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Tom's guest today is Senator Chris Van Hollen. The Democratic junior senator from Maryland, who was first elected to the US Senate in 2016 after…

Tom's guest for the hour is LaFontaine Oliver, who today becomes WYPR's new President and General Manager. Mr. Oliver succeeds Tony Brandon, who…

More than half of Maryland’s COVID-19 fatalities have been nursing home residents - a population that's especially vulnerable to this virus. At least six…

It's Thursday, and theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom in the studio with another of her weekly reviews of the region's thespian offerings. Today,…

We start today with some expert assessments of where things stand in the extraordinary 2016 US presidential campaign, with just 10 months to go before the…

The United Kingdom will depart the European Union after 52% of British, Irish and Commonwealth residents living in the UK cast their "leave" ballot in…

It's another edition of Midday at the Movies, and our favorite movie mavens -- Jed Dietz, founding director of the Maryland Film Festival and Ann…

Our guests this afternoon are two of the newest members of the Baltimore City Council. They join us on Midday to reflect on their service and the urgent…

[It’s Primary Day in MD. We’ll have complete coverage of the results of today’s election tonight at 9:00, with the WYPR News Team deployed throughout the…

This Saturday an estimated 23,000 runners from all 50 states and 17 countries will take over Charm City for the 18th annual Baltimore Running Festival.…

It's Thursday, and Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom in the studio for another of her weekly reviews of the Maryland stage. Today, her…

Tom's guest for the hour is Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.In her new book on presidential character, Leadership in…

This is quite possibly the first time ever that a musical score for a podcast was written for, and performed by, a full symphony orchestra. Here’s how it…

The 200 block of W Read Street was Baltimore’s ground zero for hippies, head shops, gay nightlife, and wild fashion. In this episode, we explore the past…

Back in the 1800’s, they literally herded pigs through the streets of Southwest Baltimore’s Washington Village, from the terminus of the B & O Railroad to…

The owner of a falafel stand gives a lesson in gratitude, a minimalist overcomes cerebral palsy by sheer force of will, a female boss takes the helm at a…

This episode is an unlikely triptych of redemption stories from the 1100 block of Ward Street. We meet Paul’s Place Peer Recovery Coach Dolly Miller,…

“I think the word we’re dancing around is ‘gentrification.’” So says Benn Ray of Atomic Books at the outset of this episode. What follows is a…

The bartender at The Drinkery tells the history of 'the gayborhood,’ a handyman-turned-comedian reflects on comedy as a flashlight in the dark, a…

Coming up, a conversation with a local author who has written a new novel about the legacy of Japanese interned in camps during World War Two. But first,…