The Marc Steiner Show

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we discuss two of the major influences on King's theology, Howard Thurman and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Our guests are

We discuss the state's decision to remove funding for the proposed youth detention facility in Baltimore City. Our guests include:

We turn to Mali, in the wake of France's air campaign against Malian rebels over the weekend. You will hear in-depth commentary and analysis from:

We will take a look at the 2013 Maryland Legislative Session. Lawmakers will grapple with some hot topics this session, including gun control and whether to repeal the death penalty. Our panel of guests includes:

Tonight we talk with a group of this year's Open Society Institute Fellows about their projects and their visions for the future of Baltimore. You will hear from:

In part one of our special two-hour broadcast from the 10^th annual Annapolis Summit, we hear from Maryland Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller and Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch about issues affecting our state in the upcoming year, from juvenile justice to transportation.

Centered in Canada, Idle No More is a movement wherein First Nations people and their supporters are protesting against the Harper government on behalf of indigenous rights. You will hear our interviews with Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Idle No More organizer and co-founder Sylvia McAdam.

Is Tarantino's Django Unchained racist? Does Spielberg's Lincoln invent history? We tackle race, history, and representation in film with:

Baltimore's 2012 year-end homicide count was 217. We remember the lives lost and imagine how to make a different Baltimore in 2013. We are joined by:

We look back at the year in politics and focus on the fiscal cliff debate. Our guests are

We speak to an East Baltimore resident and cosmetologist, Kenni Shaw, who was beaten on Christmas. Shaw says this attack was a hate crime and that he was targeted because of his sexuality.

In this segment, we discuss the dirt bike riders in Baltimore. We speak
with Lotfy Nathan, Director and Producer of Twelve O'Clock In Baltimore,
an upcoming documentary about dirt bike riding in Baltimore, and dirt bike riders Sconey and Hoon.

Theresa Runstedtler, author of the new book Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner, joins us for an exploration of the life of the first African American World Heavyweight Champion of boxing, Jack Johnson.

We begin our show with a look at the controversial new biopic "Nina," about the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone. The film has been criticized in part because of the selection of actress Zoe Saldana to play the title role.

From John Lee Hooker to Whitney Houston, blues and gospel artist Lea Gilmore shares some great holiday sounds of soul.

We start the show with a wide-ranging roundtable conversation on current events and some of the biggest news stories of the year. We'll be joined by

Picking up where yesterday's two hour special on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting left off, we have a conversation around race and gender in both Friday's tragedy and other instances of mass violence in America.

We take a look at mental health in America, examining violence, mental illness, and effective treatment strategies. We are joined by co-host Anthony McCarthy and:

We discuss violence and gun policy in America with co-host Anthony McCarthy. Our guests include:

We speak with Damien Echols, who was part of the West Memphis Three. This group of three young men was falsely accused of the murders of three young boys in Arkansas in 1993. They were tried and convicted in 1994; Damien Echols was sentenced to death. After a new trial was called, all three men were released in 2011.

We discuss a report that came out last month showing that where you live in Baltimore correlates to your health outcome in life. In some cases, life expectancy differences between neighborhoods in Baltimore amounted to 30 years.