October, 2008

On Tuesday's show, we discussed the case of Troy Davis, who's on death row in Georgia after having been convicted of the murder of a police officer.  Today, the federal appeals court in Atlanta issued a stay of execution.  Read more about it here.

While the idea of Marc being even busier fills his producers and no doubt his lady Valerie with horror, we were pleased to see this very kind article by Examiner columnist Gregory Kane in which he suggests that someone should give Marc a second job as a teacher of the history of the Civil Rights Movement.

Here's the third in a 3 part video series created by Andrew Eppig announcing the new daily Marc Steiner Show schedule: 5-6pm Monday-Thursday on WEAA 88.9FM!

Here's the second in a 3 part video series created by Andrew Eppig announcing the new daily Marc Steiner Show schedule: 5-6pm Monday-Thursday on WEAA 88.9FM!

Here's the first in a 3 part video series created by Andrew Eppig announcing the new daily Marc Steiner Show schedule: 5-6pm Monday-Thursday on WEAA 88.9FM!

Deborah Sarsgard introduced us to Lucille Robinson, a grandmother in Baltimore who was raising a house full of grandchildren on her own.  We had Lucille and some other grandparent caregivers discuss their lives and the challenges they faced on The Marc Steiner Show.  Then we decided to spend more time with Lucille, and the interviews we recorded became the first three episodes of Just Words.  We'd like to thank Deborah for sharing some of her thoughts and memories of Lucille with us, which you can read  by clicking here.

It is interesting to read the New York Times columnists and editorial writers, among many other papers, ridicule the Neanderthal Republicans for voting against and killing the bailout package negotiated between the Democratic congressional leadership and the White House. They seem to forget that 40% of Democrats in the house (90) voted to kill the package, as well.

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