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January 2, 2017
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Sound Bites: Chesapeake Bay Runoff and Waterwomen of the Chesapeake Bay

December 29, 2016 - Segment 2 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we discuss the December 2018 Federal government deadline for reducing runoff in the Chesapeake Bay, and steps that are being taken to meet it. We also host a feature on Waterwomen of the Chesapeake Bay
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December 22, 2016
Pig Farm (Credit: Mother Jones article by Tom Philpott)
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SoundBites: Biggest Food & Agricultural Stories, Statewide Food Charter

December 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host our newest edition of Sound Bites, where we reflect upon some of the biggest food and agriculture stories of 2016 with Tom Philpott. We then take a close look at the initiative in Maryland to begin a statewide Food Charter with our guests Christine Bergmark and Denzel Mitchell.
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December 15, 2016
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SoundBites: Environmental Justice & Fracking

December 15, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host for you the newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites. Our guests will discuss The Future of the Environmental Justice Movement Under the Trump Administration as well as a report on how fracking produces tons of radioactive waste.
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December 9, 2016
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Tengella’s Take: Class Division in the Black Community

December 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our regular weekly feature Tengella's Take with Center for Emerging Media Satirical Commentator Koli Tengella. Tengella is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
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November 17, 2016
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Sound Bites: Industrial CAFOs, Economics, and Public Health in Delmarva

November 17, 2016 - Segment 2 - The newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites. Listen in to a powerful town hall meeting recorded last week in Salisbury: Industrial CAFOs, Economics, and Public Health in Delmarva.
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November 3, 2016
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Sound Bites: Election Coverage

November 3, 2016 - Segment 2 - As we approach Election Day, our panel of guests will examine how the results of national, state, and local elections could affect the environment, agriculture, and food policy.
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October 28, 2016
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Sound Bites: Diversifying the Basket / Maple Syrup / Sour Beef

October 27, 2016 - Segment 2 - On this episode of Sound Bites we speak with members of Fair Farms Maryland, take a moment to talk about Folk Life with a story on Maple Syrup and a story on Sour Beef and Dumplings.
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October 7, 2016
Baltimore, MD -7/2/14- Denzel Mitchell, of Baltimore, harvests for cucumbers Wednesday afternoon. Mitchell owns operates his farm, "Five Seeds Farm" and provides it's vegetables to local Baltimore restaurants. Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun -- #7308
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Sound Bites: MD Solar Congress / End-Dependence Day

October 6, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have two event previews on this week's Sound Bites. One is for the MD Solar Congress in Annapolis, another is the End-Dependence Day at #WorldFoodDay2016 at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore.
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September 29, 2016
Free-range chickens stand in a pen at an organic-accredited poultry farm in Germany.
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Sound Bites: Changes to Perdue’s Chicken Treatment Policies | Fracking & Radioactive Waste | Food Justice in Baltimore

September 29, 2016 - Segment 2 For Sound Bits we focus on Perdue's new humane practices, the radioactive waste from fracking and a special piece about a food justice event at Lexington Market.
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September 27, 2016
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Sound Bites: Bayer and Monsanto | Hip Chick Farms

September 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - In our newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, we begin the hour with a look at Bayer's takeover of Monsanto and we close the show at with a look at a special agricultural operation and sustainable artisanal food production company, Hip Chick Farms.
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September 18, 2016
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, a hive of honeybees appears on display at the Vermont Beekeeping Supply booth at the annual Vermont Farm Show at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, Vt. The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides. (AP Photo/Andy Duback, File)
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Sound Bites: Water Rates, Sewage Infrastructure and Death of Bees

September 15, 2016 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, we discuss the increase in cost of water bills in Baltimore, sewage infrastructure issues, and the death of bees that is being brought about by spraying for mosquitoes.
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August 25, 2016
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Sound Bites: Tha Flower Factory / Young Farmers / Dr. Margaret Gray

August 25, 2016 - Segment 3 - We speak with founder and owner of Tha Flower Factor, have a Young Farmers Roundtable and talk to the author of a Jacobin article about "The Dark Side of Local."
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August 22, 2016
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Sound Bites: The 300 Pound Vegan and a Seasonal Recipe

August 18, 2016 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we meet David Carter, also known as the 300 pound vegan, former NFL player Food justice and animal rights activist, and talk about the Vegan Soulfest.
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August 11, 2016
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Sound Bites: Vegan SoulFest / Clean Energy Jobs Act

August 11, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have a Sound Bites that features organizers from the Vegan Soulfest as well as a discussion on Governor Hogan's veto of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
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August 6, 2016
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Sound Bites: Baltimore Ecosystem Study

August 4, 2016 - Segment 2 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we speak with participants from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, a consortium of long-term research projects examining Baltimore's ecosystem.
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July 29, 2016
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Sound Bites: Oyster Wars, When It Comes To Food, & The Air-Conditioned World

July 28, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our newest episode of our series on our food and our world: Sound Bites! We with a look at a recent article in the Baltimore Sun, "Oyster wars: Watermen aim to take back oyster bars as state panel reviews shellfish sanctuaries." With: Kelton Clark, and Peyton Robertson. Then we are joined by Tom Philpott discussing an article her wrote for Mother Jones. Finally, we are joined by Katie Herzog to discuss a paper she wrote regarding air-conditioning and its relation to climate change.
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July 21, 2016
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Sound Bites: Controversy Over GMO Labeling | What A Fish Knows | Recipe: Seasonal Salad By Colette

July 21, 2016 - Segment 3 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites, we look at the controversy over the GMO Labeling bill that passed through Congress, we talk to Dr. Jonathan Balcombe about 'What A Fish Knows,' and get a recipe for seasonal salad.
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July 14, 2016
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Sound Bites: Reducing Runoff In Baltimore By December 2018 | The Waterwomen Of The Chesapeake Bay

July 14, 2016 - Segment 2 - First an update on the Federal deadline to reduce runoff. Next we have a talk with Lydia Woolever who wrote a story on Waterwomen of the Chesapeake Bay.
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July 8, 2016
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Sound Bites: Michael Pollen’s ‘In Defense Of Food’ & Student Access To Healthy Foods

July 7, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world. This week features a panel discussion I moderated last week at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville. It was part of the Focus In! Film series, sponsored by Fair Farms and Crossroads Community Food Network. The evening began with a screening of the film "In Defense of Food," featuring Michael Pollan, author of a number of books including The Omnivore's Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire.
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July 5, 2016
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Sound Bites: Changes to Perdue’s Chicken Treatment Policies | Fracking & Radioactive Waste | Food Justice in Baltimore

June 30, 2016 - Segment 3 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we discuss changes to policy that Perdue announced regarding how they raise and slaughter chickens, how fracking produces radioactive waste, and hear a special segment on a food justice event at Baltimore's Lexington Market.
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June 9, 2016
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Sound Bites: Town Hall on Industrial Poultry Production on the Eastern Shore, Part 2/2

June 9, 2016 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode about our food and our world, Sound Bites. You will hear the broadcast of Part 2 of a town hall I moderated a few weeks ago in Salisbury. The impetus for the town hall was a proposed poultry operation in Wicomico Country that would include up to thirteen chicken houses, each holding 30,000 chickens.
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June 2, 2016
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Sound Bites: Town Hall on Industrial Poultry Production on the Eastern Shore, Part 1/2

June 2, 2016 - Segment 3 - It's our newest episode about our food and our world, Sound Bites. We hear a broadcast of a town hall Marc moderated a couple weeks ago in Salisbury about industrial poultry production on the Eastern Shore.
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May 31, 2016
Black Dirt Farm in Preston, MD
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Sound Bites: A Visit To Black Dirt Farm On The Eastern Shore| Carbon-Neutral Fertilizer | Recipe: Mussels With Colette’s Stefano Porcile

May 26, 2016 - Segment 3 - For the newest episode of Sound Bites, we visit Black Dirt Farm in Preston, Maryland; I talk with two scientists about an important scientific advancement that could pave the way for a potential breakthrough in farming; and hear a mouth-watering recipe from mussels.
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May 19, 2016
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Sound Bites: The Language Of Sperm Whales | A Visit To The Urban Garden At Douglass High School In Baltimore

May 19, 2016 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, listen to a fascinating discussion on the language of Sperm Whales, as I talk with author and journalist James Nestor. We close out the show with a visit to the urban garden at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore.
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May 19, 2016
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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.
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May 13, 2016
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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.
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May 13, 2016
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The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 2 – Policing & Police-Community Relations

May 10, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Episode 2 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at the UMBC. Episode 2 looks at how policing and police-community relations are part of the story.
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May 13, 2016
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The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 3 – Education

May 11, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Part 3 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 3 focuses on issues connected to education.
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May 13, 2016
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The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Part 4 – Housing

May 12, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host Part 4 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 4 focuses on issues connected to housing.
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May 13, 2016
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The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 5 – Current Situation & Solutions

May 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host part 5 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 5 looks at the current situation and potential solutions.
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May 13, 2016
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The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Reflections From The Student Producers

May 13, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a roundtable with the students who helped produce The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray. Steiner Show Senior Producer Stefanie Mavronis and I will talk with students Turrel David and Dalton Maize.
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May 13, 2016
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Sound Bites: Health Of The Inner Harbor | Is The Hogan Administration Being Easy On Polluters? | Urban Farming & Health Initiatives In Baltimore’s Park Heights Community

May 12, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a brand new episode of Sound Bites, our weekly segment where we analyze important issues concerning food, agriculture, and the environment. Our guests will talk about the health of the Chesapeake Bay and consider whether Governor Larry Hogan's administration is being strict enough about pollution in the Bay.
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May 11, 2016
Protestors stand outside of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Trial Of Officer Nero, Charged In Death Of Freddie Gray, Scheduled To Begin Thursday

May 10, 2016 - Segment 3 - We close the show with a discussion on the upcoming trial of Baltimore police Officer Edward Nero in the death of Freddie Gray. With Doug Colbert and A. Dwight Pettit.
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May 11, 2016
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Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There

May 10, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host another episode of our month-long series Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later. The episode focuses on Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There.
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May 6, 2016
Baltimore Uprising (Credit: BaltimoreSun)
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Rebroadcast: Voices From the Freddie Gray Protests

May 6, 2016 - Segment 3 - We continue with Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later, with a rebroadcast of a piece we produced a year ago, featuring the voices of people at protests during the Uprising.
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May 6, 2016
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Sound Bites: Urban Agriculture In Baltimore Schools | Chef Egg’s Interactive Cooking Programs

May 5, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food, our environment and our world. We'll talk about a new youth urban agriculture initiative at Frederick Douglass High School in West Baltimore and with the host of Chef Egg's Cooking Eggsperience.
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May 6, 2016
Baltimore Uprising (Credit: Occupy.com)
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Jean Albert Renaud on the Lead Up to the 1968 Riots

May 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - We continue our feature Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later, as Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery interviews Jean Albert Renaud in a conversation about the 1968 riots. Renaud is a former Motown artist, horseman, wild Mustang rancher, and founder of Protect Yourself 1 and Project Arrowhead, two programs for at-risk youth.
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April 29, 2016
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A Tale of Two Cities: Examining West Baltimore Then & Now In The Context Of Last April’s Uprising

April 29, 2016 - Segment 2 - We talk with Ron Cassie, Senior Editor of Baltimore Magazine, about his in-depth and thought-provoking article "A Tale of Two Cities: For half a century, West Baltimore was a vital center of black culture, mixed-income neighborhoods, and groundbreaking civil rights activism. After Freddie Gray, can it be again?"
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