August 2014

August 7, 2014
brains
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Neuroeducation and Arts Integration

August 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Dr. Charles Limb and Dr. Mariale Hardiman are pioneers in the field of neuro-education. In lay terms, that means applying what we know about the brain to help teachers be more effective. One important area of their research is arts integration – using the arts to teach traditional academic disciplines. So today we sat down with them to talk about whether putting more art in the classroom – whether it’s theater in history class, music in math, or poetry in chemistry – can help kids learn.
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August 7, 2014
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

August 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - What does the sweet stuff you put in your coffee have to do with the French Revolution? Or the history of slavery in the Caribbean and United States? We find out in this conversation with Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos, authors of Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science.
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August 6, 2014
Manure to Energy
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Sound Bites: Poultry Manure-Burning Power Plant on the Eastern Shore | 1 in 3 Restaurant Workers Food Insecure

August 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We begin our newest episode of Sound Bites with an update on the status of the proposed poultry manure-burning power plant on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Then, we talk to writer Michelle Chen about new studies that show nearly one in every three restaurant workers suffers from food insecurity.
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August 6, 2014
Yuri Kochiyama
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Remembering Activist Yuri Kochiyama

August 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen in to our rebroadcast of Remembering Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese American human rights activist who died in June, with: Diane Fujino, Associate Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies and an affiliate faculty member of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
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August 6, 2014
Gaza
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International Roundtable: Gaza, Ukraine & President Obama’s Foreign Policy

August 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have an International Roundtable on Gaza, Ukraine and President Obama's Foreign Policy with Dr. Jared Ball, Dr. Adil Shamoo, and Dr. Steven Bucci.
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August 5, 2014
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Remembering James Baldwin

August 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - We have a special tribute to James Baldwin, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday, with: Kevin Brown, owner of Station North Arts Cafe and Founder and President of the James Baldwin Literary Society; and Reginald Harris, Poetry in the Branches Coordinator and IT Director for Poets House in New York City, and Recipient of the 2012 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography.
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August 5, 2014
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West African Ebola Outbreak

August 4, 2014 - Segment 3 - We examine the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, with: Dr. Lawrence Brown, activist, public health consultant, and Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; Dr. John Eldridge, Chief Scientific Officer of Profectus Biosciences; and Emira Woods, Director of Social Impact at ThoughtWorks, a software consulting firm dedicated to economic and social justice, and Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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August 5, 2014
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Local and National News Roundtable

August 4, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a local and national news roundtable. Our topics include: the Republican Party's lawsuit against President Obama; Eric Garner's death being ruled a homicide; immigration; the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) giving their "Thumbs Down" award to NPR; and the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl who killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore this weekend.
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August 5, 2014
Black Patriots and Loyalists
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Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

August 1, 2014 - Segment 3 - We learn about the struggle of African Americans to gain freedom during the Revolutionary War, with Alan Gilbert, who talks about his book Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence.
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August 5, 2014
Lolita Lebron
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August 1: This Day in History

August 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1834, the day of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, and the day Puerto Rican revolutionary Lolita Lebrón passed away.
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August 4, 2014
dayvonadam
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Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

July 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak with members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle about projects they are working on now. We are joined by Adam Jackson, CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
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August 4, 2014
Robert McChesney
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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

July 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - Author Robert McChesney joins us to talk about his latest book, Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy, about the relationship between economic power and the digital world.
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August 1, 2014
dayvonadam
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Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Update

July 30, 2014 - Segment 5 - We speak with members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle about projects they are working on now. We are joined by Adam Jackson, CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
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