Rob Sivak
Interim senior producer, MiddayRob Sivak is interim senior producer for Midday, with host Tom Hall. Recently retired after a seven-year stint as a Midday producer, Rob joined WYPR in 2015 as senior producer of Hall's previous show, Maryland Morning (which aired its final broadcast on September 16th, 2016). Before coming to the station, Rob enjoyed a 36-year career at the congressionally funded global broadcaster, Voice of America. At VOA, he honed his skills as a news and feature reporter, producer, editor and program host.
After reporting assignments at VOA's New York City, United Nations and Los Angeles bureaus, Rob spent two decades covering international food, farming and nutrition issues for VOA's 180-million worldwide listeners, and created and hosted several popular VOA science magazines. At Midday, he continued to pursue his passion for radio and his abiding interests in science, health, technology and politics.
Rob grew up as an ex-pat "oil brat" on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, and studied and traveled widely in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. He attended Hofstra University in New York and Boston University's School of Public Communications. Rob and his wife Caroline Barnes, a writer, live in Silver Spring, Maryland, where they've raised three daughters.
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Singer Lisa Mathews and the members of Love Riot, the Baltimore indie band that was hot stuff in the 90s, join us to play some love songs and talk about their reunion after a 25-year hiatus. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Dawn," Vietnamese-American playwright Tuyết Thị Phạm's exploration of love, loss and historical trauma, in a world premiere production at Baltimore's Everyman Theatre. -
Washington Conservatory of Music's executive director Andrew Lee and Artistic Advisor and acclaimed violinist Daniel Heifitz join us to discuss the continuing work of this esteemed arts institution. -
Tom Hall and News Director Matt Bush anchor coverage of Gov. Moore's State of the State address, and WYPR's Maryland State Government & Politics Reporter Sarah Petrowich reports from Annapolis. -
Each week here on Midday, it is our practice to read the names of the people who have lost their lives to violence in Baltimore City. -
Sean Morales-Doyle, the director of the Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program, joins us to discuss the Trump Administration's ongoing assault on the integrity of US elections. -
Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen joins Midday host Tom Hall for another of their monthly conversations about key issues on the Council's agenda. -
105.7 The Fan sports commentator Cordell Woodland joins us with reflections on last night's Seahawks vs Patriots contest, and the new Ravens head coach -
WYPR State House reporter Sarah Petrowich joins us to discuss Republican election challengers to Governor Wes Moore this November, and a General Assembly bill to lower home energy costs. -
The feud is only the latest over public safety programming in Baltimore, which has seen a dramatic drop in violent crime during Mayor Brandon Scott's term.
