Arts and Culture

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

March 30, 2016
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Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity

March 29, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a discussion with filmmaker and racial equity educator Dr. Shakti Butler about her film Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity. Butler is President of World Trust, an organization that collaborates with groups and communities, using film and conversation to address subjects such as race and privilege.
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March 15, 2016
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All Baltimore Voices: Stories About and Beyond the Unrest

March 14, 2016 - Segment 3 - We hear about a special project coming in April to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising: All Baltimore Voices: Stories About and Beyond the Unrest. With: Roni L. Jolley, Ed.D., Director of Education at the Lewis Museum; and poet Kondwani Fidel.
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March 4, 2016
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Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts & Culture

March 4, 2016 - Segment 3 - We talk about an important local event that's coming up: The Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts & Culture. With: CJ Phillips, Artistic Director at Dance and Bmore; and Jeannie Howe, Executive Director of Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.
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March 3, 2016
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The Melissa Harris-Perry Show Cancelation: Broader Implications

March 2, 2016 - Segment 3 - On Sunday, February 21 2016, MSNBC announced that it would be canceling the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, after two weeks of the show's being pre-empted for other news and following an email from Harris-Perry to her staff, which went public, in which she indicated that she felt "worthless" to NBC News executives.
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February 28, 2016
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From The Archives — Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

February 26, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a special archive episode from 2012: My interview with author and former NPR foreign correspondent Eric Weiner about his book Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine.
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February 28, 2016
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From The Archives — Sherman Alexie’s ‘Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories’

February 26, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a special 2012 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, as we listen back to my interview with Native American author, poet, and screenwriter Sherman Alexie. Alexie's compelling book Blasphemy is a collection of new and previously-published short stories.
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February 19, 2016
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From The Archives: Philipp Meyer’s ‘American Rust’

February 19, 2016 - Segment 3 - We listen back to a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, when I spoke with Baltimore native Philipp Meyer about his novel American Rust, a story set in a small, former steel town in western Pennsylvania.
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February 15, 2016
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State Politics Roundtable: Criminal Justice Issues in the General Assembly

February 15, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at criminal justice policy issues that are facing the Maryland General Assembly. With: Dayvon Love, Caryn York, Curt Anderson; and Neil Parrott.
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February 12, 2016
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Everyman Theatre’s World Of The Play: Under The Skin

February 12, 2016 - Segment 2 - We play a fascinating panel discussion hosted by Marc that took place last Saturday (February 6, 2015) at Everyman Theatre's World of the Play: Boundaries of the Body, Limits of Love.
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February 11, 2016
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Theatre Baltimore: ‘The Meeting’ At Baltimore Theatre Project

February 9, 2016 - Segment 3 - We turn to the arts, with a look at a production that's opening this Thursday at Baltimore's Theatre Project, The Meeting, which depicts the supposed meeting the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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February 8, 2016
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Baltimore Mayoral Race: Councilman Carl Stokes

February 8, 2016 Segment 1 - We begin the show with an interview with Baltimore Democratic Mayoral candidate Councilman Carl Stokes. Stokes represents the 12th District on the Baltimore City Council, where he is Chair of the Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee.
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February 8, 2016
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David Pilgrim On Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia To Teach Tolerance

February 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have a conversation with Dr. David Pilgrim where we speak to him about his book Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice.
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February 8, 2016
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Tengella’s Take: The Super Bowl & Why White People Are Scared Of Cam Newton

February 5, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host 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 he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
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January 29, 2016
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Baltimore Artists Roundtable: Music, Art, Race and Gender in a Segregated City

January 29, 2016 - Segment 3 - Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery guest hosts a conversation with local musicians, writers and artists about arts and music scenes in Baltimore and creating spaces for Black, people of color, and women performers in a segregated city. With: Abdu Ali, Jenné Afiya, and Dylan Ubaldo.
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January 27, 2016
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Arts & Culture: The Oscars’ “Whitewash,” Nate Parker’s ‘Birth Of A Nation,’ & More

January 27, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the controversy over what has been called the "whitewash" of the Oscars. With: Ann Hornaday, Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, and Kalima Young.
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January 24, 2016
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Tengella’s Take: The 2016 Presidential Election

January 22, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our regular feature Tengella's Takewith 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.
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January 24, 2016
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Charles Johnson & Ethelbert Miller: On Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a conversation with two of our great writers and thinkers, Charles Johnson and E. Ethelbert Miller, about Johnson's powerful and insightful book The Words and Wisdom of Charles Johnson.
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January 22, 2016
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City Paper This Week: Tribute To David Bowie

January 20, 2016 - Segment 4 - Marc Steiner Show Producer Stefanie Mavronis guest hosts our regular series City Paper This Week with Brandon Soderberg, Deputy Editor and Arts Editor of City Paper. This week's City Paper is a tribute to David Bowie.
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