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Latest episodes
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5 min
As 'Midday' ends, some parting thoughts from host Tom Hall
Host Tom Hall had some parting reflections as he brought today's final edition of Midday to a close.
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18 min
Baltimore City Council Pres. Zeke Cohen: Taking aim at data centers
City Council President Zeke Cohen joins host Tom Hall on this final edition of Midday to talk about some key city issues, including a ban on data centers, proliferating smoke shops…
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26 min
Mayor Scott on the State of the City and his $4.9 Billion budget
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott joins Tom in Studio A for their final edition of 'Midday with the Mayor,' their monthly conversations about key issues facing City Hall and the p…
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9 min
Rousuck's Review: 'Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike' at the Everyman
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, in her last Midday review, spotlights Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, the final production of retiring Everyman Theatre founder, Vincent Lanci…
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18 min
Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to birthright citizenship: Analysis with Kim Wehle
Kim Wehle, University of Baltimore Law professor and constitutional expert, joins Tom to analyze today's arguments at the Supreme Court over President Trump's challenge to birthrig…
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19 min
Midday at the Movies: The 2026 Maryland Film Festival returns to Parkway, April 8-12
The Maryland Film Festival opens next Wednesday, April 8 and continues through Sunday, April 12. It’s returning to the spring after an experimental move to the fall last year. Jed…
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12 min
BPM announces Midday's end, says new programs in the works
Baltimore Public Media’s Program Director, Maxie Jackson, joins Tom to discuss Midday’s cancellation on April 2nd, and new programs to come at WYPR.
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13 min
For Jewish Iranian-Americans, the war with Iran is uniquely painful
Sharon Mashihi, the daughter of Jewish Iranian immigrants to the US, talks with Tom about exploring the diaspora’s conflicted wartime emotions — in her podcast and in her own life.
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24 min
The US-Israeli war on Iran: One month in, is there an end in sight?
Aaron David Miller, Mideast policy analyst and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Tom to discuss what an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran might loo…
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10 min
Songwriters lift their voices in Maryland's quest for a new state song
Singer-songwriter Jayla Elise Diggs – who sang in a recent state senate committee hearing – and Banner columnist Rick Hutzell discuss Maryland's search for a new state song.
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20 min
Council bills would curb Baltimore's proliferating smoke shop scene
WYPR health reporter Scott Maucione speaks with guest host Carla Hayden about efforts to limit the city's smoke shop businesses.
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18 min
Assembly update: Will Maryland lawmakers approve redistricting?
WYPR State House reporter Sarah Petrowich joins guest host Carla Hayden with the latest on the vehement debate over Gov. Moore’s plan to redraw Maryland's congressional districts.
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13 min
Planned ICE facility in western Maryland sparks lawsuits and health worries
Baltimore Banner criminal justice reporter Ben Conark talks with WYPR's Scott Maucione about efforts to block the opening of a DHS immigrant detention center near Williamsport.
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36 min
How REACH Health Services helps Baltimore seniors recover from opioid addiction
Healthcare journalist Dan Gorenstein and REACH Health Services' medical director Dr. Malik Burnett discuss the unique treatment options for opioid-addicted seniors.
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10 min
Rousuck's Review: 'Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms,' by puppeteers Alex & Olmsted
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms," a darkly satirical puppet show at Baltimore's Theatre Project.
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15 min
SanFranOpera's Eun Sun Kim conducting two BSO concerts
Conductor Eun Sun Kim joins us to talk about her twin concerts this week, leading the BSO on “A Hero’s Journey” of music by Strauss and Schumann.
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24 min
Everyman founder Vincent Lancisi reflects as he passes the torch
Vincent Lancisi launched Everyman Theatre in October 1990. He talks with Tom about why he’s retiring in June and the legacy he has built for theater arts in Baltimore.
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14 min
New documentary captures the history of Baltimore's iconic Camden Yards ballpark
Josh Panepento and Trevor Gomes, students at UMd's Povich Center for Sports Journalism, discuss their new documentary about the history of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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17 min
Two years after Key Bridge fell, a look at rebuilding plans and the continuing human costs
WYPR reporter Wambui Kamau, who has covered the Key Bridge story, updates us on rebuilding plans and efforts to support families and communities hurt by the collapse.
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19 min
A TSA officer at BWI on the real-world impact of the DHS shutdown
Transportation Security officer Robert Williams describes the challenges at Baltimore's busy BWI airport, where a TSA workforce has gone a month without pay.