Midday

Javed, an Afghani émigré to the US, and Krish Vignarajah, the president and CEO of Global Refuge, discuss the human impact of the wars in Iran and Afghanistan.

Independent reporter Madeleine O'Neill and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle co-founder Dayvon Love discuss how juveniles are being charged and housed in Maryland's criminal justice system.

Choirmaster and conductor Doug Buchanan joins us to discuss Sunday's Bach Marathon, and the classic Mass in B Minor that he'll be conducting.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Iron Crow Theatre's new production of the hit Broadway rock musical, 'Next to Normal,' at the M&T Bank Exchange performance space in Baltimore.

David Blight, acclaimed biographer of Frederick Douglass, recalls the famed Black orator's 1852 speech contrasting the promises of our Declaration of Independence with the horrors of slavery.

Maryland's 2nd Dist. Congressman Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D) joins Midday for an in-depth conversation about key issues affecting Marylanders and the nation.

Author and assoc. professor of history at University of Baltimore Joshua Clark Davis joins us to discuss his new history of the 1960s civil rights movement, seen through the lens of its resistance to police violence.

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen joins us for another of his regular Midday interviews on key issues before the City Council and the citizens of Baltimore.

Lyric Baltimore CEO Tom Bailey says many artists cancelling their Kennedy Center bookings have chosen Baltimore venues; his own theater is hosting the Washington National Opera later this spring.

WYPR State House reporter Sarah Petrowich and Banner reporter Lillian Reed describe new efforts by Maryland state and county governments to limit ICE operations and ban new detention facilities.