December 2013

December 5, 2013
Cowboy Bill Pickett
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Day In History: December 5

December 5, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Pope Innocent VIII appointed inquisitors that defined how to torture and execute "witches," the day the Montgomery Bus Boycott began, and the birthday of famous cowboy of African-American and Native heritage, Bill Pickett.
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December 5, 2013
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Theatre Baltimore: Red

December 4, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with an interview of the two actors starring in the current production at Everyman Theatre, Red, about the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko. We're joined by Bruce Randolph Nelson, who stars as Rothko, and Baltimore School for the Arts alumnus Eric Berryman, who stars as Rothko's assistant, Ken.
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December 5, 2013
tyrone west
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Local News Roundup: Baltimore Reacts To Detroit | City Mismanaged Homelessness Grant | Tyrone West Autopsy Findings Withheld

December 4, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the local news, including Baltimore reactions to the Detroit Bankruptcy, Baltimore's mismanaged grant to end homelessness, and news in the Tyrone West case.
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December 5, 2013
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Remembering Fred Hampton

December 4, 2013 - Segment 2 - On December 4, 1969, Black Panther Fred Hampton was assassinated while sleeping in his apartment, by the FBI and the Chicago Police. We reflect on Hampton's brief but significant life, with former Black Panther Paul Coates, Founder and Director of Black Classic Press, and Kevin Zeese, Co-Director at ItsOurEconomy.US and co-host of Clearing The Fog radio show.
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December 3, 2013
Bees and insecticides
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Sound Bites: Poultry Fair Share Act | Saving Bees | All About Fermentation

December 3, 2013 - Segment 4 - On Sound Bites, we discuss the Poultry Fair Share Act, which proposes that large agribusinesses such as Perdue and Tyson be charged a fee per head for chickens grown on the farms contracted with them, bees and pesticides, and fermentation.
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December 3, 2013
William Grant Still
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Day in History: December 3

December 3, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the International Day of the Basque Language, the day the first issue of the North Star, an antislavery paper, was published, and the anniversary of African-American classical composer William Grant Still's death.
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December 3, 2013
DDm
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The Racial Politics Of Hip Hop

December 2, 2013 - Segment 4 - Center for Emerging Media's Cultural Editor, Blues & Gospel singer Lea Gilmore joins us for a conversation on the racial politics of Hip Hop, Soul and Rock & Roll, in light of last week's controversial American Music Awards. Baltimore-based rapper DDm also joins us.
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December 3, 2013
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Remembering Ruby Glover

December 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn to Arts and Culture with Center for Emerging Media's Cultural Editor, Blues & Gospel singer Lea Gilmore! We begin the hour talking about an upcoming tribute concert to the late Baltimore Jazz legend Ruby Glover, to be held Saturday, December 7, at Baltimore's Creative Alliance. Joining Lea in-studio will be visual and performing artist Joyce Scott; and poet and performing artist Margaret Locklear.
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December 3, 2013
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National And International News Roundtable

December 2, 2013 - Segment 2 - We kick-off the week with a national and international news roundup! Our guests are: ER Shipp, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Journalist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Journalism at Morgan State University; Dr. Lawrence Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; and Lenny McAllister, author, conservative media personality and public speaker.
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December 2, 2013
Tavis Smiley
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Tavis Smiley’s “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto”

November 29, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the week with a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show. Listen in as the famed author and broadcaster Tavis Smiley joins us for a conversation on his book The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto, which he co-wrote with Dr. Cornel West.
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December 2, 2013
governor Martin O' Malley
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Countdown To The Annapolis Summit: Maryland’s Budget Deficit

November 29, 2013 - Segment 2 - Listen to the second installment of our new series leading up to the 11th Annual Annapolis Summit, in conjunction with our print partner The Daily Record, Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. Each week's installment coordinates with an article in The Daily Record. This week, we discuss Maryland's budget deficit.
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December 2, 2013
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Joe Sacco’s “Footnotes in Gaza”

November 29, 2013 - Segment 1 - We kick off the day with journalist, writer and cartoonist Joe Sacco, talking about his 2010 graphic novel, Footnotes in Gaza. In this important book, Sacco sought to get to the heart of a tragic incident in 1956 in which Israeli soldiers shot 111 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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