Sam Bermas-Dawes
Producer, MiddaySam Bermas-Dawes is a producer for Midday. He previously produced for WYPR's On The Record.
He began working in public radio in Georgia, before working on The Middle with Jeremy Hobson through the 2022 midterm election. Sam grew up in Montclair, NJ and went to school in Washington, D.C.
When he is not working, Sam is likely to be on a soccer field or reading in his hammock.
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Host Tom Hall had some parting reflections as he brought today's final edition of Midday to a close. -
Each week here on Midday, it has been our practice to read the names of the people who have lost their lives to violence in Baltimore City. -
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 and a welcome hike in salaries for city employees. -
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott joins Tom in Studio A for the final edition of Midday with the Mayor, their monthly conversations about key issues facing City Hall and the people of Baltimore. -
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 Lancisi. -
Midday at the Movies dives into next week’s 2026 Maryland Film Festival, which will showcase more than 170 independent features and shorts. -
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 birthright citizenship. -
Baltimore Public Media’s Program Director, Maxie Jackson, joins Tom to discuss Midday’s cancellation April 2nd, and new programs to come at WYPR. -
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. -
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 look like.
