January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - January is National Mentoring Month, and we close out the show with a discussion about trauma and PTSD in our young people, and how mentoring helps.
January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to our interview with CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman and activist from Minneapolis, and Katie Burgess, Executive Director of Trans Youth Support Network in Minneapolis. McDonald was released from prison on January 13th after serving 19 months for her alleged involvement in stabbing a man with scissors.
January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 - Segment 2 - We visit the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum! We tour the museum withDr. Joanne Martin, the museum's President, and CEO, who co-founded the museum with her late husband Elmer. As we walked through the museum and enjoy the exhibits, we also talk about the museum's plan to transform itself into an anchor in East Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood.
January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, the day James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" was published, and the day Slim Harpo died.
January 31, 2014
January 30, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a special treat, when Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, Founder of the American Visionary Art Museum, joins us to talk about AVAM's current exhibit and its 2014 Gala Celebration honoring Ray Kurzweil, to be held Thursday night!
January 31, 2014
January 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the topic of violence, its representation in the media and culture, masculinity's role in violence, and violence's effects on our youth.
January 31, 2014
January 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have our monthly discussion on health and fitness with activist and personal trainer Chauncey Whitehead and Miss Ernestine Shepherd, the World's Oldest Female Body Builder! Their special guest will be Dr. James E. Wood, Jr., Chief of Orthopedics at MedStar Harbor Hospital in Baltimore.
January 31, 2014
January 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the bombing of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott, the formation of the Harlem Globetrotters, and Bloody Sunday, the day British Paratroopers opened fire on and killed fourteen unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry, Ireland.
January 30, 2014
January 29, 2014 - Segment 5 - We preview the 2nd Charm City Langston Hughes Literary Forum and Book Fair, which will take place Saturday, February 1, at the New Shiloh Baptist Church, with historian Lou Fields and law professor Larry Gibson.
January 30, 2014
January 29, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk with Ras Tre Subira, Executive Director of Black Mission Media and Director at HABESHA, Inc., about The Griot's Eye Youth Film and Culture Festival, which will be held this Saturday, February 1, at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
January 30, 2014
January 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - We begin the second hour of our show with our weekly feature, This Week in City Paper with Senior Editor Baynard Woods.
January 30, 2014
January 29, 2014 - Segment 2 - Did you listen to President Obama's State of the Union Address? Our panel discusses the address, its highlights, the facts behind it, and what was missing.
January 30, 2014
January 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day in 1889 six thousand railway workers went on strike for a union and the end of the 18-hour day, the birthday of Oprah Winfrey, and the day blues legend Willie Dixon died.
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're talking food and farming, in our newest edition of Sound Bites! SB finds its patron saint, we learn about the beginnings of a Delmarva food hub, we ask the question: Do GMOs matter?, and hear about a new project seeking to reduce energy expenditures on the Eastern Shore.
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - We sit down to talk with bestselling author, award-winning filmmaker, hip-hop artist, and professor MK Asante about his memoir Buck. Asante will be speaking Wednesday night at Red Emma's.
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - Did you see the clip of Richard Sherman after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers in last week's NFC Championship game? He's been called a "thug" by some, while others have come to his defense. What do you think, and why is this discussion important?
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Zora Neale Hurston died, the date the Free Africa Society was organized in Philadelphia, and the day the first African-American state legislator was elected, Crystal Bird Fauset.
January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014 - Segment 4 - We take an in-depth look at what is happening in Egypt today, especially in the wake of this weekend's violence in Cairo. We begin with a look at Egypt on the third anniversary of the revolution, and then move to an analysis of Egypt and Tunisia and the state of the Arab Spring.
January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014 - Segment 3 - We move to politics, with a review and commentaries on Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's final State of the State Address, issued last week. Our panel includes: Marta Mossburg, Visiting Fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute and syndicated columnist; Charles Robinson, political and business correspondent for Maryland Public Television; and Bryan Sears, government reporter for The Daily Record.
January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014 - Segment 2 - On Saturday, Columbia, Maryland, tragically joined the ranks of cities across the country that have experienced shootings and murders in public places. We begin our week with a look at that terrifying act, with: Carrie Wells, Higher Education and General Assignment reporter for the Baltimore Sun; and Howard County Executive and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Ken Ulman.
January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the launch of the 2011 Yemeni revolution, and the death of historian Howard Zinn.
January 27, 2014
January 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We hear the second installment in our World of the Play series, where we partner with Everyman Theatre to delve deeply into the themes addressed in each of their plays this season.You'll hear the panel Marc moderated on Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley's play about three sisters in Mississippi. When the play was released in the early eighties, women playwrights were produced far less often than their male counterparts. Over thirty years later, there are still gender inequalities in the theater. Why aren't women playwrights being heard on our stages?
January 27, 2014
January 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a visit to Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis African American History and Culture Museum to spend some time in their current exhibit, The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard & Shirley Kinsey - Where Art & History Intersect. It's a treasure trove of art and artifacts - including letters from Zora Neale Hurston and antique photographs - chronicling over 400 years of African American history and culture and telling the often-untold story of African American achievement and contribution to our society.
January 27, 2014
January 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including a slave uprising in Brazil, the shooting Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, by the Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich, and the shooting of Ozie Powell, a Scottsboro boy, the day after he is sentences to 75 years.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 6 - We close out the show with a celebration of the new location of Single Carrot Theatre, with Kellie Mecleary, Interim Artistic Director for Single Carrot; and Alix Fenhangen, Director of The Flu Season, which just opened this week.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 4 - The Maryland Legislature is in session, and we look at a Maryland House bill that would improve police training by provisions including: requiring re-certification for life-saving skills; increasing sensitivity to cultural and gender diversity; and others. The proposed law is being called Christopher's Law in memory of Christopher Brown, a Randallstown teenager who was killed in 2012 by a Baltimore County police officer.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 4 - Allison Kilkenny, co-host of Citizen Radio and contributing reporter for The Nation, joins us for a commentary about Moral Monday protests that have spread from North Carolina to Georgia.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We consider the power of technology to build a stronger Africa, with Marieme Jamme, CEO of SpotOne Global Solutions.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a look at a recent NAACP report on diversity and inclusion in the consumer banking industry with Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director of the Economic Department and Executive Director of the Financial Freedom Center at the NAACP.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Bounty Day, the day Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor, and the birthday of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
January 23, 2014
January 22, 2014 - Segment 4 - Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods joins us for our weekly look at what's in this issue of the City Paper.
January 23, 2014
January 22, 2014 - Segment 3 - Last year, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that individuals have a right to have an attorney present at bail hearings. There is some question, though, of how this ruling will be implemented. We discuss indigent defense and bail reform in Maryland with Doug Colbert, professor at the University of Maryland's Carey School of Law; Baltimore County States Attorney Scott Shellenberger; Tom Maronick, attorney and host of "The Tom Moore Show" on AM 680 WCBM; and Paul deWolfe, Maryland Public Defender.
January 23, 2014
January 22, 2014 - Segment 2 - Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts joins us in studio for a conversation on crime, policing, and the quality of life in Baltimore.
January 23, 2014
January 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the creation of the Central Intelligence Group, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, David Bowie coming out as bisexual, and the births of Nat Turner, Antonio Gramsci, and Sam Cooke.
January 21, 2014
January 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's the newest episode in our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites! We discuss the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' victory with Wal*Mart, which announced it would join the Fair Food Program. Then, we talk about marketing "less bad food" to Millenials, and the legacy of George Washington Carver, misunderstood but incredibly important inventor and agricultural contributor.
January 21, 2014
January 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the legalization of marijuana in Maryland. Our first panel of guests features members of the Marijuana Policy Coalition of Maryland. Then, we talk to delegates about the politics of marijuana passing this session.
January 21, 2014
January 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Fanny Jackson Coppin, one of the first black women to graduate from college, passed away, Altagracia Day in the Dominican Republic, and the birthday of musician Richie Havens.
January 21, 2014
January 20, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue our Martin Luther King Jr. Day special with an examination of King's legacy. We talk with young social justice activists about how his life influences their work today.
January 21, 2014
January 20, 2014 - Segment 2 - Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We begin with a look at Dr. King's lesser-known speeches, reflecting upon a side of him that is often not remembered.
January 21, 2014
January 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc explores some of the events that happened today in history, including the birth of Leadbelly, the foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union, the 1954 establishment of the National Negro Network, and the death of Etta James.
January 18, 2014
January 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We close out the week with a conversation Marc hosted last week at the Enoch Pratt Free Library with husband and wife political commentators James Carville and Mary Matalin, about their new book, Love and War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters, and One Louisiana Home. You will hear this power couple talk about his ADHD, her love of stray cats, and more!
January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - We remember the life of Robert Chew, the Baltimore native who has portrayed the east Baltimore drug lord Proposition Joe on the hit HBO series The Wire. Prop Joe, as he came to be known, was an iconic figure that represented a time in Baltimore where the drug trade was less violent and bloody, when word was bond, and “The Game” was something very different than what it is today. Robert Chew died a year ago today.
January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc discusses some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the start of the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, President Eisenhower's last speech as president of the United States in which he warned against what he called the “military-industrial complex” and strongly urged people to seek peace, and the murders of Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins in 1969.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk to national journalists about important news you may have missed, including Sarah van Gelder and Edward Wyckoff Williams.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at the American Studies Association's academic boycott of Israel, with Peter Beinart and Dr. Steven Salaita.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 2 - John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation, joins us to share his insight on important national news topics, including the Chris Christie controversy, net neutrality and more.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day the first grammar of the Spanish language was presented to Queen Isabella I, the day Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, and the day Bea Booze's "See See Rider" went #1 on what would become the R&B Chart.
January 16, 2014
January 15, 2014 - Segment 5 - Baynard Woods, Senior Editor of Baltimore’s City Paper, joins us to talk about what's in this week's issue of the City Paper.
January 16, 2014
January 15, 2014 - Segment 4 - We continue our Cultural Crossroads conversation with Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor and chanteuse extraordinaire Lea Gilmore! Why were there no African American artists with Billboard Number One hit singles in 2013? Were African American actors and directors snubbed at the Golden Globes? We talk about all that and more.