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.
First, another installment of Your Money Matters. Adrian Johnson discusses building a long-term approach to saving money.
Malcolm X would have turned eighty-five today. Forty-five years have passed since he was killed. What is his legacy today? Writer and political analyst Dedrick Muhammad joins Marc to co-host this hour.
Continuing a practice that has existed for years, yesterday Baltimore officials auctioned liens on 12,689 homes and properties whose owners had outstanding local taxes and municipal bills, according to a report by the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.
Just over four month's ago, Haiti was devastated by a tremendous earthquake. This hour, we discuss the ongoing relief efforts with two people who recently returned from visits there.
First, a Your Health Today segment. We talk to Christine L. Byerly, a nurse in the University of Maryland Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) talks about caring for babies born up to three months prematurely.
This afternoon at 6pm, you’re the guest on the Marc Steiner Show! We return to an old tradition – open phones, where listeners call in to talk about what’s happening in their communities, voice their opinions, and discuss what’s on their mind.
From 6 – 7 pm call us at 410.319.8888 to get your voice on the air!
We're joined by Howell S. Baum, author of the new book Brown in Baltimore: School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism. Why has segregation continued in Baltimore's schools over fifty-five years after legal school segregation was outlawed?
Collaborative duo Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry join us to discuss their work, which deals with themes of race and social justice.
First, we remember Lena Horne, the legendary singer, actress, and civil rights activist who passed away yesteday at age 92.
First, our weekly installment of Your Health Today, discussing fetal care with Dr. Chris Harman.
Rates of obesity among adolescents in the United States have more than tripled in the past 30 years, leading to a rise in obesity-related problems like Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. Baltimore was recently ranked as the 8th fattest city in the US by Men's Health.
First, another segment in our Your Money Matters series. We talk with Aziza Gary from MECU about payday loans.
August Wilson's play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is being performed at Center Stage through May 9th. Maurice McRae, who plays Levee, and Ro Boddie, who plays Sylvester, join us today to discuss the production and their work as actors.
Putty Hill is Baltimore filmmaker Matt Porterfield's follow-up to his debut feature film, Hamilton. Like Hamilton, Putty Hill is set in a northeast Baltimore neighborhood. Matt recently joined us, along with two of the film's actors, brothers Dustin and Cody Ray, to discuss Putty Hill.
Bob Dixson, Mayor of Greensburg, Kansas, joins us. Greensburg was destroyed by a tornado on May 4, 2007, three years ago today. After the tornado, the City Council passed a resolution stating that all city buildings would be built to platinum LEED standards, making it the first city in the nation to do so.
What are the roots of the inequalities found in our society? How does the achievement gap between students of different races in school connect to inequalities found across our society, whether in terms of education, wealth, or health?
Our guests joining us to tackle these questions are:
In the second segment of the show, we take a broad look at what the Gulf Coast oil spill means for United States energy policy. Can our economy afford to end offshore drilling? Can our environment afford not to end it?
In another of our Urbanite Radio Stories, Marc talks with author Deborah Rudacille, whose new book, Roots of Steel: Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town, follows the history of the Sparrows Point Steel Mill in Dundalk, MD.
She was joined by:
First, another installment of Your Money Matters. We talk to Sherry Bender from MECU about credit cards, and what you can do to manage credit card debt and use credit wisely.
In the final segment of Wandering Souls, we continue the journey with Vietnam Veteran Homer Steedly as he meets with the family of the Vietnamese soldier he killed forty years before.
Kevin Dayhoff, a freelance writer and retired elected official
Megan Carpentier, a freelance writer, and frequent jezebel.com contributor and former editor of news and politics at Air America
We begin the show with another trip to the University of Maryland Hospital to visit the Center for Advanced Fetal Care. Dr. Chris Harman talks about how the care care of pregnant women has changed and improved.
This hour we feature two perspectives on transitioning to cleaner sources of energy.