September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015 - Segment 2 - Did you watch the 6-part HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero? Even if you didn't, you will want to hear my interview with the series' co-writers David Simon and Bill Zorzi.
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September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our weekly feature Tengella's Takewith 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.
September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a discussion about the Black Lives Matter movement and the Civil Rights Movement: differences, tensions, and connections. Our panel of guests will be responding in part to an op-ed in the Washington Post last week, "I was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. But it's hard for me to get behind Black Lives Matter."
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015 - Hour 2 - On our Local News Roundtable we discuss the Freddie Gray trial, dirt bikes in the city, and beyond with Phil Train, Dr. Roni Ellington and Dr. Lawrence Brown.
August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015 - Segment 2 - Listen to a special Marc Steiner Show / Center for Emerging Media presentation: 10 Years Since Hurricane Katrina. You will hear the diverse voices of a number of individuals from and/or living in the Crescent City, most of whom lived through the storm.
August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with 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.
August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015 - Segment 3 - I talk with Native American author, historian, feminist, and self-described revolutionary Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, whose seminal book An Indigenous People's History of the United States was just released in paperback.
August 20, 2015
August 20, 2015 - Segment 1 - With our guest host for the first hour, Dr. Lawrence Brown, we remember longtime Civil Rights leader Julian Bond, who died Sunday, and look back at 1965 and 1966, which were critical years of the movement.
August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at Lawrence Burney's article in City Paper, "Race and Music in Baltimore: Baltimore musicians of color talk about race in the music scene."
August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a roundtable discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement, Bernie Sanders, and the Presidential Election.
August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015 - Segment 2 - We address the upsurge in violence in Baltimore and Governor Hogan's closing of the Baltimore City Detention Center with a roundtable of guests.
August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - We bring the discussion home with a Local News Roundtable, topics to include: Rawlings-Blake v. Dixon for Mayor; dirt bikes, street culture and the police; murders in our city; and Are Baltimore schools ready for the start of the year?
August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a National News Roundtable on Election 2016, topics including: the Republican Debate; Donald Trump's comments on money and women; racial justice, O'Malley and Sanders; and Hillary Clinton and Black women.
August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We listen back to a recent episode of Sound Bites, our series on our food and our world, about an exciting and important new initiative that was launched this summer in Baltimore: The Black Church Food Security Network.
August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015 - Segment 1 - Do you run your hands happily through your lover's hair, but cringe when you find one of their hairs on your pillow or in a dish they have prepared for you? We begin the show with my 2009 interview with textile artist Sonya Clark, who had an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum featuring sculptures made of human hair.
August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015 - Segment 3 - It's a Philosopher's Roundtable on defining and exploring institutional racism. We look at its definition and historical roots, especially as they relate to today.
August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch, whose trilogy 'America in the King Years' chronicles the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..
August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks with Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor for Washington Weekand co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS NewsHour, about her book 'The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.'
August 10, 2015
August 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - We turn to a fascinating discussion from earlier this year, a Philosophers' Roundtable on Race & Class In The United States.
August 9, 2015
August 5, 2015 - Segment 2 - In an archive presentation that is relevant for today, we examine why poverty has continued to grow in cities since the Civil Rights Movement.
August 6, 2015
July 31, 2015 - Segment 2 - Listen to our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment and an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
August 3, 2015
July 30, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing's indictment for the fatal shooting of Samuel DuBose.
August 3, 2015
July 29, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hold a public health and society roundtable as we examine how the increase in youth HIV rates and heroin-related deaths are connected to other societal issues.
August 3, 2015
July 29, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a report back from the The Movement for Black Lives Convening held in Cleveland over the weekend.
July 28, 2015
July 28, 2015 - Segment 3 - Last week Baltimore City Councilman Warren Branch called for State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby to reopen the cases of three black men who died in the custody of Baltimore police.
July 28, 2015
July 27, 2015 - Segment 3 - In light of the CBS News/New York Times poll released last week revealing that over 60% of Americans believe that race relations in the U.S. are bad, we take on this tough topic.
July 28, 2015
July 27, 2015 - Segment 2 - We turn to the topic of Black women and the police, including Sandra Bland and the #SayHerName campaign. With: Dani McClain, Fellow at the Nation Institute.
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a rebroadcast of last spring's discussion on the topic of Black Women in Academia.
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk with Baltimore-based artist Loring Cornish about his inspirational new piece "Change for the Better" which was unveiled over the weekend at Artscape.
July 27, 2015
July 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - Our guest host is Dr. Lester Spence, Center for Emerging Media Scholar-In-Residence. In follow-up to Marc's discussion yesterday with Ta-Nehisi Coates on his new book Between the World and Me, we continue the discussion on this important and compelling book.
July 27, 2015
July 22, 2015 - Segment 4 - We talk about the #BaltimoreTRANSuprising rally and march happening this Friday at 5:00pm at Charles and North. The rally and march are meant to lift up voices of transgender people in Baltimore.
July 27, 2015
July 22, 2015 - Segment 2 - Ta-Nehisi Coates joins us to discuss his new book, Between the World and Me. Coates is national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues.
July 23, 2015
July 21, 2015 - Segment 4 - We turn to the topic of the psychological impact of anti-Black racism, trauma and more by talking about the Black Mental Health Alliance.
July 22, 2015
July 20, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a round table discussion addressing the headlines of the past week, including the shooting at a military recruitment center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the death of Sandra Bland in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas.
July 22, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - Listen to our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's piece is about Google's photo recognition software.
July 21, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - We remember Tyrone West, the Baltimore man who died while under police custody on July 18, 2013, in Northeast Baltimore.
July 21, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - Koli Tengella and Meshelle the Indie Mom of Comedy join Marc for a cultural roundtable, where they discuss who should be on the $10 bill, the Confederate flag and more.
July 17, 2015
July 16, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we take a look at an exciting and important new initiative that was just launched in Baltimore: The Black Church Food Security Network.
July 17, 2015
July 15, 2015 - Segment 5 - We check-in on a Town Hall on Police-Community Relations taking place next week at the Real News Network Studios in Baltimore with Karim Ali, Omar Henderson and Jean Lloyd.
July 17, 2015
July 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - We discuss recent events to include the alleged strangling by a police officer of Jonathan Sanders, a 39-year-old unarmed Mississippi man.
July 17, 2015
July 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at Maryland's Eastern Shore, where Pokomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell was fired because he refused to terminate two Black members of his agency, according to his attorney.
July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - Two years ago, on July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. We ask the question, Two Years After the George Zimmerman Verdict: What's Changed?
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 - Segment 5 - We present a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the desegregation of Cambridge, Maryland.
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's a new Tengella's Take, our weekly feature when actor, educator, and activist Koli Tengella offers his thoughts on our world today. This week's segment is on the 4th of July.
July 10, 2015
July 9, 2015 - Segment 3 - On the newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, we begin with a fascinating look at the history of barbecue with Michael Twitty. Then, we look of Whole Foods, in light of recent allegations of their massive overcharging and complaints from organic farmers about their rating system.
July 10, 2015
July 8, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk to activist Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West -- who was killed by Baltimore Police while in police custody -- about a multi-city meeting taking place that includes families who have experienced police violence.
July 10, 2015
July 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get an update from the Freddie Gray protest legal team, with Iman Freeman, volunteer with the Baltimore Legal Action Committee.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 5 - We rebroadcast of a powerful show with guest host Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead: A Cultural Roundup on Black Girls Matter, McKinney, Texas and More. Our panel of guests discusses the Black Girls Matter movement, Caitlyn Jenner and representations of trans women in the media.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our weekly feature, Tengella's Take, with actor, comedian and educator Koli Tengella. This week Koli's topic is Where Is The "Love" America?, a commentary on the racist shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015 - Segment 4 - On this week's Sound Bites, we bring you the first part of our Good Food Gathering town hall meeting, titled Sandtown: Building a Model for Food and Jobs. The town hall took place at Jubilee Arts, located in the Sandtown Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, which was at the center of the Baltimore Uprising