June 24, 2010
Author Lucia St. Clair Robson joins us to discuss her new book Last Train From Cuernavaca, a novel set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. Her other books include Ride the Wind, Shadow Patriots, and Ghost Warrior.
June 8, 2010
Witold Rybczynski is an architect, writer, professor, and urban thinker. He joins us to discuss his vision for the future of America's cities.
March 26, 2010
Continuing our series discussing the healthcare reform bill with Maryland's Congressional Delegation, Marc sits down with Representative Chris Van Hollen, who is from Maryland's 8th Congressional District, and who also serves as Chairman of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
February 4, 2010
For this month's Keynote interview in Urbanite magazine, author and professor Sheryll Cashin talks with Marc about the diversity imperative and the civil rights movement of the 21st century.
January 29, 2010
Maryland Film Festival Director Jed Dietz joins us from Park City, Utah to discuss the Sundance film festival. To read more from Jed, click here for his blog.
January 28, 2010
January 28, 2010
Howard Zinn passed away yesterday at 87. A historian, professor, activist, and writer, Zinn is best known for A People's History of the United States. Howard last appeard on The Marc Steiner Show on November 18, 2009. Here is his interview from that day.
January 19, 2010
We speak with Randolph Roth, author of American Homicide. He offers a historical perspective on violence in the United States, and an explanation of why the United States is today the most homicidal affluent nation in the world.
January 4, 2010
Marc talks with Aneesh Chopra, the first Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States (CTO), who previously served as the Secretary of Technology for Virginia. Marc and the CTO explore his ambitious goals for education, internet security and job creation.
December 15, 2009
December 15, 2009
We're joined by Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University and research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Elizabeth Haynes of Haynes and Company Consulting and former head of Strategic Planning at Urban
December 1, 2009
When Annie Leonard created a short video illuminating the interconnected nature of environmental and social issues around the world, she never expected many people would see it. Now that many millions have watched The Story of Stuff online, in classrooms, and beyond, what is Annie Leonard up to?
November 24, 2009
November 2, 2009
Here's the podcast of the full interview with Joe Jones, founder of the Center for Urban Families, featured in the November issue of Urbanite Magazine. Click below to listen to the podcast, and
October 29, 2009
October 26, 2009
Kathryn Joyce, author of Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, talks with us about her article Shotgun Adoption in Nation magazine. As Baltimore City Council considers a bill that would mandate
October 6, 2009
October 2, 2009
September 24, 2009
We talk with Michael Corbin, who teaches writing to prisoners in Baltimore. His article "Learning the Hard Way" is available in this month's Urbanite.
September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 22, 2009
July 14, 2009
Ever dreamed of tearing up your lawn and growing some plants you can eat? We're joined by Scott Carlson, who did just that outside of his Rodgers Forge rowhouse, and Jon Traunfeld, the director of the Home and Garden Information Center at University of Maryland. While you're listening to our podcast, take a look at
July 13, 2009
Take a trip with us to Druid Hill Park, where a group called the Druid Hill Park Players formed around the basketball courts, offering mentoring to younger players and providing informal oversight of the courts and the park. We'll talk with Orrin Webb, CEO and founder of the Park Players, and Michael Marks, Co-founder and Director of the Park Players.
July 13, 2009
Author John Pipkin grew up in Baltimore. He recently had his first novel published, a work of historical fiction using Henry David Thoreau as the main character called
June 30, 2009
March 10, 2009
It just so happens that Philipp Meyer grew up in Hampden, the same neighborhood in Baltimore where our offices and studios are. He stopped by for an interview while he was in town on the book tour for his first novel, American Rust. It's a story set in a small, former steel town in western Pennsylvania, that explores how people's lives change when stable, middle-class jobs disappear from the place they call home. Listen to the interview here.
March 4, 2009
Philip Dray is an award winning author who is responsible for novels such as Stealing God’s Thunder and At the Hands of Persons Unknown, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Dray was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
His new novel, Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen, shines a new light on the post-Civil War era of US history, focusing on the first black members of Congress, important historical figures who are frequently overlooked.
March 2, 2009
February 26, 2009
December 5, 2008
Carl Murphy was the editor and publisher of the Afro American Newspapers for 45 years. In this profile, we hear from Carl Murphy's grandson Ben Phillips, and we hear Bill Grimmette read some of Murphy's stirring editorials.
December 5, 2008
Enjoy these three editorials, written by Carl Murphy and read by master storyteller Bill Grimmette.
December 5, 2008
Ben Phillips is the grandson of Carl Murphy. He joined Marc to discuss the amazing life his grandfather led and the legacy he leaves behind.
December 4, 2008
Juanita Jackson Mitchell was the first black female to practice law in Maryland. That is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the extraordinary life this woman led.
December 3, 2008
Gloria Richardson was a leader of the civil rights movement in Cambridge during the 1960's. This woman was a formidable opponent to those who fought against equal rights and cut an inspiring figure to all who labored for the cause.
December 2, 2008
Victoria Jackson-Stanley, who is the current and first African American or female Mayor of Cambridge, was only a child when Gloria Richardson was active in the civil rights movement in Cambridge.
December 2, 2008
Pip and Zastrow is the story of a unique friendship that helped keep Annapolis from plunging into chaos after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 1, 2008
Rosa Parks, who was the inspiration that led to this entire series, is profiled in this last segment of our feature series. Listen to a 1956 interview with Rosa Parks, in which she describes the events of that day, the boycott, and her reasons for doing what she did.
October 22, 2008
In Until Our Last Breath, Michael Bart tells the story of his parents, Lithuanian Jews who joined the Resistance and fought against the Nazis during WWII. He joined us in the studio on a recent visit to Baltimore.
October 16, 2008
September 29, 2008
On Monday, September 29th Congresswoman Donna Edwards was one of three Maryland representatives to vote against the economic bailout plan. She joined Marc by phone from Washington to explain why she voted against the bill, and what steps she thinks Congress will take next.
September 24, 2008
Maryland Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger took a few minutes to join us yesterday to discuss the negotiations on Capitol Hill taking place over the Wall Street bailout plan. Click below to hear what he had to say.
Running time is 8:06.
September 23, 2008
Nancy Pelosi will be in Baltimore tonight, discussing her new book Know Your Power at 7pm in the Main Hall at the Enoch Pratt Library.
Here's a podcast of an interview with her today, in which she discusses not only her book, but also the Wall Street bailout being debated in Congress, and her thoughts on the effect race will have in the upcoming presidential election.
Running time is 17 minutes.
September 18, 2008
Constitution Day: September 17, 2008
photo credit: Jim Burger Photography
MICA, ACLU of Maryland Present Constitution Day Event Focusing on Voting Rights, Electoral Reform
September 18, 2008
Constitution Day: September 17, 2008
photo credit: Jim Burger Photography
MICA, ACLU of Maryland Present Constitution Day Event Focusing on Voting Rights, Electoral Reform
September 5, 2008
Marc interviews Tom Schaller and Bob Moser in Denver during the DNC. Tom Schaller writes for Salon and is the author of Whistling Past Dixie. Bob Moser is a contributing writer to The Nation and the author of Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority. They discuss different views on De
September 5, 2008
Marc interviews Ted Venetoulis, former Baltimore County Executive, and Tommy D'Alessandro, the former Mayor of Baltimore, in Denver during the DNC.
September 4, 2008
Marc interviews the creators of a deck of Gay Republican trading cards during the DNC. Check out the cards at www.gayrepublicancards.com.
September 3, 2008
Click the podcast player below to hear former Republican Governor of Maryland Robert Ehrlich's thoughts on the upcoming elections, including McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, Obama's current lead in the polls, and more. Marc and Governor Ehrlich also discuss the Congressional race in Maryland's first district, where Ehrlich has supported Andy Harris, who beat the incumbent Congressman Wayne Gilchrest in the Republican primary. Andy Harris is running against Democrat Andy Kratovil in the district that has been one of two in Maryland with a sitting Republican Congressman, while the other six districts are all held by the Democrats.
September 2, 2008
Click below to hear Marc Steiner interviewing Mike Cryor, the Chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, and Quincey Gamble, the MD Dems' Executive Director. It was recorded on the convention floor during the DNC. Running time is 3:53.