August 2015

August 9, 2015

Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam

August 4, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hear a special archive edition of the show, as Marc talks with Mark Bowden, author of many books including Black Hawk Down, about his 2006 work Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam.
August 9, 2015

A Conversation With Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

August 4, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show from 2009; an interview with Nigerian-born award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her collection of short stories titled That Thing Around Your Neck.
August 9, 2015

Art, Politics, and Remix Culture: Paul Rucker and DJ Spooky

August 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - We listen back to a rebroadcast of a fascinating discussion we held last year on art, music, politics, the war on drugs, and remix culture. With Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, musician, writer, and conceptual artist; and Paul Rucker, visual artist, composer, and musician.
August 9, 2015

Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre of 1968

August 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - We feature an archive edition of the Steiner Show, Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre of 1968. Marc speaks with Judy Richardson, director of a chilling documentary by that same name, about the 1968 massacre of black students at South Carolina State University.
August 9, 2015

Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges

July 31, 2015 - Segment 5 - We hear a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, where we explore a surprising alliance, during World War II, when many Jewish professors fled from Nazi Germany and were offered positions at historically black colleges.
August 6, 2015

Tengella’s Take: Sisters & Brothers, Let’s Work On Our Own Mess!

July 31, 2015 - Segment 2 - Listen to our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment and an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
August 5, 2015

Sound Bites: Martin O’Malley | “Our Failed Food Movement”

July 30, 2015 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we discuss the Maryland poultry industry's criticism of former Governor Martin O'Malley's stance on biofuel and an article called "Our Failed Food Movement."
August 3, 2015

July 30: This Day in History

July 30, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the city of Baltimore was founded, the day President Lincoln issued an “eye-for-eye” order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot, and the day Charles Mingus recorded his solo Piano Album ‘Mingus Plays Piano’.
August 3, 2015

Youth Poets, Singers and Rappers Share Their Work

July 29, 2015 - Segment 4 - Steiner Show regular commentator Koli Tengella joins us for a feature on Youth Opportunities (YO), a group of West Baltimore youth who join us to perform material developed in the Positive Social Change Theatre Program.
August 3, 2015

Public Health Roundtable: Heroin, Addiction, and Society

July 29, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hold a public health and society roundtable as we examine how the increase in youth HIV rates and heroin-related deaths are connected to other societal issues.