May 2014

May 14, 2014
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May 14: This Day In History

May 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the establishment of the Jamestown colony, the death of Frank Sinatra and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, and the birth of jazz artist, coronet player, band leader and composer, Joseph "King" Oliver of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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May 14, 2014
Soylent
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Sound Bites: Is Soylent The End of Food? | How The Food Giants Hooked Us | CSX Derailment Pollutes James River | Recipe: Garlic Scapes

May 13, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the latest edition of Sound Bites, I talk with Bhaskar Sunkara about soylent, a powdered meal replacement. We also hear about the recent CSX train derailment polluting the James River, talk about how the food giants hooked us, and hear a recipe for garlic scapes, which are in season!
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May 14, 2014
Benghazi Attacks
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National News Roundup: Benghazi, International Affairs & More

May 13, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a National News Roundtable, with: Bob Somerby, Editor of the Daily Howler; and Lenny McAllister, Republican strategist and host of "NightTalk: Get to the Point" on the Pittsburgh Cable News Channel and of "Get Right with Lenny McAllister" on Newsradio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh.
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May 14, 2014
South Curtis Bay Industrial Park
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Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: Struggle

May 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast the next episode of a very special series produced by students from the Post-Industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. In the second episode, we focus on struggle.
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May 12, 2014
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Sexual Assaults On College Campuses

May 12, 2014 - Segment 4 - We look at a report just released by the White House about widespread sexual assault on college campuses. We look at the contents of the report, recommendations made in the report, and the underlying issues
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May 12, 2014
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Local And State Roundtable: Gubernatorial Debate, Plastic Bags, And Prayer At County Council Meetings

May 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a local and state news roundtable. Our panel discusses last week's Democratic gubernatorial debate; the tax on plastic shopping bags; and Carroll County's decision on prayer in county meetings.
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May 12, 2014
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Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: History

May 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have the premier episode of a very special series produced by students from the Post-industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. This insightful series offers a fresh look at the boom and bust of the industrial communities of Baybrook and the Sparrows Point Steel Mill in Baltimore.
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May 12, 2014
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May 12: This Day In History

May 12, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including H. Rap Brown replacing Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a bill being sent to President Clinton making it a Federal Crime to block access to an abortion clinic or to use force or threats against people using these facilities, and Bob Dylan walking out of rehearsals for the Ed Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform his song Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues due to it mocking the US military and segregation.
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May 9, 2014
Raj Patel
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The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

May 9, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a special episode from our archives, my 2010 conversation with Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy.
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May 9, 2014
By The Way Meet Vera Stark
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Everyman Theatre: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark

May 9, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with three of the actors in Everyman Theatre's current production of By The Way, Meet Vera Stark. By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is a play by Lynn Nottage about the intersections of race in 1930s Hollywood.
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May 9, 2014
Sojourner Truth
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May 9: This Day In History

May 9, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happens on this day in history, including the day Sojourner Truth delivered a speech championing the rights of all people, the day the first birth control pill was approved by the FDA, and the birthday of John Brown.
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May 9, 2014
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Net Neutrality

May 8, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss net neutrality with: Todd O'Boyle, Program Director of the Media and Democracy Reform Initiative at Common Cause; Brent Skorup, Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at the George Mason University; Dr. Jared Ball, Associate Professor of Media Studies in the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University who can be found online at iMiXWHATiLiKE.org; and Dr. Margaret Flowers, co-Director of ItsOurEconomy.us and co-Host of Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) Radio Show
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May 9, 2014
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Boko Haram And Kidnapped Girls

May 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss Boko Haram and the over 200 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped on April 14. Our guests are: Jacob Zenn, Analyst of African Affairs at The Jamestown Foundation; Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of SaharaReporters.com; Dr. Alem Hailu, Associate Professor of African Studies at Howard University; and Alexis Okeowo, journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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May 9, 2014
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May 8: This Day In History

May 8, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the end of the 1973 American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Joan of Arc leading French troops in the siege of Orleans, and the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the trailblazing black labor union, by A. Philip Randolph.
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May 7, 2014
The Gilchrest Brothers
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Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers – How Five Brothers Were Impacted By The War

May 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - We bring you the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the five Gilchrest brothers, four of whom were actively involved with the War but who had never discussed it among themselves before our interview. Listen in as former congressman Wayne Gilchrest and his four brothers - Jeffrey, Alan, Richard, and Clifford - reflect on how they were affected by the war and how their views of the world evolved in the years hence.
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May 7, 2014
Homer Steedly
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Shared Weight: Wandering Souls – US Viet Nam Veteran Meets Family of Young Soldier He Killed

May 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail in Viet Nam. One lives, one dies, and their fates are connected for over 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed. Wandering Souls is a story of patriotism, mysticism, remorse, and redemption. This is part of our acclaimed documentary series, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later.
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May 7, 2014
Jimmy Ruffin
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May 7: This Day In History

May 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day ride-in protests of segregated streetcars in Southern cities took place, the day singer Jimmy Ruffin was born, and the day the independence of Greece was recognized.
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May 6, 2014
Saru Jayaraman
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Sound Bites: From Our Archives – Behind The Kitchen Door | A Kayak Trip Through Delmarva

May 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites we start with a conversation about the poor working conditions in America's restaurant industry and take a kayak trip through the Delmarva peninsula.
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May 6, 2014
Lynda Van Devanter
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Shared Weight: Mash 1969 – Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

May 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast another segment of our series on the Viet Nam War, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. This segment is called Mash 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. We turn to the stories of two writers: poet George Evans and the late Lynda Van Devanter.
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May 6, 2014
Chief Crazy Horse
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May 6: This Day In History

May 6, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrendered to U.S. troops in Nebraska, the day President Eisenhower signed Civil Rights Act of 1960, and the day American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau died.
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May 6, 2014
Shared Weight - Woody's Journey
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Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later – Woody’s Journey

May 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out Monday's show with another special archive edition from our acclaimed series Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. Today we feature the inspirational story of Vietnam vet and addiction recovery counselor Woody Curry: Woody's Journey.
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May 6, 2014
Taylor Branch and Harry Belafonte
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Taylor Branch on Citizenship & Freedom: Memphis 1968, and Afterward

May 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the America in the King Years Trilogy, Taylor Branch, about the course he teaches at the University of Baltimore, " Citizenship & Freedom: The Civil Rights Era." On Tuesday evening, May 6, at 5:30, acclaimed singer, actor, and human rights activist Harry Belafonte will be the featured guest at the final seminar for Branch's class.
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May 6, 2014
Derrick Jensen
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Derrick Jensen on Environmentalism, Sustainability & The West

May 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - In a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner show, you will hear my 2011 interview with environmental author and activist Derrick Jensen, one of the leading thinkers on issues of sustainability and the philosophy of environmentalism. Jensen's books include Endgame and Truths Among Us, among many others.
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May 6, 2014
Mt. Pleasant riots in Washington DC, 1991
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May 5: This Day In History

May 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, Carnegie Hall in New York had its grand opening, German philosopher Karl Marx was born, and the day in 19991 that a riot broke out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shot a Salvadoran man.
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May 3, 2014
vera stark
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World Of The Play: Race And Representation

May 2, 2014 - Segment 4 - We hear an illuminating discussion that took place last Saturday at Everyman Theatre as part of their World of the Play series. The topic was Race and Representation: "Our greatest accomplishment. Our greatest shame."
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May 3, 2014
Ali Abunimah
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Ali Abunimah: The Battle For Justice In Palestine

May 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - Ali Abunimah, Palestinian-American journalist, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, and author of the books The Battle for Justice in Palestine and One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, joins us to discuss the current situation in Palestine, the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement, and the prospects for a single state solution.
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May 3, 2014
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Maryland Film Festival: Point And Shoot

May 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a sneak peak at the Maryland Film Festival! We shine a spotlight on Marshall Curry's POINT AND SHOOT. POINT AND SHOOT follows Matt VanDyke, a 27-year-old with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who left his home in Baltimore in 2006, bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East.
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May 3, 2014
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African American Children’s Book Festival

May 1, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at African American Children's Literature, with: Dr. Mubina Kirmani,professor in the College of Education at Towson University and author of Bundle of Secrets: Savita Returns Home, and Helen Yuen, Marketing Director at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture.
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May 3, 2014
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May 1: This Day In History

May 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks at some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Haymarket riots for the 8 hour day that led to May First becoming International Workers' Day, the birth of blues harmonica player Little Walter, and the death of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
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May 1, 2014
A prison philosophy program tells us what we can learn about life from lifers
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This Week In City Paper with Baynard Woods

April 30, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close the show with This Week in the City Paper, with Senior Editor Baynard Woods. He talks about this week's issue, which includes Baynard's feature "Heart of Darkness: A prison philosophy program tells us what we can learn from lifers."
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May 1, 2014
The House I Live In
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Mother To Mother: Ending the Murder and Violence in Our Communities

April 30, 2014 - Segment 4 - We discuss Mother To Mother: Let the Healing Begin: Ending the Murder and Violence in Our Communities, an event hosted by Institute of the Black World 21st Century. The event will take place Friday, May 2, at 7:00pm at the Real News Media Center, 235 Holliday Street, Baltimore.
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May 1, 2014
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On International Workers’ Day: Protest For Immigration Reform

April 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - International Workers' Day, traditionally a day to celebrate the accomplishments of labor and the workers, is May 1. This year May Day will bring protests across the country on behalf of immigrant rights and immigration reform.
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May 1, 2014
Donald Sterling, V. Stiviano
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What Does Outrage Around LA Clipper’s Donald Sterling Mean?

April 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the outrage surrounding Los Angeles Clipper's owner Donald Sterling. Today, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, and fined him $2.5 million. It is anticipated that Sterling will be removed from the league.
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May 1, 2014
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April 30: This Day In History

April 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Did you know that on this day in history great American guitarist and singer-songwriter Muddy Waters passed away, Louisiana became a state, and the day graphic photographs of life inside Abu Ghraib prison were released? Marc talks about those events and more on This Day In History.
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May 1, 2014
Why american apples just got banned in Europe
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Sound Bites: Eat Less Chicken / American Apples Banned in Europe / The Bay Bridge Ospreys

April 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - We begin our newest edition of Sound Bites with a look at how much water it actually takes to raise and slaughter a chicken. Then, we explore why American apples were just banned in Europe and hear about the Bay Bridge ospreys that made headline news this week.
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