April 17, 2015
April 14, 2015 - Segment 2 - In honor of Octavia Butler, our guests examine diversity in the realm of Science Fiction, with: Ytasha L. Womack, adrienne maree brown, K. Tempest Bradford and Jason T. Harris.
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April 17, 2015
April 14, 2015 - Segment 1 - We listen back to my interview from January 21, 2004, with renowned Science Fiction author Octavia Butler. The recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and both the Hugo and Nebula awards, Butler passed away in February 2006.
April 13, 2015
April 13, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc speaks with best-selling author Wes Moore, host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, about his newest book The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters.
April 10, 2015
April 9, 2015 - Segment 4 - Marc speaks with writer and director Sheldon Candis, who talks about his upcoming documentary on what may have been the greatest high school basketball team ever, Baltimore's own '81-'83 Dunbar Poets.
April 10, 2015
April 9, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a sneak peak of Reparations: A Musical, a unique production that blends drama, comedy, music and dance to make the concept and issue of reparations "relatable."
April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week with Anna Walsh, Eats and Drinks Editor for the Baltimore City Paper.
April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015 - Segment 3 - Marc Steiner Show Producer Stefanie Mavronis and I just returned from a 12-day trip to Cuba, and we recap our trip as well as discuss Cuba in the wake of the December 17th announcement that the U.S. would restore full relations with that country.
April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - We discuss Science Fiction and Social Justice with adrienne maree brown and Dr. Lester Spence.
April 8, 2015
April 7, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billie Holiday. In honor of her birth, we speak to Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War, the centerpiece of which tells the tale of the ramifications of the drug war on Billie Holliday.
April 4, 2015
April 2, 2015 - Segment 1 - We hear a special broadcast of WEAA's popular show The Hip-Hop Chronicles. The Hip-Hop Chronicles is produced by WEAA's Mike "Nyce" Middleton in partnership with Planet Earth Planet Rap.
April 2, 2015
April 1, 2015 - Segment 4 - Marc speaks with author Lawrence Hill, who has written nine books including the acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which was made into a television miniseries on BET.
April 2, 2015
April 1, 2015 - Segment 3 - Anthony McCarthy sits in for Marc Steiner for our weekly look at what's in the City Paper with Senior Editor Baynard Woods.
April 2, 2015
April 1, 2015 - Segment 2 - We're joined by poet Mark Nowak. Nowak's latest book is Coal Mountain Elementary, and he is being recognized for his work facilitating "poetry dialogues" between workers around the world.
April 2, 2015
April 1, 2015 - Segment 1 - Guest host Anthony McCarthy joins us for a political roundtable, discussing Trevor Noah, Martin O'Malley's run for the presidency, and the Indiana "religious freedom" law.
April 2, 2015
March 31, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host a cultural roundtable with topics including youth and social media, and Confederate flags on license plates.
March 30, 2015
Marcnationh 30, 2015 - Segment 3 - We close out the show at 11:45 with a celebration of the 150th anniversary of TheNation magazine, with D. D. Guttenplan, London Correspondent for The Nation and co-editor of the magazine's 150th Anniversary Special Issue.
March 30, 2015
March 27, 2015 - Segment 3 - Lia Tarachansky, filmmaker and Israel/Palestine correspondent for the Real News joins us to talk about her documentary On the Side of the Road, which is showing in Baltimore on Wednesday, April 1, 6:00pm at The Real News Network, 231 Holliday Street.
March 30, 2015
March 27, 2015 - Segment 1 - Prepare to be inspired as Marc talks with National Book Award-winning novelist and scholar Dr. Charles Johnson about his newest book Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice.
March 30, 2015
March 26, 2015 - Segment 4 - Baltimore blues artist Quinton “Q” Randall joins us to talk about his music and life. He recently released his new album The Cleanse.
March 30, 2015
March 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - We check in with Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods about what's in this week's issue of the City Paper.
March 30, 2015
March 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - We look at two current offerings at the Maryland Historical Society: the exhibit A Tale of Three Coffins: Living and Dying in 17th Century St. Mary's County and an interactive production, Mesmeric Revelations! Of Edgar Allan Poe.
March 26, 2015
March 25, 2015 - Segment 2 - We are joined by author, filmmaker and Coppin State University professor D. Watkins about his article in Salon: “My neighborhood revolution, one letter at a time.”
March 25, 2015
March 23, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a sneak preview of the short film and documentary project Broken House, which explores house music, dance and culture in Baltimore.
March 25, 2015
March 23, 2015 - Segment 4 - We take a sneak preview of the documentary Gentrification (K)Not, a documentary that explores the meaning of the terms revitalization and gentrification focusing on the Station North neighborhood in Baltimore.
March 23, 2015
March 20, 2015 - Segment 4 - We speak with Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War, about the US's war on drugs and the federal government's fight against Bille Holliday.
March 23, 2015
March 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hear a special preview of the 10th anniversary of Money Power Day. Money Power Day is Baltimore's free financial fitness day and families who attend will be equipped with the resources, tools, and support needed to change their financial futures.
March 23, 2015
March 20, 2015 - Segment 2 - We focus the spotlight on Baltimore's Redwood Grill, a hotspot in the '90s and a fascinating piece of local history, with local businessman and raconteur A. Rod Womack, author of Redwood and former owner of the Redwood Grill.
March 22, 2015
March 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - We get a sneak preview of the new documentary Diagram for Delinquents with Director Robert Emmons, Jr.
March 22, 2015
March 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at the state of progressive media.
March 22, 2015
March 18, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with our regular feature, this week in the City Paper, with Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh.
March 22, 2015
March 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - Baltimore-based hip hop artist Kane Mayfield joins us to talk about his new album "The Return of Rap."
March 13, 2015
March 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at a film currently in production on one of our nation's most original and important theological thinkers, Howard Thurman. I will talk with Arleigh Prelow, who is Producer-Director of "The Psalm of Howard Thurman," about her film.
March 13, 2015
March 11, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, with Senior Editor Baynard Woods. This week's feature looks at a public radio station trading underwriting for airtime.
March 11, 2015
March 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear last Saturday's World of the Play discussion at Everyman Theatre, based on themes arising from Everyman's production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined.
March 9, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 4 - We hear a preview of the Women's History Month Literary Festival with authors Lalita Tademy and LaShonda Katrice Barnett.
March 8, 2015
March 5, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take an audio tour of Rewind, an exhibit featuring the work of artist, composer and musician Paul Rucker. Rewind is the largest collection of Rucker's work to date, and visually embodies America's uncomfortable history regarding issues of social justice through sculptural installations, text, quilts, and animations.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 6 - We look at this week's issue of the City Paper. This week's issue is the annual Eats issue, which focuses on food in Baltimore. It also has a feature on Qayum Karzai.
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 - Segment 5 - Blues and Gospel singer Lea Gilmore, Center for Emerging Media's Culture Editor, joins us to introduce the Lea & Marc Book Club. Our first selection is Kindred by Octavia Butler.
March 2, 2015
February 27, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get a sneak peek at the current production at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage. We talk to the cast of this moving play, which portrays the plight of women in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
February 26, 2015
February 25, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, withSenior Editor Baynard Woods. This week's issue features a cover story on Dan Deacon.
February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - To honor science fiction writer Octavia Butler, who died on February 24, 2006, we examine diversity in the realm of science fiction.
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 4 - We speak with Palestinian filmmaker Fida Qishta about her compelling new film Where Should the Birds Fly.
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - Cricket Arrison joins us to talk about her fascinating and groundbreaking one-woman and one-audience-member-at-a-time play, "Make Yourself at Home."
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We get a special sneak preview at the production currently playing at the Arena Players in Baltimore, Amiri Baraka's Slaveship: A Tribute to Amiri Baraka.With director Rosiland W. Cauthen and actors Nathan Couser, Malcolm Anomanchi, and Tracie Jiggetts.
February 19, 2015
February 18, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with an encore broadcast of our show on the thought-provoking, inspirational and entertaining production currently playing at Baltimore's Center Stage: One Night in Miami, which has an extended run through February 22.
February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015 - Segment 2 - We celebrate the birthday of Audre Lorde, who described herself as a "Black lesbian mother warrior poet."
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 - Segment 4 - Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead joins us to talk about her op-ed series in the Baltimore Sun this month.
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We remember Maryland Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton by listening to her read some of her best poems, and we listen back to a segment from the archives, where we talked to her friends and colleagues shortly after her passing.
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 - Segment 2 - We preview The Griot's Eye Youth Film and Culture Festival that's taking place this weekend at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture.
February 12, 2015
February 11, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close the show with our weekly feature City Paper This Week with Senior Editor Baynard Woods. This week's issue looks at sex.