January 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - As we gear up to the start of the legislative session, we discuss the prospect of paid sick leave in Maryland, with: Mike O’Halloran and Melissa Broome.
January 1, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our weekly feature Tengella’s Take with Koli Tengella. This week’s episode addresses misconceptions about Kwanzaa.
December 31, 2015 - Segment 2 - 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.
December 30, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a Cultural Year in Review from Kalima Young, Instructor at Towson University and University of Maryland College Park. She brings us her favorite books and television shows of the year.
December 29, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a repeat broadcast of Marc's conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his National Book Award-winning Between the World and Me.
December 29, 2015 - Segment 1 - We hear the broadcast of "Less Testing, More Learning" panel discussions Marc moderated earlier this month. We hear from Maryland students and other advocates working on the issue of testing at the state and national level.
December 28, 2015 - Segment 1 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the VISTA Volunteers program, we begin the week with a conversation with AmeriCorps VISTA members from Strong City Baltimore.
December 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - Lea Gilmore plays her picks for the best holiday fare. Gilmore is a social justice advocate, world-renowned Gospel and Blues singer, and Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor.
December 24, 2015 - Segment 1 - Milton Dugger, founder of Gumption Records and co-host of The Doc and The Dug Show on WEAA, joins us to share some of his favorite Christmas music
December 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - We broadcast the second Leadership for Improving Transportation Forum for Baltimore City, featuring a panel of Baltimore City councilpersons and candidates.
December 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - Sherrilyn Ifill joins us to discuss a federal complaint filed against the administration of Governor Larry Hogan earlier this week by civil rights groups including the NAACP, claiming that the cancellation of Baltimore's Red Line light rail project discriminates against African-Americans.
December 22, 2015 - Segment 3 - We are joined by Baltimore Mayoral candidate Senator Catherine Pugh, who represents Maryland's District 40 in Baltimore City.
December 22, 2015 - Segment 2 - We turn to the recent Democratic debate in light of Bernie Sanders' campaign filing a suit against the Democratic National Committee.
December 22, 2015 - Segment 1 - We continue our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit series by focusing on education issues, from school construction to college affordability.
December 21, 2015 - Segment 2 - We commemorate Homeless Person's Memorial Day with Father Ty Hullinger, Antonia Fasanelli, Damien Haussling, Adam Schneider.
December 21, 2015 - Segment 1 - We continue our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit series by focusing on criminal justice issues, including police accountability measures, drug laws, and alternatives to incarceration.
December 18, 2015 - In-Studio Special - We host a musical treat with Helicon joining us in studio for their annual visit before they play their 30th Annual Winter Solstice Concert!
December 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we check in on a protest against the proposed Fairfield trash incinerator in South Baltimore. And we hear from the Maryland Environmental Law Clinic about their recent report on environmental justice in Maryland.
December 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today we begin with a panel discussion on the mistrial declared in the trial of Officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray.
December 16, 2015 - Segment 4 - Anna Walsh, Managing Editor and Eats and Drinks Editor for the Baltimore City Paper shares what's in this week's issue.
December 16, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a special musical treat with jazz legend Stanley Cowell joins us to talk about his work. He's joined by WEAA's own Robert Shahid, co-Host of the Baltimore Blend and longtime musician and drummer.
December 16, 2015 - Segment 2 - David Miller, Washington, DC, based author and founder of Dare To Be King, LLC, joins us to talk about his new children's book Brooklyn's Finest: Greene Family Farm.
December 16, 2015 - Segment 1 - We take a look at the trial of Officer William Porter and the issue of police practices. We speak with Neill Franklin, former Baltimore and Maryland State Police officer and Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
December 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - Elizabeth Embry, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Baltimore. She currently serves as chief of the criminal division under Maryland Attorney, General Brian Frosh.
December 15, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today we discuss closing statements in the trial of William Porter and the death of Freddie Gray and now it's up to the jury. Our panel will reflect on the trial and its implications. Joining us is Lisa Gray, Eugene Craig III, and Charles Ellison.
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 14, 2015 - Segment 2 - We look at a report from Baltimore's Public Justice Center entitled, Justice Diverted: How Renters are Processed in the Baltimore City Rent Court, which shows that Baltimore City has the second highest eviction rate in the country.
December 14, 2015 - Segment 1 - We discuss a report on the trial of Officer Porter in the death of Freddie Gray. The Defense rested on Friday, December 11, 2015.
December 11, 2015 - Segment 5 - We play a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, my interview with poet and playwright Elizabeth Alexander about her exquisitely written and deeply moving memoir about the death of her beloved husband, The Light of the World.
December 11, 2015 - Segment 4 - We continue our Countdown to the Annapolis Summit. This week our panel reflects upon the state's budget, taxes, and surplus.
December 11, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a roundtable with the UMBC students who produced the Baltimore Traces series you've been listening to all week.
December 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - We play the fifth segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition. This episode is called "Futures."
December 11, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's episode addresses Donald Trump's comments about Muslims.
December 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, our series on food and our world, we begin with an update on the status of the Fairfield incinerator project. We then look at a report called The Chesapeake Bay and Agricultural Pollution: The Problem, Possible Solutions, and the Need for Verification.
December 10, 2015, Segment 1 - We begin the day with the fourth segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition. Today's segment is called Tension
December 9, 2015 - Segment 4 - I talk with Joshua Harris, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Baltimore, about his vision for our city.
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 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host the third segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition.
December 8, 2015 - Segment 4 - Today we talk with former Ohio State Senator, Nina Turner, who withdrew her support of Hillary Clinton last month to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders. The Democratic Presidential candidate is visiting the communities of Baltimore city today.
December 8, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at US allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and their roles in Islamic State we are joined by Loretta Napoleoni, author of Islamist Phoenix: Islamic State and the Redrawing of the Middle East.
December 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - Today we examine the conditions of our society that placed Freddie Gray in his social and economic position when he died in police custody last April.
December 8, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today we begin by talking with patrons of Lexington Market, an institution of Baltimore since 1782, during our second segment in a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County, (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition.