Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the current state of the United States economy. Today's panel included:
Senator Ben Cardin details the health care reform bill as it battles its way through legislation. Senator Cardin stresses that any health care bill he supports must bring down cost, be financially within reach of most Americans and be fiscally responsible.
Today we continue with our new series Voices From the Archives, which brings you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
First, we have an interview with Prarie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor, originally broadcast live in October 2007.
We start out our first hour with a live, in-studio conversation with writers Djelloul Marbrook, who has a new book of poetry called Far from Algiers
Marc and Anthony McCarthy talk with Professor Jonathan Weiner about health care policy. Listeners discussed Senator Max Baucus' proposed health care reform bill.
Jonathan Weiner is a professor at the Jonhs Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Marc and co-host Anthony McCarthy talk state budget cuts with Matthew Gallagher, Governor O'Malley's Chief of Staff.
Marc talks with NY Times columnist Charles Blow about his recent article about President Obama.
On the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by Woody Curry, Program Director of The Baltimore Station,
For the second hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the importance of race relations in today's media, as well as in American politics. Today's panel included:
Today we discuss the latest accusations against ACORN. Is there an ongoing effort by right-wing interests to undermine the progressive agenda and efforts of reform? Are there parallels between the media scandal created by Fox News around ACORN and the recent uproar that led to Van Jones' resignation, or the backlash against health care reform?
It's Monday, so time for our weekly visit from Anthony McCarthy, host of the Anthony McCarthy Show, Friday, 5 to 7 PM on Public Radio WEAA 88.9 FM, the voice of the community.
Last night Barack Obama gave an address to Congress in an attempt to regain control of the spiraling debate about healthcare reform.
Today we continue with our new series Voices From the Archives, which brings you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill joins us to discuss the importance of restoring the civil rights division of the Justice Department, which critics argue was weakened during the Bush administration.
We take a look at current events in Afghanistan, as the recent election continues to be disputed, and the US military approaches the last month of their eighth year of war there.
We're joined by:
Phyllis Bennis - Author of the 2008 book Ending the Iraq War: A Primer
For our second hour, we talk with New York Times religion writer Gustav Niebuhr, who wrote Beyond Tolerance, a book about how we in America are building bridges between faiths.
We start out the hour with a call from Nick Sheridan of the Move-On council in Baltimore. He tells us about a healthcare reform rally taking place at 5:30PM on Wednesday, September 2nd at the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon.
Anthony McCarthy, host of WEAA's Anthony McCarthy Show, dropped by for his weekly visit. He joined Marc to discuss the top issues in the news today including budget cuts in Maryland and Baltimore City, the continuing battle over health care reform, slots in Baltimore city, and the loss the country has suffered with the death of Senator Edward Kennedy.
A task force of folksingers will perform a free
concert at the Washington Monument Sunday, September 6 at 2:00 pm. More
than two dozen artists are slated for the four-hour program, titled
“Balance The Bucks,“ including several national and award-winning
musicians.
Led by Portland, Oregon’s Delmark Goldfarb, a disabled Marine Corps
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the upcoming 4-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster and where New Orleans stands four years later. Today's panel included:
Today we're launching our new series Voices From the Archives. We'll be bringing you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
For the second hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Today's panel included:
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to reflect upon the life of Senator Edward Kennedy. The discussion panel included:
Many programs that provide crucial services in Baltimore's neediest and most dangerous neighborhoods are seeing their funding dry up. Organizations that work with children and help get gang members and former convicts off the street are concerned about what will happen to their neighborhoods if they can no longer run their programs.