Economics

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

February 3, 2017

SoundBites: The Common Market & Black Farmers

February 2, 2017 - Segment 2 - We hosted our newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites. We began with a recent report from The Common Market, and then hosted a Black Farmers Roundtable.
February 3, 2017

College Access and Affordability

February 2, 2017 - Segment 1 - We hosted a discussion on College Access and Affordability. With: Caryn York,and Sara Goldrick-Rab.
February 1, 2017

Racial Wealth Divide in Baltimore

February 1 - Segment 2 - Marc hosted a conversation on the report the Corporation for Enterprise Development, CFED, released yesterday that reveals a significant gap in wealth between whites and other races in Baltimore. His is joined by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Talib Horne.
February 1, 2017

Transportation Roundtable: BaltimoreLink

February 1, 2017 - Segment 1 - We hosted a Transportation Roundtable, discussing topics such as Governor Hogan's BaltimoreLink bus plan. With: Jimmy Rouse, Samuel Jordan, and Denise Griffin Johnson.
January 30, 2017

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz: Vision for the Country

January 30, 2017 - Segment 2 - Marc hosted a conversation with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz in-studio about what his vision for the County is.
January 27, 2017

SoundBites: Future Harvest & Trump’s EPA

January 26, 2017 - Segment 2 - We hosted our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world. We began the episode with a panel Marc moderated entitled "Cultivate the Chesapeake Foodshed." and then hosted a conversation about Trump's pick to run the EPA, Scott Pruit.
January 25, 2017

National News Roundtable: Donald Trump’s Executive Orders

January 25, 2017 - Segment 1 - We host a National News Roundtable, topics to include Donald Trump's Executive Orders and why Democrats are so readily approving his cabinet nominees. With: Bhaskar Sunkara, Rose Aguilar, and Charles Ellison.
January 24, 2017

Local News Roundtable: Hogan’s Budget Cuts

January 23, 2017 - Segment 2 - We host a Local News Roundtable on Governor Hogan's numerous budget cuts that will affect Baltimore and the region. With: the Rev. Kevin A. Slayton, Sr.,Maryland State Delegate Nick Mosby, State Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., and Jamal Jones.
January 18, 2017

National News Roundtable: Moving Forward

January 18, 2017 - Segment 1 - We host a National News Roundtable, focusing on the state of our nation and moving forward. With: Arun Gupta, and Dr. Lester Spence.
January 14, 2017

Radio Play: Pray for the Dead

January 13, 2017 - Segment 3 - We broadcast Gene Bruskin's radio play about workers and unions called Pray for the Dead - A Musical Tale of Morgues, Moguls and Mutiny.
January 14, 2017

Talk with Gene Bruskin: Pray for the Dead Playwright

January 13, 2017 - Segment 2 - I talk with playwright and labor activist Gene Bruskin, and then we broadcast his radio play about workers and unions called Pray for the Dead - A Musical Tale of Morgues, Moguls and Mutiny
January 11, 2017

Annapolis Summit: House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.

January 11, 2017 - Segment 2 - Today is the opening day of the 2017 Maryland General Assembly, and our 14th annual Annapolis Summit. Marc speaks with House Speaker Michael E. Busch, who along with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.. We also hear questions from the audience.
January 11, 2017

Annapolis Summit: Governor Larry Hogan

January 11, 2017 - Segment 1 - Today is the opening day of the 2017 Maryland General Assembly, and our 14th annual Annapolis Summit. Marc speaks with Governor Larry Hogan. We also hear questions from the audience.
January 6, 2017

Countdown To The Annapolis Summit: Maryland Budget & Mandated Spending

January 6, 2017 - Segment 4 - We host our newest segment of our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. This week's topic focuses on the budget that will be before the Maryland General Assembly, specifically addressing mandated spending. You will hear from: Bryan Sears, Senator Stephen Waugh, and Delegate Samuel (Sandy) Rosenberg.
January 6, 2017

Tengella’s Take: Get On The Bus 4 What’s Just

January 6, 2017 - Segment 1 - We host the newest edition of our weekly segment, Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella. Tengella is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
January 4, 2017

International News Roundtable: Russia, Iasrael, & NATO

January 4, 2017 - Segment 1 - We host an International News Roundtable, discussing topics such as the new UN Israel Policy, Russia, and NATO. With Guests: Rania Khalek, John Feffer, and Charles "Sam" Faddis.
December 27, 2016

Countdown to the Annapolis Summit: Donald Fry & Business In Maryland

December 27, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our newest edition of our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. We have Donald Fry, the president and CEO of Greater Baltimore Committee, on with us to discuss some of the business issues coming up in the next session of the Maryland General Assembly.
December 16, 2016

Countdown to the Annapolis Summit: Transportation Policy

December 16, 2016 - Segment 3 - We continue our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. The topic is Maryland Transportation Policy. You will hear from: Delegate Robert Flanagan (MD-District 9B), former Maryland Secretary of Transportation; and Mel Freeman, former Executive Director of Citizens Planning and Housing Association.
December 9, 2016

Countdown to the Annapolis Summit: Bail Reform with Doug Colbert & Mark Adams

December 9, 2016 - Segment 5 - It’s time to start our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. In this segment we will be focusing on Bail Reform which will be a major issue in the 2017 Maryland General Assembly. I talk with Doug Colbert, and Mark Adams.
December 9, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Class Division in the Black Community

December 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella. Tengella is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
December 1, 2016

Standing Rock: Divestment

November 30, 2016 - Segment 2 - We continue our coverage of the Standing Rock protests, focusing on the protests against banks, including Citigroup and Wells Fargo, who bankroll the Dakota Access Pipeline.
November 15, 2016

Neoliberalism and Capitalism in the Election

November 15, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a panel discussion on the Election, during which our panel of guests will examine and analyze the results within the framework of of Capitalism and Neoliberalism.
November 15, 2016

Local Roundtable

November 14, 2016 - Segment 2 - We bring it closer to home with a Local Roundtable talking about the new elected officials around the city.
November 10, 2016

Election Analysis

November 8, 2016 - Segment 1 - We dedicate the entire show to the results of the Presidential Election. We hear our callers concerns and listen to our guests' insights.
November 4, 2016

Baltimore Mayoral Candidate Joshua Harris

November 4, 2016 - Segment 4 - With the Baltimore City mayoral election just days away, we sit down and talk to Green Party candidate Joshua Harris.
November 2, 2016

Working Class White People and the Election

November 2, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the National Election from the perspective of poor and working class white people.
November 2, 2016

Question J: What Does it Mean for You?

November 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to an important issue, "Question J," which will be on the Ballot in Baltimore City. Question J is a proposal to amend the Baltimore City charter
October 28, 2016

OSI Baltimore Solutions Summit: Jobs Forum

October 26, 2016 - Segment 3 - In this part of the show we have a preview of Open Society Institute-Baltimore's Solutions Summit: Jobs Forum.
October 21, 2016

Green Party Discussion

October 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - We love to bring interesting conversations to the show so we have a Green Party Candidate Roundtable.
October 11, 2016

Haiti in the Wake of Hurricane Matthew

October 11, 2016 - Segment 3 With the death toll of Hurricane Matthew growing, we have an update from Haiti about Hurricane Matthew and what the country needs in order to recovery.
October 7, 2016

Walter Mosley: Folding the Red Into Black

October 7, 2016 - Segment 4 - I talk with the one and only Walter Mosley about his newly published book, Folding the Red Into the Black: Developing a Viable UNtopia for Human Survival in the 21st Century.
October 7, 2016

Sound Bites: MD Solar Congress / End-Dependence Day

October 6, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have two event previews on this week's Sound Bites. One is for the MD Solar Congress in Annapolis, another is the End-Dependence Day at #WorldFoodDay2016 at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore.
October 3, 2016

National News Roundtable: Trump, Taxes and the Election

October 3, 2016 - Segment 1 - Dr. Kaye will moderate a National News Roundtable on topics to include the new information that the New York Times released over the weekend about Donald Trump's tax returns
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 28, 2016

City Paper This Week: Sinkholes

September 28, 2016 - Segment 4 - We close the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week. We will be talking with Baynard Woods about his article on infrastructure in Baltimore.
September 15, 2016

Port Covington Vote

September 13, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our guests analyze, comment, and reflect upon tonight's City Council vote on whether to approve the TIF for the proposed Port Covington development.
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.
August 9, 2016

Arun Gupta: Prisons and Debt

August 9, 2016 - Segment 3 - A conversation with writer Arun Gupta about an article he wrote for The Nation: "The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails."
August 2, 2016

Dispatches from Africa and the Diaspora: #BlackLivesMatter Everywhere

July 29, 2016 - Segment 3 - We discuss the future of the UK post-Brexit, and what Black Lives Matter has meant in the European context with members of the activist community in the UK.
July 25, 2016

Addressing Housing Inequality In Baltimore: Port Covington & Beyond

July 25, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our guests react to our segment on the Oak Park Regional Housing Center and connect that model back to the struggle for fair housing in Baltimore. With: Patrick Maier and Dr. Marisela Gomez.
July 25, 2016

Oak Park Regional Housing Center: Developing An Economically & Racially Integrated Community

July 25, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, an organization in Oak Park, Illinois, that was created to help develop an economically- and racially-integrated community during the 1960s -- a community that still remains vital and thriving to this day.
July 6, 2016

Dr. Lester Spence’s ‘Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics’

July 4, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a rebroadcast of my interview With Dr. Lester Spence about his important book Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics.
June 28, 2016

Baltimore Planning Commission Approves Port Covington Master Plan

June 27, 2016 - Segment 3 - Our guests discuss last week's approval of the Port Covington Master Plan by the Baltimore Planning Commission. With: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Natalie Sherman, Charly Carter, and Melody Simmons.
June 28, 2016

Analyzing Brexit, Great Britain’s Vote Last Week To Leave The EU

June 27, 2016 - Segment 2 - Our guests reflect upon and analyze Brexit, Great Britain's vote last week to leave the European Union. With: Maria Margaronis, Steve Isberg, and Neil Davidson.
June 22, 2016

Baltimore’s Port Covington Master Plan Vote Expected Thursday

June 22, 2016 - Segment 1 - We continue our discussion on the proposed Port Covington development. It is expected that the city's Planning Commission will vote on the master plan for the development on Thursday.
June 21, 2016

The Other Game Seven: The Story of Sports Owners & How They Reshape the Cities They Do Business In

June 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - We look at links between sports, development, and Port Covington, based on an article by Dr. Lester Spence in Jacobin magazine: The Other Game Seven: Beyond the drama on the basketball court is the story of sports owners and how they reshape the cities they do business in.
June 10, 2016

From The Archives: Ralph Nader On Getting Steamed To Overcome Capitalism

June 10, 2016 - Segment 4 - We host a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show: my 2011 interview with Ralph Nader, who joined me to discuss his book Getting Steamed To Overcome Corporatism: Build it together to win, about our troubled political and economic system.
June 8, 2016

Baltimore Entrepreneur Chris Wilson On His Support For Bernie Sanders & More

June 7, 2016 - Segment 3 - We close the show with an interview with Baltimore entrepreneur Chris Wilson, about his life and about a powerful online video in which he tells his story and expresses his support for Bernie Sanders.
June 8, 2016

Development In Baltimore: TIFs, Port Covington, Harbor Point & More

June 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - We continue our conversation about development and TIFs (Tax Increment Financing) in Baltimore. With: Councilman Carl Stokes, the Rev. Todd Yeary, and Jeff Singer.
May 11, 2016

Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There

May 10, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host another episode of our month-long series Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later. The episode focuses on Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There.