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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…

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…