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Blanchard on Baltimore

by District 11 Baltimore City Councilman - Zac Blanchard
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About the show

Blanchard on Baltimore, hosted by District 11 City Councilman Zac Blanchard, pulls back the curtain on how Baltimore's city government actually works — and where it falls short. Each episode, Blanchard talks with people working across public safety, transit, housing, public health, economic development, and neighborhood leadership to unpack the real problems Baltimoreans face and the solutions being worked on. Skipping the political spin, the show aims to be the kind of grounded, practical look at city government that an engaged resident — with no inside connections — would actually find useful.

Latest episodes

  • Who Really Controls Baltimore's Budget? with Bill Henry (Baltimore City Comptroller)

    October 1, 2026 · 37 min

    Baltimore City's budget is one of the most powerful — and least understood — documents in local government. In this episode, Councilman Zac Blanchard sits down with City Comptroller Bill Henry, who spent 13 years on the City Council before…

  • The Case for a Land Value Tax with Vanessa Beck (Baltimore Thrive)

    September 17, 2026 · 29 min

    What if Baltimore could lower property taxes on homeowners and small businesses while raising them on blighted, vacant, and speculator-held land, at no net cost to the city? Zac talks with Vanessa Beck of Baltimore Thrive about the land…

  • A Bill of Rights for Small Business with Tanner Mobley

    September 10, 2026 · 31 min

    When a small business gets pushed out by a bad landlord, it's not just one storefront that goes dark — it's a signal to the whole block that there's no future there. Zac talks with Tanner Mobley, co-owner of Affogato Cat Cafe in Fells…

  • Market Center: Baltimore's Next Comeback Story? with Anne Winder & Lieanne Navarro

    September 3, 2026 · 20 min

    Home to the world-famous Lexington Market and a stretch of historic but largely vacant department stores, Market Center is one of downtown Baltimore's biggest opportunities — and one of its toughest challenges.  Zac talks with Anne Winder…

  • Join or Die: Why Community Might Save Us with Pete Davis

    August 28, 2026 · 29 min

    Zac sits down with his friend and new Baltimorean Pete Davis — co-creator of the Netflix documentary Join or Die — to talk about a question that shapes everything else in local government: what actually holds a community together? Pete…

  • Rashfield Park, Harborplace, and the Future of the Waterfront with Dan Taylor

    August 28, 2026 · 52 min

    There's a lot happening at the Inner Harbor right now, and Waterfront Partnership president Dan Taylor is right in the middle of it.  Zac talks with Dan about the upcoming Rashfield Park ribbon cutting, the ongoing redevelopment of…

  • Rehabbing Baltimore, One House at a Time with Victor Akinnagbe

    August 28, 2026 · 26 min

    Baltimore has cut its number of vacant, blighted properties from 16,000 to 11,500 in the last few years — and is on pace to get under 1,000 by the mid-2030s. Councilman Zac Blanchard sits down with Victor Akinnagbe, director of Rebirth…

  • Welcome to Blanchard on Baltimore

    August 26, 2026 · 1 min

    Introducing Blanchard on Baltimore: District 11 Councilman Zac Blanchard sits down with the people shaping city government to explore what's working, what isn't, and why.  No spin, no tell-alls — just honest conversations about how…