With thousands still without power after Hurricane Irene, we speak with Rob Gould, Vice President for Corporate Communications at Constellation Energy, and Baltimore Sun Reporter Steve Kilar about the continuing outages and the response to the storm.
Join us for a discussion about the upcoming city elections. Our guests are:
Mark Reutter, Reporter for Baltimore Brew
Trae Lewis, President of the Baltimore City Young Republicans
Social worker Sara Wiles spent thirty years working on the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming. Her new book, Arapaho Journeys, documents the Northern Arapaho community of Wind River in photographs and text. Sara joins us this hour to discuss the history and culture of her adopted community.
Why has African American involvement in baseball dropped off? Another in our series of Urbanite Radio Stories, we take a look at Michael Corbin's article One Man Out.
Ryan Conklin, former Real World Brooklyn cast member and Army Veteran that was twice deployed to Iraq, joins us today to discuss his new book An Angel From Hell: Real Life on the Front Lines.
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.
Jonathan Zimmerman joins us to discuss the boundaries of free speech for teachers, inside the classroom and out. Dr. Zimmerman is a professor of education and history at New York University and is the author of Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory.
Join us for the inside story of Michelle Obama's diplomatic trip to South Africa and Botswana, as seen in the new BET special, Michelle Obama on a Mission: Impact Africa.
In our Voices From the Archives series, we bring you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past eighteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is a physician from Gaza. Three of his daughters were tragically killed during the Israeli attack on Gaza in January 2009. Dr. Abuelaish, author of I Shall Not Hate, shares his personal story and his quest for peace with us today.
As part of our Voices From the Archives series, we revisit two interviews with noted writers of our time. First, Marc speaks with Mark Bowden, author of many books including Black Hawk Down, about his 2006 work Do you like it?
If you live in Baltimore, you've seen groups of dirt bikers weaving through traffic, doing wheelies through the city streets. While riding dirt bikes in the city has been outlawed, one youth advocate sees them as a vital way of reaching young people and channeling their energy into positive outlets.
We're joined by a panel of social activists and thinkers to reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Our guests are:
Mina Cheon - Interdisciplinary Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
We're joined by Charles Johnson, author of books including The Middle Passage and Dreamer, and winner of the National Book Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. As the memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is unveiled in Washington DC this week, we reflect on the life of Dr. King and his relevance today.
Baltimore native and New York Times best selling author, Laura Lippman, joined us today for a discussion about her latest novel, The Most Dangerous Thing. Lippman is the author of fourteen other novels, including Do you like it?
Marc is joined by veterinarian Dr. John Slaughter and pit bull expert Pauline Houliaras, owner of Dog House Girls, to take your questions about pets! Call 410.319.8888 to join the conversation.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joins us as we continue our conversations with mayoral candidates. A year and a half after being appointed mayor, she joins us to discuss her record in office and why she is running for reelection.
We're joined by Meshelle Foreman-Shields, founder of the Goaldiggers Project. The Goaldiggers Project was created to teach African American children about their heritage in a way that leads to self-discovery and empowerment.
Join us for an Urbanite Radio story, based on Michael Corbin’s piece The Ultimate Punishment, which asks why Maryland’s death penalty remains in legal limbo.
Scientists continue to learn more about how addiction works, which informs how our society views and treats addiction. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has just redefined addiction as a chronic brain disorder. We'll discuss the implications of this development with Dr.
Bill Dulaney, President of the Communications Workers of America Local 2101, and Bill Barry, Director of Labor Studies at the Community College of Baltimore County, join us for an update on the ongoing strike by about 45,000 Verizon employees. The employees and their unions went out on strike after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with Verizon.
Journalists Dimi Reider and Aziz Abu Sarah join us again to discuss the latest from the protest movement in Israel.
Dimi Reider writes regularly for +972 magazine, and his work has appeared in The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III is our guest in the studio this hour. He has served in the Baltimore Police Department for thirty years and has been Commissioner for the past 4 years.
What is the role of black nationalism in America today? We're joined by Jerome Scott, Director of the Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide, and Lester Spence, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss the state of black nationalism.
Kwame Kwei-Armah is an actor and playwright, and is the newly-named Artistic Director of Center Stage in Baltimore. He grew up in London, and he joins us to talk about the broader social tragedy behind the riots that have rocked his hometown over the past week.
We take a look at the street protests in Israel with Dimi Reider and Aziz Abu Sarah. Their op-ed In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High appeared in the New York Times last week.
Peter Parker, the legendary comic book alter ego of Spider-Man, is dead. At least, he's dead in one of the Marvel Comics universes. And in that universe, his powers now rest in a young man named Miles Morales, who happens to be half African American and half Hispanic.
Today we take a look at the new comic book hero, and the history of racial politics and comic books.
Watoto from the Nile, a hip-hop trio of young girls, formed in 2010 to create an alternative to mainstream rap.
Trees near the Inner Harbor were torn down for Baltimore's Grand Prix.
Joining us to discuss the ethics of this decision are:
Dave Troy - Founder of Roundhouse Technologies, organizer of petition against tree cutting
CEM Cultural Correspondent Lea Gilmore joins Marc to discuss recent headlines. She is the founder and director of Umoja Musica, an international music and human rights organization and was chosen by Essence Magazine as one of the 25 Women Shaping the World.
We speak with local filmmaker Kim Moir about his new project, Once You Go Black. His script won the 2010 Maryland Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, and he joins us to discuss why alternatives to Hollywood films are important for our communities, his journey as a filmmaker, and the future of Once You Go Black.
Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
Many workers at Verizon Communications walked out and went on strike when negotiations over a new labor contract failed.
Joining us to discuss the issue are:
Joe Ehrmann, former defensive lineman for the Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions and co-founder of Coach for America, talks about his new book Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives
Tonight we examine the indictment of Baltimore City Police Officer Daniel Redd on drug and gun charges, a shakeup in internal affairs, and the decision not to press charges in the fatal shooting of a plain clothes officer by Baltimore City police at the Select Lounge.
Joining us to discuss the issue are:
Anna K. Hacker is an educator who has worked around the world throughout her career. After working in Kabul from 1971-1974, she decided to return there 6 years ago and work to help women and children. She joins us to discuss the work she did to help open an Educational Center in Kabul for the Afghan Women's Educational Center.
Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, from District 14, joins us to discuss the possibility that the Waverly Post Office and other post offices around the city will be Do you like it?
Ashley Hufnagel and Luis Larin, Leadership Organizers at the United Workers, came to the studio today to talk about the state of workers' rights in the Inner Harbor.
Lawrence Jackson grew up in Baltimore and is now a Professor of English at Emory University in Atlanta. He joins us to discuss his reflections on visiting his old neighborhood and the friends he grew up with, as documented in his essay Christmas in Baltimore City, 2009.
Author and historian Danielle McGuire joins us to discuss a newly released essay from a collection of Rosa Parks' papers. The essay centers around an incident in which a white employer attempted to sexually assault
Last week, as debate over the debt ceiling was at its peak on Capitol Hill, a group of protesters were arrested for refusing to leave the Capitol building, as they demanded that Congress and the Obama administration not balance the budget on the backs of the nation's poor.
Dispelling the myth that all kids do on their vacation is hang out, we speak with Baltimore youth about a service trip to Puerto Rico, and what they learned by spending time in a different culture. Our guests are students Kayla Pumphre and Vincent Ebron, trip organizer Lamarr Darnell Shields, and cultural trip organizer, from Puerto Rico, Malcolm Negron Jackson.
Continuing our coverage of the debt ceiling debate, we speak with Laura Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. We'll discuss how the outcome of the debt ceiling debate could effect civil liberties in the United States.
We speak with John Bowen, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Washington University in St.
As Congress moves closer to the deadline to raise the debt ceiling, the debate over proposals continues. We speak with Congressman Andy Harris, a Republican representing Maryland's 1st District, to hear his perspective.
As details from the debt ceiling compromise emerge, pundits and activists from both sides seem unhappy with the deal. Hammered out over the weekend by President Barack Obama and legislative leaders from both parties, the deal proposes cuts to defense and the general budget, no new revenues, and an automati
