December 2010

Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath joins us to discuss his life, work, and his new autobiography I Walked With Giants.

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Professor Brent Landau offers the only modern translation of an ancient text he found moldering in the Vatican Library in his new book, Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men's Journey to Bethlehem.

Lea Gilmore joins us to continue a Marc Steiner Show tradition, bringing her favorite songs of the season to share with us.  This year she brought us some of her favorite holiday songs sung by talented women vocalists.

Bob Somerby, editor of the Daily Howler, and Latoya Peterson, editor at Racialicious, join us today for a discussion of the biggest news stories of the year.

Most tropical disease experts have long considered finding a vaccine for malaria, a disease that kills nearly 1 million people worldwide each year, to be impossible.  This hour we'll hear the story of a group of scientists who are working to prove conventional wisdom wrong.  We're joined by social entrepeneur Bill Shore, author of

What would the holiday season be without home-cooked meals shared with family and friends?  Join our panel of cooks and our listeners to share family recipes, holiday food traditions, and more.

In the second hour of the show today, we continue a round-up of the important stories of the year.

In the first segment of the show, we're joined by Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project, to discuss whistleblower protection legislation that is currently before Congress.

This week's episode of On Delmarva focuses on the future of development on the Peninsula.

The play ReEntry explores the lives of military veterans and their families when veterans return home from war.  We're joined by the director, KJ Sanchez, and actors Joe Harrell, PJ Sosko, and Sheila Tapia.  Joe Harrel is a former marine; he performed double duty as a military consultant as well as an acto

First this hour, we look at the economic state of affairs in the United States from a moral perspective.  What are our nation's values and are they consistent with our financial system?  Our guest is Steve Isberg, Associate Professor of Finance at University of Baltimore.

This hour we discuss what can be done to reduce domestic violence, focusing on violence against women and violence between young people.  Our guests are Lisa Nitsch from the Maryland House of Ruth, Dr.

Does greater transparency in international affairs mean advancing democracy or putting it at peril?  We'll discuss Wikileaks this hour with internet activist Greg Housh, former CIA operations officer Charles 'Sam' Faddis, and Kevin Zeese, who is director of the

Betty Robinson, Judy Richardson, and Dorothy Zellner, three women who joined the civil rights movement in the early 1960's, join us this hour.  Along with other activists, they co-edited the new book Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts By Women in SNCC.  Don't miss this first-hand account o

Gail and Ernest Kromah are fixtures in the Baltimore visual arts, and they join us today to discuss the art that is currently showing in the Kromah Gallery.  Visit the gallery to see the beautiful paintings by Ernest Kromah himself, as well selections from other local artists, at their holiday opening this Saturday from 3 - 8 pm and Sunday from 1 - 6 pm.  For more information and other times

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American economic policy is being pulled in two directions.  On one hand, there are those who argue that we need to reduce our staggering national deficit now to avoid crisis in the future.  On the other hand, many point to our current economic woes, and argue that the deficit should take a backseat to programs that seek to lift us out of our ongoing recession.  Our guests today discuss the

How much does it take to buy an election? The Citizens United Supreme Court decision dramatically altered the rules for funding political campaigns. We're joined by a panel of guests who want to create a constitutional amendment that will overturn the decision.

A member of a Jewish patrol group, Shomrim, has been accused of assaulting a fifteen year-old African American boy in Pikesville, a neighborhood with a large population of both blacks and Jews.  Read more about the incident here.  This hour, we discuss r

On this week's episode of On Delmarva, we speak with author James McBride about his latest book, Song Yet Sung, a novel that takes place on Maryland's Eastern Shore during the era of slavery.

Historian Eric Foner is one of the preeminent modern historians of Reconstruction.  His most recent book is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, and he joins us to offer his take on the place that race played in the history of the Civil War.

House-call veterinarian Johnny Slaughter, DMV, is back in the house!  He takes your questions about your pets, and discusses his new area of practice - traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, or acupuncture for dogs and cats.

The ongoing battle over the future of the Sparrows Point steel mill is a microcosm of the broader decline of American manufacturing.  The current owners, the Russian company Severstal, are hoping to sell the plant, and meanwhile layoffs, shut downs, and declining benefits are threatening the livelihoods of many who have worked in the plant their whole lives. 

New York Times reporter David Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban in November of 2008, along with his translator and driver.  While his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, worked with the government to coordinate a response to the kidnappers.  But after seven months without progress, he managed to escape.  He and his wife have co-authored an account of that time, and th