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April 18, 2014
Wes Moore
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From Our Archives: The Other Wes Moore

April 18, 2014 - Hour 2 - The Other Wes Moore is the tale of two boys with the same name growing up at the same time in Baltimore. One is serving a life sentence for murder. The other took a dramatically different path, and he speaks with us today about what he found when he explored these two similar yet divergent lives.
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April 18, 2014
African American and Latino Communities
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Baltimore’s African American & Latino Communities Talk Tension

April 18, 2014 - Hour 1 - We travel back to 2010 to a show featuring leaders from Baltimore's African American and Latino communities. In recent weeks on the Marc Steiner Show and Anthony McCarthy Show we have noted that many of the tensions that we explored in this conversation are still present between the communities.
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April 18, 2014
Ernestine Shepherd
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Health And Fitness With Chauncey and Miss Ernestine

April 17, 2014 - Segment 5 - We speak with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Ernestine Shepherd, the world's oldest female bodybuilder. They are joined by Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program (BCCP) at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
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April 18, 2014
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The Girls In The Band

April 17, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk with Judy Chalkin, producer and director of the documentary The Girls In The Band, about female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30s to the present day.
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April 18, 2014
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Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814

April 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - We learn about a dramatization of an important part of Baltimore's history. Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814, a collaborative effort between the Baltimore School for the Arts, Maryland Historical Society, and National Park Service, is a production of three short plays about the battle that led to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
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April 17, 2014
Francis Williams
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April 17: This Day In History

April 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Reggae drummer Carlton Barrett of The Wailers was shot dead, the day Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time, and the day the first U.S. Black college graduate published a poem book in Latin.
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April 17, 2014
Kariz Kids
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Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services: Bridging the Gap Between Arts, Business & Education

April 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a feature on Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services, a program dedicated to bridging the gap between education, the arts and business by providing quality enrichment programs and services to youth organizations
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April 17, 2014
Kansas City Shooting
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Tragic Shooting in Kansas City: Is It an Act of Terror?

April 16, 2014 - Segment 4 - We turn our attention to Sunday's tragic shooting in Kansas City, where a self-proclaimed white supremacist murdered three people outside a Jewish community center. One of the questions we consider is why this incident hasn't been labeled a terrorist act.
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April 17, 2014
Types of marijuana
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Explaining Decriminalization and Medical Marijuana in Maryland

April 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week Governor O'Malley signed two bills passed by the legislature, one which decriminalized marijuana possession and the other which makes Maryland a full-fledged medical marijuana state. We look more closely at the two bills, and predict where the marijuana issue is going during the next legislative session.
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April 16, 2014
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Sound Bites: Organic Agriculture | Valleys Of Baltimore County | Gerald Winegrad

April 15, 2014 - Segment 4 - It's a brand new episode of Sound Bites. We'll talk about organic farming with Coach Mark Smallwood, talk about the efforts to preserve the valleys of northern Baltimore County, and catch up with former Maryland State Senator Gerald Winegrad about the state of Chesapeake Bay restoration.
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April 16, 2014
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Patrick Bond On South Africa

April 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to South Africa, as we talk with Dr. Patrick Bond, Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he has directed the Centre for Civil Society since 2004, about the state of that country since the death of Nelson Mandela.
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April 16, 2014
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Remembering Karyn Washington

April 15, 2014 - Segment 2 - We remember Karyn Washington, creator of For Brown Girls, a movement to empower and uplift darker-skinned Black women, who died of an apparent suicide this past weekend. Our guests are: Ty Alexander, beauty and lifestyle writer based in New York and originally from Baltimore; and Baltimore based performing artist, Black Shesus.
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April 16, 2014
jackie
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April 15: This Day In History

April 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball colorline, the adoption of the California Fugitive Slave Law, and the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant.
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April 14, 2014
Unite Here BWI Airport Workers
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The Future of the Labor Movement in America

April 14, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the state of the labor movement in Maryland and beyond. We are talking with labor activists and workers involved in a number of struggles, including individuals who work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, former Sparrows Point employees, and a person who is organizing community college employees.
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April 14, 2014
Johns Hopkins Hospital Picket Line
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Johns Hopkins Hospital Workers On Strike

April 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk to Johns Hopkins Hospital workers on strike about what they are fighting for and their conditions working at a world-class institution. We also hear a sound from the picket line recorded Friday outside of Johns Hopkins where we talk to workers and supporters.
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April 14, 2014
Forbidden Fruit
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Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

April 11, 2014 - Hour 2 - I talk to award-winning journalist Betty DeRamus about her fascinating book, Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad. The book tells the largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together -- and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.
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April 14, 2014
Gyasi Ross
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How To Say I Love You In Indian

April 11, 2014 - Hour 1 - We talk the foundations of love and more with author and lawyer Gyasi Ross talks about his book How to Say I Love You in Indian. Ross is a member of the Blackfeet Indian Nation and also comes from the Suquamish Nation.
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April 10, 2014
The Pursuit of Happiness
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The Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders v. All of Us

April 10, 2014 - Hour 2 - What does "happiness" mean to you? Keeping in theme with WEAA's "Happiness Spring Membership Drive," join us for a discussion about the pursuit of happiness! We will examine what that phrase meant to the founders of the United States, what it means to us today, and how we can create a world where everyone has the right to happiness.
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April 10, 2014
Body and Soul
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Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination

April 10, 2014 - Hour 1 - We talk about the book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination, with author Dr. Alondra Nelson, professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Columbia University.
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April 9, 2014
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I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March up Freedom’s Highway

April 9, 2014 - Hour 2 - Stay tuned for some R&B and Gospel, as I talk with author Greg Kot, who has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune since 1990, about his inspiring new book I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March up Freedom's Highway.
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April 9, 2014
Craig Wilder, author of the new book "Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American's Universities" poses for a portrait on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 7, 2013.
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How Slavery Built the Ivy League

April 9, 2014 - Hour 1 - Did you know that the Ivy League schools were built on slavery? Listen to my interview with Dr. Craig Steven Wilder, professor of history at MIT and author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
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April 8, 2014
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Sound Bites: Dr. George Washington Carver

April 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the life and legacy of George Washington Carver, in a special edition of Sound Bites! Our guests are: Mark Hersey, author of My Work Is That Of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George WashingtonCarver; Denzel Mitchell, founder and Farm Manager of Five Seeds Family Farm and Apiary; and Tonya Bolden, author of the children's book George Washington Carver.
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April 8, 2014
Stokely Carmichael
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The Life of Stokely Carmichael

April 7, 2014 - Hour 2 - We talk to Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, about the life & legacy of Stokely Carmichael. Dr. Joseph is a Professor of History at Tufts University, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts, and author of the biography, Stokely: A Life.
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April 8, 2014
Soul Train
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Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America’s Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments

April 7, 2014 - Hour 1 - We take a step back in time while I interview award-winning Baltimore author Ericka Blount Danois about her book Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments.
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April 4, 2014
pierre
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A Musical Benefit To Combat Human Trafficking

April 4, 2014 - Segment 6 - We close out the show with a preview of a musical event benefiting TurnAround, Inc., on April 11. We're joined by Pierre Bensusan, acoustic guitarist composer and bilingual improvisational vocalist, and Amelia Rubenstein, LGSW, Team Leader of the Anti-Trafficking Program at TurnAround, Inc.
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April 4, 2014
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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On The Day He Was Assassinated: The Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - Friday marks the 46th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we take time to reflect on Dr. King's legacy, with: the Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton and Dr. Peniel Joseph.
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April 4, 2014
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Food And Faith Project

April 4, 2014 - Segment 3 - We check in with Darriel Harris, Program Officer of the Baltimore Food and Faith Project at the Johns Hopkins Center For a Livable Future, about their upcoming series of town hall meetings, in partnership with Interfaith Power & Light,Good Food Gatherings.
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April 4, 2014
jill-scott
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April 4: This Day In History

April 4, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the establishment of NATO, the birth of Muddy Waters and Jill Scott, and the death of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr.
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April 4, 2014
The New Black
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The New Black: Exploring The Campaign to Legalize Gay Marriage in Maryland

April 3, 2014 - Segment 2 - We look at The New Black, which documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage. Then, Edward Wyckoff Williams gives us a national perspective on the issues raised in the film.
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April 4, 2014
Ma Rainey
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April 3: This Day In History

April 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Ras Tafari was proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, the day President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan into law, and the birthday of the"Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey.
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April 3, 2014
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Update On The Maryland General Assembly

April 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - We have an update on the Maryland General Assembly with Dr. John Bullock, professor of Political Science at Towson University; Bryan Sears, Government Reporter for The Daily Record; and Marta Mossburg, Visiting Fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute and syndicated columnist.
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April 3, 2014
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Faces Of Freedom

April 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - We begin the show with a spotlight on "Faces of Freedom: The Upper Chesapeake, Maryland, and Beyond," a project (including an exhibit, performances, and lectures) that commemorates the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Maryland Constitution of 1864, which ended slavery in the state.
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April 1, 2014
Accokeek Foundation
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Sound Bites: Prince George’s County Agriculture — Accokeek Foundation / P.A. Bowen Farmstead / Bald Eagle Farm

April 1, 2014 - Hour 2 - In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, we travel to Prince George’s County and visit three farms,The Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park; P.A. Bowen Farmstead; and cattle farmer Yates Clagett of Bald Eagle Farm; for perspectives on sustainability, land stewardship, and how to remain economically viable in a shifting marketplace.
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April 1, 2014
Split This Rock - Politics of Writing
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Political Writing & Why I Write: Conversation From Split This Rock Poetry Festival

April 1, 2014 - Hour 1 - Last Friday I participated in the Split This Rock poetry festival in Washington, DC, where educators, students and writers from across the country wrestled with the political objectives of writing in a contemporary world. We shared our ideas on the politics of writing, and reflected on George Orwell's 1946 essay "Why I Write."
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April 1, 2014
brewery
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Design As Social Practice

March 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - Have you ever considered the social and cultural implications of architecture and design? We'll hear a panel of experts discussing Design as a Social Practice. The panel was part of the second annual "Conversations in February" hosted by the Friends of Architecture at Morgan State University. The panel considers how designers - with their ability to look at complex problems, organize diverse communities, and get things accomplished - have the unique potential to act directly to advance social change.
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April 1, 2014
Simon Schama in the BBC series The Story of the Jews.
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Exploring ‘The Story of the Jews’ with Simon Schama

March 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a fascinating discussion with award-winning historian and Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University Simon Schama on his latest book - which is now a documentary series running on PBS -The Story of the Jews.
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April 1, 2014
Twelfth Night
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CenterStage Current Performance: Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’

March 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - We take a sneak peek at the current production at Baltimore's CenterStage: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Joining us is: Caroline Hewitt, who plays Viola; Allen McCullough, who plays Malvolio; and Brian Reddy, who plays Sir Toby.
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