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March 8, 2018

The Black Panther: Academic and Visceral Readings Cont’d

March 8, 2018 - The Black Panther Cont'd - Listen in to the second episode of our series examining the world brought to us by -- and cultural shift created by -- The Black Panther movie.With: Johns Hopkins History Professor Dr. Nathan Connolly; UMBC American Studies Professor Dr. Kimberly Moffitt; and Kalima Young, Lecturer in Electronic Media and Film at Towson University.
May 19, 2016

Downtown Voices: Episode 4 — The Uprising

May 19, 2016 - Segment 1 - This semester's radio series, Downtown Voices, features UMBC students talking to city dwellers about their thoughts on the past, present, and future of Baltimore. Today you will hear "The Uprising," a snapshot of the movement that developed in the wake of Freddie Gray's death, and the effect it has had on our city.
May 19, 2016

Downtown Voices: Episode 3 — Arts & Diversity

May 18, 2016 - Segment 1 - A recent project at UMBC has been collecting stories of Baltimore communities as they change and grow. This semester’s radio series is called DOWNTOWN VOICES. Today, “Arts & Diversity” -- a look at one of the city’s “Arts Districts,” and the divisions in race and class among the Artists who work there.
May 19, 2016

Downtown Voices: Episode 2 — Word On The Street

May 17, 2016 - Segment 1 - A recent project at UMBC has been collecting stories of Baltimore communities as they change and grow. This semester’s radio series is called DOWNTOWN VOICES. Today, “Word on the Street” -- a little sidewalk talk from the west side of downtown.
May 17, 2016

Downtown Voices: Episode 1 — A Tale Of Two Markets

May 16, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the week with another new series produced by students at UMBC. This semester’s radio series is called DOWNTOWN VOICES. Today, “A Tale of Two Markets,” -- a look at changes in our city through the lens of the old and beloved Lexington Market, and the new and hip Mount Vernon Marketplace.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 1 – The Law

May 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Episode 1 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. The first episode analyzes the role of the law and legal system.
May 14, 2014

Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: Struggle

May 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast the next episode of a very special series produced by students from the Post-Industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. In the second episode, we focus on struggle.
May 12, 2014

Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: History

May 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have the premier episode of a very special series produced by students from the Post-industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. This insightful series offers a fresh look at the boom and bust of the industrial communities of Baybrook and the Sparrows Point Steel Mill in Baltimore.
December 17, 2013

Sound Bites: 30th Anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement | Water & The Columbia Gas Pipeline | An Amazing Radish

December 17, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin this week's Sound Bites with a look at the 30th anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the implications of the controversial Columbia Gas Pipeline, and the potential of radishes to fight runoff.
June 6, 2013

The View From Black America

June 6, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a recent survey of more than 1,000 African Americans - an overwhelming majority of whom indicated that they were satisfied with their lives. The survey, conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard School of Public Health, serves as the basis for the new NPR series, "The View from Black America."