November 2014

November 17, 2014

Analyzing the Historic U.S.-China Climate Change Agreement

November 14, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the historic climate change agreement announced today between President Obama and China's President Xi Jinping, in which both countries vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades.
November 17, 2014

Take A Walk In My Shoes: Homelessness in Baltimore

November 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss homelessness in Baltimore with James Crawford Jr. and Damien Haussling of the Homeless Speakers' Bureau. The Homeless Speakers' bureau is hosting a night of monologues next Wednesday night.
November 17, 2014

November 14: This Day In History

November 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day journalist Nellie Bly began her attempt to travel around he world in less than 80 days, the day the NAACP led protests against the showing of the racist film Birth of a Nation, and the day educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington, died.
November 17, 2014

Baltimore News Roundup: Bag Tax Becomes Ban, City School Closings, Body Cameras & More

November 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - On today's Baltimore news roundup, we talk about city school closings, education funding, body cameras, and the plastic bag ban with Ralph Moore, Anthony McCarthy, Kim Truehart and Tyrone Keys.
November 17, 2014

November 13: This Day In History

November 13, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the Supreme Court decision calling racial segregation on public buses unconstitutional, the birthday of feminist activist and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and the day anti-war protesters staged a symbolic March Against Death in Washington, D.C.
November 14, 2014

Sexual Assault, Reporting and African Americans

November 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss a controversial speech by the president of Lincoln University. Speaking to students, he said women should not report rape in order to keep Black men out of prison.
November 14, 2014

African Americans and the War of 1812

November 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - Vince Leggett, historian, founder of Blacks of the Chesapeake, and author of “The Chesapeake Bay Through Ebony Eyes” joins us to talk about African Americans during the War of 1812. Vince Leggett will speak this weekend at the Creative Alliance.
November 14, 2014

November 12: This Day in History

November 12, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Seymour Hersh breaking the My Lai story, the birth of activist and feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the suspension of South Africa from the UN General Assembly because of its policy of apartheid.
November 14, 2014

Sound Bites: Veteran Farmers | Effect Of Larry Hogan’s Election On Maryland Environmental & Ag Policy

November 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - On our Veterans Day edition of Sound Bites we begin the hour by talking to veterans who have embraced farming after returning home from war. Then, we close out Sound Bites by looking at last week's election results and the potential effect on Maryland's environmental and agricultural policy.
November 14, 2014

If You Were Mayor of Baltimore: New Class of OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows

November 11, 2014 - Segment 2 - We again ask the question, "What would you do if you were Mayor of Baltimore?" Joining us to offer their own answers are three members of the new class of Open Society Institute-Baltimore Fellows.