- COVERING THE TOPICS THAT MATTER, ENGAGING REAL VOICES
- 443-804-1252
- talk@steinershow.org
Women’s Issues
Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network
June 28, 2016
June 28, 2016 - Segment 3 - Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor, activist, and world-renowned Blues and Gospel singer Lea Gilmore joins us to talk about her GoFundMe campaign to produce her next album, Bluesivism.
June 21, 2016
June 20, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to the tragedy in Orlando, in light of the most recent happenings and information. With: Tariq Touré, Kalima Young, Bryanna Jenkins, and Jetaime Celestine.
June 9, 2016
June 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - We look at two disturbing legal cases in sharp contrast, both out of California: the sentencing of Black Lives Matter activist Jasmine Richards and the sentencing of a Stanford University male athlete convicted of raping an unconscious woman on Stanford's campus.
May 31, 2016
May 26, 2016 - Segment 3 - For the newest episode of Sound Bites, we visit Black Dirt Farm in Preston, Maryland; I talk with two scientists about an important scientific advancement that could pave the way for a potential breakthrough in farming; and hear a mouth-watering recipe from mussels.
May 31, 2016
May 26, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a remembrance of activist Yuri Kochiyama. Last week would have been her 95th birthday.
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016 - Segment 4 - We host our regular feature City Paper This Week. With Karen Houppert, Editor-in-Chief of City Paper.
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host a discussion regarding Birth Control & Women's Health. The newest birth control pills allow women to have no periods at all, which leads to the question: Is menstruation necessary?
May 10, 2016
May 9, 2016 - Segment 4 - We check in with the political fight across the country against those who would try to restrict and/or ban transgender people from using public restrooms.
April 7, 2016
April 5, 2016 - Segment 1 - We discuss sexual assault and domestic violence in Baltimore and beyond.
April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016 - Segment 3 - We play a rebroadcast of a compeling discussion from December 2015 on "The Burqa Issue" of the online magazine OF NOTE, one of the first online magazines focused on global artists using the arts as catalysts for activism and social change. The special issue examined the complicated experiences of women who wear the burqa.
March 30, 2016
March 30, 2016 - Segment 3 - We take a peek into an important new anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. Joining us in-studio will be the book's editors: Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens and Mai'a Williams.
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have a roundtable on reproductive rights issues in the Supreme Court.
March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host our monthly segment on Health & Wellness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
February 17, 2016
February 17, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a conversation with Pultizer Prize-winning writer Mei Fong about her new book One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment.
January 27, 2016
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.
December 16, 2015
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.
December 10, 2015
December 9, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host our regular feature City Paper This Week. With Anna Walsh, City Paper Managing Editor and Eats and Drinks Editor.
December 8, 2015
December 4, 2015 - Segment 4 - We turn to reproductive rights in the context of the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting with The Nation's Dani McClain.
November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at the national arena with a National News Roundtable, focusing on the shooting last week at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic.
November 18, 2015
November 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - We discuss long-acting contraception and teen pregnancy with Dani McClain, The Nation magazine contributing writer and Fellow at the Nation Institute, where she focuses on race and reproductive justice.
November 12, 2015
November 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - Our show concludes with the newest installment own our series with the Everyman Theatre, World of the Play.
November 12, 2015
November 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - We preview the new movie Profiled, which highlights women's voices and concerns as part of the national dialogue on racial profiling and police brutality, and tells their powerful stories that bear witness to the institutional racism that drives such violence.
November 3, 2015
November 2, 2015 - 2-Hour Special - Listen to a special two-hour broadcast of "Baltimore in Action: Always Rising," a keynote panel discussion held at UMBC and hosted by The Women's Center and Student Life's Mosaic Center, as part of Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365.
October 29, 2015
October 28, 2015 - Segment 1 - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we take a look at this important issue with a panel of guests.
October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a number of new debates in the medical community have arisen recently over how often mammograms are needed and whether to forego the more aggressive treatments for certain types of breast cancer. Our panel of guests will consider these and other issues.
October 21, 2015
October 19, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host a Parenting Roundtable on Raising Young Girls with Dr. Kaye Whitehead, Olu Butterfly and Lisa Gray, continuing the conversation we began last Thursday.
October 15, 2015
October 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We turn to the plight of domestic workers with Open Society Institute-Baltimore as part of their Talking About Race series: Rights for Domestic Workers. We are joined by Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Rachel Micah-Jones and Gustavo Torres.
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Activist, civil rights pioneer, writer, and public intellectual Grace Lee Boggs passed yesterday morning at the age of 100, at her home in Detroit. We begin our show with a remembrance and tribute to this remarkable woman.
September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a National News Roundtable, with topics to include the resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner, Planned Parenthood, and the possibility of a government shutdown.
September 28, 2015
September 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - We're joined by Baltimore artist Julie Lin, who tells us about her project, "Kitchen Stories," which has brought together groups of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, to create art, share recipes, and cook.
September 23, 2015
September 22, 2015 - Segment 1 - We convene a cultural roundtable to discuss Black women in media, culture and history in light of President Obama's speech on Black women in the Civil Rights Movement and actress Viola Davis' historic Emmy's win.ste
September 18, 2015
September 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a panel of guests who will discuss the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the East Coast with Ralph Moore, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Patricia Shannon Jones.
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 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 2 - We travel back to 2010 when I interviewed author Terry McMillan about her sequel to 1992's Waiting to Exhale, called Getting to Happy. The novel picks up 15 years after the exploits of friends Bernadine, Savannah, Robin and Gloria first appeared in print.
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 10, 2015
August 7, 2015 - Segment 2 - A special 2007 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show: The Quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
August 10, 2015
August 6, 2015 - Hour 1 - The blogosphere can be a very hostile environment for female bloggers, readers and commenters. Our panel of guests talked about why so many women are experiencing harassment online, and what can be done to create safe spaces on the net.
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.
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 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 22, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 5 - You're in for a musical treat, as we hear from Las Cafeteras, who were in town at the Creative Alliance last Saturday.
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.
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 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - Listen to one of our new regular features in partnership with Yes! Magazine, based on their Make It Right issue. We begin with Sarah Van Gelder, co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our weekly feature Tengella's Take with actor, comedian and educator Koli Tengella. This week, Koli's topic is Rachel Dolezal.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at #BlackWomenandGirlsLivesMatter, with: Kalima Young, Adar Ayira, and organizers of the #BlackWomenandGirlsLiveMatter Rekia's Rally March / Protest that is happening this Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore.
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - We begin the show with a roundtable discussion on analyses of a number of top news stories, including the Spokane NAACP's Rachel Dolezal scandal and the rough handling of Black teens at a pool party by police in McKinney, Texas.
June 12, 2015
June 10, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, withCity Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh.