Midday

Baltimore Magazine's editor-in-chief and film critic Max Weiss and Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz join Tom Hall for our annual Oscars prognostications, ahead of the Academy Awards March 15th.

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott joins Tom Hall for his monthly conversation about key issues facing City Hall and the citizens of Baltimore.

Former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and Thread co-founder and CEO Dr. Sarah Hemminger join Tom for a conversation about why human connections are so essential to the health of our communities — and the larger world.

The directors of Charm City Sings and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society join us to talk about Baltimore's Big Sing, an annual free song event happening on March 7

Former Baltimore Health Commissioner and columnist Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom for our monthly conversation about key issues in public health.

Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Maryland's 3rd district congresswoman and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, tells Tom she's seeking congressional action to limit President Trump's war-making powers.

Baltimore Business Journal reporter Melody Simmons joins Midday guest host Jayne Miller to discuss some of the reasons why Baltimore's downtown is in a downturn.

Maryland Matters government and politics reporter Bryan Sears joins Midday guest host Jayne Miller to recap state and national primary candidates, and the latest legislative moves in Annapolis.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman brings us the latest in the widening US and Israeli war on Iran, and NPR's Throughline host Ramtin Arablouei discusses the troubled history of US Iran relations.

Guest host Dr. Carla Hayden, ex-Librarian of Congress and former CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Library, explores Black history books, talks with the Pratt's current CEO and meets members of a youth literacy group.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Lena Waithe's debut play, "trinity," at Baltimore Center Stage

American journalist and author Wil Haygood discusses his new book, "The War Within A War," about the Blacks who served in Vietnam and confronted racism both in the ranks and on the home front.

Longtime newspaper columnist, talk-show host and playwright Dan Rodricks talks about current events and his new play, No Mean City, the last in his trilogy of plays about Baltimore.

Baltimore City's Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming joins us to discuss the lawsuit she's filed in her records-access fight with Mayor Brandon Scott

Updates on Maryland's contentious redistricting efforts from WYPR State House reporter Sarah Petrowich, and WYPR's Scott Maucione on the Maryland AG's suit to block a DHS immigrant detention center in Washington County.

Two news guild chairs — Dan Belson of the Baltimore Sun and Ariel Wittenberg of POLITICO's E&E News — discuss the implications of the Baltimore Sun's trial use of AI to write two recent news analyses.

NPR Climate Desk correspondent Rebecca Hersher examines how Maryland is responding on several fronts to the urgency of climate change.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play, in a new production by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

Currently, children aged 14 and older in Maryland can be charged as adults for first-degree murder and rape charges. At 16 or older, the list of quantifiable crimes for automatic charging expands to 33.

Our guest for the hour today on Midday is George Saunders, one of the most intriguing, singular, and popular authors on the current literary scene.  He’s written two novels and a novella. In 2017, one of those novels, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the coveted Man Booker Prize.  He is celebrated for six collections of short stories, and works of non-fiction that include a commencement speech on kindnes...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins Midday to discuss his perspectives on key issues affecting Maryland and the nation.

Stoop Storytelling is a beloved series featuring local people taking the stage to share their true stories of love, grief, struggle and everything in between.

The Rhinelander trial scandalized the nation, and revealed Americans' deep anxieties about race and class at the beginning of the 20th century.

In her soon-to-be-published memoir "What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?" journalist Kate Crane shares her life-long search for clues to her father's 1987 disappearance — and suspected murder.

Midday guest host Leslie Gray Streeter, a columnist with the Baltimore Banner, leads a series of conversations about modern romance and the changing ways people seek love and connection. Most love stories now begin with a swipe on a dating app. But Leah Ross, a matchmaker and director of the Maryland Singles Social Club, makes the case for putting the phones down and returning to in-person connect...