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

August 12, 2014
Jeffrey Kent
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Mark Cottman & Jeffrey Kent: African-American Visual Artists

August 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen to a Marc Steiner Show archive edition as Blues and Gospel singer and Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor Lea Gilmore joins us for a segment on Arts and Culture. Lea and I talk with two Baltimore-based visual artists: Mark Cottman, owner of the Mark Cottman Gallery in Federal Hill; and Jeffrey Kent, visual artist.
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August 12, 2014
Bessie Smith
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August 8: This Day In History

August 8, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the African Baptist Church was organized in Boston, the day Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of her greatest influence Bessie Smith, and the day Cesar Chavez was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.
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August 12, 2014
Plastics and chemicals
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What’s Gotten Into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World

August 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - Remember the scare over BPA in plastic water bottles? Have you ever wondered what other chemicals are in common products and how they effect us? Our guest today is McKay Jenkins, who set out to find out about the many (and often unregulated) chemicals we're exposed to every day.
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August 12, 2014
walter mosley
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Walter Mosley: Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation

August 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - Author Walter Mosley joins us to talk about his book "Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation." The book provides a 12-step program for kicking "Americanism"--an addictive and pernicious ideology that encourages "tolerance to lies, worldwide aggression . . . pain and lifelong unhappiness." Mosley elaborates on what he sees wrong with society and how to cure these ills.
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August 12, 2014
Kneel In Demonstrations
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August 7: This Day In History

August 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day President George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, the day in 1960 Black and white students staged kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches, and the day Simón Bolívar triumphed over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
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August 7, 2014
brains
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Neuroeducation and Arts Integration

August 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Dr. Charles Limb and Dr. Mariale Hardiman are pioneers in the field of neuro-education. In lay terms, that means applying what we know about the brain to help teachers be more effective. One important area of their research is arts integration – using the arts to teach traditional academic disciplines. So today we sat down with them to talk about whether putting more art in the classroom – whether it’s theater in history class, music in math, or poetry in chemistry – can help kids learn.
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August 7, 2014
sugar
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

August 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - What does the sweet stuff you put in your coffee have to do with the French Revolution? Or the history of slavery in the Caribbean and United States? We find out in this conversation with Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos, authors of Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science.
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August 6, 2014
Manure to Energy
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Sound Bites: Poultry Manure-Burning Power Plant on the Eastern Shore | 1 in 3 Restaurant Workers Food Insecure

August 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We begin our newest episode of Sound Bites with an update on the status of the proposed poultry manure-burning power plant on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Then, we talk to writer Michelle Chen about new studies that show nearly one in every three restaurant workers suffers from food insecurity.
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August 6, 2014
Yuri Kochiyama
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Remembering Activist Yuri Kochiyama

August 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen in to our rebroadcast of Remembering Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese American human rights activist who died in June, with: Diane Fujino, Associate Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies and an affiliate faculty member of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
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August 6, 2014
Gaza
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International Roundtable: Gaza, Ukraine & President Obama’s Foreign Policy

August 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have an International Roundtable on Gaza, Ukraine and President Obama's Foreign Policy with Dr. Jared Ball, Dr. Adil Shamoo, and Dr. Steven Bucci.
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August 5, 2014
james-baldwin-nyc
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Remembering James Baldwin

August 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - We have a special tribute to James Baldwin, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday, with: Kevin Brown, owner of Station North Arts Cafe and Founder and President of the James Baldwin Literary Society; and Reginald Harris, Poetry in the Branches Coordinator and IT Director for Poets House in New York City, and Recipient of the 2012 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography.
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August 5, 2014
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West African Ebola Outbreak

August 4, 2014 - Segment 3 - We examine the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, with: Dr. Lawrence Brown, activist, public health consultant, and Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; Dr. John Eldridge, Chief Scientific Officer of Profectus Biosciences; and Emira Woods, Director of Social Impact at ThoughtWorks, a software consulting firm dedicated to economic and social justice, and Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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August 5, 2014
waverly
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Local and National News Roundtable

August 4, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a local and national news roundtable. Our topics include: the Republican Party's lawsuit against President Obama; Eric Garner's death being ruled a homicide; immigration; the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) giving their "Thumbs Down" award to NPR; and the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl who killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore this weekend.
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August 5, 2014
Black Patriots and Loyalists
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Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

August 1, 2014 - Segment 3 - We learn about the struggle of African Americans to gain freedom during the Revolutionary War, with Alan Gilbert, who talks about his book Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence.
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August 5, 2014
Lolita Lebron
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August 1: This Day in History

August 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1834, the day of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, and the day Puerto Rican revolutionary Lolita Lebrón passed away.
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August 4, 2014
dayvonadam
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Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

July 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak with members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle about projects they are working on now. We are joined by Adam Jackson, CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
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August 4, 2014
Robert McChesney
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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

July 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - Author Robert McChesney joins us to talk about his latest book, Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy, about the relationship between economic power and the digital world.
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August 1, 2014
dayvonadam
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Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Update

July 30, 2014 - Segment 5 - We speak with members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle about projects they are working on now. We are joined by Adam Jackson, CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
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July 30, 2014
Jean Albert Renaud
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Profile: Jean Albert Renaud, Founder of Protect Yourself1

July 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - Hear a special archive edition of our show, featuring the inspirational life of Baltimore's own Jean Albert Renaud, former Motown singer, horseman, wild Mustang rancher, and founder of Protect Yourself 1 and Project Arrowhead, two programs for at-risk youth.
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July 30, 2014
Charles Mingus
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July 30: This Day In History

July 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the city of Baltimore was founded, the day President Lincoln issued an “eye-for-eye” order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot, and the day Charles Mingus recorded his solo Piano Album ‘Mingus Plays Piano'.
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July 30, 2014
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Sound Bites: Pizza King | Phosphorous Regulation | Acting Well

July 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - In this episode of Sound Bites, we meet a man who has eaten pizza every day for the past 25 years, learn about Governor O'Malley's record on phosphorous regulation, and hear the second part of our final Good Food Gathering Town Hall Meeting: Acting Well.
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July 30, 2014
Governor Martin O'Malley
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Local Political Roundtable: Governor O’Malley’s Presidential Aspirations, Balto. City State’s Attorney & More

July 29, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a local and state politics roundtable, where the topics of discussion include Governor Martin O'Malley's run for the Presidency; the Baltimore State's Attorney race; and what will the fall look like politically.
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July 30, 2014
Stokely Carmichael
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July 29: This Day in History

July 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the 1968 Papal ban of the contraceptive pill, as well as all other artificial means of birth control, the birth of Kwame Toure', formerly known as Stokley Carmichael, and the death of Cass Elliot.
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July 25, 2014
mash
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Shared Weight: M*A*S*H 1969 – Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

July 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We listen to another episode of our documentary series about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. Today it's M*A*S*H 1969-Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. We hear the compelling stories of poet George Evans and the late author Linda Van Devanter.
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July 25, 2014
vietnam kids
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Shared Weight: Artists Born of War

July 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen to another episode of our documentary series about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. We hear Artists Born of War, where artists and writers from all sides of the Vietnam War reveal how that conflict influenced - and maybe even birthed - their work. Featured authors include: Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried); Bao Ninh (The Sorrow of War); and Wayne Karlin (Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam).
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July 25, 2014
bonds
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July 24: This Day in History

July 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the abolition of slavery in Chile, Alabama dropping rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys," and the birth of Barry Bonds.
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July 25, 2014
vietnam
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Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers

July 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We listen in to a special broadcast of another episode of our documentary about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. In this episode, The Gilchrest Brothers, you will hear the heart-rendering story of the Gilchrest brothers
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July 25, 2014
AmyWinehouse
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July 23: This Day in History

July 23, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the creation of the Province of Canada, the validation of African American citizenship through the 14th amendment, and the launch of anti-Chinese riots in San Francisco. It is also the day Amy Winehouse died in 2011.
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July 24, 2014
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Sound Bites: Good Food Gathering — Acting Well

July 22, 2014 -Segment 3 - This month, Marc moderated another Good Food Gathering Town Hall Meeting, this time at the Netivot Shalom Congregation in Pikesville. We discussed "Acting Well," and explored how congregations and individuals can effect systemic change on our food system.
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July 23, 2014
violence
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Role of Masculinity, Media & Culture in Youth Violence

July 22, 2014 - Segment 2 - We turn to the topic of violence, its representation in the media and culture, masculinity’s role in violence, and violence’s effects on our youth. Our panel of guests includes: Dr. Lawrence Brown, activist, public health consultant, and Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; Meshelle, The Indie Mom Of Comedy, former OSI Baltimore Community Fellow and Founder of Goaldiggers, The Sankofa Project; and the Rev. Heber Brown, community activist and Pastor at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church.
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July 23, 2014
kingdavid
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July 22: This Day in History

July 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the births of Emma Lazarus and George Clinton, the death of Errico Malatesta, and 1946 King David Hotel bombing, when a Zionist underground organization, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
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July 23, 2014
woody curry
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Shared Weight: Woody Curry’s Journal

July 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue listening back to our series on the Vietnam American War, Shared Weight. In this segment, we meet Woody Cuury, a veteran from the Baltimore ghetto, who talks about how he survived the despair of war and transformed himself.
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July 22, 2014
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Shared Weight: Wandering Souls Part One

July 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen back to our series on the Vietnam American War, Shared Weight. Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail, one lives, one dies. Their fates are connected for 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed.
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July 22, 2014
don_knotts
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July 21: This Day in History

July 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the publication of the first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, in 1864, the births of Don Knotts, Ernest Hemingway, and Marshall McLuhan, and the death of Robert Burns.
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July 22, 2014
mandela
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Remembering Nelson Mandela

July 18, 2014 - Segment 2 - We rebroadcast our special two-hour tribute to Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week at the age of 95. You will hear from a vast array of guests from around the globe – some of whom fought with Mandela in the struggle to end Apartheid – who will discuss the life and legacy of this legendary international leader and fighter for justice.
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July 22, 2014
MIA
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July 18: This Day in History

July 18, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Detroit declaring bankruptcy in 2013, the births of Screamin' Jay Hawkins and M.I.A., and the deaths of Mimi Fariña and Jane Austen.
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July 17, 2014
Park Heights Road Race
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Upcoming Baltimore Road Race In Park Heights

July 17, 2014 - Segment 4 - Put on your running shoes, as we close out the show with a preview of the Aetna/Maryland Physicians Care Baltimore Road Race In Park Heights, to be held on Saturday, July 26th and presented by the Park Heights Community Health Alliance.
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