February 24, 2014
February 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss important news in Baltimore and Maryland, including new issues surrounding Maryland's Health Exchange, Baltimore's changing media landscape, and more.
February 19, 2014
February 19, 2014 - Segment 2 - Marc interviews Anne Draddy, the head of the TreeBaltimore Program about her work and the history of Druid Hill Park. The interview is followed by a rebroadcast of a segment we did in 2008 about the integration of the Druid Hill Park tennis courts when 62 years ago, eight white, black and Jewish tennis players integrated the tennis courts at Druid Hill Park.
February 15, 2014
February 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - We turn to the topic of violence, its representation in the media and culture, masculinity’s role in violence, and violence’s effects on our youth. Our panel of guests includes Dr. Lawrence Brown, Meshelle The Indie Mom of Comedy, and Rev. Heber Brown.
February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at an article that appeared in Monday's Baltimore Post-Examiner, titled "Baltimore City, You're Breaking My Heart: This is why people leave".
February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 - Segment 2 - Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts joins us to talk about crime and other police-related topics. He also answers your questions about surveillance, marijuana legalization and more.
February 11, 2014
February 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with author, filmmaker and native Baltimorean D. Watkins, about his article "Too poor for pop culture," which was published last week on Salon. Watkins teaches at Coppin State University and runs a writing workshop on Creative Nonfiction at the Baltimore Freedom School.
February 10, 2014
February 10, 2014 - Segment 5 - Marc talks to Lisa Crawley, Resource Center Manager at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture about this day in Baltimore history. Today, they discuss the birth of band leader and jazz & swing drummer Chick Webb in Baltimore.
February 10, 2014
February 10, 2014 - Segment 2 - Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joins us for a brief look at the State of the City. Her address will take place this afternoon at 2pm at City Hall.
February 5, 2014
February 5, 2014 - Segment 6 - We look at Baltimore teachers, as members of the Baltimore Teachers Union look to vote on a new contract this Thursday. We speak with Marietta English, President of the Baltimore City Teachers Union, and Iris Kirsch, Baltimore City Public Schools teacher.
January 23, 2014
January 22, 2014 - Segment 2 - Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts joins us in studio for a conversation on crime, policing, and the quality of life in Baltimore.
January 16, 2014
January 15, 2014 - Segment 2 - In 2013, homicides reported in Baltimore rose to 235, up 7.3% from 2012. In the first fifteen days of 2014 another 17 murders were reported. We begin our show with a look at the homicide rate in Baltimore.
January 9, 2014
January 9, 2014 - Segment 3 - Baynard Woods, Senior Editor of Baltimore's City Paper, shares his New Year's resolutions for the city and talks about what's happening in the City Paper this week.
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014 - Segment 4 - We look towards Baltimore, as local leaders and activists talk about the movement for justice building right here in our city. Our panel includes: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Morgan State University; the Rev. Meredith Moise, ordained minister, writer, community activist and teacher; Jeff Singer, Founder and former Executive Director of Health Care for the Homeless; Sarah Van Gelder, co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org; and Sergio España, statewide organizer for Healthcare is a Human Right-Maryland and activist with United Workers.
January 3, 2014
January 3, 2014 - Segment 2 - What would you do if you were Mayor of Baltimore? Our guests share their visions for Baltimore's future, addressing the city's record murder rate, unemployment and infrastructure.
January 2, 2014
January 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at the top state and local news stories of 2013 and discuss what they mean for the coming year with The Baltimore Sun's Krishana Davis, DMV Daily's Hassan Giordano, The Daily Record's Melody Simmons and The Baltimore Brew's Mark Reutter.
December 20, 2013
December 19, 2013 - Segment 2 - This Saturday, December 21, is National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, when we remember and honor those who died without a secure place to live. Ceremonies will be held nationwide. In Baltimore, there will be a ceremony on Saturday at 5:00 at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater.
December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a Baltimore treat: Thaddeus Logan, author, former vice detective, and seasoned Baltimore cab driver, talks about his 1984 book Hey Cabbie! and its sequel, which came out last year, Hey Cabbie II! Be prepared to hear about a side of Baltimore that you may never have experienced!
December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013 - Segment 2 - We have a local roundtable, discussing the tragic fact that Baltimore now has the highest homicide rate in four years. What does that mean for our community, and what are some of the roots of this violence? Joining us are: Munir Bahar, organizer of Raise It Up, a dirt bike movement in Baltimore; Rev. Meredith Moise, ordained minister, writer, community activist and teacher; Dayvon Love, Baltimore City Schools teacher and Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Michael Johnson, Executive Director of the Paul Robeson Institute for Social Change.
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 10, 2013
December 10, 2013 - Hour 2 - In partnership with the Center for a Livable Future, we launch a new feature: Hunger in the Richest State. Why does the richest state in the nation have so many food-insecure people? We hear the stories of those struggling to put food on the table – from Cambridge to Baltimore to Western MD – and learn about the good work that is being done to address the need.
December 5, 2013
December 4, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the local news, including Baltimore reactions to the Detroit Bankruptcy, Baltimore's mismanaged grant to end homelessness, and news in the Tyrone West case.
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with a special archive edition, as we look back at an article published in Urbanite magazine, claiming that promoting bike-friendliness in cities can effect social change. The article cited that the murder rate in Bogota, Colombia, dropped 76 percent after that city became bike-conscious.
November 27, 2013
November 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - We discuss what it means to live on a diverse block in a city that's still very divided along racial lines, as we follow-up on an article that Joan Jacobson wrote in the Urbanite magazine "The Color Line," and talk with residents who have made their homes on a diverse block on East Baltimore Street in the Patterson Park neighborhood.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with the newest production at the Baltimore Theatre Project, "Garbage for Plums," based on a traditional Bulgarian folklore fairy tale about a man who wanted to find a good and caring wife for himself and chose a rather strange but clever way to go about it.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013 - Segment 4 - Stay tuned for a special treat when Baltimore music legend Milton Dugger, founder of Gumption Records, joins us to celebrate his 50th anniversary as the Baron of Soul, and is joined by another musical treasure: Dr. Doo Wop!
November 20, 2013
November 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we look at the Maryland Department of Agriculture's decision to withdraw proposed phosphorus management regulations. We also hear about a community event taking place at Whitelock Community Farm in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, and hear a recipe for sweet potato biscuits from Damian Mosley of Blacksauce Kitchen.
November 14, 2013
November 14, 2013 - Segment 2 - In the wake of the announcement that Baltimore City is planning to close seven city schools, we begin our show with a roundtable discussion on education in Baltimore. In addition to the school closings, we will discuss the 10-year school construction plan as well as a recent report that Baltimore City suspended Pre-K students at a rate far higher than any other district in Maryland last year.
November 7, 2013
November 6, 2013 - Segment 4 - Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods joins us for an update on what's in the City Paper this week, including a feature, "HOT GREASE: The high-powered hunt is on for slippery thieves who steal restaurants’ used cooking oil,"
October 31, 2013
October 30, 2013 - Segment 5 - Baltimore City Paper Senior Editor Baynard Woods gives us an update on what's in the City Paper this week, including a feature, including "The Ghosts of World War II: Baltimore writer Wil Hylton goes deep to solve a decades-old mystery."
October 31, 2013
October 30, 2013 - Segment 3 - Family members of Tyrone West, a man killed by the police on July 18th, join us again to talk about their search for answers from the Medical Examiners Office and the Baltimore Police Department.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013 - Segment 4 - We acknowledge the 15th Anniversary of Open Society Institute-Baltimore, with: Diana Morris, Director of OSI-Baltimore; and Judge Andre Davis, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and is an OSI-Baltimore board member.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the Baltimore City school construction plan and discuss Transform Baltimore's City Public Schools 21st-Century Building Design Expo coming up at Morgan State University.
October 25, 2013
October 25, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin with a local news roundtable. Our topics include: the debate over the panhandling bill introduced by Baltimore Councilwoman Rikki Spector; the closing of Santoni's market, which their owner blamed on the bottle tax; controversy over the proposed CSX rail facility in Morrell Park; and why the autopsy is taking so long in the Tyrone West case.
October 16, 2013
October 16, 2013 - Hour 2 - We are joined in-studio by Marshall C. Bell, host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell on WOLB-AM and managing partner of The Bell Group, LLC, to talk about his latest novel, Baltimore Blues: Harm City.
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013 - Segment 4 - We feature Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a local organization whose mission is to work through collaborative action to be a catalyst for justice and peace.
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a discussion of the recent federal court ruling that states that Maryland has violated its constitutional commitment by allowing traditionally White institutions of higher learning to duplicate programs already offered by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's).
October 4, 2013
October 4, 2013 - Segment 3 - We rebroadcast a segment with families who have had family members killed by the police in Baltimore, and who are working to create a CommUnity park in the vacant lot where one of the men was killed.
October 3, 2013
October 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - Our friends from City Paper tell us what's inside this week's edition. Baynard Woods, City Paper senior editor, joins us for that update.
October 3, 2013
October 2, 2013 - Segment 2 - We continue our conversation on the future of transportation in Baltimore and discuss how to bring Baltimore's transportation system into the 21st century.
September 26, 2013
September 26, 2013 - Segment 2 - We return to our ongoing conversation about the future development of Baltimore's Park Heights community, and look at Park Heights as a microcosm of the future of development in Baltimore City.
September 19, 2013
September 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - We pay a visit to 901 Arts, a community-based youth arts center dedicated to providing art and music programs to the children and teens of the Better Waverly neighborhood.
September 18, 2013
September 18, 2013 - Hour 2 - This week on our biweekly segment on Arts and Culture with Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor Lea Gilmore, we focus on CUPs, a new coffeehouse in Baltimore's Hollins Market that trains and employs at-risk youth and young adults.
September 13, 2013
September 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a preview of an event on the future of the National Housing Trust Fund, sponsored by the Homeless Persons Representation Project and the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition. The keynote speaker will be U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings.
September 13, 2013
September 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - LOVE the Poet joins us to talk about "God's Country," the one woman play she wrote, created, and performs in this Friday, 9/13 at 7pm at the 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul Street.
September 13, 2013
September 12, 2013 - Segment 2 - We talk to Maryland Hunger Solutions and someone experiencing food insecurity about a new documentary film "A Place At The Table" and food access, hunger, and poverty in our community.
September 12, 2013
September 11, 2013 - Segment 3 - In another segment of Just Words, we hear the story of one mother, Lorraine Mackey, whose son was lost to gang violence.
September 12, 2013
September 11, 2013 - Segment 2 - We host a roundtable with housing rights advocates around the question of inclusionary housing, also known as inclusionary zoning, a term referring to planning ordinances that require a given share of new construction to be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes.
September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013 - Segment 4 - We talk with youth from both the U.S. and Mexico about what it’s like to be caught in the middle of America’s War on Drugs.
September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013 - Segment 2 - We hear from City Paper senior editor Baynard Woods about this week's feature story, "Urban Artillery: Wall Hunters takes on the slumlords crippling Baltimore neighborhoods."
September 5, 2013
September 4, 2013 - Segment 2 - We launch our new series on three major urban centers facing post-industrial challenges, Baltimore-Detroit-Oakland, with Center for Emerging Media Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Lester Spence. Baltimore-Detroit-Oakland features historians and activists from the three cities in dialogue with one another.