August 28, 2015
August 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have an update on a Charles Village institution, Sankofa African Bazaar. Sankofa owner KiKi Armstrong is preparing to retire and is seeking a future owner and is doing so with an essay contest.
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August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show as we listen back to my 2010 interview with photographer Martha Cooper, best known for documenting the birth of hip hop culture in New York City in the 1970's and early 80's.
August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015 - Segment 2 - We are joined by stand-up comedian Hari Kondabolu, whose debut album is called Waiting for 2042. Kondabolu will perform at the Creative Alliance on Sunday.
August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our usual weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, and an instructor and creator of the positive social change performing arts program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
August 20, 2015
August 20, 2015 - Segment 2 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, our series on our food and our world, we are joined by Natasha Bowens, a beginning farmer and community grower in Western Maryland, who wrote the book "The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming."
August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close with our feature 'City Paper This Week,' with Anna Walsh, Managing Editor and Eats and Drinks Editor for the Baltimore City Paper.
August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at Lawrence Burney's article in City Paper, "Race and Music in Baltimore: Baltimore musicians of color talk about race in the music scene."
August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - Stay tuned for a discussion of Straight Outta Compton, the biographical film released last weekend about the hip hop group N.W.A. in the 1980s and 1990s.
August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with a preview of a special musical event, happening August 29: An Die Musik Presents Sunny Cowell CD Release Concert & Party.
August 17, 2015
August 14, 2015 - Segment 2 - Up next is a special presentation of the Hip Hop Chronicles, produced by Mike "Nyce" Middleton, one of our creative and talented colleagues at WEAA 88.9-FM.
August 17, 2015
August 14, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli 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 was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015 - Segment 2 - We travel back to 2010 when I interviewed author Terry McMillan about her sequel to 1992's Waiting to Exhale, called Getting to Happy. The novel picks up 15 years after the exploits of friends Bernadine, Savannah, Robin and Gloria first appeared in print.
August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015 - Segment 1 - Do you run your hands happily through your lover's hair, but cringe when you find one of their hairs on your pillow or in a dish they have prepared for you? We begin the show with my 2009 interview with textile artist Sonya Clark, who had an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum featuring sculptures made of human hair.
August 12, 2015
August 12, 2015 - Segment 2 - We talk with Baltimore native and New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman, who joined us in 2010 for a discussion about her novel 'I'd Know You Anywhere.'
August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - Marc interviews Anthony Arthur about his book 'Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair.'
August 10, 2015
August 7, 2015 - Segment 2 - A special 2007 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show: The Quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
August 10, 2015
August 7, 2015 - Segment 1 - It's our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment and was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
August 10, 2015
August 6, 2015 - Hour 1 - The blogosphere can be a very hostile environment for female bloggers, readers and commenters. Our panel of guests talked about why so many women are experiencing harassment online, and what can be done to create safe spaces on the net.
August 9, 2015
August 5, 2015 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition, we speak with artists, musicians, and activists from different parts of the southern Appalachian region about the intersections between their art and activism.
August 9, 2015
August 5, 2015 - Segment 1 - We hear a special 2009 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, where we asked the question: Is Consumerism Bad For Us?
August 9, 2015
August 4, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show from 2009; an interview with Nigerian-born award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her collection of short stories titled That Thing Around Your Neck.
August 9, 2015
August 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - We listen back to a rebroadcast of a fascinating discussion we held last year on art, music, politics, the war on drugs, and remix culture. With Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, musician, writer, and conceptual artist; and Paul Rucker, visual artist, composer, and musician.
August 9, 2015
August 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a conversation about Baltimore icon H.L. Mencken. Author Marion Elizabeth Rodgers joins us to talk about her book Mencken: The American Iconoclast.
August 9, 2015
August 3, 2015 - Segment 1 - We examine the critique that in the U.S. we focus on Eurocentric philosophies, and feature philosophers who are working to change that reality.
August 9, 2015
July 31, 2015 - Segment 4 - We have a special segment with Abu the Flutemaker, a musical craftsman who recycles found objects into musical instruments.
August 6, 2015
July 31, 2015 - Segment 3 - Baltimore-based rapper and activist Comrade joins us to talk about his life and offer a preview of his CD release party.
August 6, 2015
July 31, 2015 - Segment 2 - Listen to our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment and an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
August 3, 2015
July 29, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our regular feature, City Paper This Week with Anna Walsh, City Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor. This week's topic is: Barbecue!
August 3, 2015
July 29, 2015 - Segment 4 - Steiner Show regular commentator Koli Tengella joins us for a feature on Youth Opportunities (YO), a group of West Baltimore youth who join us to perform material developed in the Positive Social Change Theatre Program.
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 4 - We continue with more compelling works of art as we take an audio tour of the current exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM): The Visionary Experience: Saint Francis to Finster. Our docent is none other than AVAM Founder and Director Rebecca Hoffberger.
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk with Baltimore-based artist Loring Cornish about his inspirational new piece "Change for the Better" which was unveiled over the weekend at Artscape.
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's feature deals with Donald Trump, the Presidency and being rich.
July 27, 2015
July 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - Our guest host is Dr. Lester Spence, Center for Emerging Media Scholar-In-Residence. In follow-up to Marc's discussion yesterday with Ta-Nehisi Coates on his new book Between the World and Me, we continue the discussion on this important and compelling book.
July 27, 2015
July 22, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our weekly look at the current issue of the City Paper with Anna Walsh, City Paper Managing Editor and Eats and Drinks Editor. This week, it is City Paper's Queer Issue.
July 27, 2015
July 22, 2015 - Segment 2 - Ta-Nehisi Coates joins us to discuss his new book, Between the World and Me. Coates is national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues.
July 23, 2015
July 21, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a conversation with Jewish and gay hip hop artist Y-Love, who has been interviewed in the groundbreaking new book, The Human Agenda: Conversations About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
July 23, 2015
July 21, 2015 - Segment 2 - We continue our coverage and analysis of the 2016 Presidential Race with Nadia Prupis, Lenny McAllister and Tom Schaller.
July 22, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 5 - You're in for a musical treat, as we hear from Las Cafeteras, who were in town at the Creative Alliance last Saturday.
July 22, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - Listen to our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's piece is about Google's photo recognition software.
July 21, 2015
July 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - Koli Tengella and Meshelle the Indie Mom of Comedy join Marc for a cultural roundtable, where they discuss who should be on the $10 bill, the Confederate flag and more.
July 17, 2015
July 15, 2015 - Segment 6 - We close the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, with City Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh.
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 - Segment 4 - We check in with the African Griot Book Fair for our Children, happening this Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00 PM at Druid Hill Park Near Columbus Pavilion in Baltimore.
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk with essayist and cartoonist Tim Kreider about his op-ed in last weekend's New York Times, My Own Private Baltimore.
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's a new Tengella's Take, our weekly feature when actor, educator, and activist Koli Tengella offers his thoughts on our world today. This week's segment is on the 4th of July.
July 10, 2015
July 8, 2015 - Segment 6 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, with City Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh.
July 10, 2015
July 8, 2015 - Segment 5 - I talk with Baltimore music legend and the Baron of Soul Milton Dugger about life, Doo Wop, and other types of musical fare. We are also joined by another musical treasure: Dr. Doo Wop!
July 10, 2015
July 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a cultural roundtable with a group of local artists. We discuss an op-ed featured last weekend in the New York Times, "My Own Private Baltimore," the Confederate flag, and more.
July 9, 2015
July 3, 2015 - Segment 5 - We talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Reiss about his book The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo.
July 9, 2015
July 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a preview of a special dance performance as dancer Talbolt Johnson joins us to talk about his art and philosophy.
July 9, 2015
July 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - It's the latest edition of our weekly series Tengella's Take, with actor, comedian and educator Koli Tengella.