Arts and Culture

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

November 17, 2016

City Paper This Week: Gifts and Trump

November 16, 2016 - Segment 4 - We have our regular feature City Paper This Week. With Brandon Soderberg, Deputy Editor and Arts Editor for City Paper and Imani Spence, Steiner Show Producer.
November 15, 2016

Baltimore Rising: Art in Revolution

November 15, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our guests talk about Baltimore Rising, a new exhibition that brings together a broad survey artists with significant ties to Baltimore, who address the social, economic, political and racial issues.
November 14, 2016

Last House Standing

November 11, 2016 - Segment 4 - A sneak preview of another compelling local production, Last House Standing with playwright Sheila Gaskins and members of the cast.
November 11, 2016

Sound Bites: YUMM! at the AVAM / Carbon Neutral Fertilizer

November 10, 2016 - Segment 2 - We begin with a visit to the AVAM for their exhibit YUMMM! Then I talk to two scientists about an advancement in fertilizer science
November 10, 2016

Bad Moon Rising: How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution

November 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - I talk with Arthur Eckstein about his new book Bad Moon Rising: How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution.
November 8, 2016

Milton Dugger

November 8, 2016 - Segment 2 - We check in with Baltimore music legend Milton Dugger, the Baron of Soul, who will tell us about an upcoming musical event on November 26 at St. Mary's Church Hall on York Road in Baltimore.
November 4, 2016

Kahlon: The Cut Up Series

November 4, 2016 - Segment 3 - It's a preview of a musical event happening this Saturday night at the Crown, 1910 N. Charles Street in Baltimore.
November 2, 2016

Rise Up Singing

November 2, 2016 - Segment 4 - Rise up Singing is a sing-along concert using the songbook Rise Up Singing. It takes place November 6 at 7pm at the 2640 Space. For more information click here.
October 31, 2016

Continuing the Tradition of Black Message Music

October 31, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have a preview of a musical event to be held this Thursday, November 3 at the University of Baltimore (UB) - "Continuing the Tradition of Black Message Music."
October 31, 2016

Dia De Los Muertes

October 28, 2016 - Segment 3 - We turn to a preview of the Creative Alliance Baltimore's 17th Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival in the tradition of Dia de los Muertos!
October 31, 2016

Halloween Special: Horror Movies

October 28, 2016 - Segment 2 - We begin with a discussion on Horror Movies: From the Dawn of Cinema to Today talking about some of our panel's favorites and some of the iconic movies.
October 31, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Halloween Costumes

October 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the newest edition of our weekly segment, Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella.
October 28, 2016

City Paper This Week

October 26, 2016 - Segment 4 - Listen in to our regular feature, City Paper This Week, with J.M. Giordano, Photo Editor for City Paper. This week he speaks about his photojournalism on the elderly community in Station North.
October 21, 2016

Changa Onyango

October 21, 2016 - Segment 4 We bring you a preview of a special event, when Changa Onyango, community activist and Executive Director of Community Meditation in Baltimore, joins us.
October 14, 2016

Town Hall Panel: Racial Justice in Urban Education

October 12, 2016 - Segment 4 - Listen in to an important and compelling panel discussion I moderated last week called "Racial Justice in Urban Education: Celebrating 5 Years of Transformational Practice in Urban Schools."The panel featured: Karen Webber, Taylor Branch; and Dr. Edward Fergus.
October 12, 2016

City Paper This Week

October 12, 2016 - Segment 3 - It's our regular feature City Paper This Week. Steiner Show Producer Imani Spence interviews Brandon Soderberg, Deputy Editor and Arts Editor for City Paper.
October 11, 2016

Lom Nava Love: Documentary

October 10, 2016 - Segment 2 Lom Nava Love. Lom Nava Love is the story of Black families in inner city Baltimore harnessing their strengths to challenge the systems and institutions that threaten to dictate their realities.
October 7, 2016

Pharaoh: A One Woman Play

October 7, 2016 - Segment 3 - I speak to the star and director and star as well as the playwright of a new one-woman show coming to the Motorhouse on TONIGHT, October 7th at 8pm.
October 7, 2016

Tengella’s Take

October 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the newest edition of our weekly segment Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella.
October 6, 2016

City Paper This Week: The Beer Issue

October 5, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have our weekly segment with City Paper talking about their weekly issue This week the issue is focused on beer, because Baltimore Beer Week starts Friday.
September 30, 2016

Malcolm Peacock: Let the Sun Set On You

September 30, 2016 - Segment 5 - We close the show with a conversation with show producer Imani Spence and local Baltimore artist Malcolm Peacock
September 30, 2016

NEA Fellowship Winner: Bill McComiskey

September 30, 2016 - Segment 4 - I talk with NEA National Heritage Fellowship winner Billy McComiskey, a composer of Irish music who was born in Brookyln, NY, but has lived in Baltimore since 1980.
September 30, 2016

NEA Fellowship Winner: Michael Vlahovich

September 30, 2016 - Segment 3 - I talk with Michael "Mike" Vlahovich, founder of Coastal Heritage Alliance, an organization that safeguards and promotes maritime cultural heritage in Maryland and Washington State.
September 30, 2016

Shannon Murray: Folk Singer

September 30, 2016 - Segment 2 - We talk with Shannon Murray, a folk/punk musician and storyteller from Bemidji, Minnesota, who was in town last week
September 29, 2016

Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad

September 29, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with my interview with author Colson Whitehead about his new book The Underground Railroad.
September 28, 2016

Joyce Scott: 2016 MacArthur Fellow

September 28, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have a very special interview with one of Baltimore's treasures, visual and performing artist Joyce Scott, who was granted a 2016 MacArthur Genius Fellowship
September 28, 2016

Tonya Bolden on NMAAHC

September 28, 2016 - Segment 2 We check in on the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened this weekend.
September 28, 2016

One Maryland One Book: All American Boys

September 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely who wrote this year's One Maryland One Book: All American Boys.
September 27, 2016

Tengella’s Take

September 23, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella.
September 27, 2016

From the Archives: Studs Terkel–And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey

September 22, 2016 - Segment 2 - We listen back to a special archive edition of our show: Marc's interview with Studs Terkel on his book And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.
September 27, 2016

Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation

September 22, 2016 - Segment 1 - We speak with author and oral historian Alan Wieder, about his new book Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation.
September 26, 2016

Baltimore Book Festival Preview: Wayne Karlin, Jordan Camp, and City Paper this Week

September 21, 2016 - Segment 3 - We have a preview of this weekend's Baltimore Book Festival.
September 26, 2016

Booth Stories: Shelly Says So

September 21, 2016 - Segment 2 -We turn to our series Booth Stories with Michelle Antoinette aka LOVE the Poet. This month, she brings in Shelly Says So. Shelly Says So is a poet, blogger, actress, entrepreneur, and event host who is not afraid to go there.
September 18, 2016

Tengella’s Take

September 16, 2016 - Segment 1 - It's the latest segment of our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella.
September 18, 2016

Center Stage Play Lab

September 15, 2016 - Segment 2 - We discuss an important upcoming theatre event, the Center Stage Play Lab, which will be held September 16-18 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
September 18, 2016

Mother’s Lament: A Multimedia Concert Tribute to Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Violence

September 15, 2016 - Segment 1 - We have a special preview of a performance that premieres this Saturday night at Morgan State University, called Mother's Lament. Mother's Lament is a multimedia performance honoring the lives of people who have been killed by gun violence.
September 16, 2016

City Paper This Week: Best of Baltimore

September 14, 2016 - Segment 5 - We have our regular feature City Paper This Week. This week's issue is the Best of Baltimore issue. With: Lisa Snowden-McCray, Writer and Associate Editor.
September 9, 2016

Artist Theresa Chromati

September 9, 2016 - Segment 3 - Steiner Show Producer Imani Spence speaks with artist Theresa Chromati.
September 9, 2016

John Waters’ Multiple Maniacs

September 9, 2016 - Segment 2 - Senior Producer Mark Gunnery has a conversation about one of John Waters' earliest feature films, Multiple Maniacs. He speaks with John Waters, Vincent Peranio, and Susan Lowe.
September 9, 2016

Tengella’s Take: White Racists’ Cyber Harassment of Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones

September 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella: "White Racists' Cyber Harassment of Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones."
September 7, 2016

The Get Down

September 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - Denzel Mitchell hosts a discussion of The Get Down, a Netflix original series set in the 1970s that focuses on hip hop in the Bronx.
September 7, 2016

Labor Day Special: Roots

September 5, 2016 - Segment 1 - For Labor Day, we listen back to repeat broadcasts of two discussions on the remake of the classic television mini-series "Roots."
September 2, 2016

Dr. Nancy Isenberg: White Trash & Class In America

September 2, 2016 - Segment 2 - I host an interview with historian and author Dr. Nancy Isenberg about her new book White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Dr. Isenberg is the T. Harry Williams Professor of History at Louisiana State University.
September 2, 2016

City Paper This Week: McKeldin Square

August 31, 2016 - Segment 4 - It's our regular feature City Paper This Week. This week we talk about the plans for McKeldin Plaza.
September 1, 2016

Remembering Rudy Van Gelder

August 31, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a remembrance and celebration of the life of recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, who died last week.
September 1, 2016

Colin Kaepernick and the National Anthem

August 30, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to sports and politics, reflecting upon the actions of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has refused to stand for the playing of the national anthem during games in protest of wrongdoings against African Americans in the United States.
August 31, 2016

George Jackson: Releasing the Dragon

August 29, 2016 - Segment 4 - We have a special segment that mixes Art & Politics, as we talk with artists who have created a mixtape documentary film to commemorate the life of Black Panther George Jackson, who died in August of 1971, called George Jackson: Releasing the Dragon.
August 25, 2016

City Paper This Week

August 24, 2016 - Segment 3 - Our regular feature City Paper This Week. We talk with City Paper Editor-in-Chief Karen Houppert.
August 23, 2016

Dispatches for the African Diaspora: Limon, Costa Rica

August 19, 2016 - Segment 2 - It's our newest episode of Dispatches from Africa and the Diaspora, with a focus on Limón, Costa Rica.
August 23, 2016

Tengella’s Take

August 19, 2016 - Segment 1 - We have our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella