Show Podcasts

Substance and drug abuse touches all our families. No other place in Baltimore has been impacted by addiction more than the Park Heights community. Anthony kicks off a two part series called Stories from Park Heights. Hear from three recovering addicts about their choices, their addictions and their hope for the future.

Doni Glover is more than a media personality. He started in radio when he was 15 years old and has never looked back. Now the founder of one of the most influential minority news services in the state, Glover has mastered print, radio, television and online marketing and publishing. His voice is respected in the halls of power and in some of the most economically depressed neighborhoods in Baltimore. He joins Anthony to tell his story and offer this thoughts on the news of the day.

No-bid contracts at City Hall, Mayor Dixon's lawyers continue to seek to have her case dismissed and is former Governor Robert Ehrlich poised to make a comeback in next year's statewide races? Anthony is joined in the second hour of The Anthony McCarthy Show by two commentators who follow politics and social issues closely and have opinions on just about everything!

President Barack Obama went before Congress and the American people and made his case for health care reform. Was it the game changer the president needed to turn the tide on this controvertial debate? Can Republicans be convinced to accept a compromise? And can the Democratic leadership pull their fractured party together to pass meaningful legislation that provides affordable and accessible health care for millions of uninsured? Join Anthony and representatives from the Democrats, Republicans and Independents for a review of the president's speech and where the debate stands now.

This week hundreds of same sex couples legally married in Vermont. One of the most dividing social issues of the day, many people believe same sex marriages will soon become legal throughout America, others think such a thing would harm traditional marriages and be bad for the social and moral fiber of our country. Join Anthony for an open phone discussion about marriage and gay civil rights during the second hour of The Anthony McCarthy Show.

With talk of a stalemate in Congress, President Barack Obama is set to deliver a major address to both chambers regarding health care in this country. The long rumored compromises have fizzled between Republicans and the Blue Dog Democrats and as the fate of the so-called "public option" grows dimmer, what is really happening and who is really putting hurdles in place of progress? National activist Kevin Zeese and local leader Rev. Heber Brown join Anthony for a frank and honest conversation about what's happening.

The death of liberal icon Senator Edward Kennedy and the ruling of Michael Jackson's death as a homicide are among the topics up for discussion as several leading pundits and commentators join Anthony for a look at the week's headlines and top stories.

Entertainer Chris Brown evidently has a history of violent behavior towards his former girlfriend Rihanna and was sentenced this week for beating her in a highly publicized case. Rumors have the couple back together but why would she stay in a relationship with someone who beats her? Statistics bare out many women stay in abusive relationships. If you are in one of these situations or have a loved one who is being abused, join Anthony for a conversation with a legal expert from The House of Ruth and a woman who survived domestic violence.

The hardest working man in the civil rights movement in Maryland (and possibly the country) Dr. Marvin Cheatham, president of the Baltimore NAACP joins me for the first hour of The Anthony McCarthy Show to discuss the historic organization, the hate crime against a elderly man this week in Baltimore and his campaign to educate men about their health.  

You've heard the joke about black conservatives...the one that says they simply got in the shortest line? Anthony is joined by Rev. Floyd Blair who has worked for President George Bush and Republican governors in Connecticut and Maryland. He will give his thoughts on the major dust up on health care reform, the ailing economy and what does he think of America's first black President? Are blacks more conservative politically than we'd like to admit? And why do black conservative leaders make so many people so very angry?