November 2013

November 27, 2013

Can Baltimore Become Bike-Friendly?

November 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with a special archive edition, as we look back at an article published in Urbanite magazine, claiming that promoting bike-friendliness in cities can effect social change. The article cited that the murder rate in Bogota, Colombia, dropped 76 percent after that city became bike-conscious.
November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving Recipes: Traditional, Vegan & Creative Takes on Your Favorite Holiday Foods

November 27, 2013 - Segment 2 - With Thanksgiving a day away, we are joined by Donavan Murphy, owner of Island Quizine; Adam Pierce, Executive Chef at Great Sage, and Chef Mac Alonzo Lee of All Those Blues to share great holiday recipes.
November 27, 2013

Staying Fit During The Holiday Season

November 27, 2013 - Segment 1 - As the holiday season begins, fitness professional and community activist Chauncey Whitehead; professional trainer and bodybuilder Ernestine Shepherd; and registered dietician Angela Ginn-Meadow join us with tips for staying fit and healthy.
November 27, 2013

Sound Bites: History of Ag Policy Since 1980s | Controversy Surrounding Fracking | Recipe: BlackSauce Kitchen’s Short Ribs

November 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - On this week's episode of Sound Bites, we hear about the history of agricultural policy in the US since the 1980s, gain a deeper understanding of the controversy surrounding fracking, and hear a brand new recipe for short ribs from BlackSauce Kitchen.
November 27, 2013

The Color Line: Living On A Diverse Baltimore Block

November 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - We discuss what it means to live on a diverse block in a city that's still very divided along racial lines, as we follow-up on an article that Joan Jacobson wrote in the Urbanite magazine "The Color Line," and talk with residents who have made their homes on a diverse block on East Baltimore Street in the Patterson Park neighborhood.
November 27, 2013

Barbara Ransby’s “Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson”

November 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - Scholar, activist, and author Barbara Ransby will talk about her latest book, Eslanda:The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a biography on the wife of famed actor and activist Paul Robeson.
November 25, 2013

The World Of The Play: Red

November 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We're launching another new series today called The World of the Play. Marc is moderating a panel at Everyman Theatre for every play this season, and the first one happened last weekend. The panel was about the play currently showing at Everyman Theatre, Red, about the painter Mark Rothko and his assistant. The panelists are: Kristen Hileman, Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art; Donald Hicken, Director of Red; and Daniel Ettinger, Scenic Designer of Red.
November 25, 2013

Countdown To The Annapolis Summit: Stormwater

November 22, 2013 - Segment 2 - We hear the first installment of our new series Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. We discuss the Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program, which is popularly known--especially by its critics--as the Rain Tax. We're joined by Delegate Maggie McIntosh, who represents the 43rd Legislative District in Baltimore City; and Harford County Executive David Craig, who is also a gubernatorial candidate.
November 25, 2013

Theatre Project: Garbage For Plums

November 21, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with the newest production at the Baltimore Theatre Project, "Garbage for Plums," based on a traditional Bulgarian folklore fairy tale about a man who wanted to find a good and caring wife for himself and chose a rather strange but clever way to go about it.
November 25, 2013

The Doc & The Dug: Music Legends Share Tunes

November 21, 2013 - Segment 4 - Stay tuned for a special treat when Baltimore music legend Milton Dugger, founder of Gumption Records, joins us to celebrate his 50th anniversary as the Baron of Soul, and is joined by another musical treasure: Dr. Doo Wop!
November 25, 2013

Mel Goodman’s “National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism”

November 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - We talk with Mel Goodman, Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and a former Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State, about his new book National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism.
November 25, 2013

Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

November 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a look at the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond. Hammond, who was involved with hacking the intelligence organization Strategic Forecasting in 2011, was sentenced earlier this week to 10 years in prison.
November 25, 2013

Day in History: November 21

November 21, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Columbine Massacre, the day six Colorado coal miners striking for better working conditions under the IWW banner were killed, and the birthdays of French philosopher Voltaire and surrealist painter René Magritte.
November 21, 2013

Gubernatorial Candidate Del. Heather Mizeur Announces Marijuana Legalization Plan for Maryland

November 20, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with an interview with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Delegate Heather Mizeur, on her just-announced plan to legalize and regulate marijuana.
November 21, 2013

Sleep Out for Housing Justice in Baltimore

November 20, 2013 - Segment 4 - We discuss the "Sleep Out for Housing Justice," to be held this weekend, November 23 at 5:00pm, an annual event that culminates the local efforts for National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week and features educational programming, a meal for the entire community, and a public forum for dialogue.
November 21, 2013

Bill Ayers – “Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident”

November 20, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our Wednesday morning show with a conversation with Bill Ayers, retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and co-founder of the the Weather Underground. Ayers talks about his new book, Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident.
November 21, 2013

Day In History: November 20

November 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day New Jersey became the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights, President Kennedy issued an executive order barring racial discrimination in federally financed housing, and Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.
November 20, 2013

Sound Bites: MDA Pulls Phosphorus Management Regs | Whitelock Community Farm Expands | Recipe: Sweet Potato Biscuits From Blacksauce

November 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we look at the Maryland Department of Agriculture's decision to withdraw proposed phosphorus management regulations. We also hear about a community event taking place at Whitelock Community Farm in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, and hear a recipe for sweet potato biscuits from Damian Mosley of Blacksauce Kitchen.
November 19, 2013

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts

November 19, 2013 - Segment 2 - Hear our interview with Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts. We discuss issues facing Baltimore, including murders in the city, gang violence, police training, and officer-involved shootings.
November 19, 2013

Day In History: November 19

November 19, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Puerto Rico's "Day of Discovery," Mali's Liberation Day, and Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize, celebrating the settlement of the Garifuna people in Belize after being exiled from the Grenadines by the British army.
November 19, 2013

National News Roundup: Healthcare and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

November 18, 2013 - Segment 3 - On this week's National News Roundup, we talk healthcare and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), with Bob Somerby, Dr. Anne McCarthy, and Edward Wyckoff Williams.
November 19, 2013

Race, Justice & Culture: Renisha McBride, Marissa Alexander and “Knockout”

November 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show Monday morning with a look at a number of current stories that reflect upon issues of race, justice, and our culture. Topics include the case of Renisha McBride, the 19-year old Michigan woman who was fatally shot in the face by a homeowner after her car broke down and she walked onto his porch seeking help.
November 19, 2013

Day In History: November 18

November 18, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico, the day Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member, was convicted of first degree murder in connection with the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and the day Man Ray died.
November 19, 2013

The Life and Work of Artist Romare Bearden

November 15, 2013 - Segment 4 - Marc and co-host Lea Gilmore discuss the life and work of artist Romare Bearden with Leslie King-Hammond, who gave a lecture about Romare Bearden and women as agents of change, authority and beauty. Click here for a collection of images of Bearden's work.
November 19, 2013

Rebecca Walker’s “Adé: A Love Story”

November 15, 2013 - Segment 3 - Marc talks to Rebecca Walker about her newest novel, Adé: A Love Story. She was named by Time Magazine as one of the fifty most influential American leaders under forty and she received the Woman Who Could Be President award from the League of Women Voters.
November 19, 2013

Shared Weight: The Artist Born Of War

November 15, 2013 - Segment 2 - Artists reveal how their work was born of war. Featured are authors Tim O’Brien ("The Things They Carried"), Bao Ninh (The Sorrow of War), and Wayne Karlin (Crossover, Lost Armies).
November 19, 2013

Day In History: November 15

November 15, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the founding convention of the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions in Pittsburgh, the day Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opened, and the day the Amistad Research Center was incorporated as a research library.
November 19, 2013

Jarvis Tyner on “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners”

November 14, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out our show at 10:30 with a discussion on an important movie that will be shown Thursday night at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. We will talk with Jarvis Tyner, long time friend of Angela Davis, Executive Vice-Chair of the Communist Party USA and founding member of the Black Radical Congress.
November 19, 2013

Dr. Philip J. Merrill’s “An Artifactual Journey: From Slavery to Civil Rights”

November 14, 2013 - Segment 3 - We talk with historian, writer, appraiser and collector Dr. Philip J. Merrill about an exhibit at Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum, The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard & Shirley Kinsey - Where Art & History Intersect.
November 14, 2013

State of Public Education in Baltimore

November 14, 2013 - Segment 2 - In the wake of the announcement that Baltimore City is planning to close seven city schools, we begin our show with a roundtable discussion on education in Baltimore. In addition to the school closings, we will discuss the 10-year school construction plan as well as a recent report that Baltimore City suspended Pre-K students at a rate far higher than any other district in Maryland last year.
November 14, 2013

Day in History: November 14

November 14, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the death of Booker T. Washington, the founding of the Washington Society of Colored Dentists, and the day Ray Charles went No. 1 with "Georgia On My Mind."
November 14, 2013

Adjuncts: The New Working Poor?

November 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - Part-time, or "adjunct," instructors comprise 50% of all faculty members at U.S. colleges. These instructors often have no benefits, no job security, and low pay. The Baltimore Sun recently reported that local community colleges are cutting the hours of adjunct professors to avoid complying with the Affordable Care Act.
November 14, 2013

This Week in City Paper

November 13, 2013 - Segment 3 - We take a look at this week's City Paper, with Baynard Woods, Senior Editor. This week's features include a look at homeless policy ("Gimme Shelter") and a story about how police lied for Baltimore raid warrant to arrest an innocent man.
November 14, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Why is Homeless Policy So Disconnected from the Daily Struggle of People Trying to Find a Place to Stay?

November 13, 2013 - Segment 2 - We examine the dichotomy between homeless policy and the actual struggle facing homeless persons on a daily basis.
November 14, 2013

Day in History: November 13

November 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including a Western Federation of Miners strike crushed in 1914, the US Supreme Court decision making segregated busses illegal, and the day President George W. Bush signed an executive order allowing military tribunals for foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts on the United States.
November 12, 2013

Sound Bites: Food Safety Modernization Act | GMOs & Public Opinion | Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference

November 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin the newest episode of our series on the food system, Sound Bites, talking about the Food Safety Modernization Act. Then we talk about the GMO labeling measure that failed in Washington and hear a report back from the Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners conference.
November 12, 2013

Day In History: November 12

November 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of Bukka White, the day the treaty of the Durand Line was signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the day Ellis Island in New York closed.
November 12, 2013

Controversy Over Proposed Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas Export Terminal

November 11, 2013 - Segment 5 - We take a look at the controversy over the proposed Cove Point liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Maryland, owned by Dominion Resources. If approved, the terminal would be used to export fracked natural gas, piped in from Appalachia, to India and Japan.
November 12, 2013

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Chris Hedges

November 11, 2013 - Segment 4 - Marc talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, former Middle East bureau chief for the New York Times, senior fellow at The Nation Institute, and the author of twelve books, including "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," a collaboration with comic artist Joe Sacco. Hedges will be the featured speaker on November 12 at McDaniel College's Ira G. Zepp Memorial Social-Justice Lecture.
November 12, 2013

On Veterans Day – The Human Cost Of War: High Rates Of Suicide Among Veterans

November 11, 2013 - Segment 3 - Happy Veterans Day to all those who have served our nation in the armed forces. To honor this day we will begin our show with a look at a sad but very real phenomenon: the high rate of suicides among veterans.
November 12, 2013

Israeli Knesset Debating Prawer Plan, Which Would Remove 40,000+ Bedouin Citizens From Ancestral Homelands

November 11, 2013 - Segment 2 - Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, joins us to talk about the Israeli Knesset's Prawer Plan, a proposal to forcibly remove over 40,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral homelands, which is currently being debated.
November 12, 2013

Day in History: November 11

November 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Veterans Day, the day of Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War, and the day Louis Armstrong recorded the first of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings that influenced the direction of jazz.
November 12, 2013

Daniel Ellsberg: The Most Dangerous Man In America

November 8, 2013 - Segment 4 - Daniel Ellsberg joined Marc to discuss the new film about his life: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. In 1970, Ellsberg was responsible for releasing the secret U.S.government report that documented illegal US involvement in Vietnam, documents that have become known as the Pentagon Papers.
November 12, 2013

Bill Grimmette Performs Carl Murphy’s Editorials

November 8, 2013 - Segment 3 - Enjoy these three editorials, written by Carl Murphy and read by master storyteller Bill Grimmette. The editorials deal with the Republican Party's campaign in the South, the Brown v. Board of Education Ruling, and the 1963 March on Washington.
November 12, 2013

New Muslim Cool: Hip Hop & Social Change

November 8, 2013 - Segment 2 - Marc speaks with hip hop artist and Muslim-American Hamza Perez, subject of the documentary New Muslim Cool. He speaks about the growing population of Latino Muslims and what it means to make music for social change.
November 12, 2013

Day in History: November 8

November 8, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the New Orleans general strike, wherein black and white American trade unionists united in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time, the creation of the Civil Works Administration during the Great Depression, and the birthday of journalist Dorothy Day.