Lisa Ling

Baltimore’s “Mobtown” nickname is often attributed to the 1861 Pratt Street Riot at the start of the Civil War. Today we’ll go back to 1835 with historian Robert Shalhope, author of “The Baltimore Bank Riot,” and hear how that disturbance foreshadowed the financial crisis of 2008.

Then, journalist Lisa Ling appears tomorrow night at Stevenson University's Baltimore Speakers Series. Today, we'll ask her about the challenging and uncomfortable issues she covers on the Oprah Winfrey Network’s "Our America."

Lisa Ling, who's coming to town tomorrow for Stevenson University's Baltimore Speakers Series, had already been an international reporter for nine years when, at age 25, she was picked as one of the cohosts of The View on ABC.  After a few years of that, she returned to reporting, hosted National Geographic Explorer, reported as special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show--and now has her own show, Our America, on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Ling on minority voters