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It’s the Midday Healthwatch, another of our occasional conversations with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and former Baltimore City Health…

Today's Newsmaker guest is Dr. Sonja Santelises, the CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools. She joins Tom for the hour to discuss one of the key questions…

Our Newsmaker guest today is Cheryl Bost, a former Baltimore County Teacher of the Year (2003) who serves as the president of the Maryland State Education…

Now, a conversation with Dr. Niloofar Haeri, a linguist and a professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and the author of several books on…

It’s Midday with the Mayor. Tom's guest for the hour today is the Mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott.On Tuesday, Mayor Scott sent a letter to Maryland…

Tom's guest today is Celeste Headlee. She is an award-winning journalist, a consultant on diversity and inclusion, and the author of two books, including…

Letrice Gant joins us once again. She is a co-organizer of Baltimore Ceasefire 365. Four times a year, the community-led organization holds a Ceasefire…

On our program today, another update from Annapolis and the 2021 General Assembly. We’re going to concentrate on tax policy. Last week, the legislature…

(Originally aired January 22, 2021)We begin today with an interview from the Midday archive. It’s a conversation Tom had last month with a scholar from…

As President Biden noted in his national address last night, we are struggling to comprehend the incomprehensible – that half a million of our fellow…

Today on Midday, an update from the General Assembly in Annapolis with one of the leaders of the Republican caucus in the House of Delegates. Tom's guest…

Tom's guest today is the American author, George Saunders. He’s published hundreds of short stories, and his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the…

Last December, Martha Jones, a historian at Johns Hopkins University, described in a Washington Post oped how her research had revealed that Johns Hopkins, the namesake of her institution, had owned slaves. Long thought to be an abolitionist, Mr. Hopkins, in fact, claimed at least four men as his property in 1850, and prior to that, had used Black people as collateral for a loan.

Tom's first guest today is Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department. As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, a new…

Today on Midday: are anti-Asian hate crimes increasing? Viral videos of what appear to be random attacks on elderly Asian men in the San Francisco area…

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom now with another look at the pandemic-inspired virtual theater scene. We begin with her review of Cry It…

Today on Midday on Ethics: as supplies of COVID-19 vaccines are ramped up and the pace of vaccinations in Maryland and across the country accelerates, a…

New polls probe public opinions on COVID vax rollouts, Gov. Hogan's performance, Pres. Biden's first 50 days.

The editor-in-chief discusses Hogan's political performance, and Biden's historic opening moves.

As spring approaches, a look at the hottest food trends.