March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015 - Segment 4 - Listen to an analysis of more General Assembly issues with Dayvon Love and Caryn Aslan, including issues around jobs and police officers.
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March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at the issue of parole reform, in light of a proposed bill that would end the requirement that the governor (and not the parole board) make the final decision in cases involving persons serving life sentences.
March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015 - Segment 2 - We focus on a number of issues currently facing the Maryland General Assembly. Our panelists debate whether voting rights for ex-felons should be restored.
March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the birthday of free jazz musician Ornette Coleman, the day the Barbie doll hit the shelves, and the day Marylander and African American explorer Matthew Henson passed away.
March 10, 2015
March 6, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a discussion of Black Women in Academia with Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill, Dr. Pamela Scott Johnson and Dr. Tara Bynum.
March 10, 2015
March 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - Our guests reflect upon the report issued this week by the U.S. Department of Justice on the Ferguson Police Department with: Akiba Solomon and Dr. Tara Bynum.
March 9, 2015
March 6, 2015 - Segment 2 - This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, and we take time to reflect upon the events of March 1965, with NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and a panel of guests.
March 9, 2015
March 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day the Battle of the Alamo ended, the day the Supreme Court handed down the Dred Scott V. Sanford decision, and the day artist Georgia O’Keeffe passed away.
March 9, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 4 - We hear a preview of the Women's History Month Literary Festival with authors Lalita Tademy and LaShonda Katrice Barnett.
March 9, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hear a special archive edition of the Steiner Show. On the second anniversary of the death of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, we consider this powerful and controversial figure's life and legacy.
March 8, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take an audio tour of Rewind, an exhibit featuring the work of artist, composer and musician Paul Rucker. Rewind is the largest collection of Rucker's work to date, and visually embodies America's uncomfortable history regarding issues of social justice through sculptural installations, text, quilts, and animations.
March 8, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Boston Massacre and the birth of Rosa Luxemburg.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 6 - We look at this week's issue of the City Paper. This week's issue is the annual Eats issue, which focuses on food in Baltimore. It also has a feature on Qayum Karzai.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 5 - Blues and Gospel singer Lea Gilmore, Center for Emerging Media's Culture Editor, joins us to introduce the Lea & Marc Book Club. Our first selection is Kindred by Octavia Butler.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 4 - We offer a preview of Morgan State University's academic symposium "Intersections: Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity." The theme of this year's symposium is "Masculinities."
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 3 - We are joined by Charnell D. Cobb-El who tells us about an action on Thursday, March 5th on the wrongful arrests by Baltimore City Police against young people of color as well as the school funding crisis.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 2 - Our guests reflect upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech yesterday before Congress, as well as U.S. policy with Israel.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the death of actor and comedian Bert Williams and the birth of inventor Garrett Morgan.
March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we talk about how radical farmers are using fresh food to fight racial injustice, debate the Farmers' Rights Act that's before the Maryland General Assembly, and make a tribute to a local hero, Cherry Hill Urban Garden's Juanita Ewell.
March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a Maryland Roundtable as we ask the question: With Senator Barbara Mikulski retiring, what's next for Maryland? With: Anthony McCarthy, Dr. Antonio Campbell, Odette Ramos and Jolene Ivey.
March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day President Thomas Jefferson signed a law banning the importation of slaves to the United States, the day the Freedman's Bank was established, and the day the LA police beating of Rodney King was caught on tape.
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015 - Segment 4 - We look at the inmate uprising that happened last week at Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, known as "Ritmo," over inadequate medical conditions at this overcrowded for-profit facility.
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at issues in the Maryland Legislature that would have impacts on women and on persons with different gender identities, with: Jacqueline Robarge, Mothyna James-Brightful and Lisae C. Jordan.
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our monthly conversation with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. We discuss decreases in Baltimore's teen pregnancy rate, how Baltimore's infrastructure is holding up after all of the snow, and issues around police brutality in our community.
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including Dr. Seuss' birthday, the day The Weeping Time took place in 1859, and the day saxophonist Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins was given a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.
March 2, 2015
February 27, 2015 - Segment 3 - We bring you a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, my conversation with Autonomous Marxists Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis, who stopped by the studio when then were in town last year.
March 2, 2015
February 27, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get a sneak peek at the current production at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage. We talk to the cast of this moving play, which portrays the plight of women in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
March 2, 2015
February 27, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the Dominican Republic declared itself independent from Haiti, the day the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was held up as constitutional, and the birthday of opera singer Marian Anderson.
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 - Segment 4 - We turn to the issue of pain management and discuss treatment options and barriers to treatment.
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - We discuss a controversial bill that would lift restrictions on when police officers could carry their weapons, allowing them to carry them inside schools.
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - We have an update on the Maryland General Assembly, which is currently in session.
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Johnny Cash and the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, withSenior Editor Baynard Woods. This week's issue features a cover story on Dan Deacon.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 4 - We take a look at a number of opportunities to engage in civic involvement here in Maryland, with Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Caryn Aslan, Policy Associate at the Job Opportunities Task Force.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk about Neighborhood Revitalization and Gentrification in Baltimore, and how we can create the city we want with Jeff Singer, Ben Stone, Mia Loving, Lena Leone and John Duda.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 2 - We preview of the newest lecture in Open Society Institute-Baltimore's Talking About Race series, taking place Thursday night. I will talk with Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, a law practice dedicated to defending some of America's most rejected and marginalized people, about his new book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Hiram Revels became the first Black man to sit in the United States Senate, the day playwright Tennessee Williams passed away, and the birthday of Bo Diddley.
February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we host a panel of young farmers in Baltimore City, and hear about the best matzoh ball soup in Baltimore.
February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - To honor science fiction writer Octavia Butler, who died on February 24, 2006, we examine diversity in the realm of science fiction.
February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Battle of Los Angeles in 1942, the day the Supreme Court made a decision in the Marbury v. Madison case, and the day Clara Fraser, co-founder of Radical Women, died.
February 25, 2015
February 23, 2015 - Segment 3 - We commemorate the life and legacy of Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965.
February 25, 2015
February 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at standardized testing in Maryland's schools.
February 25, 2015
February 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the start of the battle of the Alamo and Woody Guthrie writing "This Land is Your Land."
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 4 - We speak with Palestinian filmmaker Fida Qishta about her compelling new film Where Should the Birds Fly.
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - Cricket Arrison joins us to talk about her fascinating and groundbreaking one-woman and one-audience-member-at-a-time play, "Make Yourself at Home."
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at Black History Month and how to teach children Black history outside the context of schools.
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Kurt Cobain and the death of Frederick Douglass.
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a preview of a talk to be held tonight at Red Emma's Bookstore and Café, Hope and Crisis in Greece: An Update on the Current Situation. With Kostis Papadantonakis.
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - Open your Economics text as we talk about Solidarity Economics, a pursuit of alternative ways of engaging in the economy that are based on solidarity and work. With: Parag Khandhar and Dorcas Gilmore.
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at a piece of Baltimore's history as a segregated city as we examine the Roland Park neighborhood. Our guest is Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, who wrote an article in the Fall 2014 issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine, Roland Park: one of America's first garden suburbs, and built for whites only.