September 28, 2015
September 25, 2015 - Segment 3 - The award-winning Hip Hop Chronicles takes over the Marc Steiner Show with two very interesting conversations. First, we discuss hip hop and education with Dr. Jeff Menzise and Eze Jackson.
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September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - In an archive edition of the show, we speak to writer, educator and activist Jonathan Kozol about his book Letters to a Young Teacher.
September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015 - Segment 3 - Hear an important educational town hall meeting I moderated earlier this week at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School: Less Testing, More Learning. Sponsored by the Maryland State Education Association, it brought together educators to address testing in our schools.
September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015 - Segment 2 - We discuss Education and Testing, with NPR's lead education blogger Anya Kamenetz.
August 28, 2015
August 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - We feature a very special Baltimore City boys school that is seeking enrollees: Benjamin Banneker Eubie Blake Arts and Sciences Academy, located in the old Winston Middle School building in Baltimore's Winston neighborhood. We speak with Banneker Principal Patrick McDonald.
August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - We bring the discussion home with a Local News Roundtable, topics to include: Rawlings-Blake v. Dixon for Mayor; dirt bikes, street culture and the police; murders in our city; and Are Baltimore schools ready for the start of the year?
July 27, 2015
July 24, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a rebroadcast of last spring's discussion on the topic of Black Women in Academia.
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.
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at an upcoming event with New Lens, titled School Stories: The Human Face of Policy. With Lakayra Scott, Ben Dalbey and Helen Atkinson.
June 26, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a discussion on youth and summer jobs, with Ralph Moore, Kim Trueheart, Daniel Brogden and Clayton Guyton.
June 22, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close the show with a conversation with internationally renowned interpreter of Franz Fanon's works, Lewis R. Gordon about his latest book What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction To His Life And Thought.
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close our show with our regular feature City Paper This Week withAnna Walsh, City Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor.
June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015 - Segment 2 - We spend the whole two hours of the show speaking about education, addressing a number of issues that Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) is facing.
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a conversation with students from Baltimore's City Neighbors High School, about their views on testing and on the Baltimore Uprising.
June 12, 2015
June 11, 2015 - Segment 2 - On our Local News Roundup, we discuss how the Baltimore City Council is responding to school layoffs and the news that State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby sent an email in the weeks before Freddie Gray's death, asking police to target the area of North Avenue and Mount Street for drug trafficking.
June 12, 2015
June 10, 2015 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with our regular feature City Paper This Week, withCity Paper Managing Editor and Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh.
June 11, 2015
June 8, 2015 - Segment 2 - Dr. Kaye Whitehead sits in for Marc as we discuss the local news, including summer opportunities for Baltimore youth in the context of the Mayor's summer youth jobs program.
June 11, 2015
June 5, 2015 - Segment 3 - Listen to my interview with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), about his important book Holding Fast To Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement.
June 11, 2015
June 4, 2015 - Segment 2 - Join our guest host Dr. Kimberly Moffitt as she moderates a panel discussion about budget cuts and restructuring at North Avenue. Last week it was announced that 159 staff positions were eliminated at Baltimore City Public Schools and layoff notices were sent out.
June 1, 2015
May 27, 2015 - Segment 6 - Rev. Jamal Bryant, Senior Pastor of Empowerment Temple AME, joins us to talk about the protest he organized against the construction of the new youth jail in Baltimore.
June 1, 2015
May 27, 2015 - Segment 4 - We look at the closing of Langston Hughes Elementary School in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore.
May 29, 2015
May 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - We discuss the 26 shootings in Baltimore over the weekend; Governor Hogan's veto of a bill that would have given voting rights to former felons; summer is coming and where will Baltimore's children go; and the departure of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's top criminal justice official last week.
April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - Hear from two generations of Coates as we replay my interview with Ta-Nehisi and his father Paul Coates, former Black Panther and founder of Black Classic Press, from April 2014.
March 10, 2015
March 6, 2015 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a discussion of Black Women in Academia with Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill, Dr. Pamela Scott Johnson and Dr. Tara Bynum.
February 25, 2015
February 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at standardized testing in Maryland's schools.
February 24, 2015
February 20, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a look at Black History Month and how to teach children Black history outside the context of schools.
February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - I talk with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), about the talk he's giving at Goucher College next week, his forthcoming book Hold Fast to Dreams, and his thoughts on education.
February 18, 2015
February 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - Listen in to a special 2012 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, on prescription medications and children. I talk with Dr. Alan Sroufe, who at one time believed that Ritalin was as necessary for children. However, his position has changed, and he believes that these drugs are dangerously over-prescribed.
February 18, 2015
February 17, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc Steiner Show Producer Stefanie Mavronis talks to UMBC staff and students about UMBC Critical Social Justice Week, a week-long series of events focused on learning social justice, teaching social justice and "Creating Brave Spaces," this year's theme.
February 10, 2015
February 9, 2015 - Segment 4 - We are joined by author, filmmaker and Coppin State University professor D. Watkins about his new article in Salon: "My neighborhood revolution, one letter at a time."
February 3, 2015
February 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - We examine the role of police in schools, in light of the video that went viral last week of an officer interacting violently with Baltimore middle school students. We will also examine Delegate John Cluster's (R-8th District) proposed bill to put armed school resource officers in all Maryland schools.
January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015 - Segment 2 - Do poor teens in Baltimore face worse conditions than their counterparts in Nigeria, as a recent study suggests? We look at the study, published in December's Journal of Adolescent Health, with: Dr. Kristin Mmari, Dr. Lawrence Brown, and Dr. Roni Ellington.
January 26, 2015
January 23, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at The Future of Education with Howard Fuller and Danique Dolly.
January 22, 2015
January 21, 2015 - Segment 3 - Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the Citizens United v. The Federal Elections Commission, US Supreme Court Case. Marc and his panel discuss the case and its repercussions, 5 years later.
January 20, 2015
January 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - Marc and his panel turn their attention to Dr. King's economic policies and the activities of the Poor People's Campaign, and the modern day importance of that work.
January 19, 2015
January 15, 2015 - Segment 5 - Marc is joined by Enoch Pratt Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Carla Hayden, as she shares details of her New Year's Resolution for 2015, which include a library card for every child.
January 19, 2015
January 15, 2015 - Segment 4 - Students from Benjamin Franklin High School in Curtis Bay, speak out against proposed incinerator plant, in their neighborhood.
January 19, 2015
January 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc is joined by Kathryn Cooper Nicholas, founder and CEO of youth empowerment organization, Sisters Save Our City, to discuss their upcoming town hall meeting.
January 12, 2015
January 9, 2015 - Hour 2 - We bring an insightful and informative panel discussion that we recorded last month at the Maryland State Education Association's 2014 Education Policy Forum in Annapolis. Three dedicated and enthusiastic educators talked about what the role of teachers should be in our education system.
December 17, 2014
December 12, 2014 - Segment 4 - Listen in to another special archive edition of the Show, as I talk with the fascinating and inspirational author and scientist Dr. Temple Grandin. Grandin talks about her 2013 book The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum.
November 17, 2014
November 12, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk to Delegate Curt Anderson, who represents the 43rd District in Baltimore City, about the state of education in the city and an upcoming public hearing about it.
November 14, 2014
November 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss a controversial speech by the president of Lincoln University. Speaking to students, he said women should not report rape in order to keep Black men out of prison.
October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014 - Segment 3 - Marc and educator Koli Tengella talk to author, filmmaker and Coppin State University professor D. Watkins about his recent writings, the Baltimore media landscape, different representations of Baltimore in writing and film, and the things that hold young people in Baltimore back from reaching their potential.
October 13, 2014
October 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen to our discussion about the complexities, challenges, and joys of raising and educating boys with local and national educators and parents.
October 8, 2014
October 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - Dr. Lawrence Brown, activist, public health consultant, and Assistant Professor of Public Health in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University, sits in for Marc as host to round up all things newsworthy, including a discussion on the changing landscape of public education and analysis of emerging pandemics
October 6, 2014
October 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - I talk with Dr. Karl Alexander, Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and co-author of The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood. Alexander and his team tracked 800 children in Baltimore from first grade until their late 20s.
September 23, 2014
September 23, 2014 - Segment 2 - It's Banned Books Week! From Harry Potter to Catcher in the Rye to Fifty Shades of Gray, we talk about our favorite banned books, with: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom; and Dr. Carla Hayden, Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
September 23, 2014
September 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - We bring you a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, with Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, musician, writer, and conceptual artist, and Paul Rucker,visual artist, composer, and musician. We discuss art, music, politics, the war on drugs, and remix culture.
September 18, 2014
September 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We learn about a wonderful program for youth, No Hooks Before Books, and their upcoming event: Boxing for Books. We speak with Marvin McDowell, Founder, President and Executive Director of UMAR Boxing and young participants and champions from the program.
September 14, 2014
September 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We remember anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who was murdered on September 12, 1977, while in the custody of the South African police. Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in the 1960s and 70s and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement. We reflect upon his life, his legacy, Black Consciousness, and South Africa today.