January 2015

January 15, 2015
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January 14: This Day in History

January 14, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the incendiary inaugural speech of former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, the ousting of former Tunisian president Zine El Abdine Ben Ali, and the premieres' of two of Americas most beloved TV comedies, Sanford and Sun and The Simpsons.
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January 13, 2015
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Sound Bites: What Does Waterkeeper v. Hudson Trial Mean For Future Maryland Environmental Policies?

January 13, 2015 - Segment 4 - We look back at the historic 2013 ruling in the Waterkeeper v. Hudson case and the continuing debate on poultry farming and pollution in our Bay.
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January 13, 2015
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Boko Haram: Baga Massacre, Latest in Campaign of Terror That Has Claimed Thousands of Lives

January 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We discuss the Baga massacre, the latest in Boko Haram's deadly campaign in northern Nigeria. Since 2009 the people of Nigeria have called for their government, military and the international community to protect the people from Boko Haram.
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January 13, 2015
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Overlooked and Underreported: NAACP Bombing in Colorado Springs and The Shooting of Tamir Rice

January 13, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc hosts a conversation on the media coverage of recent tragic events including a new video of the killing of Tamir Rice and the bombing outside the Colorado Springs NAACP building.
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January 12, 2015
Lorraine Hansberry
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January 12: This Day In History

January 12, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry died, the day the 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed 316,000 Haitians, and the day the Supreme Court made it illegal for states to discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
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January 12, 2015
Role of teachers in education system
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What Should The Role Of Teachers Be In Our Education System?

January 9, 2015 - Hour 2 - We bring an insightful and informative panel discussion that we recorded last month at the Maryland State Education Association's 2014 Education Policy Forum in Annapolis. Three dedicated and enthusiastic educators talked about what the role of teachers should be in our education system.
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January 12, 2015
Dr. Charles Johnson
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Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice

January 9, 2015 - Hour 1 - Prepare to be inspired as I talk with National Book Award-winning novelist and scholar Dr. Charles Johnson about his newest book Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice.
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January 9, 2015
Community Walk
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Health & Fitness: New Year’s Resolutions & Walking In The Community

January 8, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our monthly feature on health and fitness with Chauncey Whitehead and Ernestine Shepherd! Chauncey and Ernestine will talk about New Year's resolutions, and about the second year of their monthly community walks.
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January 9, 2015
Maryland transportation policy
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Lead Up To The Annapolis Summit: Future Of Maryland’s Transportation Policy

January 8, 2015 - Segment 4 - For our weekly Lead Up to the Annapolis Summit, when we discuss issues facing the 2015 Maryland General Assembly. The topic is Transportation, and our guests are: Dr. John Bullock and Charles Lollar.
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January 9, 2015
Charlie Hebdo
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KAL On Tragic Charlie Hebdo Magazine Attack In Paris

January 8, 2015 - Segment 3 - We turn to yesterday's tragic shooting at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead. With: Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine of London and The Baltimore Sun.
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January 9, 2015
Annie for Target
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Annie For Target: Race & Representation in Film & Advertising

January 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - Have you been to the movies lately? Join in our discussion on race and representation in film and advertising. We will take a look at recent movies including Exodus, Top Five and Annie, at Target ads, and at the rumors of Idris Elba as the next James Bond.
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January 9, 2015
German Coast Uprising
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January 8: This Day In History

January 8, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the German Coast Rebellion outside of New Orleans, the day African-American men were given the right to vote in Washington DC, and the day the first issue of The Woman's Journal and Suffrage News was published.
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January 7, 2015
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Kelli Murray, Black Brunch, and the Backlash Against #BlackLivesMatter

January 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - We discuss the case of Kelli Murray, a 911 operator who has been harassed because of Facebook posts about police brutality, and discuss Black Brunch protests against police violence.
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January 7, 2015
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January 7: This Day in History

January 7, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Zora Neale Hurston, and the day Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1955.
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January 6, 2015
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Sound Bites: Top Food Stories Of 2014 | How Congress Will Impact Our Food & School Lunches

January 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series on our food and our world, we reflect upon the top food stories of 2014 with our panel of guests, and we discuss food-related issues on Congress' radar this year.
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January 6, 2015
hree civil rights workers who were killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
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January 6: This Day In History

January 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt talked about his Four Freedoms, the day the New England Anti-Slavery Society was organized, and the day former KKK leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested for the murders of three civil rights workers who were killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
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January 6, 2015
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Philosophers’ Roundtable: Predictions About The Political, Cultural & Social Changes Of 2015

January 5, 2015 - Segment 4 - We will host our first Philosophers' Roundtable of 2015 with Dr. Lester Spence, Dr. Desiree Melton, and Dr. Joe Pettit. We discuss the political, cultural and social transformations that 2015 might bring, and the type of world those changes would create.
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January 6, 2015
Governor Elect Larry Hogan
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Lead Up To The Annapolis Summit: Maryland Budget & Taxes

January 5, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our Lead Up to the Annapolis Summit, our panel of guests will discuss budget and tax issues facing the 2015 Maryland General Assembly. We will talk with two members of the State Budget and Taxation Committee: Senator Roger Manno and Senator George Edwards.
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January 5, 2015
UMBC Downtown Stories
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Downtown Stories: UMBC Students Explore Forgotten Baltimore History

January 5, 2015 - Segment 2 - We have a special treat today. We’re going to hear Downtown Stories, radio pieces produced by UMBC students taking a course called “Place and Public History in Baltimore” led by UMBC’s Dr. Nicole King and Dr. Kate Drabinski. The question students sought to answer was: What should the public remember about Baltimore history and why?
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January 5, 2015
Kappa Alpha Psi Founders Day
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January 5: This Day In History

January 5, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including National Bird Day, the day Henry Ford announced an eight-hour workday and a "living wage," and Founders Day for Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest African American fraternity.
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January 5, 2015
Michael Pollan
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From The Archives: Michael Pollan On Transforming The Food System

January 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - Michael Pollan is the author of best-selling books like The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. He is to food what Al Gore is to climate change. He joined Marc for a conversation about food, farm policy, the environment, politics, and more.
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January 5, 2015
The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
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From The Archives: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North

January 2, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc talks with historian Thomas Sugrue, whose latest book is an examination of the struggle for equal rights in the North. So much of the history of the movement has focused on the work in the South and on the work of Southern groups like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. But in America’s northern cities, all was not equal and calm.
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January 5, 2015
Miss Anne in Harlem
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From The Archives: The White Women Of The Harlem Renaissance

January 2, 2015 - Segment 1 - We talk with author Carla Kaplan, Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, about her book Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, which focuses on a small group of white women who crossed the color line and played controversial yet significant roles in the Harlem Renaissance.
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January 3, 2015
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From The Archives: The Spiritual Side of the Simpsons

January 1, 2015 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition of the Marc Steiner Show, we listen back to a discussion on the spiritual side of The Simpsons, and talk to starring voice actor on The Simpsons Harry Shearer.
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January 2, 2015
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Sound Bites: Doctors Concerned About Antibiotic Use On Healthy Animals | Maryland Poultry Farms Fined Over Pollution | Visit To Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore

December 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - In an archive edition of Sound Bites, we discuss antibiotic use among healthy animals, the fining of Maryland poultry farms over pollution, and we visit Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore.
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January 2, 2015
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This Week in the City Paper: People Who Died

December 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods joins us to look at this week's issue of the City Paper. It's the annual People Who Died issue, which focuses on some of the members of our communities who passed away over the past year.
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January 2, 2015
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Sound Bites: Gather Baltimore’s Kickstarter Campaign | Plastics and Our Oceans | Schmaltz

December 23, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode in our series about our food and our world, Sound Bites, we hear about Gather Baltimore's kickstarter campaign, and take a look at the effect of plastics on our ecosystem.
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January 2, 2015
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December 23: This Day in History

December 23, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day including, President Warren G. Harding's "Christmas Amnesty" which granted clemency for 23 political prisoners, and the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank.
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