April 2014

April 30, 2014
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How Can We Stop Youth Violence in Baltimore?

April 29, 2014 - Segment 2 - The shooting last week of 17-year-old youth leader Michael Mayfield made local headlines, followed by the shooting of a 14-year-old which made the 7th teen killed in Baltimore so far this year. We start our show this morning discussing youth violence and talking about what we can do and what the city should be doing to properly address this issue.
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April 30, 2014
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April 29: This Day In History

April 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Maryland's House of Delegates voted not to secede from the Union, the day Richard Wright's Black Boy became a number-one bestseller, and the day pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington was born.
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April 28, 2014
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Public Housing Residents Fighting Privatization

April 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue our coverage of Baltimore City's plan to privatize public housing. We hear from public housing residents and activists: Jessica Lewis, housing organizer at the Right to Housing Alliance; Mitch Peterson from the Chase House; Sharon Jones from the Bel Park Tower; and Gary Stroud from Bernard E. Mason Apartments.
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April 28, 2014
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April 28: This Day In History

April 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Maryland's ratification of the US Constitution, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the killing of deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci and the overthrow and assassination of Afghan president Mohammed Daoud Khan.
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April 26, 2014
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The Coates: A Father & Son Discuss the Road to Manhood

April 25, 2014 - Segment 5 - Ta-Nehisi Coates is an author whose new book is called The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. He and his father, Paul Coates, joined us to discuss the complexities of coming of age and raising a family in black, urban America. Their real-life story takes place in Baltimore, but could translate easily to many cities around the United States.
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April 25, 2014
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Evodie Ngoy: The Paradise That Wasn’t

April 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk to Congolese artist and Wide Angle Youth Media filmmaker and student Evodie Ngoy. She made the short film "The Paradise That Wasn’t," which documents her experience attending Baltimore public school as a refugee.
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April 25, 2014
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Fleet Maull: From Prison to Meditation

April 25, 2014 - Segment 2 - We meet Fleet Maull, meditation teacher, who will be leading a workshop this weekend at Morgan State University called: Awakened Leadership: Community Engagement Practices for Creating Enlightened Society.
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April 24, 2014
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Carla Woody Of Kenosis Spirit Keepers

April 24, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak with Carla Woody, Founder of Kenosis Spirit Keepers - a nonprofit helping to preserve indigenous wisdom traditions - and author of Portals to the Vision Serpent, Standing Stark and Calling Our Spirits Home.
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April 24, 2014
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Philosophical Atheism and Communities of Faith

April 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We turn to a fascinating discussion of Philosophical Atheism and Communities of Faith, in conjunction with a conference of the same name that will be held at Morgan State University this weekend.
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April 24, 2014
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April 24: This Day In History

April 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the launch of the United Negro College Fund and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union's work stoppage in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal on his birthday.
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April 24, 2014
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Cultural Crossroads: The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll

April 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's Cultural Crossroads with Lea Gilmore! Gospel & Blues singer and Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor Lea Gilmore co-hosts this hour as we look at The History of Rock 'n' Roll! Our guests include Dr. Glenn Altschuler, Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University, and Rosa Pryor, columnist for The Afro and The Baltimore Times.
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April 24, 2014
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Maryland Gubernatorial Race: Doug Gansler & Jolene Ivey

April 23, 2014 - Segment 2 - As Maryland's primary elections are fast approaching in June, we will be talking to candidates and offering you the opportunity to ask questions. Today we will talk with Gubernatorial Candidate Attorney General Doug Gansler and his Lieutenant Governor Candidate Delegate Jolene Ivey.
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April 22, 2014
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Sound Bites: Cove Point | State Of The Bay | Will Allen

April 22, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the latest episode of Sound Bites, we talk about the Cove Point facility, the state of Chesapeake Bay restoration and the politics around it, and meet former pro-basketball player and urban farmer Will Allen.
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April 22, 2014
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Legislative Update

April 22, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have a legislative update on the recently completed Maryland General Assembly session. We begin with Sara Love, Public Policy Director of the ACLU of Maryland. Then we hear from elected officials: Delegate Dr. Dan Morhaim, who represents District 11, Baltimore County; Delegate Mary Washington, who represents Maryland's 43rd District in Baltimore City; and Delegate Kathy Szeliga, House Minority Whip who represents District 7 in Baltimore and Harford Counties.
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April 22, 2014
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April 22: This Day In History

April 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the launch of Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg, witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings, and the births of Charles Mingus and Vladimir Lenin.
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April 22, 2014
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How Should Nina Simone Be Remembered?

April 21, 2014 - Segment 5 - We examine the controversies over the new film on the life of the late iconic jazz singer and Civil Rights activist Nina Simone. Our guests are: Akiba Solomon, Editor for Colorlines; and Roz Cauthen, local playwright and Education Coordinator for CenterStage.
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April 22, 2014
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What If African Americans Were in Charge of the Literary World?

April 21, 2014 - Segment 4 - We look at African American representation in literature and the arts, asking What if African Americans were in charge of the literary world? Our guest will be author and film producer Felicia Pride.
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April 22, 2014
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Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual

April 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - We explore the life of an often overlooked but extremely important social and political figure, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair. We will talk with author and historian Lauren Coodley, who wrote the book Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual.
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April 22, 2014
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Youth Resiliency Institute’s Intergenerational Work in Cherry Hill

April 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We begin our week with a spotlight on the inspirational organization the Youth Resiliency Institute, which just received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for a project in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, to bring together generations, create community and family, and educate for peace.
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April 18, 2014
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From Our Archives: The Other Wes Moore

April 18, 2014 - Hour 2 - The Other Wes Moore is the tale of two boys with the same name growing up at the same time in Baltimore. One is serving a life sentence for murder. The other took a dramatically different path, and he speaks with us today about what he found when he explored these two similar yet divergent lives.
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April 18, 2014
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Baltimore’s African American & Latino Communities Talk Tension

April 18, 2014 - Hour 1 - We travel back to 2010 to a show featuring leaders from Baltimore's African American and Latino communities. In recent weeks on the Marc Steiner Show and Anthony McCarthy Show we have noted that many of the tensions that we explored in this conversation are still present between the communities.
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April 18, 2014
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Health And Fitness With Chauncey and Miss Ernestine

April 17, 2014 - Segment 5 - We speak with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Ernestine Shepherd, the world's oldest female bodybuilder. They are joined by Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program (BCCP) at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
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April 18, 2014
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The Girls In The Band

April 17, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk with Judy Chalkin, producer and director of the documentary The Girls In The Band, about female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30s to the present day.
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April 18, 2014
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Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814

April 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - We learn about a dramatization of an important part of Baltimore's history. Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814, a collaborative effort between the Baltimore School for the Arts, Maryland Historical Society, and National Park Service, is a production of three short plays about the battle that led to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
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April 17, 2014
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April 17: This Day In History

April 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Reggae drummer Carlton Barrett of The Wailers was shot dead, the day Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time, and the day the first U.S. Black college graduate published a poem book in Latin.
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April 17, 2014
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Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services: Bridging the Gap Between Arts, Business & Education

April 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a feature on Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services, a program dedicated to bridging the gap between education, the arts and business by providing quality enrichment programs and services to youth organizations
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April 17, 2014
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Tragic Shooting in Kansas City: Is It an Act of Terror?

April 16, 2014 - Segment 4 - We turn our attention to Sunday's tragic shooting in Kansas City, where a self-proclaimed white supremacist murdered three people outside a Jewish community center. One of the questions we consider is why this incident hasn't been labeled a terrorist act.
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April 17, 2014
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Explaining Decriminalization and Medical Marijuana in Maryland

April 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week Governor O'Malley signed two bills passed by the legislature, one which decriminalized marijuana possession and the other which makes Maryland a full-fledged medical marijuana state. We look more closely at the two bills, and predict where the marijuana issue is going during the next legislative session.
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April 16, 2014
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Sound Bites: Organic Agriculture | Valleys Of Baltimore County | Gerald Winegrad

April 15, 2014 - Segment 4 - It's a brand new episode of Sound Bites. We'll talk about organic farming with Coach Mark Smallwood, talk about the efforts to preserve the valleys of northern Baltimore County, and catch up with former Maryland State Senator Gerald Winegrad about the state of Chesapeake Bay restoration.
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April 16, 2014
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Patrick Bond On South Africa

April 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to South Africa, as we talk with Dr. Patrick Bond, Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he has directed the Centre for Civil Society since 2004, about the state of that country since the death of Nelson Mandela.
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April 16, 2014
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Remembering Karyn Washington

April 15, 2014 - Segment 2 - We remember Karyn Washington, creator of For Brown Girls, a movement to empower and uplift darker-skinned Black women, who died of an apparent suicide this past weekend. Our guests are: Ty Alexander, beauty and lifestyle writer based in New York and originally from Baltimore; and Baltimore based performing artist, Black Shesus.
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April 16, 2014
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April 15: This Day In History

April 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball colorline, the adoption of the California Fugitive Slave Law, and the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant.
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April 14, 2014
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The Future of the Labor Movement in America

April 14, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the state of the labor movement in Maryland and beyond. We are talking with labor activists and workers involved in a number of struggles, including individuals who work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, former Sparrows Point employees, and a person who is organizing community college employees.
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April 14, 2014
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Johns Hopkins Hospital Workers On Strike

April 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk to Johns Hopkins Hospital workers on strike about what they are fighting for and their conditions working at a world-class institution. We also hear a sound from the picket line recorded Friday outside of Johns Hopkins where we talk to workers and supporters.
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April 14, 2014
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Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

April 11, 2014 - Hour 2 - I talk to award-winning journalist Betty DeRamus about her fascinating book, Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad. The book tells the largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together -- and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.
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April 14, 2014
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How To Say I Love You In Indian

April 11, 2014 - Hour 1 - We talk the foundations of love and more with author and lawyer Gyasi Ross talks about his book How to Say I Love You in Indian. Ross is a member of the Blackfeet Indian Nation and also comes from the Suquamish Nation.
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April 10, 2014
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The Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders v. All of Us

April 10, 2014 - Hour 2 - What does "happiness" mean to you? Keeping in theme with WEAA's "Happiness Spring Membership Drive," join us for a discussion about the pursuit of happiness! We will examine what that phrase meant to the founders of the United States, what it means to us today, and how we can create a world where everyone has the right to happiness.
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