April 4, 2014
April 3, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk about Soul Food Junkies, which looks at the past, present and future of soul food, from its origins in West Africa to the American South.
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April 1, 2014
April 1, 2014 - Hour 2 - In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, we travel to Prince George’s County and visit three farms,The Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park; P.A. Bowen Farmstead; and cattle farmer Yates Clagett of Bald Eagle Farm; for perspectives on sustainability, land stewardship, and how to remain economically viable in a shifting marketplace.
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014 - Segment 3 - Congressman Elijah Cummings joins us to discuss signing up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act and to promote the Health Insurance Enrollment Fair, this Saturday, March 29, 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Baltimore Convention Center. March 31st is the last day to sign up under open enrollment in the Maryland Health Connection.
March 20, 2014
March 20, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're joined by fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead to talk about his upcoming community walk with Baltimore's own Ernestine Shepherd, the world's oldest competitive body builder, which will be filmed by CNN this Saturday.
March 13, 2014
March 13, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Dr. Bill Thomas, visionary and internationally recognized expert on aging. On April 2, Thomas' Second Wind Tour, a Two Act "non-fiction" theatrical performance inspired by his new book Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life, comes to Baltimore's Hippodrome.
March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we begin with Joel Salatin, full-time alternative farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Then, we visit Baltimore's Liam Flynn's Ale House to talk about Open Plough and their new food menu. We close out the show with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back.
March 5, 2014
March 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - In this week's Sound Bites, we begin by talking nutrition and Future Harvest CASA's Beginner Farmer Training program. Then, we hear from the star of the new "Was This Chicken Inspected?" Food and Water Watch commercial.
February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we talk about food insecurity among seniors, hear about why some people oppose the retrofitting of the Cove Point facility to export natural gas, and look at the controversial Poultry Fair Share Act.
February 15, 2014
February 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - We turn to the topic of violence, its representation in the media and culture, masculinity’s role in violence, and violence’s effects on our youth. Our panel of guests includes Dr. Lawrence Brown, Meshelle The Indie Mom of Comedy, and Rev. Heber Brown.
January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - January is National Mentoring Month, and we close out the show with a discussion about trauma and PTSD in our young people, and how mentoring helps.
January 31, 2014
January 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have our monthly discussion on health and fitness with activist and personal trainer Chauncey Whitehead and Miss Ernestine Shepherd, the World's Oldest Female Body Builder! Their special guest will be Dr. James E. Wood, Jr., Chief of Orthopedics at MedStar Harbor Hospital in Baltimore.
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're talking food and farming, in our newest edition of Sound Bites! SB finds its patron saint, we learn about the beginnings of a Delmarva food hub, we ask the question: Do GMOs matter?, and hear about a new project seeking to reduce energy expenditures on the Eastern Shore.
January 21, 2014
January 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's the newest episode in our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites! We discuss the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' victory with Wal*Mart, which announced it would join the Fair Food Program. Then, we talk about marketing "less bad food" to Millenials, and the legacy of George Washington Carver, misunderstood but incredibly important inventor and agricultural contributor.
January 21, 2014
January 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We discuss the legalization of marijuana in Maryland. Our first panel of guests features members of the Marijuana Policy Coalition of Maryland. Then, we talk to delegates about the politics of marijuana passing this session.
January 14, 2014
January 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we get a sneak preview of the 15th Annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference hosted by Future Harvest CASA, which will be held this weekend. We also talk about GMOs and General Mills' decision to stop using them in Cheerios, and look at the history of Americans and meat with historian and author Dr. Maureen Ogle.
January 7, 2014
January 7, 2014 - Segment 4 - Are you careful with uncooked poultry? In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts that highlights weaknesses in the poultry safety system. Then, we predict what the big food, agriculture and environment stories of 2014 will be, and look at the biggest meat stories of 2013.
December 30, 2013
December 30, 2013 - Segment 1 - We continue our monthly series on health and fitness for a conversation on the New Year and fitness. Are you making New Years resolutions to stay fit? Are you trying to burn off some of the extra holiday calories? Are New Years resolutions even realistic?
December 17, 2013
December 17, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin this week's Sound Bites with a look at the 30th anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the implications of the controversial Columbia Gas Pipeline, and the potential of radishes to fight runoff.
December 3, 2013
December 3, 2013 - Segment 4 - On Sound Bites, we discuss the Poultry Fair Share Act, which proposes that large agribusinesses such as Perdue and Tyson be charged a fee per head for chickens grown on the farms contracted with them, bees and pesticides, and fermentation.
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with a special archive edition, as we look back at an article published in Urbanite magazine, claiming that promoting bike-friendliness in cities can effect social change. The article cited that the murder rate in Bogota, Colombia, dropped 76 percent after that city became bike-conscious.
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013 - Segment 2 - With Thanksgiving a day away, we are joined by Donavan Murphy, owner of Island Quizine; Adam Pierce, Executive Chef at Great Sage, and Chef Mac Alonzo Lee of All Those Blues to share great holiday recipes.
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013 - Segment 1 - As the holiday season begins, fitness professional and community activist Chauncey Whitehead; professional trainer and bodybuilder Ernestine Shepherd; and registered dietician Angela Ginn-Meadow join us with tips for staying fit and healthy.
November 12, 2013
November 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin the newest episode of our series on the food system, Sound Bites, talking about the Food Safety Modernization Act. Then we talk about the GMO labeling measure that failed in Washington and hear a report back from the Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners conference.
November 12, 2013
November 11, 2013 - Segment 5 - We take a look at the controversy over the proposed Cove Point liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Maryland, owned by Dominion Resources. If approved, the terminal would be used to export fracked natural gas, piped in from Appalachia, to India and Japan.
November 7, 2013
November 5, 2013 - Segment 4 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites. we report an exciting development in the real food movement that took place last week right here in Baltimore. Then we get a roundup of political food news and hear a recipe from Michael Twitty of Afroculinaria.
October 31, 2013
October 31, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a look at a Johns Hopkins School of Nursing study and program that is helping elderly low-income individuals to remain functional and continue to live in their homes. The program is called Community Aging in Place - Advancing Better Living for Elders, or CAPABLE.
October 30, 2013
October 30, 2013 - Segment 3 - We hear the voices of participants of the Healthcare Justice March that took place in Baltimore Saturday, interviewed by former Steiner Show producer Cricket Arrison. We hear from Sergio Espana, the statewide organizer for Healthcare is a Human Right-Maryland, as well as speakers from the healthcare rally before the march, some of the participants at the march, and the amazing beats of the Baltimore Christian Warriors Marching Band.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013 - Segment 4 - We acknowledge the 15th Anniversary of Open Society Institute-Baltimore, with: Diana Morris, Director of OSI-Baltimore; and Judge Andre Davis, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and is an OSI-Baltimore board member.
October 25, 2013
October 25, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the week talking about the march this weekend sponsored by Healthcare is a Human Right, and the precedent set in Vermont, which has a statewide single-payer health system.
October 24, 2013
October 24, 2013 - Segment 2 - It's our regular show on fitness and health with Chauncey Whitehead, trainer and community fitness activist. He is joined by Angela Ginn-Meadow, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator.
October 24, 2013
October 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We look at Maryland Hunger Solution's Food Stamp Challenge, on the latest edition of Sound Bites! We also look at what's inside that chicken nugget and learn about a duo that's raising turkeys locally.
October 15, 2013
October 15, 2013 - Hour 2 - In the latest episode of Sound Bites, we look at how "Big Food" has lured us into eating high-fat, low-nutrition foods over the past century, when Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss joins us to discuss his book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013 - Segment 3 - We look at health care enrollment in Maryland since the Affordable Care Act took effect earlier this month, with HealthCare Access Maryland and Healthcare for All.
October 8, 2013
October 8, 2013 - Segment 3 - We will discuss how the government shutdown is affecting food and agriculture on the latest edition of Sound Bites! We also talk about new restrictions on arsenic in animal feed and a new free trade agreement's impact on food safety.
October 4, 2013
October 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - We talk with bestselling author Rebecca Skloot about her new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The book follows the life of an African-American woman whose cells were taken without her consent, and which became the first immortal cell line.
September 26, 2013
September 26, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a special treat: Ernestine Shepherd, personal trainer, professional model, and the world's oldest competitive bodybuilder at age 77, is in the house!