October 2013

October 31, 2013
Aging in Place
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CAPABLE: Helping Elders Age In Place

October 31, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a look at a Johns Hopkins School of Nursing study and program that is helping elderly low-income individuals to remain functional and continue to live in their homes. The program is called Community Aging in Place - Advancing Better Living for Elders, or CAPABLE.
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October 31, 2013
Emery Jones
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Bending Time: The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder

October 31, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's time for The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder! National Book Award-winning novelist and scholar Dr. Charles Johnson will be talking about the book that he and his daughter co-authored, the first in a series, titled Bending Time: The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder (Volume 1), about a Black child prodigy and scientific “whiz kid.”
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October 31, 2013
Ethel Ennis
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Ethel Ennis and Cyrus Chestnut at An Die Musik

October 31, 2013 - Segment 2 - We bring you a special musical treat – Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz Ethel Ennis will be in-studio along with her husband, writer and former Baltimore Sun reporter Earl Arnett, and pianist, songwriter, producer, and Baltimore native Cyrus Chestnut.
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October 31, 2013
Ghosts of World War II
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This Week In The Baltimore City Paper

October 30, 2013 - Segment 5 - Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods gives us an update on what's in the City Paper this week, including a feature, including "The Ghosts of World War II: Baltimore writer Wil Hylton goes deep to solve a decades-old mystery."
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October 31, 2013
Keisha Scarville photography
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Nueva Luz Journal: The Work of Guyanese Women Photographers

October 30, 2013 - Segment 4 - Grace Aneiza Ali, founder and editorial director of OF NOTE Magazine; Miriam Romais, Editor of the Nueva Luz Journal; and Keisha Scarville, Photographer; join us to talk about this issue of Nueva Luz, which features under-the-radar Guyanese women photographers and their work.
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October 31, 2013
Family of Tyrone West, man killed by Baltimore Police
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The Family Of Tyrone West Still Searching For Answers

October 30, 2013 - Segment 3 - Family members of Tyrone West, a man killed by the police on July 18th, join us again to talk about their search for answers from the Medical Examiners Office and the Baltimore Police Department.
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October 31, 2013
Hurricane Sandy
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One Year Since Hurricane Sandy: The Challenges That Remain and Climate Change

October 30, 2013 - Segment 2 - We reflect on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a super storm that caused massive damage on the East Coast. We talk about the challenges those affected are still facing in the year after the storm and what it says about climate change.
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October 31, 2013
Nat Turner
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October 30: Day In History

October 30, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility was published, the day Nat Turner was captured, and the day Orson Wells caused mass hysteria with a radio broadcast.
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October 30, 2013
Gather Baltimore
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Sound Bites: Black Farmers Lawsuit, Spying Grocery Shelves, And Gleaning With Gather Baltimore

October 30, 2013 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we hear about a lawsuit involving discrimination against black farmers, spying devices on grocery shelves, and produce gleaning on local farms.
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October 30, 2013
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Healthcare Is A Human Right March

October 30, 2013 - Segment 3 - We hear the voices of participants of the Healthcare Justice March that took place in Baltimore Saturday, interviewed by former Steiner Show producer Cricket Arrison. We hear from Sergio Espana, the statewide organizer for Healthcare is a Human Right-Maryland, as well as speakers from the healthcare rally before the march, some of the participants at the march, and the amazing beats of the Baltimore Christian Warriors Marching Band.
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October 28, 2013
OSI Baltimore
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OSI-Baltimore Celebrates Its 15-Year Anniversary

October 28, 2013 - Segment 4 - We acknowledge the 15th Anniversary of Open Society Institute-Baltimore, with: Diana Morris, Director of OSI-Baltimore; and Judge Andre Davis, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and is an OSI-Baltimore board member.
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October 28, 2013
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Baltimore City Public Schools: Constructing Community Spaces

October 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the Baltimore City school construction plan and discuss Transform Baltimore's City Public Schools 21st-Century Building Design Expo coming up at Morgan State University.
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October 28, 2013
Lou Reed
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October 28: Day In History

October 28, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the establishment of Harvard University, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in NY, and the Black Monday Wall Street Crash of 1929, among many other things. We also honor the legacy of the Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, who passed away yesterday.
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October 25, 2013
healthcare
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Healthcare Is A Human Right

October 25, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the week talking about the march this weekend sponsored by Healthcare is a Human Right, and the precedent set in Vermont, which has a statewide single-payer health system.
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October 25, 2013
Dedrick-Muhammad
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Dedrick Muhammad

October 25, 2013 - Segment 4 - Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director of the Economic Department and Executive Director of the Financial Freedom Center at the NAACP, joins us to provide commentary on a study released last week out of Stanford University, finding that the "segregation of families by socioeconomic status" -- i.e., the rich living among the rich and the poor living among the poor -- has increased rapidly in recent decades.
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October 25, 2013
synthetic
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City Paper: Federal Designer Drug Laws Hit Maryland

October 25, 2013 - Segment 3 - Baltimore City Paper writer Van Smith joins us to talk about his latest feature for the City Paper, which covers the federal crackdown on designer drugs happening in Maryland and around the country.
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October 25, 2013
EVANDER-KO-BUSTER
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October 25: Day In History

October 25, 2013 - Segment 2 - We look back at the day in history, including a strike in Patterson, New Jersey, Evander Holyfield knocking out James "Buster" Douglas to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and Nelson Mandela being sentenced to five years in prison
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October 25, 2013
City Hall
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Local News Roundtable

October 25, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin with a local news roundtable. Our topics include: the debate over the panhandling bill introduced by Baltimore Councilwoman Rikki Spector; the closing of Santoni's market, which their owner blamed on the bottle tax; controversy over the proposed CSX rail facility in Morrell Park; and why the autopsy is taking so long in the Tyrone West case.
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October 24, 2013
Rosa Parks
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Jeanne Theoharis on Anniversary of Rosa Parks’ Death

October 24, 2013 - Segment 6 - We listen back to an interview with Jeanne Theoharis about her new book The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. The book is the first critical biography of Parks, and it is revealing and comprehensive, exploring her activism before, during, and after her famous act of protest in 1955.
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October 24, 2013
Towson-Debaters
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Towson University Debate Team Takes Threat Report Against Faculty & Staff Public

October 24, 2013 - Segment 5 - Dayvon Love of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, and Ameena Ruffin, current member of the Towson University Debate Team, discuss incidents documented in Love's "Why you shouldn't send your Black and Brown children to Towson University."
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October 24, 2013
Drone strikes in Pakistan
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Mixed Reactions: U.S. Drone Strikes In Pakistan

October 24, 2013 - Segment 4 - On the heels of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with President Barack Obama to press for an end to drone strikes, we continue our conversations about the U.S. Government's use of drones.
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October 24, 2013
Registered Dietitian Angela Ginn-Meadow
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Health & Wellness: Fitness Activist Chauncey Whitehead and Dietitian Angela Ginn-Meadow

October 24, 2013 - Segment 2 - It's our regular show on fitness and health with Chauncey Whitehead, trainer and community fitness activist. He is joined by Angela Ginn-Meadow, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator.
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October 24, 2013
Rosa Parks
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Day In History: October 24

October 24, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including National Workers Demand a Raise Day, the "Black Thursday" stock market crash in 1929, the "Bloody Friday" stock declines in 2008, and the anniversary of the death of Rosa Parks.
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October 24, 2013
Everyman Theatre High School Summer Acting Intensive
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Everyman Theatre’s High School Acting Intensive

October 23, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with students from Everyman Theatre’s High School Summer Acting Intensive, performing scenes from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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October 24, 2013
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Edward Wyckoff Williams On The New Trayvon Martins

October 23, 2013 - Segment 3 - Edward Wyckoff Williams, contributing editor for The Root and commentator of MSNBC and Al Jazeera America, joins us to discuss his latest article, Black Boys Are Not Safe on Our Streets. In it he interviews Benjamin Crump, attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, about the recent brutal slayings of two young black men.
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October 24, 2013
jacob_bender
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Jacob Bender: A Jewish Leader Of The Council On American Islamic Relations

October 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We meet filmmaker and activist Jacob Bender. He recently became the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Chapter of CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations. Jacob Bender, who is Jewish, is the highest ranking non-Muslim in the Washington-based organization, and the first to lead one of its chapters.
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October 24, 2013
Chicken nuggets
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Sound Bites: Food Stamp Challenge | What’s In That Chicken Nugget? | Local Turkeys For Thanksgiving

October 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We look at Maryland Hunger Solution's Food Stamp Challenge, on the latest edition of Sound Bites! We also look at what's inside that chicken nugget and learn about a duo that's raising turkeys locally.
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October 23, 2013
The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
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This Day In History: October 22

October 22, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation that has been mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest and the birthdays of songwriter James A. Bland and author Dorris Lessing.
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October 22, 2013
Karl Marx
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Could 21st Century Capitalism And Marxist Theory Coexist?

October 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We reflect on our economic landscape and pose the question: was Marx right? We think about whether or not Marx has a place in today’s world and the future of the economy with a panel of economists and social scientists.
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October 22, 2013
drooker
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Philosophers’ Roundtable On Violence

October 21, 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? Can it be done? And how do we do it here?
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October 18, 2013
Jamal Joseph
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Jamal Joseph – Panther Baby: A Life Of Rebellion And Reinvention

October 18, 2013 - Hour 2 - 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. He is currently chair of Columbia's School of the Arts film division.
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October 17, 2013
Author Andrea Stuart unpacks her family story, which is inextricably woven into the history of the sugar trade in the Caribbean.
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Andrea Stuart – Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s History of Slavery and Empire

October 17, 2013 - Hour 2 - Author Andrea Stuart talks about her book Sugar in the Blood: A Family's History of Slavery and Empire, which details the history of both sides - black and white, master and slave - of her Caribbean family, dating back to a sugar plantation in the 1630s.
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October 17, 2013
Ted Cruz, Government Shutdown
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Last Minute Deal To Avoid Government Shutdown: What It Means For US Credibility

October 17, 2013 - Hour 1 - Even though the Senate proposed a last-minute deal today to avert a default on the national debt, it offers only a temporary solution. We talk about the debt ceiling, the shutdown, and where we go from here.
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October 16, 2013
Baltimore Blues: Harm City by Marshall C. Bell
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Marshall Bell on Baltimore Blues: Harm City

October 16, 2013 - Hour 2 - We are joined in-studio by Marshall C. Bell, host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell on WOLB-AM and managing partner of The Bell Group, LLC, to talk about his latest novel, Baltimore Blues: Harm City.
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October 16, 2013
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
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Banned Books Week: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Toni Morrison’s Beloved & More!

October 16, 2013 - Hour 1 - Have you ever read Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved? Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner? Captain Underpants? Then you have read a banned book! We observe Banned Books Week, a week celebrating the freedom to read.
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October 15, 2013
Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat
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Sound Bites – Michael Moss on Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

October 15, 2013 - Hour 2 - In the latest episode of Sound Bites, we look at how "Big Food" has lured us into eating high-fat, low-nutrition foods over the past century, when Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss joins us to discuss his book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
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October 11, 2013
Afghanistan
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George Zornick: Washington Finally Pays Attention to Afghanistan—for All the Wrong Reasons

October 11, 2013 - Segment 6 - We have a special report from George Zornick, writer for The Nation, on the 12th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. His piece is titled, "Washington Finally Pays Attention to Afghanistan—for All the Wrong Reasons."
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October 11, 2013
climate change
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Mark Hertsgaard On Climate Change

October 11, 2013 - Segment 5 - Stay tuned at 10:00 when we turn to climate change and some recent encouraging trends, with Mark Hertsgaard, fellow of the New America Foundation, and author, most recently, of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.
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