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

October 6, 2014
Woody Guthrie
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October 3: This Day In History

October 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of singer-songwriter Chubby Checker, the day singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie died, and the day the first Black radio station, WERD, began operating in Atlanta, GA.
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October 6, 2014
The Long Shadow
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The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood

October 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - I talk with Dr. Karl Alexander, Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and co-author of The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood. Alexander and his team tracked 800 children in Baltimore from first grade until their late 20s.
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October 6, 2014
Civil Rights march
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Charles E. Cobb Jr.’s ‘This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible’

October 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen in as I talk with Charles E. Cobb, Jr., about his book: This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible. Cobb is a Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. From 1962-1967 he served as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi.
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October 6, 2014
Nat Turner rebellion
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October 2: This Day In History

October 2, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day President George Washington put the Bill of Rights forward for a vote, the day Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the execution of Haitians living within the borderlands, and the birthday of Nat Turner.
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October 2, 2014
Eddie_Conway
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This Week in the City Paper and Struggle: Portraits of Civil Rights and Black Power

October 1, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our weekly segment, City Paper This Week. In addition to Senior Editor Baynard Woods, photographer J.M. Giordano joins us to offer a preview of his exhibition, Struggle: Portraits of Civil Rights and Black Power, which opens Wednesday evening at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
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October 2, 2014
hongkong
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Protests in Hong Kong

October 1, 2014 - Segment 3 - We examine the situation in Hong Kong, where tens of thousands of pro-democracy protestors are demanding that China allow them to let Hong Kong residents elect their own leader in 2017, the scheduled date for the city's first elections. With: Eli Friedman, Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Labor at Cornell University and the author of the recently published book Insurgency Trap: Labor Politics in Postsocialist China.
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October 2, 2014
thrilla
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October 1: This Day in History

October 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the 1964 launch of the Free Speech Movement on the campus of University of California, Berkeley, the 1975 "Thrilla in Manila," when Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines, and the birth of John Brown Russwurm, abolitionist, Pan-Africanist and newspaper editor.
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October 1, 2014
Soda Tax
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Sound Bites: Berkeley’s Soda Tax Failed / Phosphorus Management Tool / Wild and Scenic Film Festival

September 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, we talk about a controversial proposed tax in Berkeley, California ... on soda! We take a look at the debate in Maryland over the implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool in Maryland, and get a sneak peak at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
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October 1, 2014
Shonda Rhimes
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Black Women In Media and On TV: Shonda Rhimes, How To Get Away With Murder, and the “Angry Black Women” Stereotype

September 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - In light of the controversial article by Allesandra Stanley in the September 18 issue of the New York Times, in which Stanley suggests that Shonda Rhimes -- producer of TV shows Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and How to Get Away With Murder-- and her characters are "angry black women," we take a look at portrayals of black women in the media and on TV.
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September 30, 2014
National Farm Workers Association
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September 30: This Day In History

September 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day of the Elaine Massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas during Red Summer, the first convention of the National Farm Workers Association, and the birthday of Ann Jarvis, American activist and co-founder of Mother's Day.
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September 30, 2014
IS1
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Islamic State Update

September 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the latest on Islamic State and US airstrikes on Syria and Iraq, with: Benjamin Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies for Cato Institute; Dr. Adil Shamoo, Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, Senior Analyst forForeign Policy in Focus, and Author of Equal Worth - When Humanity Will Have Peace; and Dr. Thabit Abdullah, Associate Professor of Middle East History and Associate Dean for External Relations at York University, Toronto.
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September 30, 2014
children
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Roundtable: Police Brutality, Perception of Black Children, and Obama

September 29, 2014 - Segment 2 - We hear a current events roundtable discussion, and speak about: police brutality; our society's perception of Black children; and the latest attacks from the right on President Obama. With: Marshall Bell, host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell on WOLB-AM, managing partner of The Bell Group, LLC, and author of Baltimore Blues: Harm City; Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University; and Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Assistant Professor of American Studies at UMBC and co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities.
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September 30, 2014
brandon finney
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Violence in Baltimore

September 26, 2014 - Segment 4 - We look at the continuing violence in Baltimore, including the tragic death of 25-year old shock trauma worker and father Brandon Finney, who was used as a human shield in a gang shooting while he was waiting at a bus stop on Sunday. Our guests include: Michael Johnson, Creative Director of the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center; Imhotep Fatiu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Urban Youth Initiative Project; and Bobby Marvin Holmes, local activist, filmmaker, and producer of the documentary Live Young Blood.
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September 30, 2014
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Attorney General Eric Holder Resigns

September 26, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the news that Attorney General Eric Holder will step down from his post and will leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is named. Our guests are: Imara Jones, host of CaffeineTV and economic justice contributor for Colorlines.com; and Michael Higginbotham, Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and author of Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in 'Post-Racial' America.
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September 30, 2014
climate
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Climate Change Marches and Summits

September 26, 2014 - Segment 2 - In light of the People's Climate March last Sunday and the United Nations Climate Summit this week, we examine key issues in the debate over climate change, with: Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative; Brentin Mock, Justice Editor for Grist; and Mike Tidwell, founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Race to Save America's Coastal Cities.
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September 29, 2014
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: An Indigenous People’s History of the United States

September 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to my interview with Native American author, historian, feminist, and self-described revolutionary Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on her fascinating and informative book An Indigenous People's History of the United States.
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September 29, 2014
Transmodern Festival
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Baltimore’s Transmodern Performance Festival

September 25, 2014 - Segment 2 - We give you a taste of what you'll experience at the Transmodern Performance Festival, which is happening this week in Baltimore. You will hear from Hoesy Corona and Ada Pinkston, Curators of LabBodies and co-organizers of the Festival.
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September 29, 2014
Edward Said
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September 25: This Day in History

September 25, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Palestinian-American critic Edward Said died, the day the U.S. Congress ratified the Bill of Rights, and the day the Little Rock Nine began the integration of Central High School.
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September 25, 2014
Police Officers
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Ensuring Police Accountability in Baltimore

September 24, 2014 - Segment 4 - In light of Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's criticism last week of the Baltimore Police Department's handling of a police brutality investigation and subsequent call for a plan to address acts of brutality, we turn to the topics of police accountability, body cameras, and the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights.
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September 25, 2014
Islamic State
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U.S. and Arab States Carry Out Airstrikes Against Islamic State

September 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the situation in Syria, where the U.S. and several Arab states carried out airstrikes against Islamic State this morning. With: Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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September 25, 2014
Frederick Douglass Portrait Unveiling, Maryland
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Unveiling Maryland’s Frederick Douglass Portrait

September 25, 2014 - Segment 2 - We celebrate a history-making event: the unveiling of the first portrait of an African American to be displayed in the Governor's residence in Maryland! Last week Governor Martin O'Malley and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown unveiled a portrait of Frederick Douglass at the Government House in Annapolis.
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September 25, 2014
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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September 24: This Day In History

September 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the US Congress passed the Judiciary Act, the birthday of abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and the day sociologist Edward Franklin Frazier was born in Baltimore.
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September 23, 2014
agritourism
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Sound Bites: Debating Agritourism | Perdue’s Power | CLF Aquaponics Project & Pesto Basil Recipe

September 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We kick off our newest edition of Sound Bites with a discussion and debate on AgriTourism, in light of a controversial bill introduced last week by Baltimore County Third District Councilman Todd Huff. Then we discuss an editorial in the Baltimore Sun on Perdue, and hear a recipe for basil cashew pesto from the Hopkins' Center for a Livable Future Aquaponics Project at the Cylburn Arboretum.
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September 23, 2014
banned
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Celebrating Banned Books Week

September 23, 2014 - Segment 2 - It's Banned Books Week! From Harry Potter to Catcher in the Rye to Fifty Shades of Gray, we talk about our favorite banned books, with: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom; and Dr. Carla Hayden, Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
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September 23, 2014
coltrane
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September 23: This Day in History

September 23, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the births of John Coltrane and Ray Charles, the 1943 declaration of the Italian Socialist Republic, and the 1890 election of John Mercer Langston to the US Congress. He was the first black person elected to represent the state of Virginia in Congress and the only one for at least another 100 years.
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September 23, 2014
John Waters
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Conversation with John Waters: ‘Carsick’ and 50-Year Retrospective

September 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to a very special treat when I interview a true Baltimore icon, the legendary filmmaker and author John Waters! John joins me to talk about his fifty-year career and recent tribute and retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, "50 Years of John Waters: How Much Can You Take?"
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September 23, 2014
Ebola
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Examining the Ebola Epidemic: Global Public Health Implications, The West & More

September 22, 2014 - Segment 2 - We examine the Ebola epidemic and discuss the global public health implications of its spread, what the role of the West should be, and more.
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September 23, 2014
George Washington Murray
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September 22: This Day In History

September 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the US Postmaster General was established, the day a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation was released, and the day Congressman George Washington Murray was born enslaved.
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September 23, 2014
Alexandre Dumas
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

September 19, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with another popular archive edition, my conversation with author Tom Reiss who won the Pulitzer Prize for his fascinating and enlightening book The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo.
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September 23, 2014
Paul Rucker
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Art, Music, Politics & Remix Culture with DJ Spooky and Paul Rucker

September 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - We bring you a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, with Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, musician, writer, and conceptual artist, and Paul Rucker,visual artist, composer, and musician. We discuss art, music, politics, the war on drugs, and remix culture.
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September 23, 2014
Solidarity March
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September 19: This Day In History

September 19, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Booker T. Washington opened the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the birthday of educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, and the day the Solidarity March took place protesting the Reagan Administration in 1981.
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September 18, 2014
Paul Chappell
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Talking Peace with Iraq War Veteran Paul K. Chappell

September 18, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Paul K. Chappell, author, speaker, Iraq War veteran, and Peace Leadership Director at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
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September 18, 2014
Ernestine Shepherd
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Monthly Health & Wellness with Chauncey Whitehead & Ernestine Shepherd

September 18, 2014 - Segment 4 - Listen to our monthly episode on health and fitness, with: fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead; Ernestine Shepherd, the world's oldest female bodybuilder; and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program.
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September 18, 2014
Scotland
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Examining the Debate Over Scottish Independence

September 18, 2014 - Segment 2 - We look at the debate over whether Scotland should become independent. With: Leslie Loftis, Senior Contributor at The Federalist; Don Guttenplan, The Nation's London correspondent; and Liam Flynn, owner of Liam Flynn's Ale House in Baltimore.
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September 18, 2014
Booker T Washington
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September 18: This Day In History

September 18, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Christopher Columbus arrived in Honduras, the day Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and the day Booker T. Washington delivered the "Atlanta Compromise" at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta.
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September 18, 2014
books
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No Hooks Before Books: Boxing for Books with UMAR Boxing in Baltimore

September 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We learn about a wonderful program for youth, No Hooks Before Books, and their upcoming event: Boxing for Books. We speak with Marvin McDowell, Founder, President and Executive Director of UMAR Boxing and young participants and champions from the program.
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September 18, 2014
City Hall
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What Would You Do If You Were Mayor Of Baltimore?

September 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - A group of bright young Baltimoreans answer the question: What Would You Do If You Were Mayor Of Baltimore? Our in-studio panel includes: Megan Sherman, Dayvon Love, and Zeke Berzoff-Cohen.
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September 18, 2014
Cherry Hill Urban Garden
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Sound Bites: Perdue Stops Antibiotic Use in Hatcheries | Cherry Hill Urban Garden in Baltimore | September Foraging

September 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we reflect upon the recent announcement that poultry producer Perdue plans to stop the use of antibiotics in its hatcheries, visit the Cherry Hill Urban Garden in Baltimore, and hear what wild edibles you can forage in the month of September.
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September 18, 2014
Child Abuse and spanking
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Child Abuse: When Does “Disciplining” Go Too Far?

September 16, 2014 - Segment 2 - In light of the recent news that Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson has been accused of child abuse for injuries he allegedly inflicted while disciplining his son, we take a look at the issue of child abuse, and when does "disciplining" go too far?
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September 18, 2014
Okeechobee Hurricane
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September 16: This Day In History

September 16, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the French abolished Slavery in all of their territories, the day more than 3000 African Americans died when Lake Okeechobee flooded Western Palm Beach County, Florida, and the day B.B. King was born in Itta Benna, Mississippi.
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