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August 12, 2013
Why Bees Are Dying
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Sound Bites: Rural MD Needs Immigration Reform | Update: Gather Baltimore | Why Bees Are Dying

August 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - This week on Sound Bites, we hear an opinion on how immigration reform could positively impact rural Maryland, get an update from Arthur Morgan on all things Gather Baltimore, and learn about a new study completed by the USDA and the University of Maryland that gives insight into why bees everywhere are dying.
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August 12, 2013
Developer Michael Beatty, Harbor Point Development
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City Council Votes On Harbor Point Development Subsidies

August 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss the outcome of a City Council vote on the public subsidies to the $1.8 billion Harbor Point development project with Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes and BDC President and CEO Brenda McKenzie.
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August 12, 2013
Henrietta Lacks
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Family of Henrietta Lacks, Unwitting Source of HeLa Cells, To Get Some Control Over Genome

August 12, 2013 - Segment 2 - Last week NIH announced an agreement with the family of Henrietta Lacks - whose cells were collected and used for research, without her knowledge or permission, by Johns Hopkins University over 50 years ago - that will finally give them recognition and some degree of control over how the genome of these important cells is used.
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August 6, 2013
Urban Farm (Image via Salon)
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Sound Bites: 50 Million Hungry In Richest Country | Are America’s Food Debates Just White Men Talking?

August 6, 2013 - Segment 3 - We start this week on Sound Bites by talking to Rose Aguilar, who provides a commentary related to her recent op-ed, "Richest country's empty plates." Then, we discuss race, class, and the food movement with a diverse roundtable of guests.
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August 6, 2013
Signing of the Voting Rights Act
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Anniversary of The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Where We Were & Where We Are Today

August 6, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin our show with a reflection on the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Our panel of guests will discuss the legacy of the Voting Rights Act and the state of voting rights in 2013, especially in light of the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down core components of the Act.
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August 2, 2013
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Dialogue Between Ciudad Juarez and Baltimore: What It’s Like To Grow Up In A Violent Community

August 2, 2013 - Segment 2 - We talk with youth from both the U.S. and Mexico about what it's like to be caught in the middle of the War on Drugs and grow up in violent communities. We hear their inspiring ideas for positive change, from Baltimore to Ciudad Juarez.
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August 1, 2013
Neill Franklin
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Ret. Major Neill Franklin On Racial Profiling, War On Drugs, & More

August 1, 2013 - Segment 1 - We sit down with Neill Franklin, Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and a 33-year police veteran, to discuss a multitude of issues, from racial profiling of Black men to the status and impact of the international War on Drugs.
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July 30, 2013
A Baltimore lab aims to take the science of growing clean, healthy salt-water fish to the global marketplace
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Sound Bites: Warehouse-Raised Fish | McDonald’s & Fast Food Workers | Farmer Profile: Charles Wright

July 30, 2013 - Hour 2 - On a new edition of Sound Bites, we ask the question: as our waterways become more polluted, will fish be raised in warehouses in our cities? Then, we discuss fast food workers and hear a profile of an Eastern Shore farmer, Charles Wright.
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July 26, 2013
Chicago Public Schools, School Closings
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Chicago & Baltimore Dialogue On The Future Of Education

July 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore. Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that 50 schools in the district will be closed, and Baltimore City's plan for the coming decade includes closing underutilized schools and placing emphasis on renovations and new school construction.
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July 26, 2013
States' voting laws being challenged by Department of Justice
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Weekly News Roundup: Maryland’s MSA Test Results | DOJ Challenges States’ Voting Laws | NYPD On Racial Profiling

July 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - Dr. Kimberly Moffitt sits in as our guest host for our weekly news round table. The panel discussion will focus on this week's release of the Maryland State Assessment scores, showing a slight decline statewide, and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on voting rights, among other topics.
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July 25, 2013
Shane Bauer
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Shane Bauer On Solitary Confinement

July 24, 2013 Segment 2 - We sit down with Shane Bauer, an independent journalist based in Oakland who wrote an article about solitary confinement for Mother Jones titled "Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside American Prisons."
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July 25, 2013
tank
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Philosophers’ Roundtable On Violence In USA

July 24, 2013 - Segment 1 - We speak with religious, ethical, and philosophical thinkers about violence in our country. Why is violence so omnipresent in our daily lives? Is the United States an exceptionally violent nation? What does it mean to create a more humane and just society?
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July 25, 2013
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Sound Bites: Urban Farming, No SNAP Benefits For Violent Offenders, & A Fermentation Recipe

July 23, 2013 - Segment 3- On this live episode of Sound Bites, we discuss urban farming with Five Seeds Farm and the Baltimore Free Farm, the Senate's amendments to the Farm Bill that would bar people convicted of violent crimes from receiving benefits for life, and fermentation with Sandor Katz.
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July 22, 2013
Jamal Joseph
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Panther Baby: A Life Of Rebellion And Reinvention

July 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We bring you an interview from this spring's CityLit Festival with Jamal Joseph, activist, urban guerrilla, FBI's most wanted fugitive, poet, and filmmaker, who discusses his memoir, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention.
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July 22, 2013
Highlandtown
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Gentrification And Displacement In Baltimore

July 22, 2013 - Segment 2 -We speak with Lawrence Brown, assistant professor of public health at Morgan State University, and political activist Jude Lombardi talking about gentrification and displacement in Baltimore.
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July 18, 2013
Baltimore Outreach Services
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Baltimore Outreach Services: Women & Children Find Shelter, Empowerment

July 18, 2013 - Hour 2 - Since 2002, when it was first established as a non-profit, the Baltimore Outreach Services homeless shelter has been more than just temporary housing for homeless women and children; it has been a place of hope. Those who seek out B.O.S. for its twenty-four hour emergency shelter services are soon provided with the resources needed to move beyond unemployment and homelessness.
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July 17, 2013
Baltimore vacants
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Clearing Baltimore Vacants To Make Way For Community Gardens

July 18, 2013 - Hour 1 - We discuss reports that indicate the City’s plan to demolish blocks of majority-vacant housing around the city, relocate the few residents living on those blocks, and construct community gardens in their place. We talk to a panel of experts about what this means for the future of Baltimore.
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July 16, 2013
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Sound Bites: MD Pesticide Reporting Work Group | Recipe: Kale Smoothies | Malik Yakini On Racism In The Food System

July 16, 2013 - Hour 2 - It's another episode of Sound Bites! We begin the hour talking with two members of the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Work Group who hold very different perspectives, hear a delicious and healthy recipe for kale smoothies, and talk to Malik Yakini about his work in Detroit and racism in the food system and food movement.
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July 12, 2013
Michael Douglas
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Local African-American Fencers Prepare For International Competition

July 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - Prepare to be swashbuckled, as we turn to the topic of African Americans in the sport of fencing! Fencing coach and internationally-ranked fencer Michael Douglas joins us along with Jamal Fenwick, whom he is training for international competition, to talk about this fascinating sport.
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July 12, 2013
Perkins Homes
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Perkins Homes Residents Speak Out About Baltimore’s Harbor Point Development

July 12, 2013 - Segment 2 - We focus on a story that is unfolding in Baltimore, as developers of the affluent Harbor Point are set to receive tax incentives because they have included the Perkins Homes, a low-income housing project that abuts Harbor Point, as part of their catchment area. Councilman Carl Stokes and others are holding hearings calling on the developers to invest at least $15.6 million in Perkins Homes.
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July 11, 2013
Station North Arts and Entertainment District
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Can Station North Save Baltimore City?

July 11, 2013 - Segment 2 - We turn to Baltimore's Station North Arts and Entertainment District, which was the subject of a City Paper article, "Can Station North Save The City?" We discuss revitalization, gentrification, and the state of arts in the city.
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July 10, 2013
300 man march
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Community Responses To Violence: 300 Man March And Beyond

July 10, 2013 - Segment 1 - We have a conversation about community and police reactions to the escalation of violence in Baltimore City over the past few weeks. We examine initiatives such as last weekend's 300 Man March, and discuss what is being done to combat violence in our community.
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July 9, 2013
Tom Horton, Delmarva Peninsula
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Sound Bites: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | Nutrient Trading & The Chesapeake Bay | A Kayak Trip Through The Delmarva Peninsula

July 9, 2013 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss what the newly-negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the EU means for our food, what a Bay-wide nutrient trading program could mean for the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and take a trip through the Delmarva peninsula with Tom Horton and Bill Nelson.
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July 8, 2013
These clergymen of varied faiths head for a patrol wagon at Gwynn Oak Park during yesterday's anti-segregation demonstrations include the Rev. Joseph M. Connolly (left), of the Catholic Interracial Council, the Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (second from left), stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Marion C. Bascom (fourth from left), pastor of Douglas Memorial Church. More than 250 persons were arrested at the amusement park. Photo by Clarence B. Garrett/1963 file photo
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Opening the Gates: Celebrate the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park 50 Years Later

July 4, 2013 - Segment 4 - A roundtable of guests discuss the 50th anniversary of the integration of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park, leading up to an event this Sunday, July 7, "Opening the Gates: Celebrate the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park 50 Years Later."
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July 2, 2013
Michael Twitty, Afroculinaria
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Sound Bites: Michael Twitty On Paula Deen | Supreme Court & Sustainable Development | Slave Labor Processing Shrimp | Farm Alliance Of Baltimore City

July 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - In the latest episode of Sound Bites, we reflect on Paula Deen and southern cuisine, the Supreme Court's decision that impacts sustainable development, slave labor and shrimp, and the Farm Alliance of Baltimore City.
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June 26, 2013
DOMA
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Breaking News: Supreme Court Ruling On The Defense Of Marriage Act

June 26, 2013 - Segment 4 - The Supreme Court ruled that key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act were unconstitutional, effectively extending federal marriage rights to same-sex couples in the states where same-sex marriage is legal.
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June 25, 2013
Baltimore, Md.--12/13/11-- Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein is pictured in his office at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse about a year into his job. PHOTO BY: Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun #3046 md-ci-bernstein-first-year-p4 Lam
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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein Talks ACLU Marijuana Report & Homicide Rate In Baltimore

June 25, 2013 - Hour 1 - Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein is in-studio to discuss the challenges facing Baltimore - including a high number of marijuana-related arrests - and solutions for the future.
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June 21, 2013
Highlandtown
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Gentrification And Displacement In Baltimore

June 21, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Lawrence Brown, assistant professor of public health at Morgan State University, and political activist Jude Lombardi talking about gentrification and displacement in Baltimore.
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June 21, 2013
Christopher Brown
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Baltimore County Police Officer James LaBoard Found Not Guilty In Death Of Christopher Brown

June 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We speak to Chris Brown, mother of Christopher Brown, mother of Christopher Brown - the Randallstown teen that was killed by James LaBoard - and Bryan Sears of the Patch about the not guilty verdict in the LaBoard trial decided last night.
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June 20, 2013
baltimore police vacancies
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Local News & Politics Roundup: Baltimore Police Vacancies, Statewide Corruption Investigation, And Homicides

June 20, 2013 - Segment 4 - A roundtable of guests analyzes local news and politics, including vacancies in the Baltimore police department, a statewide investigation into the corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center, and homicides in the city.
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June 19, 2013
Bradley Manning Trial
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An Update On The Bradley Manning Trial

June 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - We end the show with a conversation on the Bradley Manning court martial with Nathan Fuller, who handles media for the Bradley Manning Support Network. Fuller has been attending the court martial at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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June 18, 2013
Baltimore Free Farm
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Sound Bites: What This Farm Bill Means | Baltimore Free Farm | Union Graze Market | Recipe: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

June 18, 2013 - Segment 5 - On Sound Bites, we continue our dialogue on the Farm Bill, which has been passed in the Senate but is still under debate in the House, look at the Baltimore Free Farm's fight to keep lots from being sold by the city, visit a new farmer's market in Baltimore, Union Graze, and hear a recipe for spaghetti aglio e olio.
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