Show Podcasts

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

January 25, 2016

From The Archives: Philosopher & Naturalist Diana Beresford-Kroeger

January 25, 2016 - Hour 2 - We rebroadcast of my interview with philosopher, naturalist, author and scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger, whose writings combine western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.
January 24, 2016

From The Archives: Fighting For LGBT Rights In Uganda

January 22, 2016 - Segment 4 - We bring you another archive edition of the Steiner Show from 2012 featuring the Reverend Mark Kiyimba, Founder of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Uganda, who joined me in-studio to talk about his struggle for LGBT rights in his country.
January 24, 2016

From The Archives: Jeffrey Sachs On ‘The Price Of Civilization’

January 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - In a special 2012 archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc talks with economist Jeffrey Sachs about his book The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity.
January 24, 2016

Dispatches From Africa & The Diaspora: The Oromo Protest Movement

January 22, 2016 - Segment 2 - We turn to Dispatches from Africa and the Diaspora, a regular series that we have started here on The Marc Steiner Show. This morning, we highlight the Oromo protests taking place in Ethiopia.
January 24, 2016

Tengella’s Take: The 2016 Presidential Election

January 22, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our regular feature Tengella's Takewith 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.
January 24, 2016

Sound Bites: Maryland Legislators Debate Poultry Litter & Farmer’s Rights | What Are Food Policy Councils?

January 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - On Sound Bites, we reflect upon two agricultural issues before the Maryland General Assembly: The Poultry Litter Management Act and the Farmer's Rights Act. And we look at Food Policy Councils - what they are, and why they are important.
January 24, 2016

Charles Johnson & Ethelbert Miller: On Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a conversation with two of our great writers and thinkers, Charles Johnson and E. Ethelbert Miller, about Johnson's powerful and insightful book The Words and Wisdom of Charles Johnson.
January 22, 2016

City Paper This Week: Tribute To David Bowie

January 20, 2016 - Segment 4 - Marc Steiner Show Producer Stefanie Mavronis guest hosts our regular series City Paper This Week with Brandon Soderberg, Deputy Editor and Arts Editor of City Paper. This week's City Paper is a tribute to David Bowie.
January 22, 2016

Tavis Smiley: The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later

January 20, 2016 - Segment 2 - Marc sits down with talk show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley to discuss his book The Covenant with Black America 10 Years Later. Smiley is Host of The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS.
January 19, 2016

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome with Dr. Alondra Nelson

January 19, 2015 - Segment 2 - We host a fascinating discussion with Dr. Alondra Nelson, about her new book The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome.
January 19, 2016

2-Hour Special: The Relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Today’s World

January 18, 2015 - Segment 1 - In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we feature a special 2-hour conversation on the Rev. Dr. King's relevancy to this moment: From the 2016 election to community organizing in Baltimore.
January 19, 2016

Interview and Performance With Tuvan Throat Singers Alash

January, 15 2015 - Segment 2 - We talk with Alash, a Tuvan throat singing group, while they are in town for a talk they gave at TEDxBaltimore. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture.
January 19, 2016

Sound Bites: How We Define Organic Food | When Cultural Food Becomes Trendy

January 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We play the latest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, where we discuss definitions of organic food and discuss "how it feels when white people shame your food, then make it trendy."
January 13, 2016

Raising Strong Leaders: A Community Discussion For Parents & Young Readers

January 12, 2016 - Segment 3 - Today we preview an important community event happening this weekend in Baltimore, hosted by the Center for Urban Families: Raising Strong Readers, a community discussion for parents and young readers.
January 12, 2016

Housing Demolitions and “Urban Renewal” in Baltimore

January 11, 2016 - Segment 2 - In light of the announcement last week by Governor Larry Hogan and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake that Baltimore City plans to demolish some 4000 vacant buildings over the next four years, we host a roundtable discussion on housing demolition and "urban blight."
January 8, 2016

The Phillips’: Three Generations of Baltimore Photographers

January 8, 2016 - Segment 4 - We hear an archive edition of the Marc Steiner Show as we examine the Baltimore African American experience through the lens of three generations of the Phillips family.
January 8, 2016

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen

January 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, we talk with award-winning author Philip Dray about his book Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen.
January 8, 2016

Sound Bites: Environment & Upcoming Legislative Session | Remembering Life & Work of Cultural Anthropologist Sidney Mintz

January 7, 2016 - Segment 2 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we discuss environmental legislation that will be addressed in the 2016 Maryland General Assembly and have a special tribute to the life and work of renowned cultural anthropologist Dr. Sidney Mintz, known as the Father of Food Anthropology.
January 7, 2016

City Paper: This Week and Reading of the Names of 2015 Homicide Victims

January 6, 2016 - Segment 4 - During our regular feature, City Paper This Week, we check-in on this week's issue with Karen Houppert, Editor-in-Chief of City Paper. We close the show with a reading of the names of Baltimore's victims of homicide in 2015.
January 7, 2016

Baltimore City Circuit Court Candidate: Todd Oppenheim

January 6, 2016 - Segment 3 - Today we talk with Todd Oppenheim, is a criminal defense attorney with the Office of Public Defender and is assigned to the Baltimore City Felony Trial Unit. Mr. Oppenheim has had many articles published on policy reform within the Baltimore City judicial system; he is also a candidate for judge in the Baltimore City Circuit Court.
January 7, 2016

President Obama’s Executive Action On Guns

January 6, 2016 - Segment 2 - Today we talk about President Obama's Executive Action today on gun control, with: Firmin DeBrabander, Professor of Philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art and author of Do Guns Make us Free: Democracy and the Armed Society.
January 7, 2016

Analyzing The Armed Occupation Of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

January 6, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at the armed occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Joining us will be Margaret Corvid, New Statesman blogger and a contributing editor of the New Left Wing Quarterly, Salvage; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, activist and author of "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"; and Edward Wyckoff Williams, television producer and writer living in New York City.
January 7, 2016

The Fight For Ex-Offender Voting Rights in Maryland

January 5, 2016 - Segment 1 - We discuss one of the topics that will be covered in the Maryland General Assembly during the 2016 Legislative Session: Ex-Offender Voting Rights in Maryland.
January 4, 2016

News Roundtable: Bill Cosby, Verdict in Tamir Rice Police Killing & Baltimore Murder Rates

January 4, 2016 - Hour 1 - We host a News Roundtable where we will discuss topics such as the murder rates in Baltimore, the decision not to indict the officer involved in the killing of Tamir Rice, and the numerous allegations towards Bill Cosby of sexual assault and misconduct. With guests: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Retired Major Neill Franklin, and Jackie Wellfonder.
January 2, 2016

Firebrand Records: A Radical Record Label

January 1, 2016 - Segment 3 - Independent producer Ira Gewanter brings us an interview with Ryan Harvey and Son of Nun of Firebrand Records, a record label formed by Harvey and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, with the aim to release social justice-oriented music.