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

March 25, 2016
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Sound Bites: Impact Of Sewage Pollution In Baltimore’s Harbor | Detroit Black Community Food Security Network | Recipe: Palestinian Easter Kaik With Dates

March 24, 2016 - Hour 2 - On Sound Bites, we get an update on the state of sewage pollution in the Baltimore Harbor. Then, we talk with Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and get a Palestinian Easter recipe from Laila El-Haddad.
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March 11, 2016
Over-Policed, Yet Underserved
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Over-Policed, Yet Underserved: West Baltimore Residents Share Stories Of Police Misconduct

March 10, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at a report released by No Boundaries Coalition, a Central West Baltimore community organization, on alleged police misconduct in West Baltimore. The report is titled "Over-Policed, Yet Underserved," and details stories of police misconduct witnessed and experienced by West Baltimore residents.
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February 28, 2016
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From The Archives — Sherman Alexie’s ‘Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories’

February 26, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a special 2012 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, as we listen back to my interview with Native American author, poet, and screenwriter Sherman Alexie. Alexie's compelling book Blasphemy is a collection of new and previously-published short stories.
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February 27, 2016
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Sound Bites: Afroculinaria’s Michael Twitty | Building The Black Yield Institute For Black Food Sovereignty

February 25, 2016 - Hour 2 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites - our series about our food and our world - we begin the hour with my conversation with Michael Twitty, culinary historian of African and African American foodways. We close the show with Eric Jackson, Servant-Director of the Black Yield Institute, who tells us about Black food sovereignty.
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February 27, 2016
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Encore Presentation: Joy-Ann Reid On ‘Fracture: Barack Obama, The Clintons, & The Racial Divide’

February 25, 2016 - Hour 1 - We begin the show with an encore presentation of the conversation I had with Joy-Ann Reid a few weeks ago at the Enoch Pratt Free Library about her book Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide.
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February 24, 2016
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Police Reform & The War on Drugs: Baltimore’s Shifting Focus

February 23, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a panel which talks about police reform and the war on drugs, with news that the Baltimore Police Department has shifted its focus away from persons committing lesser drug-related crimes and more toward large-scale players in the drug trade.
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February 18, 2016
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Dr. Lester Spence’s ‘Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics’

February 18, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a conversation with Dr. Lester Spence about his new book Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics.
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February 11, 2016
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Sound Bites: United Nations Comments On Curtis Bay Incinerator | Salisbury Teacher On Protecting Perdue’s Chickens

February 11, 2016 - Segment 3 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at the health implications of the proposed Curtis Bay Incinerator and discuss concerns animal rights activists have with Perdue.
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February 8, 2016
Understanding Jim Crow
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David Pilgrim On Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia To Teach Tolerance

February 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have a conversation with Dr. David Pilgrim where we speak to him about his book Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice.
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February 8, 2016
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Tengella’s Take: The Super Bowl & Why White People Are Scared Of Cam Newton

February 5, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
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February 3, 2016
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United Nations Urges U.S. Government To Address Legacy Of Slavery With Reparatory Justice

February 3, 2016 - Segment 2 - Last week, after visiting several U.S. cities including Baltimore, the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent released a preliminary report in which they urged the U.S. government to address the legacy of slavery, post-Reconstruction "Jim Crow" laws and racial subordination in the United States with reparatory justice.
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February 1, 2016
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From Flint to Baltimore: Clean Water, Environmental Racism & Infrastructure In Our Cities

February 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - We discuss our cities from Flint to Baltimore, looking at clean water, environmental racism & infrastructure. With: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Mijin Cha, Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. and Jacqui Patterson.
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January 29, 2016
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Baltimore Artists Roundtable: Music, Art, Race and Gender in a Segregated City

January 29, 2016 - Segment 3 - Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery guest hosts a conversation with local musicians, writers and artists about arts and music scenes in Baltimore and creating spaces for Black, people of color, and women performers in a segregated city. With: Abdu Ali, Jenné Afiya, and Dylan Ubaldo.
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January 28, 2016
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Debating Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Bernie Sanders Critique On Reparations

January 28, 2016 - Hour 1 - We begin the show with an examination of Ta-Nehisi Coates' recent critiques of Bernie Sanders' stance on reparations. With: A. Adar Ayira, Dr. Lester Spence, and Bill Fletcher.
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January 27, 2016
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Brown & Healthy: From Motivational Hashtag To Global Wellness Initiative

January 27, 2016 - Segment 2 - We look at a global initiative that began in 2013 as a motivational hashtag: Brown and Healthy. With Michelle Antoinette Nelson, fitness professional and Founder of Brown and Healthy.
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January 27, 2016
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Arts & Culture: The Oscars’ “Whitewash,” Nate Parker’s ‘Birth Of A Nation,’ & More

January 27, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the controversy over what has been called the "whitewash" of the Oscars. With: Ann Hornaday, Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, and Kalima Young.
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January 22, 2016
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Tavis Smiley: The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later

January 20, 2016 - Segment 2 - Marc sits down with talk show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley to discuss his book The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later. Smiley is Host of The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.
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January 19, 2016
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The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome with Dr. Alondra Nelson

January 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a fascinating discussion with Dr. Alondra Nelson, about her new book The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome.
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January 19, 2016
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2-Hour Special: The Relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Today’s World

January 18, 2015 - Segment 1 - In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we feature a special 2-hour conversation on the Rev. Dr. King's relevancy to this moment: From the 2016 election to community organizing in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2016
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Sound Bites: How We Define Organic Food | When Cultural Food Becomes Trendy

January 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We play the latest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, where we discuss definitions of organic food and discuss "how it feels when white people shame your food, then make it trendy."
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January 7, 2016
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Analyzing The Armed Occupation Of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

January 6, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the armed occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Joining us will be Margaret Corvid, New Statesman blogger and a contributing editor of the New Left Wing Quarterly, Salvage; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, activist and author of "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"; and Edward Wyckoff Williams, television producer and writer living in New York City.
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December 24, 2015
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Sherrilyn Ifill on a Federal Complaint Against the Hogan Administration on the Red Line

December 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - Sherrilyn Ifill joins us to discuss a federal complaint filed against the administration of Governor Larry Hogan earlier this week by civil rights groups including the NAACP, claiming that the cancellation of Baltimore's Red Line light rail project discriminates against African-Americans.
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December 16, 2015
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Police Practices in Baltimore and Beyond

December 16, 2015 - Segment 1 - We take a look at the trial of Officer William Porter and the issue of police practices. We speak with Neill Franklin, former Baltimore and Maryland State Police officer and Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
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December 16, 2015
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News Roundup: If You Were On The Jury, Would You Convict Officer William Porter?

December 15, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today we discuss closing statements in the trial of William Porter and the death of Freddie Gray and now it's up to the jury. Our panel will reflect on the trial and its implications. Joining us is Lisa Gray, Eugene Craig III, and Charles Ellison.
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December 16, 2015
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OF NOTE: The Burqa Issue, Examining Complicated Experiences Of Women Who Wear The Burqa

December 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a fascinating discussion based on the current issue of OF NOTE, one of the first online magazines focused on global artists using the arts as catalysts for activism and social change.
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December 10, 2015
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Baltimore Traces: Communities In Transition – Part 3: Changes

December 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host the third segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition.
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December 9, 2015
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Social, Racial, Historical and Economic Context of Freddie Gray’s Life and Death

December 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - Today we examine the conditions of our society that placed Freddie Gray in his social and economic position when he died in police custody last April.
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