July 28, 2010
We begin this segment with another update on how frugality can be fun, as part of our "Your Money Matters" series.
July 26, 2010
We open today's show with this week's installment of Your Money Matters. Today, we talk refinancing with Kathy Brown.
July 26, 2010
Today Frances Moore Lappe', co-founder of the Small Planet Institute"Living Democracy" advocate and author of 18 books which include the bestseller Diet For A Small Planet, joins us and talks about her new book Getting
July 26, 2010
Have you ever heard of the Maryland Fish Pepper? In another Urbanite Radio Story, we look at the history of this local hot pepper. It faded out of popularity and was almost lost, but a few people are working to bring the Fish Pepper back to Maryland.
July 26, 2010
July 26, 2010
David Kirby joins us to discuss his new book Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy and Poultry Farms on Humans and the Environment.
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July 26, 2010
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. We discuss the legacy of the book, and why it's still one of the leading American novels about racial injustice with:
July 26, 2010
In our second hour today, we explore a surprising alliance. During World War II, many Jewish professors fled from Nazi Germany and were offered positions at historically black colleges. We discuss the intertwined history of African Americans and Jews with the curators of Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jew
July 26, 2010
First, another segment in our Your Health Today series, part 2 of the 50,000 mile checkup.
Then, Sheri Parks joins us to talk about her new book Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in
July 22, 2010
Have you always wanted to improve your money management skills, but didn't know how? The Maryland CASH Campaign has just established the Maryland CASH Academy, which offers free financial education classes. Learn more in this Your Money Matters Segment with Shani Gibson, head of the new Academy.
July 22, 2010
Aubrey Sarvis, Executive Director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, joins us for an update on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which bans openly gay and lesbian members of the military from serving.
July 22, 2010
In another of our Urbanite Radio Stories, we take a look at cancer in Baltimore. While Baltimore City has a lower rate of cancer than other jurisdictions in Maryland, the mortality rate in the city is much higher. Our panel joins us to talk about why that is, and what's being done to improve care for those living with the disease.
Our guests are:
July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010
Tony Geraci, the head of the Food and Nutrition Services Department in the Baltimore City Public Schools, updates us on what's being served at schools around the city. Never one for boring bureaucratic talk, Geraci discusses the struggle of making institutional change in the school system, and why he thinks fresh, local food is important to bring to all kids.
July 20, 2010
Questions of indigenous sovereignty have been raised in light of Britain's refusal to let the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team enter the country on their Haudenosaunee Confederacy passports for the World Lacrosse Championships. The team refused to travel on US passports.
Panel
July 20, 2010
In 1994, Baltimore adopted one of the nation's first living wage ordinances, requiring businesses with city contracts to pay their employees a living wage. Now, Baltimore City Council is considering a new bill that would force retailers with gross sales of over $10 million to pay their employees in Baltimore stores a mandated living wage, which is currently over $3/hr higher than the state minim
July 19, 2010
We start off this hour with our weekly installment of Your Health Today.
Then, what happens when Scottish music meets the blues? Umoja Gaelica, a new project from Marc Steiner regular Lea Gilmore, combines musical styles and reaches out to communities on both sides of the Atlantic.
July 19, 2010
The election of Barack Obama brought to light a divide between the black electorate and much of the older generation of prominent black leaders. While the overwhelming majority of black voters backed Obama, many of the civil-rights era leaders initially endorsed Hillary Clinton.
July 15, 2010
The African American Environmentalist Association muses that the Dundalk neighborhood of Turner's Station "has to be the most polluted neighborhood in the United States." The area contends not only with the Sparrow's Point steel mill, but also an unlined landfill, an electric utility plant
July 15, 2010
July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010
July 13, 2010
Tonight we tackle the big questions surrounding Maryland's transportation system. How can we overhaul public transit to make sure it serves the needs of everyone in the state? What's the future of the MARC system, the InterCounty Connector, and the buses in Baltimore? Should we devote more resources to rail, roads, or bike trails? Our guests are:
July 13, 2010
Last month we traveled to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, where we met with some of the 18,000 activists who gathered under the slogan "Another World is Possible, Another U.S.
July 13, 2010
The last count of Baltimore's homeless population, from 2009, found 3419 homeless individuals, a 12% increase from the previous count in 2007. Many advocates believe that to be a low estimate.
July 12, 2010
This hour we speak with artists, musicians, and activists from different parts of the southern Appalachian region about the intersections between their art and activism. Our guests are all taking part in the Common Ground On the Hill festival, taking place right now in Westminster, Maryland.
July 12, 2010
We start off the show with Your Health Today, as we talk about why a 50,000 mile checkup is as good for you as it is for your car.
July 2, 2010
Whether you have a few plants around the house, or a green thumb and enough crops to provide your friends and family with an endless supply of fresh food, tune in this hour to learn more about gardening. We're joined by:
July 2, 2010
The Other Wes Moore is the tale of two boys with the same name growing up at the same time in Baltimore. One is serving a life sentence for murder. The other took a dramatically different path, and he speaks with us today about what he found when he explored these two similar yet divergent lives.
July 2, 2010
July 2, 2010
In late June 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was forcefully removed from office, an action that was condemned by the United Nations and governments around the world. This hour, we discuss the coup and developments in Honduras over the past year with our guests:
Karla Lara - Honduran singer and activist
July 2, 2010
Education policy guru Dr. Diane Ravitch was one of the chief architects of the No Child Left Behind legislation - one of the major education initiatives under George W. Bush. That’s why she’s turning heads now as one of the most outspoken critics of the policy.
July 2, 2010
In another segment of interviews we did in Detroit at the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, we hear from:
Olie Lake, who came from Alaska as part of the Indigenous Environmental Network
July 2, 2010
The incomparable John Waters, Baltimore native and writer/director of cult classic films like Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, joined us to talk about his new autobiography Role Models.
July 2, 2010
We revisit our interview with actress Pam Grier, an icon of 1970's cinema. Grier is best known for her roles in films like Coffy and Foxy Brown, although she has continued to act in films and television, including a starring role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown in 1997 and supporting roles in The L Word and Smallville.
July 1, 2010
We talk to Joanna Smith Ramani, Director of Strategy for the Doorways to Dreams fund in our weekly series "Your Money Matters."
July 1, 2010
June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010
Discussion from the US Social Forum about the strict laws about immigration with Victor Medina and Diane Ovalle. They talk about life for immigrants in Arizona and the attempts they are making to fight against the new laws.
What are you views on this issue and immigration as a whole? Do you believe the laws in Arizona go against the constituition?
June 30, 2010
The financial reform bill is on the verge of passing the House. Americans for Financial Reform Executive Director Heather Booth joins us to explain what's in the bill, what compromises have been made, and how it will affect us all.
June 30, 2010
This Monday, leaders of the NAACP California chapter announced that they support the passing of a marijuana legalization initiative to be voted on in California in November. The measure would allow people age 21 and older to possess an ounce of marijuana.
June 29, 2010
For the second hour, Marc discusses the finalized Baltimore City budget with guests:
June 29, 2010
Should the city be doing more to help youth get summer jobs? The Baltimore Algebra Project thinks so, but the city says that without the federal funding we got last year, they can't hire any more kids. We discuss youth employment with:
June 28, 2010
We take a look at the troubling report in the Baltimore Sun that raised the question of why so many reports of rape in Baltimore are categorized as false by the police department. Baltimore has the highest rate of such cases in the nation. We're joined by:
June 28, 2010
Bestselling author Naomi Klein joins us today to talk about the G-20 Summit, and why she believes the participants are forcing the public to pay for the mistakes of the banking industry.
June 24, 2010
Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the Executive Editor of feministing.com, the most widely read feminist publication in the world. She joined us to talk about new media and what it means to be a young feminist.
June 24, 2010
Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, both radical scholars and former members of the Weather Undeground, joined us to discuss activism and the work they do in Chicago.
June 24, 2010
Johns Hopkins Political Science professor Lester Spence is a regular on the Marc Steiner Show. He's out here at the U.S. Social Forum and joined us for an interview along with his father, Vaughn Spence, a veteran political activist. They discuss their hometown of Detroit, the
June 24, 2010
Today we bring you two hours of special coverage of the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit.