July 2016

July 29, 2016

Sound Bites: Oyster Wars, When It Comes To Food, & The Air-Conditioned World

July 28, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our newest episode of our series on our food and our world: Sound Bites! We with a look at a recent article in the Baltimore Sun, "Oyster wars: Watermen aim to take back oyster bars as state panel reviews shellfish sanctuaries." With: Kelton Clark, and Peyton Robertson. Then we are joined by Tom Philpott discussing an article her wrote for Mother Jones. Finally, we are joined by Katie Herzog to discuss a paper she wrote regarding air-conditioning and its relation to climate change.
July 29, 2016

Remaining Charges Against Officers Dropped in Trial in Death of Freddie Gray

July 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host a discussion of today's news that State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby dropped all charges against the remaining officers who were to stand trial in the death of Freddie Gray. With: Doug Colbert, Ericka Blount Danois; Ralikh Hayes, and Baynard Woods.
July 29, 2016

A Deeper Look at Port Covington

July 27, 2016 - Segment 1 - We continue our discussion about the proposed Port Covington development in Baltimore, in anticipation of the hearing before the City Council Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee that is to be held tomorrow evening.
July 25, 2016

Power Where It Belongs: The Children & Youth Reinvestment Act

July 25, 2016 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a preview of an important event happening Monday night: "Power Where It Belongs," an event to create awareness and support for the Children and Youth Investment Act.
July 25, 2016

Checking In On The Start Of The Democratic National Convention In Philadelphia

July 25, 2016 - Segment 3 - We check in with the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, with Charles Ellison, Host of The Ellison Report and National Correspondent for WEAA, who is at the DNC this week. We are also joined by WEAA News Director Julius White.
July 25, 2016

Addressing Housing Inequality In Baltimore: Port Covington & Beyond

July 25, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our guests react to our segment on the Oak Park Regional Housing Center and connect that model back to the struggle for fair housing in Baltimore. With: Patrick Maier and Dr. Marisela Gomez.
July 25, 2016

Oak Park Regional Housing Center: Developing An Economically & Racially Integrated Community

July 25, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, an organization in Oak Park, Illinois, that was created to help develop an economically- and racially-integrated community during the 1960s -- a community that still remains vital and thriving to this day.
July 21, 2016

Sound Bites: Controversy Over GMO Labeling | What A Fish Knows | Recipe: Seasonal Salad By Colette

July 21, 2016 - Segment 3 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites, we look at the controversy over the GMO Labeling bill that passed through Congress, we talk to Dr. Jonathan Balcombe about 'What A Fish Knows,' and get a recipe for seasonal salad.
July 21, 2016

Philosopher’s Roundtable: Policing & The Attack On #BlackLivesMatter

July 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - It's a Philosopher's Roundtable on topics to include policing and the current attack on #BlackLivesMatter, with: Dr. Robert Birt, Navasha Daya, and Denzel Mitchell.
July 21, 2016

The RNC Through The Eyes Of City Paper Photo Editor J.M. Giordano

July 21, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with an update on the Republican National Convention with J.M. Giordano, Photo Editor for the City Paper, who has been in Cleveland all week covering the convention.
July 19, 2016

Rape Culture: How We Define It

July 19, 2016 - Segment 4 - We launch our new series on Rape Culture. We discuss the origin of the series, define rape culture, talk about the connections between masculinity and rape culture, and preview upcoming series topics.
July 19, 2016

Lt. Brian Rice Acquitted On All Counts In Death Of Freddie Gray

July 19, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our panel examines and reflects upon today's acquittal of Lt. Brian Rice on all counts in the death of Freddie Gray. With: Dayvon Love, Doug Colbert, and Rev. Kevin Slayton.
July 19, 2016

BUILD (Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development) Weighs In On Port Covington Plan

July 19, 2016 - Segment 1 - We continue our ongoing discussion about the proposed Port Covington development in Baltimore. We get a debriefing from leaders of BUILD (Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development) about the town hall meeting being held tonight.
July 15, 2016

From The Archives — Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone

July 15, 2016 - Segment 3 - We listen in to a special archive edition of the Steiner Show, my discussion with Scott Shane about his book Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone, about the killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki and President Obama's use of drones.
July 15, 2016

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

July 15, 2016 - Segment 2 - I interview historian and author Dr. Nancy Isenberg on her new book White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Dr. Isenberg is the T. Harry Williams Professor of History at Louisiana State University.
July 14, 2016

Sound Bites: Reducing Runoff In Baltimore By December 2018 | The Waterwomen Of The Chesapeake Bay

July 14, 2016 - Segment 2 - First an update on the Federal deadline to reduce runoff. Next we have a talk with Lydia Woolever who wrote a story on Waterwomen of the Chesapeake Bay.
July 13, 2016

City Paper This Week: Sondheim Finalists

July 13, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have our regular feature City Paper This Week. Steiner Show Senior Producer Mark Gunnery interviews City Paper Visual Arts Editor Rebekah Kirkman and City Paper Performing Arts Editor Maura Callahan about the 2016 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Winners, featured now at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
July 13, 2016

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

July 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a preview of a special event coming next week to Red Emma's, when Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor will talk about her highly acclaimed book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.
July 12, 2016

National Election Roundtable: Police-Involved Killings and the Political Landscape, Upcoming Conventions & Sanders’ Endorsement Of Clinton

July 12, 2016 - Segment 2 - On our roundtable on the 2016 Presidential Election, we discuss how recent police-involved killings may have shifted the political landscape, what recent news says about Donald Trump's leadership, the upcoming Republican and Democratic conventions, and Bernie Sanders throwing his support behind Hillary Clinton.
July 12, 2016

National Roundtable: Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the shooting in Dallas

July 11, 2016 - Segment 1 - We have a discussion on the tragedies last week -- the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and the shooting in Dallas -- and what they say about the state of our society.
July 8, 2016

James McBride: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

July 8, 2016 - Segment 5 - We host a repeat broadcast of my interview with award-winning author, composer and screenwriter James McBride about his book KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul. McBride was the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.
July 8, 2016

Shane Bauer: Four Months as a Private Prison Guard

July 8, 2016 - Segment 4 - We talk with Shane Bauer about his recent piece for Mother Jones, My four months as a private prison guard. Bauer is a senior reporter at Mother Jones and recipient of numerous awards, including the Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism, and co-author of A Sliver of Light, a memoir of his two years as a prisoner in Iran.
July 8, 2016

Update: Trial of Police Lieutenant Brian Rice In Death Of Freddie Gray

July 8, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host an update on the trial of Police Lieutenant Brian Rice in the death of Freddie Gray. With: Baynard Woods, reporter with The Guardianand Editor at Large for City Paper; and Doug Colbert, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.
July 8, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Out in Brown, Policing in America

July 8, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator 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.
July 8, 2016

Sound Bites: Michael Pollen’s ‘In Defense Of Food’ & Student Access To Healthy Foods

July 7, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world. This week features a panel discussion I moderated last week at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville. It was part of the Focus In! Film series, sponsored by Fair Farms and Crossroads Community Food Network. The evening began with a screening of the film "In Defense of Food," featuring Michael Pollan, author of a number of books including The Omnivore's Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire.
July 8, 2016

Police Involved Killings, Infrastructure and Housing Policy in Baltimore, and BRACE

July 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - We discuss the police involved killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Then we take a look at BRACE: Baltimore Redevelopment Action Coalition for Empowerment Facebook group. Our guests will talk about issues including infrastructure, transportation, housing policy and development in Baltimore.
July 8, 2016

City Paper This Week: King Me–The Life, Death, and Lionization of Lor Scoota

July 6, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have our regular feature City Paper This Week. Steiner Show Senior Producer Stefanie Mavronis interviews Brandon Soderberg, City Paper's Deputy Editor and Arts Editor, about the feature story: King Me: The life, death, and lionization of Lor Scoota.