WYPR Programs

The new book from Elaine Weiss, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement, explores the history of educators working to advance the rights of Black Americans.

Natasha Dartigue, the state’s public defender, discusses how to address inequities in who Maryland puts behind bars, for how long.

Fewer Marylanders are dying from overdoses. We ask the top state official whose job is to fight overdoses - Why? And what’s the strategy to continue the trend?

Midday hears from Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises. Her contract ends in the Summer of 2026.

Growing energy demand meets Maryland's carbon-free energy goals. So where will the state get its energy in the future.

Martin O'Malley is former governor of Maryland and headed the Social Security Administration at the end of the Biden admninistration.

Kenya Asli, director of the Mayor’s Office of Broadband and Digital Equity, fills us in on her accomplishments for Baltimore City, and what still needs work.

Baltimoreans have relied upon Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Ms. Kimberly Hailey-Fair and Rev. William Johnson for solid information and comforting words since 2020. They keep up to date with their podcast.

Midday reflects on the tenth anniversary of the Freddie Gray uprising. How have police reform and community investment improved since the uprising that encouraged Baltimore's evolution?

The non-profit Intersection of Change has seen promises and good intentions come and go. They always put in the work.