A Miner Detail Podcast

Walter Olson & Ashley Oleson discuss Maryland's Redistricting Reform Commission

Last November, a three-judge federal panel agreed that Maryland's 6th Congressional District had been gerrymandered and ordered the congressional map t be redrawn before the 2020 election. Gov. Larry Hogan (R) subsequently created the Emergency Commission on Sixth Congressional District Gerrymandering, which includes equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans and independent voters — to recommend new boundaries. On Tuesday, March 12, the commission held its first of two public meetings at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, soliciting feedback from the public before sending the final proposed map to Gov. Hogan.  Concluding the public hearing, commission co-chair Walter Olson, a senior fellow with the Cato Institute, and commission member Ashley Oleson, an administrator for the League of Women Voters of Maryland, joined A Miner Detail Podcast host Ryan Miner to discuss the commission's work and the process taken to redraw the congressional lines for Maryland's 6th Congressional District. 

Andrea Chamblee on Md. gun legislation & death of her husband John MacNamara

Andrea Chamblee is the widow of sportswriter John McNamara, who was one of the five Capital Gazette staff members murdered on June 28, 2018, in an attack on the Annapolis Capital Gazette newsroom. Chamblee testified before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings committee on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in support of legislation that would close the gun show loophole and document other points of sale. She joined A Miner Detail Podcast for a brief interview prior to her afternoon testimony. 

2019 Annapolis Session: Week 9, Episode 7: Comptroller Peter Franchot

Hours after the Maryland House of Delegates voted 97-36 to strip the Maryland Comptroller's office of its duties to regulate alcohol and tobacco, Comptroller Peter Franchot joined A Miner Detail Podcast to offer his reaction his agency's powers being stripped. 

Jose Saudana talks Maryland gun legislation, 2nd Amendment

Jose Saudana of Carroll County, MD joined A Miner Detail Host Ryan Miner on Wednesday, Feb. 27 to discuss his thoughts on gun legislation before the Maryland General Assebly. 

2019 Annapolis Session: Week 8, Episode 6: State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp

Maryland State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp joined A Miner Detail Podcast host Ryan Miner on Thursday, Feb. 28 at Harry Browne's Restaurant in Annapolis. 

The latest on the Lisanti Scandal

A Miner Detail Podcast host Ryan Miner will moderate a panel on Sunday, March 3, 2019, to discuss the latest fallout from the Mary Ann Lisanti scandal that has rocked Annapolis. 

2019 Annapolis Session Week 6, Episode 5: Del. Carl Anderton Jr. (R-Lower Shore)

It's week 6 of the 2019 Annapolis Session!  Del. Carl Anderton Jr. (R-Lower Shore) joined A Miner Detail Podcast, live, at Harry Browne's Restaurant on Wednesday, Feb. 13. 

Bruce Bereano: The legend; the lobbyist; a Maryland political icon

Maryland lobbyist Bruce Bereano joined A Miner Detail Podcast for the first time on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in Annapolis. 

Week 5, Episode 4: Sen. Ron Young and Len Foxwell debate school start times

Week 5, Episode 4!  State Sen. Ron Young (D-Frederick) and Len Foxwell, chief of staff to Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, joined A Miner Detail Podcast, hosted by Ryan Miner, at Harry Browne's Restaurant on Wednesday, Feb. 6, to discuss SB 128, legislation that would effectively repeal Gov. Hogan's executive order that mandates Maryland's public schools to begin classes after Labor Day. 

Citizens Above Partisanship panel join A Miner Detail Podcast

Citizens Above Partisanship, a non-partisan group of Washington County Maryland residents advocating for candidates and issues that serve the common good, participated in a live podcast panel discussion on February 3 at The Flying Camel in downtown Hagerstown, moderated by A Miner Detail Podcast host Ryan Miner.  Panelists included Kira Hamman, Scott Bryan, and Ken Buckler.