June 24, 2014
June 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the National News with: Jordan Bloom, Opinion Editor for the Daily Caller; and Dr. Lawrence Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University.
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June 23, 2014
June 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the ongoing controversy over the name of the Washington NFL team, in light of last week's cancellation of the team's trademark registration by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In a 99-page decision, the Board said the team's name and logo are disparaging to Native Americans.
June 11, 2014
June 11, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're joined by Mary Helen Washington, Professor in the English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, to talk about her new book, The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s. Washington is speaking tonight at Red Emma's at 7:30.
June 11, 2014
June 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss a lawsuit involving Kennedy Kreiger Institute, which is being accused of knowingly exposing black children as young as a year old to lead poisoning in the 1990s as part of a study exploring the hazards of lead paint.
June 4, 2014
June 4, 2014 - Segment 2 - In response to the recent killing of a Latino Digital Harbor High School student, we examine African American and Latino relations in Baltimore with members of both communities.
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - Our distinguished panel of guests will discuss and debate the issues raised in essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations," while exploring the politics and economics of reparations.
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - In the cover story for the June issue of The Atlantic, essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates makes "The Case for Reparations." Coates argues that Black Americans as a group - because of slavery, segregation, and Federal housing policy - have been prevented from building inter-generational wealth.
May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - May 29 marked the 163rd anniversary of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Center for Emerging Media cultural correspondent Lea Gilmore joins us for a reading of that speech. Then, we discuss African American women and feminism.
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with columnist and political analyst Edward Wyckoff Williams about the piece he recently wrote for The Root: "We're Dreaming if We Think We've Dealt With Racism." Williams is Contributing Editor at The Root and a contributor to Al Jazeera America. He appears on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS Washington and national syndicated radio.
May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen to tape from a special evening Marc hosted with Eddie Conway last week at Red Emma's. Eddie Conway is a former Black Panther who was released from prison earlier this year after being incarcerated for 44 years. He discusses his time in prison, his work with young men inside and outside prison, and Friend of a Friend, a mentoring project he started with American Friends Service Committee. We also hear from Green Bay, one of the young men Eddie mentored who is part of Friend of a Friend.
May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 - Segment 4 - Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which established that separate public schools for black children and white children was unconstitutional. We remember that decision and look at today's schools.
May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 - Segment 3 - We ask the questions: What Is White Male Privilege? And Why Is It So Hard To Talk About? Inspired by the discussion around Princeton Freshman Tal Fortgang's controversial essay on the topic of privilege, reprinted in Time last week, we talk with our panel.
May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with three of the actors in Everyman Theatre's current production of By The Way, Meet Vera Stark. By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is a play by Lynn Nottage about the intersections of race in 1930s Hollywood.
May 6, 2014
May 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the America in the King Years Trilogy, Taylor Branch, about the course he teaches at the University of Baltimore, " Citizenship & Freedom: The Civil Rights Era." On Tuesday evening, May 6, at 5:30, acclaimed singer, actor, and human rights activist Harry Belafonte will be the featured guest at the final seminar for Branch's class.
May 3, 2014
May 2, 2014 - Segment 4 - We hear an illuminating discussion that took place last Saturday at Everyman Theatre as part of their World of the Play series. The topic was Race and Representation: "Our greatest accomplishment. Our greatest shame."
May 1, 2014
April 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the outrage surrounding Los Angeles Clipper's owner Donald Sterling. Today, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, and fined him $2.5 million. It is anticipated that Sterling will be removed from the league.
April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We discuss Clippers' owner Donald Sterling's racist statements about African Americans, released last Friday.
April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have a conversation with NAACP Criminal Justice Director Dr. Niaz Kasravi about mass incarceration and the war on drugs.
April 22, 2014
April 21, 2014 - Segment 4 - We look at African American representation in literature and the arts, asking What if African Americans were in charge of the literary world? Our guest will be author and film producer Felicia Pride.
April 18, 2014
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.
April 17, 2014
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.
April 16, 2014
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.
April 14, 2014
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.
April 14, 2014
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.
April 10, 2014
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.
March 27, 2014
March 26, 2014 - Segment 4 - We examine the stereotype of Asians as a "Model Minority" that outperforms other minorities. Our guests are: Imara Jones, who wrote an article for Colorlines titled "The Economic Truth About the 'Model Minority;'" Sine Hwang Jensen and Suey Park.
March 20, 2014
March 20, 2014 - Segment 2 - Last week in the New York Times' Sunday Review, an opinion piece by children's book author Walter Dean Myers was published, titled "Where Are the People of Color in Children's Books?" To answer the question, we talk to a panel of children's book authors and a librarian.
March 19, 2014
March 18, 2014 - Segment 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.
March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014 - Segment 3 - Institutional racism is something we hear a lot about, but something that is not often enough defined. We look at its definition and historical roots, especially as they relate to today.
February 26, 2014
February 26, 2014 - Segment 3 - Wednesday is the second anniversary of the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin, our panel addresses revisits Trayvon's death and examines where we have come as a society since that day. We also reflect on the death of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.
February 21, 2014
February 20, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to our interview with CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman and activist from Minneapolis, and Katie Burgess, Executive Director of Trans Youth Support Network in Minneapolis. McDonald was released from prison on January 13th after serving 19 months for her alleged involvement in stabbing a man with scissors.
February 20, 2014
February 19, 2014 - Segment 4 - Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges, joins us to talk about the legacy of slavery in the Ivy League.
February 7, 2014
February 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk to Gyasi Ross - father, writer, entrepreneur, attorney, and member of the Blackfeet Tribe - about his most recent articles, "Big Brown Men, Richard Sherman and the Fire Next Time" and "Is There a Problem? Racism, White Privilege and That 'Scary' Brown Man."
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - Did you see the clip of Richard Sherman after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers in last week's NFC Championship game? He's been called a "thug" by some, while others have come to his defense. What do you think, and why is this discussion important?
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
January 16, 2014
January 15, 2014 - Segment 4 - We continue our Cultural Crossroads conversation with Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor and chanteuse extraordinaire Lea Gilmore! Why were there no African American artists with Billboard Number One hit singles in 2013? Were African American actors and directors snubbed at the Golden Globes? We talk about all that and more.
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joins us to talk about how media hype around bigoted comments made by public figures can distract us from focusing on important civil rights struggles. Last week Ifill wrote an article for The Root: "Forget Duck Dynasty: There Are Important Civil Rights Battles To Fight."
December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We have a local roundtable, discussing the tragic fact that Baltimore now has the highest homicide rate in four years. What does that mean for our community, and what are some of the roots of this violence? Joining us are: Munir Bahar, organizer of Raise It Up, a dirt bike movement in Baltimore; Rev. Meredith Moise, ordained minister, writer, community activist and teacher; Dayvon Love, Baltimore City Schools teacher and Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Michael Johnson, Executive Director of the Paul Robeson Institute for Social Change.
December 16, 2013
December 16, 2013 - Segment 2 - We look at one of the more unusual news events of the past week--Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly's claiming that Santa Claus and Jesus were white. We are joined by Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton, Senior Pastor at the Open Church in Baltimore and Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas; and Edward J. Blum, Associate Professor of History at San Diego State University.
December 12, 2013
December 12, 2013 - Two Hour Special - 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.
December 9, 2013
December 9, 2013 - Two Hour Special - We begin the week with a 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.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a preview of the production running this weekend at the Theatre Project in Baltimore, Unveiled. Award-winning playwright, actress and solo performance artist Rohina Malik will discuss her one-woman play, which deals with issues of racism, hate crimes, love, Islam, culture, language, and life.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 4 - We discuss the straight-A 8th grade student who was denied entry into a Baltimore high school because she wears dreadlocks, and the incident in which Morgan State University's (MSU) Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity has been placed on probation for discriminating against a gay student.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 3 - We return to our discussion on the controversial mascot of the Washington, DC, NFL team, as the Oneida Nation - a 900-member tribe in central New York - is pressuring the NFL and the team's owner to change the name.
December 3, 2013
December 2, 2013 - Segment 4 - Center for Emerging Media's Cultural Editor, Blues & Gospel singer Lea Gilmore joins us for a conversation on the racial politics of Hip Hop, Soul and Rock & Roll, in light of last week's controversial American Music Awards. Baltimore-based rapper DDm also joins us.
November 27, 2013
November 25, 2013 - Hour 1 - We examine race in American culture today, looking at the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, the Paula Deen controversy, and the George Zimmerman trial.
November 19, 2013
November 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show Monday morning with a look at a number of current stories that reflect upon issues of race, justice, and our culture. Topics include the case of Renisha McBride, the 19-year old Michigan woman who was fatally shot in the face by a homeowner after her car broke down and she walked onto his porch seeking help.
November 12, 2013
November 8, 2013 - Segment 3 - Enjoy these three editorials, written by Carl Murphy and read by master storyteller Bill Grimmette. The editorials deal with the Republican Party's campaign in the South, the Brown v. Board of Education Ruling, and the 1963 March on Washington.
November 5, 2013
November 5, 2013 - Segment 4 - We talk with author Carla Kaplan, Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, about her book Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, which focuses on a small group of white women who crossed the color line and played controversial yet significant roles in the Harlem Renaissance.
November 5, 2013
November 1, 2013 - Segment 5 - It’s another episode of Beyond the Spin. We start by exploring the issue of racist sport team mascots, specifically those that use stereotypes of Native Americans.