January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
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January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk to national journalists about important news you may have missed, including Sarah van Gelder and Edward Wyckoff Williams.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 2 - John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation, joins us to share his insight on important national news topics, including the Chris Christie controversy, net neutrality and more.
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 13, 2014
January 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - Last week marked the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a war on poverty. We kick-off the week with a 2-hour special on how far we have - and haven't - come in the fight against poverty over the past 50 years.
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joins us to talk about how media hype around bigoted comments made by public figures can distract us from focusing on important civil rights struggles. Last week Ifill wrote an article for The Root: "Forget Duck Dynasty: There Are Important Civil Rights Battles To Fight."
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We look back at 2013 and forward towards what's in store for 2014, as our commentators share their hopes and visions for the year ahead. Joining us are: John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation and co-author of Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America; Sarah Van Gelder, co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org; and Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director of the Economic Department and Executive Director of the Financial Freedom Center at the NAACP.
January 2, 2014
January 2, 2014 - Segment 2 - We look at the top national news stories of 2013 and discuss what they mean for the coming year with Edward Wyckoff Williams, Dr. Anne McCarthy, Bob Somerby, and Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead.
December 30, 2013
December 30, 2013 - Segment 2 - We're joined for a special conversation with peace activist Kathy Kelly. She is a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and a co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end economic sanctions against Iraq.
December 17, 2013
December 17, 2013 - Segment 2 - In this episode of Baltimore-Detroit-Oakland, we discuss what these cities' economies say about the future of the American city, looking at the state of pensions in each of these cities and discussing the implication of Detroit's bankruptcy on Baltimore and Oakland.
December 16, 2013
December 16, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn to the Affordable Healthcare Act rollout in Maryland, with: Marta Mossburg, Visiting Fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute and syndicated columnist; Vinnie DeMarco, President of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative; and Dr. Lawrence Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University.
December 9, 2013
December 6, 2013 - Segment 4 - We look at the other side of Lincoln, Steven Spielberg's acclaimed film that received criticism for its underdeveloped Black characters. We will explore the three Black characters featured in the film, illuminating their lives and their roles in the political struggle for freedom in America.
December 9, 2013
December 6, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc discuss some of what happen in this day in history, including the day the thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery. It is also the anniversary of the first edition of the Washington Post and the death of Roy Orbison.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a discussion of the Common Core Curriculum. Our guests are Dr. Sandra Stotsky, former member of Common Core's Validation Committee, and Dr. Morna McDermott, one of the administrators for Opt Out.
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.
December 3, 2013
December 2, 2013 - Segment 2 - We kick-off the week with a national and international news roundup! Our guests are: ER Shipp, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Journalist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Journalism at Morgan State University; Dr. Lawrence Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; and Lenny McAllister, author, conservative media personality and public speaker.
November 27, 2013
November 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - On this week's episode of Sound Bites, we hear about the history of agricultural policy in the US since the 1980s, gain a deeper understanding of the controversy surrounding fracking, and hear a brand new recipe for short ribs from BlackSauce Kitchen.
November 27, 2013
November 25, 2013 - Hour 1 - We examine race in American culture today, looking at the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, the Paula Deen controversy, and the George Zimmerman trial.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - We talk with Mel Goodman, Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and a former Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State, about his new book National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a look at the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond. Hammond, who was involved with hacking the intelligence organization Strategic Forecasting in 2011, was sentenced earlier this week to 10 years in prison.
November 21, 2013
November 20, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our Wednesday morning show with a conversation with Bill Ayers, retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and co-founder of the the Weather Underground. Ayers talks about his new book, Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident.
November 19, 2013
November 18, 2013 - Segment 3 - On this week's National News Roundup, we talk healthcare and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), with Bob Somerby, Dr. Anne McCarthy, and Edward Wyckoff Williams.
November 19, 2013
November 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show Monday morning with a look at a number of current stories that reflect upon issues of race, justice, and our culture. Topics include the case of Renisha McBride, the 19-year old Michigan woman who was fatally shot in the face by a homeowner after her car broke down and she walked onto his porch seeking help.
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 12, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin the show with a roundtable on violence in our society and discuss what we can do to change the reality we face as a society today.
November 12, 2013
November 11, 2013 - Segment 4 - Marc talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, former Middle East bureau chief for the New York Times, senior fellow at The Nation Institute, and the author of twelve books, including "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," a collaboration with comic artist Joe Sacco. Hedges will be the featured speaker on November 12 at McDaniel College's Ira G. Zepp Memorial Social-Justice Lecture.
November 12, 2013
November 8, 2013 - Segment 4 - Daniel Ellsberg joined Marc to discuss the new film about his life: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. In 1970, Ellsberg was responsible for releasing the secret U.S.government report that documented illegal US involvement in Vietnam, documents that have become known as the Pentagon Papers.
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn our focus to the failed War on Drugs, and discuss alternatives that include legalization of marijuana and better outcomes for the United States and Latin America.
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013 - Segment 2 - We discuss the successes and losses of Election Day 2013, with John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation; and Dr. Richard Vatz, Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Towson University.
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.
November 7, 2013
November 5, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss poverty in the U.S. and how it is measured, with Jennifer Jones Austin, Michael Reisch, David Shipler, and Luis Larin.
November 7, 2013
November 5, 2013 - Segment 2 - Tuesday is Election Day, and we take a look at five key elections to watch. Joining us will be Brentin Mock, who serves as Reporting Fellow on Voting Rights for Colorlines.com.
October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013 - Segment 2 We host a cultural roundtable, where the topics will range from racist Halloween costumes to art, film and music.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013 - Segment 2 - We kick off the week with a National News Roundtable! Topics include the Affordable Care Act, new NSA revelations, and more.
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 25, 2013
October 25, 2013 - Segment 4 - Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director of the Economic Department and Executive Director of the Financial Freedom Center at the NAACP, joins us to provide commentary on a study released last week out of Stanford University, finding that the "segregation of families by socioeconomic status" -- i.e., the rich living among the rich and the poor living among the poor -- has increased rapidly in recent decades.
October 24, 2013
October 24, 2013 - Segment 6 - We listen back to an interview with Jeanne Theoharis about her new book The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. The book is the first critical biography of Parks, and it is revealing and comprehensive, exploring her activism before, during, and after her famous act of protest in 1955.
October 24, 2013
October 24, 2013 - Segment 4 - On the heels of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with President Barack Obama to press for an end to drone strikes, we continue our conversations about the U.S. Government's use of drones.
October 24, 2013
October 23, 2013 - Segment 3 - Edward Wyckoff Williams, contributing editor for The Root and commentator of MSNBC and Al Jazeera America, joins us to discuss his latest article, Black Boys Are Not Safe on Our Streets. In it he interviews Benjamin Crump, attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, about the recent brutal slayings of two young black men.
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 24, 2013
October 22, 2013 - Segment 2 - On this morning's national news roundup, we discuss the implications of the government shutdown and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
October 22, 2013
October 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - We reflect on our economic landscape and pose the question: was Marx right? We think about whether or not Marx has a place in today’s world and the future of the economy with a panel of economists and social scientists.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 - Hour 1 - Even though the Senate proposed a last-minute deal today to avert a default on the national debt, it offers only a temporary solution. We talk about the debt ceiling, the shutdown, and where we go from here.
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013 - Segment 6 - We have a special report from George Zornick, writer for The Nation, on the 12th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. His piece is titled, "Washington Finally Pays Attention to Afghanistan—for All the Wrong Reasons."
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013 - Segment 3 - We look at upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions with Brentin Mock, a New Orleans-based journalist who serves as lead reporter on Voting Rights Watch and Reporting Fellow for Colorlines.com.
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013 - Segment 2 - We continue our discussion about the effects of the government shutdown with: Bryce Covert, Editor of the Roosevelt Institute's New Deal 2.0 blog and regular contributor to The Nation; and Lenny McAllister, Republican strategist and former congressional candidate.
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 8, 2013
October 8, 2013 - Segment 2 - We showcase the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank that is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of events in Washington, DC, this weekend, featuring speakers such as Harry Belafonte, Amy Goodman, and Barbara Ehrenreich.
October 7, 2013
October 7, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss the cultural and political roots of the stalemate in Washington that has led to the government shutdown.
October 4, 2013
October 4, 2013 - Segment 2 - Last weekend, I moderated a conversation between political economist Dr. Gar Alperovitz; Dr. Lester Spence and Dr. John Duda at the the Baltimore Book Festival's Radical Bookfair Pavilion about Alperovitz's book What Then Must We Do?