9/27 2007 Fall TV Season

This week the networks are heralding the premieres of their new fall series. Listeners of a certain age might recall a time when there were only three networks and you anxiously awaited the new fall tv season.
With cable stations and premium channels like HBO creating their own series, ABC, NBC and CBS no longer gain the lion’s share [...]

9/27 Tavis Smiley

Marc’s guest this hour is Tavis Smiley who hosts signature national talk shows on both public television and radio. A former aide to the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Smiley made history in 2002 when he became the first African-American to host his own show on National Public Radio.
Recognized by Time and Newsweek as one of America’s most [...]

9/26 Ambition

Ambition is defined as an eager or strong desire to achieve something. However, it’s a quality we applaud or abhor in people. Depending on your age, gender or socio-economic status, ambition can be a good or bad thing.
According to one of our guests this hour, ambition is the inner drive that pushes someone to achieve [...]

9/26 State Revenue and Taxes

If you’ve watched the local news or read the papers in the past week you’ve, no doubt, seen Governor O’Malley at kitchen tables to discuss his plan to restructure state income tax. Last week the governor climbed to a rooftop to discuss his vow to close corporate loopholes which have allowed large companies to avoid paying millions in local [...]

09/25/07 Cynthia Enloe

Today for the second half of the one o’clock hour we’ll talk with Cynthia Enloe.
 
She is in town today to give the 1st annual Korenman lecture at UMBC, today at 4:30 pm. Go here for more information!
I don’t know how one gets to become known as “an international feminist treasure,” but I imagine it involves [...]

09/25/07 Banned Books

 
I’ll be honest. I originally decided to do a segment on Banned Books Week because I was fishing around for a last minute show idea. I thought, “Oh, this will be interesting. We can talk about all the great classics that were once banned!”
Basically, I equated the practice of banning books with history. As in, [...]

09/25/07 Gay Marriage

While there are always vociferous and vicious attacks against any gay rights legislation from some fundamentalist religious quarters, I think most Americans and most Marylanders are perplexed and don’t know what we should do.  Many, if not most, heterosexuals in our nation grew up in Christian, Muslim or Jewish homes where marriage was between a [...]

9/24/07 Jena 6, and Edwidge Danticat

Today at Noon we discussed what is going on in Jena, Louisiana, and what it means for the entire country, and for race relations.  How will this particular event go down in history?  Can Jena be redeemed?
And then…
How do you get to be known as “legendary” while still in your 30’s?  I don’t know, but [...]

9/20/07 Robert D. Kaplan

Whether or not you agree with Robert Kaplan’s politcal opinions and worldview, which are undoubtedly controversial, a couple points are hard to argue.
He’s highly influential, not only through his prolific writing, which includes a dozen books and twenty years worth of features and op-eds in everything from the NY Times to The Washington Post to military journals [...]

09/20/07 Civility

Okay, Puppy Day is over.  Sigh.  But today at Noon we’ve got some really interesting stuff for you. 

Sometimes I will be standing in line at a store here in Baltimore and am just inwardly cringing at the rude behavior of the person in front of me–the way they order the clerk around, demand stuff without [...]