June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 - Segment 4 - We discuss the plight of Palestinian refugees in Syria and worldwide with Abby Smardon, Executive Director of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) USA.
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 - Segment 3 - Our roundtable of guests discusses all the news that the past week has brought us in Baltimore and Maryland.
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 - Segment 2 - Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake joins us to talk about her vision for our city.
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history Kwame Touré was born and Malcolm X formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 5 - We rebroadcast of a powerful show with guest host Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead: A Cultural Roundup on Black Girls Matter, McKinney, Texas and More. Our panel of guests discusses the Black Girls Matter movement, Caitlyn Jenner and representations of trans women in the media.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 4 - We feature another program that's doing good work in Baltimore, the Sister Neighborhood Arts Program (SNAP). With: Brian Francoise, Brion Gill aka Lady Brion, and Sheila Gaskins.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at an upcoming event with New Lens, titled School Stories: The Human Face of Policy. With Lakayra Scott, Ben Dalbey and Helen Atkinson.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our weekly feature, Tengella's Take, with actor, comedian and educator Koli Tengella. This week Koli's topic is Where Is The "Love" America?, a commentary on the racist shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, jazz musicians Clifford Brown and Richie Powell passed away, W.E.B. DuBois resigned from the NAACP, and the day the Supreme Court found gender-based sodomy laws to be unconstitutional.
June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015 - Segment 4 - On this week's Sound Bites, we bring you the first part of our Good Food Gathering town hall meeting, titled Sandtown: Building a Model for Food and Jobs. The town hall took place at Jubilee Arts, located in the Sandtown Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, which was at the center of the Baltimore Uprising
June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015 - Segment 3 - Joe Tropea, Digital Projects Coordinator for the Maryland Historical Society (MDHS), joins Dr. Lester Spence to discuss MDHS's new project to collect footage and images of the Baltimore Uprising.
June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015 - Segment 2 - Today the Baltimore Sun released results of the autopsy report of Freddie Gray, which indicate that he suffered from a "high-energy injury" to his neck and spine. We talk about the medical examiner's report and what this new information means for the case.
June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, Michael Jackson passed away, Sierra Leone Founding Father Thomas Peters' birthday, and Marvin Gaye went Number 1 on the US singles chart with 'Got To Give It Up'.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 5 - We hear about what's in this week's City Paper with Managing Editor and Eats and Drinks Editor Anna Walsh. This week's paper features a story on Blaze Starr.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a discussion on youth and summer jobs, with Ralph Moore, Kim Trueheart, Daniel Brogden and Clayton Guyton.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - In the wake of the news Monday that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to continue the stay and block the release of Albert Woodfox, a member of the Angola 3 who has been in solitary confinement for over four decades, we interview Robert King, the only surviving member of the Angola 3 who is out of prison.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - As the Confederate flag is still flying on the South Carolina Capitol grounds, we have a discussion about the symbolism and meaning of flying that flag, as well as monuments to the Confederacy in Baltimore and beyond.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, the saxophone was patented, the Reverend Samuel Worcester was arrested and convicted of living with the Cherokees, and the Buffalo Soldiers broke the back of the Spanish Army driving them from their entrenched positions at Las Guasimas, Cuba.
June 25, 2015
June 23, 2015 - Segment 4 - We have a preview of the film The Wanted 18, a story of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada in 1987.
June 25, 2015
June 23, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at Pope Francis' recent statements on climate change, weapons manufacturing and more.
June 25, 2015
June 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - We have a local roundtable with topics including Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawling's Blake's vow to deny aid to liquor stores, call for a "Baltimore Compact," and disagreements with the police and Fraternal Order of Police.
June 25, 2015
June 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, the first birth control pill, Envoid, was approved by the FDA, and the passing of Betty Shabazz.
June 25, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Segment 4 - We have a preview of Lea Gilmore's Big Fat Blues Cabaret taking place at the Creative Alliance.
June 25, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Segment 3 - We're joined by three Congresspeople to discuss the economic challenges and persistent inequities facing African American communities across the country
June 25, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Segment 2 - We discuss the massacre at Emanuel AME in Charleston with Dani McClain, Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Dr. Douglas Egerton, and Dr. Lawrence Brown.
June 25, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, Octavia Butler was born and Joe Lewis knocked out Max Schelling.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close the show with a conversation with internationally renowned interpreter of Franz Fanon's works, Lewis R. Gordon about his latest book What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction To His Life And Thought.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - Listen to one of our new regular features in partnership with Yes! Magazine, based on their Make It Right issue. We talk to two of their contributing writers who tell an interesting story: His ancestors were slave traders and hers were slaves. The two went on a roadtrip together, and this is what they learned.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - Listen to one of our new regular features in partnership with Yes! Magazine, based on their Make It Right issue. We begin with Sarah Van Gelder, co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our weekly feature Tengella's Take with actor, comedian and educator Koli Tengella. This week, Koli's topic is Rachel Dolezal.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, we celebrate Juneteenth and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," President John F. Kennedy introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1963, and 50,000 people converged on Washington DC to support the Poor People’s Campaign.
June 22, 2015
June 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, we talk about the 2015 Baltimore Food Environment Map Report and continue our conversation on veganism and animal sentience.
June 22, 2015
June 18, 2015 - Segment 2 - We have a national roundtable on the attack on Emanuel AME in Charleston and the presidential election.
June 22, 2015
June 18, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, the US declared war on Great Britain in 1812, the birth of Paul McCartney, and the federal government declared an eight hour day for federal workers.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close our show with our regular feature City Paper This Week withAnna Walsh, City Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - We turn to the Dominican Republic, where hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, 90% of whom are Haitian, are facing deportation.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - A group of workers from BWI concessionaire Aero Service Group will be participating in a one-day strike today, 06/17. During the time they would have been at work, they’ll be visiting the Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis in the morning, and holding a legislative briefing.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get an update on our conversation last week with Delegate Jill P.Carter, on violence in Baltimore, her op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, and her recent interview with Al Jazeera America about Presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, rapper Kendrick Lamar was born, Native people in the United States seemed to be winning the war against the American invasion, and the Tuskegee merchant and bus boycott began in Alabama.
June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015 - Segment 2 - We spend the whole two hours of the show speaking about education, addressing a number of issues that Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) is facing.
June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, Marie LeVeaux was born in New Orleans and George Stinney became the youngest person ever executed in the United States at the age of 14.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 4 - We offer a tribute to the great jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, who passed last week. With: Robert Shahid and George "Doc" Manning.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at #BlackWomenandGirlsLivesMatter, with: Kalima Young, Adar Ayira, and organizers of the #BlackWomenandGirlsLiveMatter Rekia's Rally March / Protest that is happening this Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - We begin the show with a roundtable discussion on analyses of a number of top news stories, including the Spokane NAACP's Rachel Dolezal scandal and the rough handling of Black teens at a pool party by police in McKinney, Texas.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, a mob of 10,000 people in Duluth, Minnesota lynched three Black circus workers, Natalie Leota Henderson Hinderas was born, and economist William Arthur Lewis passed away.
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Segment 4 - We hear our latest installment in our series The World of the Play, in partnership with Everyman Theatre, called Beyond the Crystal Ball, based on issues in Everyman's current production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a conversation with students from Baltimore's City Neighbors High School, about their views on testing and on the Baltimore Uprising.
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Segment 2 - We have our latest edition of Tengella's Take, our weekly feature with actor, educator, and activist Koli Tengella, who offers his thoughts on our world today.
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for sabotage against the apartheid government of South Africa and Anne Frank received her first diary as a 13th birthday gift.
June 12, 2015
June 11, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we take a trip to Washington, DC, for a conversation on a number of issues around the poultry industry, focusing on the complex plight of contract chicken growers. We also hear a recipe for vegan, gluten-free alfredo.