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December 2, 2014
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Media Roundtable: Ferguson, Don Lemon, Climate Change and NPR & Fox News

December 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a Media Roundtable. Our panel of guests will discuss topics to include: NPR's drastic cut-back on its environmental and climate change team; CNN correspondent Don Lemon's comment about marijuana in Ferguson; the power of Fox News; and the coverage of the events in Ferguson.
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December 2, 2014
odetta
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December 2: This Day in History

December 2, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the 1859 hanging of abolitionist John Brown for his raid on harpers Ferry, West Virginia, riots breaking out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947, and the death of folk singer and activist Odetta.
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December 1, 2014
Ferguson
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Ferguson: Criticism Surrounding Grand Jury’s Decision & What The Outcome Means For America’s Future

December 1, 2014 - 2-Hour Special - Listen to a two-hour special on the events in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in August, through Wilson's acquittal last week, to today. We reflect upon media coverage of the events, commentary and criticism surrounding the grand jury's decision, and what the outcome means for the future of America.
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December 1, 2014
Madame Tussauds
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December 1: This Day In History

December 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc discusses what happened on this day in history, including the day slavery was abolished in the Cape Colony, the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, and the day French sculptor Marie Tussaud was born.
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December 1, 2014
Dr. Mark Kleiman
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From The Archives: Baltimore’s Dr. Mark Kleiman On Reducing Drugs, Violence & The Prison Population

November 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to a special archive edition of The Steiner Show, looking at ideas for reducing violence, drug consumption and incarceration, with Dr. Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy in the UCLA School of Public Affairs.
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December 1, 2014
Police body cameras
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Countdown To The Annapolis Summit: Police Body Cameras in Maryland

November 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - In coordination with The Daily Record and in lead-up to the 2015 Maryland Legislative Session, we look at the issue of police body cameras, with: David Rocah, senior staff attorney for ACLU of Maryland; and Delegate Sandy Rosenberg (District 41-Baltimore City), who sponsored body camera legislation last session.
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December 1, 2014
Richard Wright
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November 28: This Day In History

November 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day author Richard Wright passed away, the day the International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker was founded, and the birthday of educator Helen Magill White, who was the first woman to earn a PhD.
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December 1, 2014
Jacqueline Woodson
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Reflecting Upon Racist “Watermelon” Remarks At The National Book Awards

November 26, 2014 - Segment 3 - We reflect upon last week's National Book Award ceremonies, where Daniel Handler, author of the Lemony Snicket books, made racist remarks when introducing Jackie Woodson, who won the award for Young People's Literature for her book Brown Girl.
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December 1, 2014
Gyasi Ross
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Native American Perspectives On Ferguson Decision & Thanksgiving

November 26, 2014 - Segment 2 - As we look to the Thanksgiving Holiday, we host a Native American Roundtable. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Gyasi Ross and Ashley Minner share their perspectives on Thanksgiving and also reflect on the Ferguson Grand Jury decision.
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December 1, 2014
Ed Wilson
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November 26: This Day In History

November 26, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Baltimore-born sculptor Ed Wilson passed away, the day Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday, and the day hall of fame abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth died.
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December 1, 2014
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Sound Bites: Delmarva Secretaries Of Agriculture On The Future Of Our Region

November 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, listen to a panel I moderated last week for the ESLC's 15th Eastern Shore Planning Conference, where I talked with the three Delmarva Secretaries of Agriculture about agricultural and environmental issues important to the Delmarva region.
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December 1, 2014
Rioting erupts in Ferguson, Missouri after police involved shooting of an unarmed teen
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What The Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Says

November 25, 2014 - Segment 2 - We will look at the decision of the Grand Jury in St. Louis, MO, that decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August, with: Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Dr. Lawrence Brown, Mothyna James-Brightful, and Cameron Miles.
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December 1, 2014
Flip Wilson
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November 25: This Day In History

November 25, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day comedian and actor Flip Wilson died, the day a group of Confederate operatives called the Confederate Army of Manhattan made an unsuccessful attempt to burn down NYC, and the day Joe Gans, the first American-born African American to win a world boxing championship, was born in Baltimore.
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November 30, 2014
Obama Immigration Speech
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National News Roundup: President Obama On Immigration & Pending Ferguson Decision

November 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a National News Roundup, with topics to include President Obama's speech last week and executive actions on immigration policy, and the pending Grand Jury verdict in Ferguson, Missouri.
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November 30, 2014
Percy Ellis Sutton
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November 24: This Day In History

November 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day lawyer and civil rights activist Percy Ellis Sutton was born, the day Charles Darwin published 'On The Origin of Species,' and the day Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis passed away.
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November 29, 2014
Real News Town Hall
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Baltimore Town Hall: Should The Community Control The Police?

November 21, 2014 - Two Hour Special - Listen to a special broadcast of excerpts from a town hall meeting I moderated Wednesday night at the Real News Network, on the role of the community in the Police Department. The panel and the audience - including representatives from the Baltimore Police Department, public officials, activists and community members - debated and discussed the issues and possible solutions.
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November 29, 2014
Margaret Burroughs
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November 21: This Day In History

November 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day North Carolina became a state, the day Shaw University was founded, becoming the first university for African Americans in the South, and the day poet and artist Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs died.
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November 24, 2014
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A Tour of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s American Wing

November 20, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a tour through the Baltimore Museum of Art's recently reopened American Wing with David Park Curry, Senior Curator and Department Head of Decorative Arts and American Painting and Sculpture for the Museum.
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November 24, 2014
AIM
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November 20: This Day in History

November 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the start of the Nuremberg trials in Germany, Native American activists seizing control of Alcatraz Island, and the execution Zumbi, the last of the leaders of fugitive African settlement, Quilombos dos Palmares.
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November 21, 2014
Leslie Feinberg
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Transgender Day Of Remembrance & Honoring Leslie Feinberg

November 19, 2014 - Segment 4 - Thursday, November 20, is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. We commemorate this day and honor transgender pioneer Leslie Feinberg, who died earlier this week. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993.
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November 21, 2014
A body camera from Taser is seen during a press conference at City Hall September 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department is embarking on a six- month pilot program where 250 body cameras will be used by officers. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Baltimore News Roundup: Plastic Bags Banned, Council Passes Body Cameras, State of Baltimore City Schools

November 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a Baltimore News Roundtable discussion on the plastic bag ban, body cameras, and school closings with Dr. John Bullock, Adam Jackson, and Catalina Byrd.
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November 21, 2014
Ferguson
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Ferguson Update: Still No Grand Jury Decision

November 19, 2014 - Segment 2 - We get an update on the current political climate in Ferguson, Missouri, with Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, St. Louis County-District 14, who has been out at the protests since they began.
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November 21, 2014
Sojourner Truth
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November 19: This Day In History

November 19, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of abolitionist Sojourner Truth, the day labor leader and songwriter Joe Hill was executed, and the day the United States' Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles.
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November 20, 2014
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Sound Bites: Phosphorus Management Tool |Baltimore’s Brassica Festival

November 18, 2014 - Segment 4 - This week on Sound Bites, we discuss Governor Martin O'Malley's move forward last week with the Phosphorus Management Tool and the Brassica Festival, happening this weekend in Park Heights.
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November 19, 2014
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Minister Farrakhan Visits Morgan

November 18, 2014 - Segment 2 - Minister Carlos Muhammad, Nation of Islam historian-archivist, Student Minister for Muhammad Mosque Number 6 in Baltimore, and Baltimore representative for The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan joins us to talk about Farrakhan's visit to Morgan State University on Saturday, November 22nd as the keynote speaker for the BUSI (Black United Summit International) Conference.
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November 18, 2014
justsayno
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November 18: This Day in History

November 18, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including President Kennedy sending 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam, the 1978 Peoples Temple mass murder/suicide, andRonald Reagan signing a bill into law allowing for a Cabinet-level drug czar and the death penalty for drug traffickers.
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November 17, 2014
President Obama
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National & International News Roundup: President Obama’s Immigration Plan, The Islamic State & More

November 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at national and international headlines, including President Obama's comments on immigration and the Islamic State with a roundtable of political analysts.
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November 17, 2014
Ferguson Protest
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Awaiting the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision: What Are The Implications of the Possible Outcomes?

November 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - The country is braced for the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, regarding whether to indict a police officer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9. We examine the possible outcomes in this case and their implications.
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November 17, 2014
Aunt Jemima
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November 17: This Day In History

November 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Theodora Ann “Tidye” Pickett, the first African American woman to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games, died, the day President Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook", and the birthday of storyteller and cook Nancy Green, who became Aunt Jemima.
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November 17, 2014
When the United States Spoke French
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Dr. Francois Furstenberg’s ‘When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees who Shaped a Nation’

November 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak to Dr. Francois Furstenberg about his new book 'When the United States Spoke French'. The book follows a group of French émigrés who fled the French Revolution and settled in Philadelphia, where they integrated into some of the most exalted political and financial networks of the young nation.
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November 17, 2014
Climate Change at the G20
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Analyzing the Historic U.S.-China Climate Change Agreement

November 14, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the historic climate change agreement announced today between President Obama and China's President Xi Jinping, in which both countries vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades.
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November 17, 2014
Take a walk in my shoes
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Take A Walk In My Shoes: Homelessness in Baltimore

November 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss homelessness in Baltimore with James Crawford Jr. and Damien Haussling of the Homeless Speakers' Bureau. The Homeless Speakers' bureau is hosting a night of monologues next Wednesday night.
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November 17, 2014
Nellie Bly
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November 14: This Day In History

November 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day journalist Nellie Bly began her attempt to travel around he world in less than 80 days, the day the NAACP led protests against the showing of the racist film Birth of a Nation, and the day educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington, died.
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November 17, 2014
Plastic Bag Ban in Baltimore
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Baltimore News Roundup: Bag Tax Becomes Ban, City School Closings, Body Cameras & More

November 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - On today's Baltimore news roundup, we talk about city school closings, education funding, body cameras, and the plastic bag ban with Ralph Moore, Anthony McCarthy, Kim Truehart and Tyrone Keys.
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November 17, 2014
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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November 13: This Day In History

November 13, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the Supreme Court decision calling racial segregation on public buses unconstitutional, the birthday of feminist activist and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and the day anti-war protesters staged a symbolic March Against Death in Washington, D.C.
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November 14, 2014
Robert-Jennings
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Sexual Assault, Reporting and African Americans

November 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss a controversial speech by the president of Lincoln University. Speaking to students, he said women should not report rape in order to keep Black men out of prison.
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November 14, 2014
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African Americans and the War of 1812

November 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - Vince Leggett, historian, founder of Blacks of the Chesapeake, and author of “The Chesapeake Bay Through Ebony Eyes” joins us to talk about African Americans during the War of 1812. Vince Leggett will speak this weekend at the Creative Alliance.
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November 14, 2014
stanton
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November 12: This Day in History

November 12, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Seymour Hersh breaking the My Lai story, the birth of activist and feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the suspension of South Africa from the UN General Assembly because of its policy of apartheid.
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November 14, 2014
Matt Soldano, who started Southtown Farms
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Sound Bites: Veteran Farmers | Effect Of Larry Hogan’s Election On Maryland Environmental & Ag Policy

November 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - On our Veterans Day edition of Sound Bites we begin the hour by talking to veterans who have embraced farming after returning home from war. Then, we close out Sound Bites by looking at last week's election results and the potential effect on Maryland's environmental and agricultural policy.
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