June 2016

June 28, 2016

Lea Gilmore On ‘Bluesivism’ & Social Justice

June 28, 2016 - Segment 3 - Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor, activist, and world-renowned Blues and Gospel singer Lea Gilmore joins us to talk about her GoFundMe campaign to produce her next album, Bluesivism.
June 28, 2016

The Art of Storytelling: A Space To Share Personal Experiences With Baltimore Police

June 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a preview of an important event happening this Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center: "The Art of Storytelling" is a space to share personal experiences with Baltimore Police using any form of expression.
June 28, 2016

Baltimore Planning Commission Approves Port Covington Master Plan

June 27, 2016 - Segment 3 - Our guests discuss last week's approval of the Port Covington Master Plan by the Baltimore Planning Commission. With: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Natalie Sherman, Charly Carter, and Melody Simmons.
June 24, 2016

Ellen Siegel: Picture Kindness, On Behalf Of Refugees In Lebanon

June 24, 2016 - Segment 4 - We close the show with Ellen Siegel, who remembers the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre. Siegel first visited Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon in 1972. Since that time she has been an active member and supporter of the Jewish and Israeli peace movements.
June 24, 2016

Letter from Baltimore: The City That Bleeds: Freddie Gray and the Makings of an American Uprising

June 24, 2016 - Segment 3 - We talk with Baltimore native Lawrence Jackson, who is a contributor toHarper's Magazine. His most recent writing is, "Letter from Baltimore: The City That Bleeds: Freddie Gray and the Makings of an American Uprising."
June 24, 2016

Exploring The Legal & Social Consequences Of Officer Goodson Not Guilty Verdict In Death Of Freddie Gray

June 24, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a Legal Roundtable on today's not guilty verdict for Officer Caesar Goodson in the death of Freddie Gray. Then, we continue our discussion on the Officer Goodson verdict, with a community roundtable of panelists.
June 24, 2016

Tengella’s Take: A Message To Our Police

June 24, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the newest edition of Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute.
June 23, 2016

Officer Caesar Goodson Found Not Guilty In The Death Of Freddie Gray

June 23, 2016 - Segment 3 - The verdict in the Officer Caesar Goodson trial, in the death of Freddie Gray, is scheduled for this morning. Our panel of guests will discuss and analyze the decision.
June 23, 2016

Sankofa: From Baltimore to Cuba

June 23, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at an event happening tonight that will help 14 students travel from Baltimore to Cuba. The Africa Diaspora Alliance and Muse 360 Arts are teaming together on Sankofa: From Baltimore to Cuba.
June 22, 2016

Mychal Denzel Smith: Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching

June 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - I interview Mychal Denzel Smith about his new bookInvisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching. Smith is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation magazine.
June 22, 2016

What The Utah V. Strieff SCOTUS Decision Means For Illegal Police Stops

June 22, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to the U.S. Supreme Court, as we examine the decision that was handed down on Monday in Utah v. Strieff, in which SCOTUS ruled that evidence found by police officers after illegal stops may be used in court if the officers conducted their searches after learning that the defendants had outstanding arrest warrants.
June 22, 2016

Baltimore’s Port Covington Master Plan Vote Expected Thursday

June 22, 2016 - Segment 1 - We continue our discussion on the proposed Port Covington development. It is expected that the city's Planning Commission will vote on the master plan for the development on Thursday.
June 21, 2016

Talking About Race: Confronting The New Islamophobia

June 21, 2016 - Segment 3 - We preview an upcoming event hosted by Open Society Institute-Baltimore, "Talking About Race: Confronting the New Islamophobia." With: Deepa Iyer and Amardeep Singh.
June 21, 2016

The Other Game Seven: The Story of Sports Owners & How They Reshape the Cities They Do Business In

June 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - We look at links between sports, development, and Port Covington, based on an article by Dr. Lester Spence in Jacobin magazine: The Other Game Seven: Beyond the drama on the basketball court is the story of sports owners and how they reshape the cities they do business in.
June 21, 2016

National News Roundtable: Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Fired, The Importance Of The Supreme Court, and The Future Of The Republican Party

June 21, 2016 - Segment 1 - Dr. Lester Spence guest hosts our national news roundtable to discuss topics including the firing of Donald Trump's Campaign Manager, the importance of the Supreme Court, and the state of the Republican Party.
June 17, 2016

Green Party Candidate Roundtable: Dr. Jill Stein, Dr. Margaret Flowers, & Joshua Harris

June 17, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host an interview with three Green Party candidates: Jill Stein, who is running for President; Dr. Margaret Flowers, who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Barbara Mikulski; and Joshua Harris, candidate for Mayor of Baltimore.
June 17, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Father’s Day

June 17, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
June 16, 2016

Health and Fitness with Chauncey and Rhonda

June 16, 2016 - Segment 2 - It's our monthly conversation on Health & Fitness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
June 16, 2016

James Joyce, Bloomsday and Ulysses

June 16, 2016 - Segment 1 - Today is Bloomsday, the annual celebration of the life and work of James Joyce and his masterpiece Ulysses. Steiner Show Senior Producer Mark Gunnery brings us an interview with Zein El-Amine, Charlie O’Melia and Jonathan Offenberg.
June 16, 2016

No Boundaries Coalition: Over-Policed, Yet Under-served

June 15, 2016 - Segment 2 - We look at a report released by No Boundaries Coalition, a Central West Baltimore community organization, on alleged police misconduct in West Baltimore. The report is titled "Over-Policed, Yet Under-served," and details stories of police misconduct witnessed and experienced by West Baltimore residents.
June 16, 2016

The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition

June 15, 2016 - Segment 1 - I interview Dr. Manisha Sinha, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is author of the amazing new bookThe Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition.
June 16, 2016

Unger Decision Recap

June 14, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a conversation about an important court decision in Maryland, Merle Unger v. State of Maryland (the Unger Decision), which led to the release of over 130 prisoners in Maryland, convicted prior to 1981, who were serving life prison terms.
June 10, 2016

From The Archives: Ralph Nader On Getting Steamed To Overcome Capitalism

June 10, 2016 - Segment 4 - We host a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show: my 2011 interview with Ralph Nader, who joined me to discuss his book Getting Steamed To Overcome Corporatism: Build it together to win, about our troubled political and economic system.
June 10, 2016

Reflecting On The Remake Of The Classic Miniseries Roots

June 10, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a panel of guests who reflect upon the remake of the classic miniseries Roots, now that the entire series has aired. With: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Dr. Lester Spence, and LaKeyma Pennyamon.
June 10, 2016

Trial of Officer Caesar Goodson: Updates & Commentary

June 10, 2016 - Segment 2 - We check in with the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson in the death of Freddie Gray. Goodson was the driver of the van in which Gray allegedly sustained his fatal injuries. With Doug Colbert, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.
June 10, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Remembering Muhammad Ali

June 10, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host the newest edition of our weekly segment Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
June 9, 2016

Sound Bites: Town Hall on Industrial Poultry Production on the Eastern Shore, Part 2/2

June 9, 2016 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode about our food and our world, Sound Bites. You will hear the broadcast of Part 2 of a town hall I moderated a few weeks ago in Salisbury. The impetus for the town hall was a proposed poultry operation in Wicomico Country that would include up to thirteen chicken houses, each holding 30,000 chickens.
June 9, 2016

Tension City: Inside The Presidential Debates From Kennedy-Nixon To McCain-Obama

June 9, 2016 - Segment 2 - We close the first hour with an archive edition of our show that is very relevant in light of today's electoral climate: My 2012 interview with Jim Lehrer about his book Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates from Kennedy-Nixon to McCain-Obama.
June 9, 2016

Fight Or Flight: Anthony Harris Has Two Weeks To Turn Himself In Before Spending The Next 15 Years In Prison

June 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the cover story in this week's Baltimore City Paper: Anthony Harris has two weeks to turn himself in before spending the next 15 years in prison.
June 9, 2016

City Paper This Week: Fight Or Flight

June 8, 2016 - Segment 4 - We close the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week with Editor-in-Chief Karen Houppert. This week's feature story is "Fight or Flight: Anthony Harris has two weeks to turn himself in before spending the next 15 years in prison."
June 9, 2016

Race, Class & Gender: Black Lives Matter Activist Jasmine Richards’ Lynching Sentence

June 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - We look at two disturbing legal cases in sharp contrast, both out of California: the sentencing of Black Lives Matter activist Jasmine Richards and the sentencing of a Stanford University male athlete convicted of raping an unconscious woman on Stanford's campus.
June 9, 2016

Mayor’s Budget In Baltimore & Youth Funding

June 8, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to a local focus and talk about funding for youth and the Mayor's budget in Baltimore. With: Councilwoman Helen Holton (Baltimore District 8), Chair of the Budget Committee.
June 9, 2016

National Election Roundtable: California Primary Results & The Race To The White House

June 8, 2016 - Segment 1 - California held Republican and Democratic primaries, and we review and analyze those results and more on our National Election Roundtable. Our panelists are: Eugene Craig III, Bhaskar Sunkara, and Dr. Mileah Kromer.
June 8, 2016

Baltimore Entrepreneur Chris Wilson On His Support For Bernie Sanders & More

June 7, 2016 - Segment 3 - We close the show with an interview with Baltimore entrepreneur Chris Wilson, about his life and about a powerful online video in which he tells his story and expresses his support for Bernie Sanders.