The Marc Steiner Show

May 24, 2012 - Segment 1

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:50:11 -0500

This week on Sound Bites on Delmarva, join us for a visit to St. Brigid’s Farm in Kennedyville, MD. Owned and operated by Bob Fry and Judy Gifford, the farm is home to 160 head of cattle, including 80 milking cows. We joined them for a discussion of the ins and outs of operating a small dairy farm.

May 24, 2012 - Segment 2

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:16 -0500

Vandana Shiva is an environmental activist, feminist and writer living in Delhi, India. Trained as a philosopher and physicist, she left academics to found the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a participatory, public interest research organization. She also founded Navdanya, an organization that protects biodiversity, defends farmers’ rights and promotes organic farming. She's written extensively on globalization's impact on the environment and food systems, and her latest book is called Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. She joins us to discuss biodiversity, globalization, the financialization of nature, seed saving and direct democracy.

May 24, 2012 - Segment 3

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:58:23 -0500

James W. “Jim” Hamlin is the head baker and owner of the Avenue Bakery. Hamlin has been on the forefront of redevelopment projects on Pennsylvania Avenue, and will join us to discuss the history and future of Pennsylvania Avenue.

May 23, 2012 - Segment 3

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:33:10 -0500

Nick Roti, Chief of the Chicago Police Department's Bureau of Organized Crime, joins us to discuss the case of the NATO 3, three anti-NATO protesters arrested on terrorism charges in Chicago last week. While the Chicago police department claims that the three protesters planned violent attacks, their legal defense claims they were set up.

May 23, 2012 - Segment 2

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:29:37 -0500

Listen in as Delegate Dr. Dan Morhaim discusses his latest release, a book on death called "The Better End: Surving (and Dying) On Your Own Terms in Today's Modern Medical World."

May 23, 2012 - Segment 1

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:15:08 -0500

Join us for an Urbanite Radio story about efforts to bring the sport of lacrosse back to inner-city Baltimore.

We're joined by:

Lloyd Carter, co-founder of Blax Lax

Doug Gansler, Maryland Attorney General and founder of Charm City Youth Lacrosse

Dr. Miles Harrison, Jr., a practicing surgeon, original member of the Morgan State Bears lacrosse team, and co-author of the book Ten Bears, about the history of lacrosse at Morgan

Read Jeff Sidel's story Chasing a Goal in this month's issue of Urbanite Magazine.

May 23, 2012 - Segment 4

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:28:43 -0500

National Lawyers Guild spokesperson Kris Hermes joins us to discuss the case of the NATO 3, three anti-NATO protesters arrested on terrorism charges in Chicago last week. While the Chicago police department claims that the three protesters planned violent attacks, their legal defense claims they were set up.

May 22, 2012 - Segment 4

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500

Iraq Veteran Against the War member Maggie Martin joins us to speak about her participation in a protest outside the NATO summit in which she and other veterans threw their medals away.

May 22, 2012 - Segment 3

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:44:55 -0500

Professor of Politics and Government and Chair of International Studies at
Ohio Wesleyan University, Sean Kay and activist, author and fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies Phyllis Bennis will join us to discuss NATO in light of last weekend's NATO summit in Chicago.

May 22, 2012 - Segment 2

cem@centerforemergingmedia.org (Center for Emerging Media) — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:37:27 -0500

Rev. Anthony Evans, leader of the National Black Church Initiative, and Aisha C. Moodie-Mills, Advisor, LGBT Policy and Racial Justice at the Center for American Progress, join us to discuss the political implications of the NAACP's endorsement of gay marriage.