March 2014

March 11, 2014
Joel Salatin
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Sound Bites: Happy Hens / Station North Food Hub / What’s Your Kitchen Literacy?

March 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we begin with Joel Salatin, full-time alternative farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Then, we visit Baltimore's Liam Flynn's Ale House to talk about Open Plough and their new food menu. We close out the show with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back.
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March 10, 2014
Rev. David Smith
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Today’s Moment in Maryland Black History: Rev. David Smith (Web Exclusive)

March 10, 2014 - Web Exclusive - This day in history marks the life of Rev. David Smith. This early AME pastor was born enslaved in the vicinity of Baltimore County in the late 18th century and later became a minister in the AME Church.
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March 10, 2014
Public Housing in Baltimore
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Housing Commissioner Graziano on the Future of Public Housing in Baltimore

March 10, 2014 - Segment 3 - Baltimore City Housing Commissioner Paul T. Graziano joins me in-studio to discuss privatization of 40% of the public housing units in Baltimore, and the future of public housing in our city.
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March 10, 2014
Daisy Lampkin
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March 10: This Day In History

March 10, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the first successful telephone call was made, the day Harriet Tubman died, and the day Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died.
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March 10, 2014
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The Legacy Of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’

March 7, 2014 - Segment 4 - We listen back to a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show. In 2010, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Madison Smartt Bell joined us to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Madison Smartt Bell is the author of 13 novels and professor of English at Goucher College. Sherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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March 10, 2014
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Personal And Political Implications Of Julia Kumari Drapkin

March 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk about climate change and its personal and political implications with Julia Kumari Drapkin, lead producer for iSeeChange at KVNF, a public media experiment in community environmental science reporting out of Western Colorado.
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March 10, 2014
Alondra-Nelson
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Alondra Nelson On “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party And The Fight Against Medical Discrimination”

March 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - We are joined by Dr. Alondra Nelson, professor of sociology and gender studies at Columbia University. She joins us to talk about her book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination.
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March 10, 2014
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March 7: This Day In History

March 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birth of Thomas Aquinas, Bloody Sunday, when civil rights marchers in Alabama were brutally attacked by police and deputized citizens, the death of Baltimore-born drag queen and actor Divine, and the death of labor organizer Lucy Parsons.
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March 7, 2014
International Women's History Month Literary Festival
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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Authors Deborah Johnson & Sujata Massey

March 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - March is Women's History Month, and in celebration of women writers, I talk with Deborah Johnson and Sujata Massey, the authors of two fascinating new historical novels. Johnson's book, The Secret of Magic, tells the story of a young black female attorney working with Thurgood Marshall, and Massey's book, The Sleeping Dictionary, is an historical romance set during India's struggle for independence.
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March 7, 2014
Baltimore Education Coalition Gubernatorial Forum
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Baltimore Education Coalition Forum: MD Gubernatorial Candidates on Education

March 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen back to the Non-Partisan Gubernatorial Forum on Education in Baltimore City, organized by the Baltimore Education Coalition, which I co-moderated. Democratic Gubernatorial candidates Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, Attorney General Doug Gansler, and Delegate Heather Mizeur share their visions for education in Maryland.
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March 6, 2014
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Soooooooooooooul Train!

March 5, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a special treat, as we flash back to the popular show Soul Train. We'll speak with Ericka Blount Danois, author of "Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show, Soul Train: Classic Moments," as well as dancers and designers from the show.
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March 6, 2014
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Disability Law And Labor

March 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We discuss pending legislation concerning persons with disabilities, including: a bill that would give Medicaid coverage to adults with disabilities in need of shift nursing services, so they can live at home with their families instead of being institutionalized; a bill that addresses "Assertive Community Treatment;" and a bill that addresses the minimum wage for disabled persons. Joining us will be: Cathy Surace, Managing Attorney at the Maryland Disability Law Center; and Sarah Rhine, Attorney at the Maryland Disability Law Center.
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March 5, 2014
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Marshall “Eddie” Conway Released From Prison

March 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - We are joined by former Black Panther Marshall "Eddie" Conway, who has been freed after spending nearly 44 years in prison. Eddie will be joined by two attorneys who fought his case, Phil Dantes and Robert Boyle.
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March 5, 2014
attucks
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March 5: Day In History

March 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Boston Massacre, when five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
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March 5, 2014
Was This Chicken Inspected?
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Sound Bites: Talking Nutrition / Beginner Farmers / What’s In Your Chicken?

March 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - In this week's Sound Bites, we begin by talking nutrition and Future Harvest CASA's Beginner Farmer Training program. Then, we hear from the star of the new "Was This Chicken Inspected?" Food and Water Watch commercial.
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March 5, 2014
Baltimore City Public Housing - Station North
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Baltimore City Privatizing Public Housing?

March 4, 2014 - Segment 3 - Last week the Baltimore Brew broke the story that Baltimore City is negotiating to sell most of its public housing high-rises to private developers. We consider this news with Jeff Singer and Melody Simmons.
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March 5, 2014
Fannie Barrier Williams
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March 4: This Day In History

March 4, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Christopher Columbus arrived back in Portugal with slaves, the day the Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted a Royal charter, and the day Fannie Barrier Williams passed away.
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March 3, 2014
African American flood victims lined up to get food & clothing fr. Red Cross relief station in front of billboard extolling WORLD'S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING/ THERE'S NO WAY LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY. City: LOUISVILLE State: KY Country: US Photographer: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE/TimePix
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Philosopher’s Roundtable: Defining & Exploring Institutional Racism

March 3, 2014 - Segment 3 - Institutional racism is something we hear a lot about, but something that is not often enough defined. We look at its definition and historical roots, especially as they relate to today.
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March 3, 2014
Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
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We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust

March 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - We hear from Ellen Cassedy about her new book, We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. It won the Grub Street National Book Prize for Nonfiction, the Towson Prize for Literature, and more. You don't want to miss this fascinating conversation.
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March 2, 2014
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Legendary Folk & Bluegrass Musicians Doc Watson and Jean Ritchie

February 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - We begin with a very special show from our archives. We listen back to Marc's 2007 interview with legendary folk and bluegrass musicians Doc Watson and Jean Ritchie. It was the first time they were interviewed together in decades.
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