2:07: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian, says readers who liked JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” will enjoy a new novel, “The Animators,” about the friendship of two artistic women from poor backgrounds who become the talk of the indie film world.6:43: Leila Atassi, City Hall reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about Cleveland’s effort to curtail illegal dirt biking by building a $2.3 million dirt bike park. Baltimore’s so-called “12 O’Clock Boys” have taken to the streets — and sometimes the sidewalks — of the city for years, prompting citizen complaints and a police crackdown (On episode 155 of the podcast, Dan interviewed Wheelie Wayne, considered the godfather of the 12 O'Clock Boys). While a private group studies the feasibility of building a dirt bike park in Baltimore, a divided Cleveland City Council has moved ahead with the controversial idea. Atassi fills us in. 17:42: Political analyst Herb Smith talks about the effect the Trump presidency has had on the American tourism industry, and what special congressional elections suggest about the 2018 mid-terms. Smith is professor and former chair of political science at McDaniel College.https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062300546/hillbilly-elegyhttp://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533931/the-animators-by-kayla-rae-whitaker/9780812989281/http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/a_divided_cleveland_city_counc.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-dirtbike-arrests-wheelie-wayne-20170221-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bal-roughly-speaking-wheelie-wayne-story.htmlhttp://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/shouting_match_threat_of_lawsu.htmlhttps://www.ft.com/content/d8d3402a-1540-11e7-b0c1-37e417ee6c76http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-house-race-georgia-20170418-story.html