helped. . .I wanted to mention it because, I honor him.

Charles Allen on one solution to close achievement gap in Our Town~ - " 'Books From Birth,' . . . delivers a book to every kid in the city, five and under, once a month for free. For a lot of . . .kids in the city, you don't see any books.

Tony Perkins on being back on air with Donnie Simpson and what happens when you make listeners laugh~ - "Here’s what Donnie has said for many, many years. When we used to work together, one of the things that he liked about it and I liked about it and...

John Bowis on the future of the auto industry ~ - "Our industry is under assault, it's going to change, but my job is not to fight that change, my job is to figure out a path forward-and embrace it." -

George Pelecanos on his characters and finding the humanity in others ~ - "I'm frequently down at the DC jail doing reading programs, but also, to be honest again, I get a lot of material when I'm down at the jail. . .

Nancy Taylor Bubes on the building trust in relationships as a real estate agent ~ - "Well, it's a relationship business. . . When you really take the time to find the right house for the right family, they're grateful. They love it,

Rick Hindin on meeting Ralph Lauren in 1967 when he was selling ties made by a company called Beau Brummell ~ - "He had one table, about a 200-square-foot room, and we walked in and we looked at his ties and they were incredible but they were expensiv...

Herbert Miller on building opportunity for people in Our Town ~ - "This is a remarkable city, but it only works if we all work together. The racial divide, which Marion chopped at needs to be chopped more, and the economic divide, which is, I think,