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Yesterday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. held a news conference with the city’s Inspector General,…

Need some podcast recommendations to freshen up your playlist? We asked a few of our colleagues at WYPR to drop by and share their current favorites.…

Tom's guest today is the New York Times best-selling author, Jess Walter. He is the author of seven novels, a short story collection, and a nonfiction…

(Originally broadcast November 12, 2020)On this archive edition of Midday, Tom talks with Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, about his latest…

This program originally aired on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Frederick Douglass is one of the most gifted and admired figures in American history. He was…

(This program originally aired Sept. 17, 2020.) Tom's guest today is Robert B. Reich. He’s a busy and distinguished guy. He served in three…

Maryland Humanities is a nonprofit organization founded nearly 50 years ago that creates and supports educational experiences in the humanities. Among its…

Yesterday, the weather in Georgia was sunny and mild. The tenor of the four campaigners who were locked in battles for Georgia's two Senate seats was…

Now, a conversation about what makes us, us. Or more specifically, what makes me, me and you, you. With all that we share in common -- heads and shoulder,…

Wednesday was the first day of the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly. Given the restrictions occasioned by the pandemic, this 90-day session…

It’s another edition of Midday at the Movies, our monthly conversation about films and filmmaking. And Tom is joined once again on Zoom by our good friend…

(This program originally aired August 4, 2020)When the novelist, journalist, playwright and activist James Baldwin died in 1987, his place in the panoply…

January 18, 2021 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday established by the US Congress in 1983 to honor the life and work of the slain civil…

Two veteran journalists consider what President Joe Biden needs to do to move a COVID-weary, polarized country forward.

Anger is an emotion that's been much in evidence in our national life during these difficult times. When it comes to things like closing businesses,…

Tom's guest now is Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck. She's been joining us throughout the pandemic, while the region's stages remain closed, to tell…

Today, it’s another edition of Midday on Higher Education, our occasional series of conversations with the leaders of Maryland’s colleges and…

Two weeks ago, Governor Larry Hogan announced that the state would move into Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccination plan last week, and as of yesterday,…

We often talk about how we think of the WYPR community of listeners as a family, and if we are indeed a family, we need to have family meetings from time…

Now, we turn our attention to a topic that for generations has been a source of lurid fascination: gangsters. Ever since the Prohibition Era of the early…