June 2012

June 28, 2012

June 28, 2012 – Segment 2

Join us for another Urbanite Story on Soccer Without Borders, a program that brings together youth from all over the world living in Baltimore to play soccer. We're joined by Program Director and 2011-2012 OSI Fellow Jill Pardini and Soccer Without Borders participants Warshan Hussin, Birendra Rai, and Admon Pasingda.

June 25, 2012

June 25, 2012- Hour 1

Today, we are joined by Former delegate from Prince George's County Gerron Levi, Chairman of the Maryland Young Republicans Brian Griffith and Barry Rascovar, a Maryland political columnist and communications consultant to discuss the issue of gambling in Maryland.

June 20, 2012

June 20, 2012 – Segment 2

Then we turn to local politics, and the hot button issue of a Royal Farms Store and gas station on Harford Road. Guests include County Councilman Bobby Curran, Glenham-Belhar Community Association Treasurer Keith Burner, community activist Roopesh Vijayan, and Dell Rhodes, a community resident opposed to the project.

June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012 – Segment 2

Today on the Steiner Show, we will converse about immigration, discussing both President Obama's recent order allowing more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of deportation, and the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's stringent immigration law.

June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012 – Segment 1

The Afro-American newspaper is turning 120, and tonight we will join in the anniversary celebration! The Afro-American is the second longest running black periodical in the U.S. This weekend a new exhibit opens at Baltimore's Reginald F.

June 12, 2012

June 13, 2012 – Segment 3

On this epsiode of Sound Bites, Carole and Frank Morrison join us in conversation about their pasture-raised hens. Then, Vandana Shiva joins us for a discussion on the movement for sustainable and equitable agriculture in India.

June 6, 2012

June 7, 2012 – Hour 2

John Robbins grew up the heir to the fortune made by his father, the Robbins in Baskin-Robbins ice cream.  But he gave up his wealth and his claim to the company to dedicate himself to a life of environmental and healthy-living activism.  He is the author of Diet for a New America and many other books, and on this week's ep
June 4, 2012

June 5, 2012 – Hour 1

Documentary poet, labor activist, and 2010 Guggenheim Fellow Mark Nowak and 2008 National Book Award finalist and four-time national Poetry Slam champion Patricia Smith join us to discuss what motivates them as poets seeking to engage with a wide audience and work for social justice.

June 4, 2012

June 5, 2012 – Hour 2

David Simon joins us for an hour in studio.  The author of The Corner, and the creator of The Wire and Treme, Simon offers his unique view of how Baltimore has changed - and stayed the same - in the ten years since The Wire began.

This hour of the show originally aired on February 28, 2012.

June 4, 2012

June 4, 2012 – Hour 1

Author Lawrence P. Jackson joins us to discuss the journey he took through his family's history, and the history of African Americans descended from slaves, which he documents in his new book My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War. He will also be speaking at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore at 6:30pm on June 5th.