Local & State Politics

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

November 19, 2015

Report: Baltimore’s “Vacants To Value” Making Modest Progress

November 18, 2015 - Segment 2 - We talk with Joan Jacobson, author of the recent Abell Foundation report "Vacants to Value: Baltimore's bold blight-elimination effort is making modest progress despite limited renovation funds and questionable accounting."
November 12, 2015

Sound Bites: Future of Food in Baltimore, Part 2 | Fast Food Chains Move To Antibiotic-Free Meat

November 12, 2015 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we look at the community work being done in Baltimore to rebuild the food system and discuss recent announcements by fast food chains to stop serving meat from animals raised with antibiotics.
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.
November 9, 2015

Town Hall Meeting: Less Testing, More Learning

November 6, 2015 - Segment 2 - For today's show we present to you a recording of the panel that Marc moderated on Wednesday November 4th at the Montgomery County Education Association called Less Testing, More Learning.
November 4, 2015

Hartford County, Maryland Cross Burnings

November 3, 2015 - Segment 2 - Next we turn our focus on recent reports of cross burnings in Harford County, Maryland. With Gina Pierleoni, concerned resident of Bel Air, Maryland, and adjunct Painting and Drawing Professor at Harford Community College.
November 3, 2015

UMBC Critical Social Justice Town Hall: “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising”

November 2, 2015 - 2-Hour Special - Listen to a special two-hour broadcast of "Baltimore in Action: Always Rising," a keynote panel discussion held at UMBC and hosted by The Women's Center and Student Life's Mosaic Center, as part of Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365.
October 30, 2015

Sound Bites: You Aren’t Dangerous Until You Can Speak Powerfully | Perdue Farms Buys Niman Ranch

October 29, 2015 - Segment 2 - We begin with a conversation Marc moderated earlier this week at the University of Maryland, called "You Aren't Dangerous Until You Can Speak Powerfully." Then we discuss the announcement last month that Perdue Farms bought Niman Ranch.
October 26, 2015

The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City that Would Not be Broken, the latest offering from author Wendell Pierce

October 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - We start todays show by revisiting Marc's recent interview with author and Tony Award Winning Producer, Wendell Pierce, who joined us to talk about his new book (written with Rod Dreher) on New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
October 26, 2015

The Baltimore Uprising & Food Sovereignty

October 22, 2015 - Segment 3 - Our show concludes with a ruminative glance at the correlation between food insecurity in Baltimore and what has come to be known as the Baltimore Uprising, the demonstrations and violence that occurred after the death of Freddie Gray.
October 26, 2015

D. Watkins On Life After His First Book, ‘The Beast Side: Living (And Dying) While Black in America’

October 21, 2015 - Hour 1 - Author and filmmaker D Watkins joins us live in-studio for a conversation about his new book The Beast Side: Living (And Dying) While Black in America.
October 21, 2015

Voices from the Protest Against Police Commissioner Kevin Davis’ Confirmation

October 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - On Monday, demonstrators organized by City Bloc disrupted the City Council meeting where Kevin Davis was confirmed as Police Commissioner of Baltimore, and marched from City Hall to McKeldin Square. Producers Mark Gunnery and Stefanie Mavronis were there, and present sounds from the protest.
October 13, 2015

Dr. Pedro A. Noguera On Charter Schools & Public Education Nationally

October 13, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc speaks with Dr. Pedro A. Noguera, Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies on the issue of charter schools.
October 12, 2015

Sound Bites: A Game of Chicken? (Part 3) | Centro Ashé Herbs & Education

October 8, 2015 - Segment 3 - We begin with the final segment of a recent town hall on the Eastern Shore: A Game of Chicken? And we learn about Centro Ashé, a community rooted herbal education program in Southern Maryland.
October 12, 2015

Parenting In The 21st Century: From School Violence to Stereotyping

October 8, 2015 - Segment 1 - Dr. Karsonya Whitehead, Affiliate Assistant Professor of African - American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and author of "My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America" holds a parent round table with David Miller, writer and creator of "Dare To Be King" and teacher and dad, Isaiah Buchanan, on recent events in our schools.
October 6, 2015

Special West Wednesday Rally Outside Of Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center

October 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - We check in on a special West Wednesday rally this Wednesday October 7th, 6:30pm, taking place outside of the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center at 300 E. Madison Street. The focus of the rally will be he death of Darrell Murray in prison and the police shooting of Keith Davis Jr.
September 30, 2015

The First Maryland Expungement/Shielding Clinic

September 30, 2015 - Segment 1 - We hold a discussion on expungement of criminal records, as a new law goes into effect on October 1 that allows for expungement and/or shielding in certain cases.
September 28, 2015

Sound Bites: A Game Of Chicken – Poultry Industry Expansion, Community Health & Local Control In Delmarva (Part 1)

September 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - We listen to the first part of a town hall meeting I moderated: "A Game of Chicken?" We discussed poultry industry expansion, community health and local control, and hear how concerned residents in the Delmarva region are organizing to keep their rural communities and local waterways healthy.
September 4, 2015

Town Hall Discussion: Maryland Teachers Talk Less Testing, More Learning

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 1, 2015

Legal Aspects of the Freddie Gray Case

September 1, 2015 - Segment 1 - On Wednesday, a hearing will be held to determine certain legal issues in the Freddie Gray case, such as a change of venue and whether to remove Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby from the prosecution. We have an examination and analysis of these issues.
August 31, 2015

Local News Roundtable: Upcoming Trials Connected To Freddie Gray, Dirt Bikes In The City & Beyond

August 31, 2015 - Hour 2 - On our Local News Roundtable we discuss the Freddie Gray trial, dirt bikes in the city, and beyond with Phil Train, Dr. Roni Ellington and Dr. Lawrence Brown.