Arts and Culture

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

January 22, 2016

Tavis Smiley: The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later

January 20, 2016 - Segment 2 - Marc sits down with talk show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley to discuss his book The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later. Smiley is Host of The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.
January 19, 2016

Interview and Performance With Tuvan Throat Singers Alash

January, 15 2015 - Segment 2 - We talk with Alash, a Tuvan throat singing group, while they are in town for a talk they gave at TEDxBaltimore. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture.
January 8, 2016

The Phillips’: Three Generations of Baltimore Photographers

January 8, 2016 - Segment 4 - We hear an archive edition of the Marc Steiner Show as we examine the Baltimore African American experience through the lens of three generations of the Phillips family.
January 8, 2016

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen

January 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, we talk with award-winning author Philip Dray about his book Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen.
January 7, 2016

City Paper: This Week and Reading of the Names of 2015 Homicide Victims

January 6, 2016 - Segment 4 - During our regular feature, City Paper This Week, we check-in on this week's issue with Karen Houppert, Editor-in-Chief of City Paper. We close the show with a reading of the names of Baltimore's victims of homicide in 2015.
January 2, 2016

Firebrand Records: A Radical Record Label

January 1, 2016 - Segment 3 - Independent producer Ira Gewanter brings us an interview with Ryan Harvey and Son of Nun of Firebrand Records, a record label formed by Harvey and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, with the aim to release social justice-oriented music.
December 16, 2015

Jazz Legend Stanley Cowell Back In Baltimore For CD Release

December 16, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a special musical treat with jazz legend Stanley Cowell joins us to talk about his work. He's joined by WEAA's own Robert Shahid, co-Host of the Baltimore Blend and longtime musician and drummer.
December 16, 2015

David Miller On His New Children’s Book ‘The Greene Family Farm’

December 16, 2015 - Segment 2 - David Miller, Washington, DC, based author and founder of Dare To Be King, LLC, joins us to talk about his new children's book Brooklyn's Finest: Greene Family Farm.
December 16, 2015

OF NOTE: The Burqa Issue, Examining Complicated Experiences Of Women Who Wear The Burqa

December 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a fascinating discussion based on the current issue of OF NOTE, one of the first online magazines focused on global artists using the arts as catalysts for activism and social change.
December 16, 2015

From The Archives: Poet Elizabeth Alexander – The Light of the World

December 11, 2015 - Segment 5 - We play a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, my interview with poet and playwright Elizabeth Alexander about her exquisitely written and deeply moving memoir about the death of her beloved husband, The Light of the World.
December 16, 2015

Baltimore Traces: Communities In Transition – Part 5: Futures

December 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - We play the fifth segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition. This episode is called "Futures."
December 11, 2015

Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition – Part 4: Tensions

December 10, 2015, Segment 1 - We begin the day with the fourth segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition. Today's segment is called Tension
December 10, 2015

Baltimore Traces: Communities In Transition – Part 3: Changes

December 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host the third segment of a series of productions by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition.
December 8, 2015

Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition – Part 1: History

December 7, 2015 - Segment 1 - We host a production by students in the American Studies Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition. Part 1 looks at Baltimore's history.
December 8, 2015

Theatre Baltimore: Center Stage Presents ‘Doing Time In Education, The Baltimore Chapter’

December 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a preview of a special series of events to occur this weekend at Baltimore's Centre Stage Theatre: Anna Deavere Smith presents Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The Baltimore Chapter.
November 28, 2015

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle: The Foundation, A Compilation Album

November 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - Today we preview Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle presents The Foundation, is a compilation album comprised of multiple music genres and media clips addressing police accountability with a strategic emphasis on the mission of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
November 19, 2015

Not About A Riot: Stories of Hope, Resilience, and Community

November 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at an exciting new film premiering this Sunday, November 22, 2015, at 7:00pm at the EMP Collective. Not About a Riot tells the stories of the Baltimore Uprising that media didn't cover - stories of hope, resilience, and community.
November 12, 2015

Ruth Starr Rose: Revelations of African American Life in Maryland and the World at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

November 13, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc tour's of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture's fascinating new exhibit Ruth Starr Rose: Revelations of African American Life in Maryland and the World.
November 12, 2015

Pianist Scott Patterson’s ‘Ebon Kojo: The Last Tribe’

November 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host Baltimore-based pianist and composer Scott Patterson joins us to offer a preview of his one-man show Ebon Kojo: The Last Tribe, which will premiere at the Charm City Fringe Festival, November 12-15.
November 12, 2015

Profiled: Women’s Voices in Racial Profiling and Police Brutality

November 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - We preview the new movie Profiled, which highlights women's voices and concerns as part of the national dialogue on racial profiling and police brutality, and tells their powerful stories that bear witness to the institutional racism that drives such violence.
November 12, 2015

Urbanite Magazine Special Edition: Truth, Reconciliation & Baltimore

November 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a panel of contributing writers to a special edition of the local publication, Urbanite Magazine's Baltimore Uprising Edition, with Lawrence Lanahan, freelance journalist; Dave Duddley, co-Editor of the Urbanite; Dr. Helena Hicks, retired state employee and college professor and Olu Butterfly, poet and part of Afrikan Youth Alchemy.