July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 - Segment 4 - We are joined by Marshall Bell, host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell on Radio One WOLB 1010-AM, who will tell us about his novel, Baltimore Blues - Harm City.
July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 - Segment 3 - We are joined by Maryland State Senator Brian Frosh, who represents the 16th District in Montgomery County. Yesterday he announced he will run for Maryland Attorney General.
July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013, Segment 2 - We begin a series of commentaries on the aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict with Mychal Denzel Smith, who recently wrote a piece for TheNation.com that asked "how long are we supposed to remain calm when the laws we are called on to respect are an open assault on our humanity?"
July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a discussion of Detroit's recent bankruptcy filing and its implications for Baltimore and the nation.
July 30, 2013
July 30, 2013 - Hour 1 - We host an education roundtable of guests to discuss whether there should be a moratorium on state standardized testing, and debate the coming Common Core curriculum.
July 30, 2013
Sound Bites: Warehouse-Raised Fish | McDonald’s & Fast Food Workers | Farmer Profile: Charles Wright
July 30, 2013 - Hour 2 - On a new edition of Sound Bites, we ask the question: as our waterways become more polluted, will fish be raised in warehouses in our cities? Then, we discuss fast food workers and hear a profile of an Eastern Shore farmer, Charles Wright.
July 30, 2013
July 29 2013-Segment 3-Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Sam Faddis discussing Edward Snowden and Congress attempt to cut funding for NSA.
July 30, 2013
July 29, 2013-Segment 2-We turn our focus to the controversial "Stand Your Ground" law. Joining us for this conversation will be John Nichols, writer for The Nation magazine; Danielle Belton, editor-at-large of Clutch Magazine Online; Jacob Sullum, Reason.com; and Horace Cooper, writer and legal commentator.
July 30, 2013
July 29, 2013-Segment-1We will take a look at the death of Tyrone West, a northeast Baltimore man who died in police custody week.
July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore. Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that 50 schools in the district will be closed, and Baltimore City's plan for the coming decade includes closing underutilized schools and placing emphasis on renovations and new school construction.
July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - Dr. Kimberly Moffitt sits in as our guest host for our weekly news round table. The panel discussion will focus on this week's release of the Maryland State Assessment scores, showing a slight decline statewide, and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on voting rights, among other topics.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss military culture in the wake of news that three high-ranking military officers tasked with preventing sexual assault were themselves accused of sexual assault.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013, Segment 2 - Fitness trainer and community activist Chauncey Whitehead and Willie Flowers, Executive Director of the PHCHA, share information about an upcoming Park Heights Community Health Alliance event -- a 5k run/walk through Park Heights this Saturday July 27th.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013, Segment 1 - We examine the critique that in the U.S. we focus on Eurocentric philosophies, and feature philosophers who are working to change that reality.
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013, Segment 3 - We speak with DeWayne Wickham, Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication.
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013 Segment 2 - We sit down with Shane Bauer, an independent journalist based in Oakland who wrote an article about solitary confinement for Mother Jones titled "Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside American Prisons."
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013 - Segment 1 - We speak with religious, ethical, and philosophical thinkers about violence in our country. Why is violence so omnipresent in our daily lives? Is the United States an exceptionally violent nation? What does it mean to create a more humane and just society?
July 25, 2013
July 23, 2013 - Segment 3- On this live episode of Sound Bites, we discuss urban farming with Five Seeds Farm and the Baltimore Free Farm, the Senate's amendments to the Farm Bill that would bar people convicted of violent crimes from receiving benefits for life, and fermentation with Sandor Katz.
July 25, 2013
July 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We talk to Stephanie Coontz, who teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia. We discuss her recent opinion piece in the New York Times, "Why Gender Equality Stalled", which marked the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and explored the structural challenges to gender equality today.
July 25, 2013
July 23, 2013 - Segment 1 - Manil Suri, Mathematics professor at University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and author of The Death of Vishnu and The Age of Shiva, joins us to talk about his newest novel, The City of Devi, a comedic love story that takes place on the brink of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We bring you an interview from this spring's CityLit Festival with Jamal Joseph, activist, urban guerrilla, FBI's most wanted fugitive, poet, and filmmaker, who discusses his memoir, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention.
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013 - Segment 2 -We speak with Lawrence Brown, assistant professor of public health at Morgan State University, and political activist Jude Lombardi talking about gentrification and displacement in Baltimore.
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013 - Segment 1 - The award-winning Amy Wilentz joins us to discuss her newest book, Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti. Wilentz tackles the objectification of Haiti’s victimization and searches for why Haitians – in the eyes of the West – are not seen as active controllers of their own destiny.
July 19, 2013
July 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - Bestselling and award-winning novelist Walter Mosley joins us in-studio to talk about his new book "Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery."
July 19, 2013
July 19, 2013 - Segment 2 - In light of the Zimmerman verdict, we'll speak with a number of men about who they were at the age of 17, the age that Trayvon Martin was when he was killed by George Zimmerman last year.
July 19, 2013
July 19, 2013 - Segment 1 - Actor and social commentator Keith Snipes sits in for Marc to host a roundtable on local news, including the Harbor Point development.
July 18, 2013
July 18, 2013 - Hour 2 - Since 2002, when it was first established as a non-profit, the Baltimore Outreach Services homeless shelter has been more than just temporary housing for homeless women and children; it has been a place of hope. Those who seek out B.O.S. for its twenty-four hour emergency shelter services are soon provided with the resources needed to move beyond unemployment and homelessness.
July 17, 2013
July 18, 2013 - Hour 1 - We discuss reports that indicate the City’s plan to demolish blocks of majority-vacant housing around the city, relocate the few residents living on those blocks, and construct community gardens in their place. We talk to a panel of experts about what this means for the future of Baltimore.
July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013 - Hour 2 - This year marks the 162nd anniversary of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Lea Gilmore joins us for a reading of that speech. Then, we discuss African American women and feminism with Lea Gilmore, dream hampton, Jodi Kelber-Kaye, and A. Adar Ayira.
July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013 - Hour 1 - Author Robert McChesney joins us to talk about his latest book, "Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy," about the relationship between economic power and the digital world.
July 16, 2013
July 16, 2013 - Hour 2 - It's another episode of Sound Bites! We begin the hour talking with two members of the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Work Group who hold very different perspectives, hear a delicious and healthy recipe for kale smoothies, and talk to Malik Yakini about his work in Detroit and racism in the food system and food movement.
July 16, 2013
We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Cambridge, Maryland by talking to residents who share their memories of the struggle for civil rights on the Eastern Shore.
July 15, 2013
July 15, 2013 - Hours 1 & 2 - Listen to our two-hour special on the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of all charges related to the killing of Trayvon Martin. We will discuss what this decision means, especially with regard to race and the justice system.
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with another candidate for Maryland's Attorney General, State Delegate Aisha Braveboy. We discuss her plans and philosophy.
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - Prepare to be swashbuckled, as we turn to the topic of African Americans in the sport of fencing! Fencing coach and internationally-ranked fencer Michael Douglas joins us along with Jamal Fenwick, whom he is training for international competition, to talk about this fascinating sport.
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 - Segment 2 - We focus on a story that is unfolding in Baltimore, as developers of the affluent Harbor Point are set to receive tax incentives because they have included the Perkins Homes, a low-income housing project that abuts Harbor Point, as part of their catchment area. Councilman Carl Stokes and others are holding hearings calling on the developers to invest at least $15.6 million in Perkins Homes.
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a national news roundtable. Among other issues, we will discuss the hunger strike taking place and the sterilization of women prisoners in the California prison system, and the recently passed anti-abortion laws in Texas and North Carolina.
July 11, 2013
July 11, 2013 - Segment 3 - A roundtable of black male artists joins us to talk art, masculinity, and the importance of exposing young minds to the arts.
July 11, 2013
July 11, 2013 - Segment 2 - We turn to Baltimore's Station North Arts and Entertainment District, which was the subject of a City Paper article, "Can Station North Save The City?" We discuss revitalization, gentrification, and the state of arts in the city.
July 11, 2013
July 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - We start the show with an update on the George Zimmerman murder trial from Corey Dade, contributing editor of The Root, where he has been covering the trial.
July 10, 2013
July 10, 2013 - Segment 2 - We take a look at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, which is happening this weekend at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland. In addition, we talk with participants of the Green Valley Samaritan project, a group of volunteers in Arizona who go out into the desert to provide water for and assist migrants trying to cross the border from Mexico to the U.S.
July 10, 2013
July 10, 2013 - Segment 1 - We have a conversation about community and police reactions to the escalation of violence in Baltimore City over the past few weeks. We examine initiatives such as last weekend's 300 Man March, and discuss what is being done to combat violence in our community.
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss what the newly-negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the EU means for our food, what a Bay-wide nutrient trading program could mean for the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and take a trip through the Delmarva peninsula with Tom Horton and Bill Nelson.
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013 - Segment 2 - We turn to Egypt, where massive political unrest continues and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was removed from office last week.
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin with a discussion on the interest rates on student loans, which doubled last week after Congress left for the summer without voting to extend low rates on federally-subsidized Stafford loans.
July 9, 2013
July 8, 2013-Segment-3-Freelance journalist Milton Kent and Ali Danois, Senior Editor of Bounce Magazine discuss the murder charges filed against former NFL player Aaron Hernandez and the Orioles' season so far.
July 9, 2013
July 8, 2013-Segment 2-We shift to a national and international roundtable, discussing Edward Snowden and NSA surveillance, the George Zimmerman trial, and more.
July 9, 2013
July 8, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our week with a local politics roundtable, and discuss activism to curtail violence in the city and discuss controversial development projects like Harbor Point.
July 8, 2013
July 5, 2013 - Hour 2 - We rebroadcast our inspiring interview with the amazing Dr. Temple Grandin. Author, professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and a consultant on animal behavior to the livestock industry, Grandin talks about her latest book, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum.
July 8, 2013
July 5, 2013 - Hour 1 - We rebroadcast our interview with Olympian and human rights activist John Carlos and David Zirin, co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World.