September 30, 2009
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the current state of the United States economy. Today's panel included:
September 30, 2009
September 29, 2009
September 29, 2009
Senator Ben Cardin details the health care reform bill as it battles its way through legislation. Senator Cardin stresses that any health care bill he supports must bring down cost, be financially within reach of most Americans and be fiscally responsible.
September 25, 2009
Today we continue with our new series Voices From the Archives, which brings you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
First, we have an interview with Prarie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor, originally broadcast live in October 2007.
September 25, 2009
Tim Page is a writer, editor, professor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic. He has written for publications including the New York Times, Newsday, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, where he served as chief classical music critic.
September 24, 2009
We talk with Michael Corbin, who teaches writing to prisoners in Baltimore. His article "Learning the Hard Way" is available in this month's Urbanite.
September 24, 2009
We start out our first hour with a live, in-studio conversation with writers Djelloul Marbrook, who has a new book of poetry called Far from Algiers
September 24, 2009
September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 22, 2009
September 22, 2009
Is the conservative moment in America dead? According to our guest for the first hour of today’s show, it is. Sam Tanenhaus is the editor of the New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section of the Times, and his most recent book is called
September 22, 2009
September 21, 2009
Marc and Anthony McCarthy talk with Professor Jonathan Weiner about health care policy. Listeners discussed Senator Max Baucus' proposed health care reform bill.
Jonathan Weiner is a professor at the Jonhs Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
September 21, 2009
Marc and co-host Anthony McCarthy talk state budget cuts with Matthew Gallagher, Governor O'Malley's Chief of Staff.
September 17, 2009
Marc talks with NY Times columnist Charles Blow about his recent article about President Obama.
September 17, 2009
On the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by Woody Curry, Program Director of The Baltimore Station,
September 16, 2009
For the second hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the importance of race relations in today's media, as well as in American politics. Today's panel included:
September 16, 2009
Today we discuss the latest accusations against ACORN. Is there an ongoing effort by right-wing interests to undermine the progressive agenda and efforts of reform? Are there parallels between the media scandal created by Fox News around ACORN and the recent uproar that led to Van Jones' resignation, or the backlash against health care reform?
September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009
September 14, 2009
September 14, 2009
It's Monday, so time for our weekly visit from Anthony McCarthy, host of the Anthony McCarthy Show, Friday, 5 to 7 PM on Public Radio WEAA 88.9 FM, the voice of the community.
September 10, 2009
Last night Barack Obama gave an address to Congress in an attempt to regain control of the spiraling debate about healthcare reform.
September 10, 2009
September 9, 2009
Today we continue with our new series Voices From the Archives, which brings you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
September 9, 2009
September 8, 2009
Today’s program, part of our ongoing series of stories with Urbanite magazine, addressed the problem of truancy. Marc spoke with Robert Balfanz, a researcher at the
September 8, 2009
September 3, 2009
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill joins us to discuss the importance of restoring the civil rights division of the Justice Department, which critics argue was weakened during the Bush administration.
September 3, 2009
We take a look at current events in Afghanistan, as the recent election continues to be disputed, and the US military approaches the last month of their eighth year of war there.
We're joined by:
Phyllis Bennis - Author of the 2008 book Ending the Iraq War: A Primer
September 2, 2009
September 1, 2009
For our second hour, we talk with New York Times religion writer Gustav Niebuhr, who wrote Beyond Tolerance, a book about how we in America are building bridges between faiths.
September 1, 2009
We start out the hour with a call from Nick Sheridan of the Move-On council in Baltimore. He tells us about a healthcare reform rally taking place at 5:30PM on Wednesday, September 2nd at the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon.