June 28, 2013
June 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with Icelandic folk music! Chris Foster and Bara Grimsdottir of FUNI, an Icelandic folk music group, give a preview of their upcoming Friday night performance tonight at An Die Musik.
June 28, 2013
June 28, 2013 - Segment 2 - We shift to a national focus with a roundtable discussing the week's headlines including the Supreme Court rulings, the Senate's immigration bill, and the George Zimmerman trial.
June 28, 2013
June 28, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a local news round table focusing on the wave of shootings that have swept Baltimore lately.
June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close the show with another expected candidate for Maryland Attorney General, Maryland State Delegate Jon S. Cardin, who represents District 11 in Baltimore County.
June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his relevance as a thinker-activist today.
June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013 - Segment 2 - Actors Aldo Pantoja and LOVE the poet stop by to talk about the Baltimore Performance Kitchen's Romeo & Juliet, which features a diverse and dynamic cast that challenges our understanding of race and gender in this well-known story.
June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013 - Segment 1 - We hear reactions to the Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 6 - We close the show with a conversation on the best children's books of the summer. We are joined by Jessica Brown, Children's Services Coordinator for the Enoch Pratt Free Library; and Paula Willey, part-time librarian at the Parkville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 5 - We get a short update on the Bradley Manning trial. Army Private Bradley Manning is currently on trial at Ft. Meade, Maryland for his role in handing over classified material to WikiLeaks.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 4 - The Supreme Court ruled that key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act were unconstitutional, effectively extending federal marriage rights to same-sex couples in the states where same-sex marriage is legal.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 3 - Sarah Childress, reporter for the PBS investigative series Frontline, talks about her recent article on solitary confinement in the United States.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 2 - We discuss this week's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in higher education, sending a lawsuit challenging the University of Texas' affirmative action policy back to lower courts.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss this week's Supreme Court decision striking down provisions of the Voting Rights Act with Ari Berman, Aderson Francois, and Michael Higginbotham.
June 25, 2013
June 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - On another live episode of Sound Bites we continue our discussion of the Farm Bill, which the House of Representatives failed to pass last week. Then, we talk about the AMA's decision to classify obesity as a disease, get a report on dwindling shad populations in Maryland, and hear a recipe for gluten-free strawberry cupcakes.
June 25, 2013
June 25, 2013 - Hour 1 - Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein is in-studio to discuss the challenges facing Baltimore - including a high number of marijuana-related arrests - and solutions for the future.
June 25, 2013
June 24, 2013-Segment 5-Maryland State Delegate Bill Frick, joined us to talk about his run for the State Attorney General's seat.
June 25, 2013
June 24, 2013-Segment 3-Edward Snowden, computer analyst whistleblower who provided the Guardian with top-secret NSA documents leading to revelations about U.S. surveillance on phone and internet communications.
June 25, 2013
June 24, 2013-Segment 2-We look at workshops in Baltimore on racism, racial equity and social justice, conducted this summer by the Baltimore Racial Justice Action (BRJA) and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS).
June 25, 2013
June 24, 2013-Segment 1-We began the week with the high-profile trial of George Zimmerman, accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death last year of Trayvon Martin.
June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Lawrence Brown, assistant professor of public health at Morgan State University, and political activist Jude Lombardi talking about gentrification and displacement in Baltimore.
June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - We have our weekly round table on national headlines, including NSA surveillance, the Senate's debate over immigration reform, and the conflict and impending U.S. involvement in Syria.
June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We speak to Chris Brown, mother of Christopher Brown, mother of Christopher Brown - the Randallstown teen that was killed by James LaBoard - and Bryan Sears of the Patch about the not guilty verdict in the LaBoard trial decided last night.
June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013 - Segment 1 - We speak with Ben Crump, attorney representing Trayvon Martin's family, and Edward Wyckoff Williams, contributing editor to The Root, about the trial of George Zimmerman. A jury has finally been selected, and we discuss the larger implications of the outcome of this trial.
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013 - Segment 4 - A roundtable of guests analyzes local news and politics, including vacancies in the Baltimore police department, a statewide investigation into the corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center, and homicides in the city.
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013 - Segment 3 - Documentary filmmaker Kelly Anderson discusses her film My Brooklyn about gentrification in her neighborhood, which is showing tomorrow night in Baltimore.
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013 - Segment 2 - We talk climate change and its personal implications with reporter Julia Kumari Drapkin, who is the lead producer for iSeeChange at KVNF, a public media experiment in community environmental science reporting.
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss the update of the tool used to diagnose mental illness and recommend treatment: the DSM-5, the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - We end the show with a conversation on the Bradley Manning court martial with Nathan Fuller, who handles media for the Bradley Manning Support Network. Fuller has been attending the court martial at Fort Meade, Maryland.
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013 - Segment 2 - We turn to a conversation about black nationalism and its role in the political and cultural landscape today with Dr. Lester Spence, John Wesley, and Dr. Jeff Menzise.
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013 - Segment 1 - We honor Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, when the abolition of slavery was announced in Texas. Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor and renowned blues and gospel singer Lea Gilmore co-hosts a conversation about Juneteenth, as well as a celebration of classic female blues artists of the 1920s and 1930s.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 5 - On Sound Bites, we continue our dialogue on the Farm Bill, which has been passed in the Senate but is still under debate in the House, look at the Baltimore Free Farm's fight to keep lots from being sold by the city, visit a new farmer's market in Baltimore, Union Graze, and hear a recipe for spaghetti aglio e olio.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 4 - Robert McChesney provides his commentary on the NSA surveillance scandal and the "military digital complex" he says aided in the process. McChesney is the author of Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn our attention again to the situation in Turkey. We will talk to a number of activists demonstrating there, including Azim Turan, a Turkish citizen living in Istanbul.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Vaeth and his running mate Duane "Shorty" Davis.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 1 - We look back on this day in history, which includes the start of the War of 1812 and the date the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacked Fort Wagner, S.C.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Sgment 5-Devon Brown of Taharka Brothers ice cream, talking about their Kickstarter campaign to raise money for their new "Vehicle for Change" food and ice cream truck.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Segment 4-Our Sports Roundtable tackled the NBA Finals, violence in sports and more.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Segment 3-We turn to international news with a discussion on the U.S. increasing support for Syrian rebels and analysis of what the election of reformers means for Iran.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Segment 2-We were joined by Chris Brown, whose teenage son Christopher Brown was killed last year in a struggle with Baltimore County police officer James Laboard.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Segment 1-The growing controversy between Maryland State Department of Education, local school systems, and the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSEA) over teacher evaluations.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 6 - We close out the show with singer Marni Nixon, who is famous for dubbing the singing voices for lead actresses in films, including West Side Story, The King and I, and My Fair Lady.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 5 - Kashaun Cooper joins us to discuss his book The Champion Father, which focuses on the qualities that turn ordinary fathers into champion fathers.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 4 - Baltimore City educator and writer Iris Kirsch joins us to talk about a recent survey conducted by the Educators for Democratic Schools that indicates many teachers are dissatisfied with their current contracts.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 3 - Baltimore City Councilmembers join us to discuss local issues. Guests include: Mary Pat Clarke, Nick Mosby, Bill Henry, and Brandon Scott.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 2 - Hear from Robert Shahid, co-host of WEAA's Baltimore Blend, who will tell us about the event that WEAA will host next Wednesday, June 19, in partnership with the Creative Alliance: "1963: The Music and The Movement."
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 1 - We look back on this day in history, which includes the day Ethel Waters became the first black woman on television and the day Caribbean-American poet June Jordan passed away in 2002.
June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013 - Hour 2 - We turn to the stories of two writers: poet George Evans, who served as an Air Force medic, and the late Lynda Van Devanter, an Army surgical nurse in 1969 and 70.
June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013 - Hour 1 - We bring you the story of the five Gilchrest brothers, four of whom were actively involved with the war in some way but who had never discussed it among themselves before our interview.
June 12, 2013
June 12, 2013 - Segment 4 - we commemorate the passing of Dr. Homer Favor as we listen back to a very special conversation with original members of the Goon Squad, legendary civil rights activists from Baltimore.
June 12, 2013
June 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - We get an update on the George Zimmerman trial from Corey Dade and Edward Wyckoff Williams, Contributing Editors for The Root. George Zimmerman is on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin in Florida.