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.
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January 20, 2015
January 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We begin our celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a discussion on hist contributions, not only as a civil rights activist, but as a philosopher and spiritual leader.
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 15, 2015
January 14, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc is joined by Farahii Muhammad, host of Listen Up! on WEAA and student activists Meaca Downing and Avery Harmon, to discuss the March on Annapolis, which will take place on Thursday, January 15th.
January 13, 2015
January 13, 2015 - Segment 2 - Marc hosts a conversation on the media coverage of recent tragic events including a new video of the killing of Tamir Rice and the bombing outside the Colorado Springs NAACP building.
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.
January 7, 2015
January 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - We discuss the case of Kelli Murray, a 911 operator who has been harassed because of Facebook posts about police brutality, and discuss Black Brunch protests against police violence.
January 6, 2015
January 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series on our food and our world, we reflect upon the top food stories of 2014 with our panel of guests, and we discuss food-related issues on Congress' radar this year.
January 6, 2015
January 5, 2015 - Segment 4 - We will host our first Philosophers' Roundtable of 2015 with Dr. Lester Spence, Dr. Desiree Melton, and Dr. Joe Pettit. We discuss the political, cultural and social transformations that 2015 might bring, and the type of world those changes would create.
January 5, 2015
January 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - Michael Pollan is the author of best-selling books like The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. He is to food what Al Gore is to climate change. He joined Marc for a conversation about food, farm policy, the environment, politics, and more.
January 3, 2015
December 31, 2014 - Segment 1 - We look back at the biggest news stories of 2014 with Lenny McAllister, Sarah van Gelder, and Bob Somerby.
January 2, 2015
December 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - In the wake of last week's shooting deaths of two police officers in New York City, we discuss the growing tensions and divides between police and communities across the country.
December 18, 2014
December 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at Apache Sacred Land in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona being ceded to copper mining interests.
December 18, 2014
December 16, 2014 - Segment 2 - On our national roundtable, our panel of guests discusses topics of national importance including the CIA torture memo and the Federal Budget Bill, with Lenny McAllister, Will Marshall and Kevin Zeese.
December 17, 2014
December 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We listen back to our interview with esteemed historian Dr. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, who talks about his 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.
December 12, 2014
December 10, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen to analysis and discussion on how the history of housing apartheid created the basis for deep-seated racism and police brutality. Our guests will examine the current social and political landscapes of Ferguson, Staten Island, and Baltimore, and reflect upon how events in our history created a foundation for where we are today.
December 9, 2014
December 8, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the issue of women's rights, especially in light of the case currently being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court, Peggy Young v. United Parcel Service (UPS). In 2006 Peggy Young, then a worker for UPS, became pregnant and asked for a reassignment that would not require heavy lifting. The company refused and put her on unpaid leave.
December 9, 2014
December 8, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a panel discussion on race and racism in the U.S., specifically looking at police violence and the legal system's failure to respond to civilian killings in Ferguson, New York and Cleveland.
December 5, 2014
December 4, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a look at the decision handed down this afternoon by the grand jury in New York, not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death last July of Eric Garner, an unarmed 43-year old man who was suspected of illegally selling single cigarettes.
December 4, 2014
December 3, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a National News Roundup. Our panel will discuss Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement of a plan to target racial profiling; Bill Cosby's resignation from the Temple University Board; and the contingent of St. Louis-area police union members who are providing security to former officer Darren Wilson.
December 2, 2014
December 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - In the latest installment of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we host a Maryland Environmental and Agricultural Policy Roundtable on fracking and phosphorous management.
December 2, 2014
December 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a Media Roundtable. Our panel of guests will discuss topics to include: NPR's drastic cut-back on its environmental and climate change team; CNN correspondent Don Lemon's comment about marijuana in Ferguson; the power of Fox News; and the coverage of the events in Ferguson.
December 1, 2014
December 1, 2014 - 2-Hour Special - Listen to a two-hour special on the events in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in August, through Wilson's acquittal last week, to today. We reflect upon media coverage of the events, commentary and criticism surrounding the grand jury's decision, and what the outcome means for the future of America.
December 1, 2014
November 28, 2014 - Segment 3 - Listen to a special archive edition of The Steiner Show, looking at ideas for reducing violence, drug consumption and incarceration, with Dr. Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy in the UCLA School of Public Affairs.
December 1, 2014
November 26, 2014 - Segment 2 - As we look to the Thanksgiving Holiday, we host a Native American Roundtable. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Gyasi Ross and Ashley Minner share their perspectives on Thanksgiving and also reflect on the Ferguson Grand Jury decision.
December 1, 2014
November 25, 2014 - Segment 2 - We will look at the decision of the Grand Jury in St. Louis, MO, that decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August, with: Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Dr. Lawrence Brown, Mothyna James-Brightful, and Cameron Miles.
November 30, 2014
November 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We host a National News Roundup, with topics to include President Obama's speech last week and executive actions on immigration policy, and the pending Grand Jury verdict in Ferguson, Missouri.
November 21, 2014
November 19, 2014 - Segment 4 - Thursday, November 20, is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. We commemorate this day and honor transgender pioneer Leslie Feinberg, who died earlier this week. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993.
November 21, 2014
November 19, 2014 - Segment 2 - We get an update on the current political climate in Ferguson, Missouri, with Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, St. Louis County-District 14, who has been out at the protests since they began.
November 20, 2014
November 18, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn our attention to the recent rape allegations against Bill Cosby. We're joined by Andrea Plaid, Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead, and Dr. Jennifer Williams.
November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at national and international headlines, including President Obama's comments on immigration and the Islamic State with a roundtable of political analysts.
November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - The country is braced for the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, regarding whether to indict a police officer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9. We examine the possible outcomes in this case and their implications.
November 17, 2014
November 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak to Dr. Francois Furstenberg about his new book 'When the United States Spoke French'. The book follows a group of French émigrés who fled the French Revolution and settled in Philadelphia, where they integrated into some of the most exalted political and financial networks of the young nation.
November 14, 2014
November 10, 2014 - Segment 2 We host a roundtable on the national election results, with Imara Jones, Brian Griffiths, and John Nichols.
November 10, 2014
November 7, 2014 - Segment 5 - I talk with Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian whose trilogy America in the King Years chronicles the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement.
November 10, 2014
November 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - Did you vote today? Listen in to our National Election Roundtable, with Dr. John Bullock, Jordan Bloom, Bob Somerby, Zoe Carpenter, and the Rev. Dr. Todd Yeary.
November 10, 2014
November 4, 2014 - Segment 2 - The Nation's Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel joins me to talk about the nearly four-hour interview that she conducted with Edward Snowden last month in Moscow.
November 4, 2014
October 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a panel discussion I moderated last weekend at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, part of the World of the Play series, called "A New Top Gun, A New War."
November 4, 2014
October 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - In follow-up to our conversation last week with journalist James Risen, we talk with Marcy Wheeler and Norman Solomon about their article: "The Government War Against Reporter James Risen."
November 4, 2014
October 31, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk about the influence that the Edison Electric Institute, ALEC, and the coal industry are exerting on a number of organizations of Black elected officials.
October 28, 2014
October 28, 2014 - Segment 2 - I talk with the inimitable Dr. Cornel West! The author and Union Theological Seminary professor joins me to discuss his new book Black Prophetic Fire. In Black Prophetic Fire, West offers a new perspective on 6 ninetheenth- and twentieth century African American leaders
October 28, 2014
October 27, 2014 - Segment 4 - We are joined by Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist for The Nation and the Guardian. She discusses her latest book "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate."
October 26, 2014
October 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the growing synergy between African American and Palestinian activists in the U.S., and discuss the points of unity and tension within Black and Arab communities.
October 26, 2014
October 23, 2014 - Segment 2 - Marc speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist James Risen about his powerful new book, Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War. Risen documents a "homeland security-industrial complex" that has emerged since the events of 9/11.
October 20, 2014
October 20, 2014 - Segment 2 - We get an update on events in Ferguson, Missouri, with a number of young journalists and activists who recently returned from that troubled city: freelance reporter Michelle Zei; Muna Mire, intern for The Nation; Ralikh Hayes, executive assistant for the Real News Network and and Board President of the Baltimore Algebra Project; and Megan Sherman, producer at the Real News Network.
October 8, 2014
October 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - Marc talks with Maryland State Senator and First Amendment scholar Jamie Raskin about his op-ed in the Washington Post last week, "A shareholder solution to 'Citizens United.'" Also joining us for this conversation is John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation and co-author of Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America.
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 3, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk to Wil Haygood, Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, who wrote the 2008 Washington Post article that inspired the film Lee Daniels' The Butler.
October 1, 2014
Sound Bites: Berkeley’s Soda Tax Failed / Phosphorus Management Tool / Wild and Scenic Film Festival
September 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, we talk about a controversial proposed tax in Berkeley, California ... on soda! We take a look at the debate in Maryland over the implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool in Maryland, and get a sneak peak at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
September 30, 2014
September 29, 2014 - Segment 2 - We hear a current events roundtable discussion, and speak about: police brutality; our society's perception of Black children; and the latest attacks from the right on President Obama. With: Marshall Bell, host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell on WOLB-AM, managing partner of The Bell Group, LLC, and author of Baltimore Blues: Harm City; Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University; and Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Assistant Professor of American Studies at UMBC and co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities.