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

February 19, 2015
Slaveship
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Theatre Baltimore: ‘Slaveship: A Tribute To Amiri Baraka’ At Arena Players

February 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get a special sneak preview at the production currently playing at the Arena Players in Baltimore, Amiri Baraka's Slaveship: A Tribute to Amiri Baraka.With director Rosiland W. Cauthen and actors Nathan Couser, Malcolm Anomanchi, and Tracie Jiggetts.
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February 19, 2015
Bread and Roses Strike
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February 19: This Day In History

February 19, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the phonograph was patented by Thomas Alva Edison, one of the bloodiest days in the Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the day President Gerald Ford finally rescinded Executive Order 9066, which ended the internment of Japanese-Americans.
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February 19, 2015
One Night In Miami
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Theatre Baltimore: One Night In Miami At Center Stage Gets Extended Run

February 18, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with an encore broadcast of our show on the thought-provoking, inspirational and entertaining production currently playing at Baltimore's Center Stage: One Night in Miami, which has an extended run through February 22.
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February 18, 2015
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
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UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski: ‘Hold Fast To Dreams,’ His Philosophy On Education & More

February 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - I talk with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), about the talk he's giving at Goucher College next week, his forthcoming book Hold Fast to Dreams, and his thoughts on education.
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February 18, 2015
coalition immokalee workers
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Sound Bites: Fair Treatment For Farmworkers & The Human Cost Of Our Food Supply System

February 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - On our series about our food and our world - Sound Bites - we bring you a tape of a panel discussion from last Thursday at Red Emma's Bookstore and Café, which followed a screening of Food Chains, a documentary about the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to achieve fair treatment for farmworkers.
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February 18, 2015
ritalin
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From The Archives: Are We Over-Medicating Our Children?

February 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - Listen in to a special 2012 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, on prescription medications and children. I talk with Dr. Alan Sroufe, who at one time believed that Ritalin was as necessary for children. However, his position has changed, and he believes that these drugs are dangerously over-prescribed.
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February 18, 2015
UMBC Critical Social Justice Week
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Creating Brave Spaces: UMBC’s Critical Social Justice Intensive

February 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc Steiner Show Producer Stefanie Mavronis talks to UMBC staff and students about UMBC Critical Social Justice Week, a week-long series of events focused on learning social justice, teaching social justice and "Creating Brave Spaces," this year's theme.
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February 18, 2015
Huey Newton
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February 17: This Day In History

February 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc discusses what happened today in history, including the birthday of Black Panther founder Huey Newton, the day Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo passed away, and the day the United States House of Representatives passed the Missouri Compromise.
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February 18, 2015
Cory-McCray
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Delegate Cory McCray On Being A Freshman Legislator & Sponsoring Legislation

February 16, 2015 - Segment 2 - The 2015 Maryland General Assembly has been in session for over a month, and one of our state's new legislators, Delegate Cory McCray (D-District 45, Baltimore City), offers an update on the Session.
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February 13, 2015
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Remembering Maryland Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton

February 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We remember Maryland Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton by listening to her read some of her best poems, and we listen back to a segment from the archives, where we talked to her friends and colleagues shortly after her passing.
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February 13, 2015
heroin
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Maryland Drug Policy: Addressing The Heroin Problem Through Treatment & Legislation

February 12, 2015 - Segment 4 - We turn our attention to heroin use in Maryland, as well as treatment programs and policy issues facing the Maryland legislature this session.
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February 12, 2015
Station North Arts and Entertainment District
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If I Were Mayor Of Baltimore: Arts, Development & Gentrification In Our City

February 11, 2015 - Segment 3 - It's another one of our regular features, "If I Were Mayor of Baltimore," as we discuss the Arts, development, and gentrification in our city with Paul Rucker, David Mitchell, Michelle Gomez and Cara Ober.
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February 12, 2015
Phillips Photographers
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Baltimore African American Experience Through The Lens Of Three Generations Of The Phillips Family

February 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - We preview of a visual treat, as we examine the Baltimore African American experience through the lens of three generations of the Phillips family, photographers who have captured Baltimore's African American community and culture since 1946 when Irving Henry Phillips began working as a photographer for the Baltimore Afro-American.
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February 12, 2015
The Long Walk
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February 11: This Day In History

February 11, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of first female AME preacher Jarena Lee, the day Black students in Cambridge, MD, among other states, staged a boycott to protest conditions in segregated schools, and the day thousands of Native Americans in 1978 undertook the Long Walk.
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February 11, 2015
fruit
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Sound Bites: Baltimore’s Food System Vision

February 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we listen in to a panel discussion Marc moderated on Baltimore's food-system planning, policy and partnership efforts and how people are shaping and implementing visions for a sustainable local food system.
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February 11, 2015
jail-cell
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Prison Reform and Abolition: BGF, New Prison Leadership & More

February 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - In light of the news that Tavon White - the Black Guerrilla Family member who ran a drug ring in prison and impregnated four guards - would receive a lightened sentence because he gave key testimony against other inmates and guards, we discuss prison reform and abolition.
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February 10, 2015
Baltimore, Md.--1/30/13-- Students of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy packed the Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners during a meeting on the renewal recommendation of operator run schools (charter schools.) Photo by: Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun _KKL7619 md-p4-charter-school-hearing lam
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The Debate Between Charter Schools & Traditional Public Schools

February 9, 2015 - Segment 2 - Where do you fall in the debate between charter schools and traditional public schools? We talk to people with different opinions on charter schools about school closings, school funding, and the future of education.
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February 10, 2015
Hlubi Chief Langalibalele
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February 9: This Day In History

February 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Hlubi Chief Langalibalele became one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island, the day Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the day the American Revolution began.
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February 10, 2015
Prostate Dialogues
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Theatre Baltimore: The Prostate Dialogues and Tales of the Tellywacker At Baltimore Theatre Project

February 6, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with another theatrical treat, as internationally renowned storyteller Jon Spelman joins us to talk about his one-man show at Baltimore's Theatre Project, The Prostate Dialogues and Tales of the Tellywacker.
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February 10, 2015
Freedoms Diaries
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Freedom’s Diaries: Diaries Of Free African Americans Throughout The Antebellum & Civil War

February 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hear a preview of an event this weekend at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, Freedom's Diaries. The event showcases two diaries of Black individuals from the Antebellum and Civil War period.
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February 9, 2015
Bob Marley
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Celebrating Bob Marley’s 70th Birthday: His Legacy, Politics & Spirituality

February 6, 2015 - Segment 2 - In honor of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, our guests offer a tribute to the memory of the Reggae King with Dermot Hussey, Dera Tompkins and Kwame Kwei-Armah O.B.E.
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February 9, 2015
Mayflower of Liberia
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February 6: This Day In History

February 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of Bob Marley, the day Jamaican sound engineer King Tubby passed away, and the day 86 free African Americans boarded the Mayflower of Liberia headed for Sierra Leone.
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February 9, 2015
Keeping January's fitness goals
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Health & Wellness: Keeping January’s Fitness Goals

February 5, 2015 - Segment 3 - It's our regular monthly feature on Health and Wellness, with Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program (BCCP) at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Join in the discussion as we talk about keeping January's fitness goals in February.
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February 7, 2015
Oscar Romero
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The Martyrdom Of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero

February 5, 2015 - Segment 2 - We reflect on the life and legacy of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, whose 1980 murder was proclaimed martyrdom this week by Pope Francis, thereby setting the stage for his beatification. With: Catholic activist Rosemary Maguire Thompson; and Luis Larin, United Workers Leadership Organizer.
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February 7, 2015
Governor Hogan Maryland State of the State
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Analyzing Governor Larry Hogan’s State Of The State Address

February 5, 2015 - Segment 1 - Our panel of guests offers commentary on Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's State of the State Address, delivered today. With: Greg Kline, Dr. John Bullock, Adam Jackson and Catalina Byrd.
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February 4, 2015
leopold
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February 5: This Day in History

February 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened tomorrow in history, including the 1885 declaration by King Leopold II of Belgium that the Congo would be his personal possession, and proceeded to murder and torture millions of Congolese people.
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February 3, 2015
Free-range chickens stand in a pen at an organic-accredited poultry farm in Germany.
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Sound Bites: St. Brigit, Patron Saint Of Sound Bites | Why Did The Chicken Cross The World? | Recipe: Leftover Couscous Salad

February 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we begin the show with a look at St. Brigit's Day, which was celebrated on February 1. We hear about a new book called 'Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?,' and hear a special leftover couscous salad recipe from Michael Twitty
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February 3, 2015
Maryland bill to put police officers in schools
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What Should The Role Of Police Be In Maryland Schools?

February 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - We examine the role of police in schools, in light of the video that went viral last week of an officer interacting violently with Baltimore middle school students. We will also examine Delegate John Cluster's (R-8th District) proposed bill to put armed school resource officers in all Maryland schools.
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February 3, 2015
Percival Prattis
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February 3: This Day In History

February 3, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Percival Prattis became the first African American journalist to be allowed to sit in the press galleries of the U.S. Congress, and the 145th anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed voting rights to all Americans regardless of race –- American men, that to is to be clear.
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