Show Podcasts

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

April 7, 2016

Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later: Kim Chase On Growing Up In West Baltimore

April 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the next installment of our series Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later. We look back at the 1968 unrest in Baltimore following the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With: Kim Chase, Business Manager for WEAA.
April 7, 2016

KILL ‘EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

April 6, 2016 - Segment 3 - We interview award-winning author, composer and screenwriter James McBride about his new book KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul. McBride is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.
April 7, 2016

Wisconsin Primary Results

April 6, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the results of today's Wisconsin primary elections, with: John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and co-author of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.
April 7, 2016

Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later: Looking Back at 1968

April 5, 2016 - Segment 5 - It's our latest installment of our month-long series, Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later. Today's installment is called Looking Back at 1968.
April 7, 2016

Police Accountability Legislation in Maryland

April 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - The Maryland General Assembly is winding down, and we hear an update on the state of legislation on police accountability before the state legislature. With: Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
April 5, 2016

The Comparison & Contrast of MLK and The Baltimore Uprising

April 4, 2016 - Segment 2 - Marc reflects upon, contrast and compare the 1968 Baltimore riots following the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 2015 Baltimore Uprising. With: Dominique Stevenson and Marshall "Eddie" Conway.
April 1, 2016

Rebroadcast: The Burqa Issue, Examining Complicated Experiences Of Women Who Wear The Burqa

April 1, 2016 - Segment 3 - We play a rebroadcast of a compeling discussion from December 2015 on "The Burqa Issue" of the online magazine OF NOTE, one of the first online magazines focused on global artists using the arts as catalysts for activism and social change. The special issue examined the complicated experiences of women who wear the burqa.
April 1, 2016

Examining Light City Baltimore, The First Large-Scale International Light Festival

April 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - We check in with an exciting and important event occurring right now in Baltimore, Light City Baltimore. We talk with three artists featured in the festival: Mina Cheon, Gabriel Kroiz, and Paul Rucker.
April 1, 2016

Sound Bites: Fairfield Incinerator Permit Expires | Phosphorus Regulation In Maryland | Food Educator Jennifer Crisp

March 31, 2016 - Segment 2 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, we discuss the proposed Fairfield Incinerator in Curtis Bay, the Maryland Department of Agriculture's announcement earlier this month that 82% of farm fields will not be impacted by new environmental regulations, and we talk to food educator and documentary producer Jennifer Crisp.
April 1, 2016

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

March 31, 2016 - Segment 1 - We rebroadcast a fascinating discussion held earlier this year with Dr. Alondra Nelson, talks about her book The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome.
April 1, 2016

Tengella’s Take: Who Created the Beat in Beatbox?!

April 1, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
March 30, 2016

City Paper This Week: Heroes And Villains Issue

March 30, 2016 - Segment 4 - Our guest host, Steiner Show producer Stefanie Mavronis, hosts our regular feature City Paper This Week. With: Brandon Weigel, Blogs Editor and Calendar Editor for City Paper; and JM Giordano, Photo Editor for City Paper.
March 30, 2016

Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines

March 30, 2016 - Segment 3 - We take a peek into an important new anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. Joining us in-studio will be the book's editors: Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens and Mai'a Williams.
March 30, 2016

Monthly Segment on Health and Wellness: Men’s Health

March 30, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our monthly segment on Health & Wellness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. The topic this month will be African American Men's Health.
March 30, 2016

Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity

March 29, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a discussion with filmmaker and racial equity educator Dr. Shakti Butler about her film Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity. Butler is President of World Trust, an organization that collaborates with groups and communities, using film and conversation to address subjects such as race and privilege.
March 30, 2016

Local News Roundtable: Port Covington & The Mayoral Election

March 28, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a Local News Roundtable which addresses issues that include the controversial Port Covington development plan and the Baltimore mayoral election. With: Luke Broadwater, A. Adar Ayira, Catalina Byrd.
March 30, 2016

The War on Drugs: Conversation & Analysis with Neill Franklin

March 28, 2016 - Segment 2 - We check in with the current state of the War on Drugs, with: Neill Franklin, former Baltimore and Maryland State Police officer and Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
March 30, 2016

Legalize It All: How To Win The War On Drugs

March 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host a conversation with with author Dan Baum, about his current front page article in Harper's magazine, Legalize It All: How to win the war on drugs, which discusses how the Nixon administration's "War on Drugs" was started to attack Black people and the anti-war left.
March 25, 2016

The Concern Over Reparations & Bernie Sanders

March 25, 2016 - Segment 4 - We host a rebroadcast of our show from January when our panel of guests examined Ta-Nehisi Coates' critique of Bernie Sanders' statements about reparations. With: A. Adar Ayira, Dr. Lester Spence, and Bill Fletcher, Jr.
March 25, 2016

Abenaki Indian Author Joseph Bruchac: Reflections on Columbus Day

March 25, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show from 2009, when Abenaki Indian author and storyteller Joseph Bruchac joined us to reflect on Columbus Day, from his perspective as someone with both Abenaki Indian and European heritage. Abenaki has authored over 70 books, and has worked extensively as a musician and educator.
March 25, 2016

Education & Testing: Resistance to the Common Core

March 25, 2016 - Segment 2 - We examine the subject of education and testing, focusing on resistance to the Common Core PARRC tests. With: Jordan Najee Leonard, Business Manager of Baltimore Algebra Project; and Jamal Jones, Co-Director of Baltimore Algebra Project.
March 25, 2016

Tengella’s Take: White Anger Or White Fear

March 25, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host our our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.
March 25, 2016

Sound Bites: Impact Of Sewage Pollution In Baltimore’s Harbor | Detroit Black Community Food Security Network | Recipe: Palestinian Easter Kaik With Dates

March 24, 2016 - Hour 2 - On Sound Bites, we get an update on the state of sewage pollution in the Baltimore Harbor. Then, we talk with Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and get a Palestinian Easter recipe from Laila El-Haddad.
March 18, 2016

Sound Bites: Sandtown–Building a Model for Food and Jobs

March 17, 2016 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition of Sound Bites, we hear a rebroadcast of a Good Food Gathering town hall meeting called Sandtown: Building a Model for Food and Jobs.