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.
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May 9, 2014
May 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss Boko Haram and the over 200 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped on April 14. Our guests are: Jacob Zenn, Analyst of African Affairs at The Jamestown Foundation; Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of SaharaReporters.com; Dr. Alem Hailu, Associate Professor of African Studies at Howard University; and Alexis Okeowo, journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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 4 - We discuss Mother To Mother: Let the Healing Begin: Ending the Murder and Violence in Our Communities, an event hosted by Institute of the Black World 21st Century. The event will take place Friday, May 2, at 7:00pm at the Real News Media Center, 235 Holliday Street, Baltimore.
April 18, 2014
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.
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.
March 26, 2014
March 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - In light of last week's ruling by a military judge that a former U.S. Naval Academy football player was not guilty of sexually assaulting an inebriated female midshipman, we examine sexual assault in the military
March 13, 2014
March 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - We turn to the Maryland Legislature and look at a bill that would make it a crime to post sexually explicit images on the Internet without the subject's consent. The bill, known as the "revenge porn" bill, passed unanimously through the Maryland House of Delegates and is moving forward to the Senate.
March 7, 2014
March 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - March is Women's History Month, and in celebration of women writers, I talk with Deborah Johnson and Sujata Massey, the authors of two fascinating new historical novels. Johnson's book, The Secret of Magic, tells the story of a young black female attorney working with Thurgood Marshall, and Massey's book, The Sleeping Dictionary, is an historical romance set during India's struggle for independence.
February 26, 2014
February 26, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk with filmmaker Angel Kristi Williams about the film she will be making in Baltimore next month, Charlotte.
February 22, 2014
February 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss a new documentary, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, near the anniversary of Angela Davis' release from prison. We talk with Jarvis Tyner, long time friend of Angela Davis, Executive Vice-Chair of the Communist Party USA and founding member of the Black Radical Congress.
February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014 - Segment 2 - Actress Pam Grier, an icon of 1970′s cinema, joins us in the studio this hour. She discusses her new memoir, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, and more.
February 15, 2014
February 13, 2014 - Segment 3 - We celebrate the life of poet Lucille Clifton. Clifton, a prolific wordsmith known for deceptively simple poems that speak volumes about contemporary life, the African American experience, and womanhood, served as Maryland’s Poet Laureate from 1979-1985. She died in February of this 2010, and we sat down with friends, colleagues, and fellow poets to discuss her life and work.
February 11, 2014
February 11, 2014 - Segment 2 - We return to our coverage of the Olympics to talk about Russia's discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Our guest is Masha Gessen, author of Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. Gessen left her home in Russia to move to the United States with her partner and three children and escape homophobic persecution.
February 6, 2014
February 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - Autonomous Marxists Silvia Federici & George Caffentzis stopped by when they were in town. Federici's latest book is 'Revolution at Point Zero' and Caffentzis' new work is 'In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and Value.'
January 31, 2014
January 31, 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.
January 27, 2014
January 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We hear the second installment in our World of the Play series, where we partner with Everyman Theatre to delve deeply into the themes addressed in each of their plays this season.You'll hear the panel Marc moderated on Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley's play about three sisters in Mississippi. When the play was released in the early eighties, women playwrights were produced far less often than their male counterparts. Over thirty years later, there are still gender inequalities in the theater. Why aren't women playwrights being heard on our stages?
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.
November 27, 2013
November 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - Scholar, activist, and author Barbara Ransby will talk about her latest book, Eslanda:The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a biography on the wife of famed actor and activist Paul Robeson.
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 19, 2013
November 15, 2013 - Segment 4 - Marc and co-host Lea Gilmore discuss the life and work of artist Romare Bearden with Leslie King-Hammond, who gave a lecture about Romare Bearden and women as agents of change, authority and beauty. Click here for a collection of images of Bearden's work.
November 19, 2013
November 14, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out our show at 10:30 with a discussion on an important movie that will be shown Thursday night at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. We will talk with Jarvis Tyner, long time friend of Angela Davis, Executive Vice-Chair of the Communist Party USA and founding member of the Black Radical Congress.
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.
October 31, 2013
October 30, 2013 - Segment 4 - Grace Aneiza Ali, founder and editorial director of OF NOTE Magazine; Miriam Romais, Editor of the Nueva Luz Journal; and Keisha Scarville, Photographer; join us to talk about this issue of Nueva Luz, which features under-the-radar Guyanese women photographers and their work.
October 24, 2013
October 24, 2013 - Segment 6 - We listen back to an interview with Jeanne Theoharis about her new book The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. The book is the first critical biography of Parks, and it is revealing and comprehensive, exploring her activism before, during, and after her famous act of protest in 1955.
October 4, 2013
October 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - We talk with bestselling author Rebecca Skloot about her new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The book follows the life of an African-American woman whose cells were taken without her consent, and which became the first immortal cell line.
September 30, 2013
September 27, 2013 - Hour 2 - King Peggy is the King of Otuam, a village in Ghana, and author, with Eleanor Herman, ofKing Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village, which is the Maryland Humanities Council's One Maryland One Book choice for 2013.
September 29, 2013
September 27, 2013 - Hour 1 - Author Terry McMillan joins us. Famous for her novels such as Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Getting to Happy, McMillan talks to Marc about her latest book, Who Asked You?
September 12, 2013
September 10, 2013 - Hour 2 - We start this week on Sound Bites by talking to Rose Aguilar, who provides a commentary related to her recent op-ed, "Richest country's empty plates." Then, we discuss race, class, and the food movement with a diverse roundtable of guests.
August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013 - Segment 4 - We speak with four fascinating poets about an interactive poetry experience called Come On Son. Featuring four women based out of the Baltimore area, it will play this Sunday in Baltimore.
July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - Dr. Kimberly Moffitt sits in as our guest host for our weekly news round table. The panel discussion will focus on this week's release of the Maryland State Assessment scores, showing a slight decline statewide, and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on voting rights, among other topics.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss military culture in the wake of news that three high-ranking military officers tasked with preventing sexual assault were themselves accused of sexual assault.
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013 - Segment 1 - We speak with religious, ethical, and philosophical thinkers about violence in our country. Why is violence so omnipresent in our daily lives? Is the United States an exceptionally violent nation? What does it mean to create a more humane and just society?
July 25, 2013
July 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We talk to Stephanie Coontz, who teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia. We discuss her recent opinion piece in the New York Times, "Why Gender Equality Stalled", which marked the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and explored the structural challenges to gender equality today.
July 18, 2013
July 18, 2013 - Hour 2 - Since 2002, when it was first established as a non-profit, the Baltimore Outreach Services homeless shelter has been more than just temporary housing for homeless women and children; it has been a place of hope. Those who seek out B.O.S. for its twenty-four hour emergency shelter services are soon provided with the resources needed to move beyond unemployment and homelessness.
July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013 - Hour 2 - This year marks the 162nd anniversary of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Lea Gilmore joins us for a reading of that speech. Then, we discuss African American women and feminism with Lea Gilmore, dream hampton, Jodi Kelber-Kaye, and A. Adar Ayira.
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a national news roundtable. Among other issues, we will discuss the hunger strike taking place and the sterilization of women prisoners in the California prison system, and the recently passed anti-abortion laws in Texas and North Carolina.
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013 - Segment 2 - We discuss the demonstrations in support of reproductive rights in Austin, Texas. A special state legislative session is currently in progress, called for by Governor Rick Perry with the intention of pushing forward anti-abortion legislation. This has sparked large protests at the Capitol. We are joined be organizer Rocio Villalobos.
June 4, 2013
June 3, 2013 -Segment 2 - We turn to a discussion on human trafficking.
May 29, 2013
March 29, 2013 - Segment 3 - May 29 marks the 162nd anniversary of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Lea Gilmore joins us for a reading of that speech. Then, we discuss African American women and feminism with Lea Gilmore, dream hampton, Jodi Kelber-Kaye, and A. Adar Ayira.
May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We discuss military culture in the wake of news that three high-ranking military officers tasked with preventing sexual assault were themselves accused of sexual assault.
May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with the energetic voices of the Baltimore Citywide Youth Poetry Team - this year comprised completely of young talented women - who will be representing Baltimore at the 16th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam in August in Chicago.
May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - According to a Department of Justice study released last week, the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup has higher-than-average rates of inmate abuse with nearly 13 percent of inmates at that facility reported being abused either by a fellow inmate or staff member.
May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 - Segment 1 - We talk about both the praise and controversy over actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a preventative double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene, which indicated she would likely develop breast cancer in her lifetime. We talk about the genes at the center of her decision, genes that are patented and whose expensive diagnostic tests are inaccessible for many ordinary people.
May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 - Segment 3 - We speak about 30 Women, 30 Stories: Journeys of Recovery and Transformation, a new book and exhibit about the courageous women of Marian House, a Baltimore institution that has offered rehabilitative services and housing to homeless women and their children for the past 30 years.
May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 -Segment 3 - Through a different lens, we examined the news last week that three women in Cleveland had been abducted and held in confinement for a decade.
May 9, 2013
May 8, 2013 - Segment 2- We discuss misogyny and violence in the context of recent news stories involving violence against women in Ohio and Baltimore.
April 30, 2013
April 30, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that left nearly 400 people dead last week.
April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013 -Segment 1- We continue our conversation about the federal indictments naming 25 people, including corrections officers at Baltimore City Detention Center and members of the Black Guerilla Family, with racketeering, drug and money laundering charges.