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Midday is a show for conversations that matter to Maryland. We are a community table, bringing people together for frank discussions about politics, culture, news and more.
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Hello from Studio A! 📻 We're the team behind Midday, a radio show for frank, insightful conversations about issues from the foothills of the Appalachians to the Eastern Shore.
Follow us, and submit a question or call-in during our live show 12-1pm ever weekday.
Follow us, and submit a question or call-in during our live show 12-1pm ever weekday.
Turkey Day is here! Tune in Wednesday with chefs Damian Mosely and John Shields for Midday's Thanksgiving special.
Have a questions about Thanksgiving cooking? Or have a favorite Thanksgiving recipe to share?
Leave us a message on the Baltimore Public Media app, or at 410-735-1616. #Thanksgiving
Have a questions about Thanksgiving cooking? Or have a favorite Thanksgiving recipe to share?
Leave us a message on the Baltimore Public Media app, or at 410-735-1616. #Thanksgiving
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Turkey Day is here! Tune in Wednesday with chefs Damian Mosely and John Shields for Midday's Thanksgiving special.
Have a questions about Thanksgiving cooking? Or have a favorite Thanksgiving recipe to share?
Leave us a message on the Baltimore Public Media app, or at 410-735-1616. #Thanksgiving
Have a questions about Thanksgiving cooking? Or have a favorite Thanksgiving recipe to share?
Leave us a message on the Baltimore Public Media app, or at 410-735-1616. #Thanksgiving
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Markus Rauschecker spoke to Tom Hall on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall 📻 about Maryland’s new data privacy laws.
https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-10-27/maryland-leads-country-in-data-privacy-guardrails-as-new-statewide-law-goes-into-effect
https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-10-27/maryland-leads-country-in-data-privacy-guardrails-as-new-statewide-law-goes-into-effect
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Markus Rauschecker spoke to Tom Hall on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall 📻 about Maryland’s new data privacy laws.
https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-10-27/maryland-leads-country-in-data-privacy-guardrails-as-new-statewide-law-goes-into-effect
https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-10-27/maryland-leads-country-in-data-privacy-guardrails-as-new-statewide-law-goes-into-effect
Coming up Tuesday on Midday, have you been the target of a scam? You’re not alone. Maryland saw more than a 50% increase in reports of online fraud in recent years. Have a question about scams, or a story you’d like to share? Leave us a message at 410-735-1616, and tune-in Tuesday at noon! #scams
October 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Coming up Tuesday on Midday, have you been the target of a scam? You’re not alone. Maryland saw more than a 50% increase in reports of online fraud in recent years. Have a question about scams, or a story you’d like to share? Leave us a message at 410-735-1616, and tune-in Tuesday at noon! #scams
Join a LIVE edition of Midday from the Charles Theatre as host Tom Hall talks to filmmakers behind @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social.
The show starts Oct 3, at noon, in the Charles lobby.
This is free and open to the public!
Looking to attend a New/Next screening? Tickets here: newnextfilmfest.com
The show starts Oct 3, at noon, in the Charles lobby.
This is free and open to the public!
Looking to attend a New/Next screening? Tickets here: newnextfilmfest.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Join a LIVE edition of Midday from the Charles Theatre as host Tom Hall talks to filmmakers behind @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social.
The show starts Oct 3, at noon, in the Charles lobby.
This is free and open to the public!
Looking to attend a New/Next screening? Tickets here: newnextfilmfest.com
The show starts Oct 3, at noon, in the Charles lobby.
This is free and open to the public!
Looking to attend a New/Next screening? Tickets here: newnextfilmfest.com
On today's show, LIVE at noon📻, Department of Juvenile Services head Betsy Tolentino. She was named acting secretary in June, following the departure of Vincent Schiraldi.
Check out our conversation with @govwesmoore.bsky.social, when he joined Midday to discuss Tolentino's appointment:
Check out our conversation with @govwesmoore.bsky.social, when he joined Midday to discuss Tolentino's appointment:
Gov. Wes Moore on new leadership at Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services
Maryland Governor Wes Moore joins Midday to discuss new leadership at the state Department of Juvenile Services.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On today's show, LIVE at noon📻, Department of Juvenile Services head Betsy Tolentino. She was named acting secretary in June, following the departure of Vincent Schiraldi.
Check out our conversation with @govwesmoore.bsky.social, when he joined Midday to discuss Tolentino's appointment:
Check out our conversation with @govwesmoore.bsky.social, when he joined Midday to discuss Tolentino's appointment:
It's Midday at the Movies! Join us right now, live on WYPR!
This summer, Jaws is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and will re-release on IMAX and in 3D. We are talking about it.
This summer, Jaws is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and will re-release on IMAX and in 3D. We are talking about it.
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's Midday at the Movies! Join us right now, live on WYPR!
This summer, Jaws is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and will re-release on IMAX and in 3D. We are talking about it.
This summer, Jaws is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and will re-release on IMAX and in 3D. We are talking about it.
Word nerds! Tomorrow's episode of Midday is about grammar and we want to hear from you.
✒️Where do you struggle when putting your thoughts on the page? We’ll talk about Oxford commas, run on sentences and more. Let us know your grammar questions below, or leave us a message at 410-735-1616
✒️Where do you struggle when putting your thoughts on the page? We’ll talk about Oxford commas, run on sentences and more. Let us know your grammar questions below, or leave us a message at 410-735-1616
July 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Word nerds! Tomorrow's episode of Midday is about grammar and we want to hear from you.
✒️Where do you struggle when putting your thoughts on the page? We’ll talk about Oxford commas, run on sentences and more. Let us know your grammar questions below, or leave us a message at 410-735-1616
✒️Where do you struggle when putting your thoughts on the page? We’ll talk about Oxford commas, run on sentences and more. Let us know your grammar questions below, or leave us a message at 410-735-1616
On today's Midday, author and historian Rick Atkinson on his latest book, the second of a trilogy covering the American Revolutionary War.
Meticulous and grand, "The Fate of the Day" covers a desperate phase of the colony's war for independence from the British.
Check out our discussion below:
Meticulous and grand, "The Fate of the Day" covers a desperate phase of the colony's war for independence from the British.
Check out our discussion below:
The riveting story of a desperate phase of the American Revolution in 'The Fate of the Day'
Historian Rick Atkinson take us two years into the American Revolutionary War in the second book from his trilogy: 'The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780....
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July 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On today's Midday, author and historian Rick Atkinson on his latest book, the second of a trilogy covering the American Revolutionary War.
Meticulous and grand, "The Fate of the Day" covers a desperate phase of the colony's war for independence from the British.
Check out our discussion below:
Meticulous and grand, "The Fate of the Day" covers a desperate phase of the colony's war for independence from the British.
Check out our discussion below:
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"Protect, then serve."
Conversations about Maryland's fisheries.
Conversations about Maryland's fisheries.
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Protect, then serve."
Conversations about Maryland's fisheries.
Conversations about Maryland's fisheries.
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Meet Sean Marshall. He's graduating today with the rest of the class of 2025. But not before helping his school boost the graduation rate.
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www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...
How a Woodlawn High senior helped boost the graduation rate
Sean Marshall helped design and fund a student-led tutoring program that’ll live on after he leaves Woodlawn High School.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Meet Sean Marshall. He's graduating today with the rest of the class of 2025. But not before helping his school boost the graduation rate.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...
Today, @offairashley.bsky.social takes over the host chair to talk crabs, oysters and the aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay.
What's worked helping oysters bounce back? And whats needed to reverse the decline of blue crabs?
Plus, a Japanese technique that could change Maryland's fishing industry.
What's worked helping oysters bounce back? And whats needed to reverse the decline of blue crabs?
Plus, a Japanese technique that could change Maryland's fishing industry.
June 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today, @offairashley.bsky.social takes over the host chair to talk crabs, oysters and the aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay.
What's worked helping oysters bounce back? And whats needed to reverse the decline of blue crabs?
Plus, a Japanese technique that could change Maryland's fishing industry.
What's worked helping oysters bounce back? And whats needed to reverse the decline of blue crabs?
Plus, a Japanese technique that could change Maryland's fishing industry.
Today on Midday:
🔷John Suau, new executive director of @thepeale.bsky.social, joins Midday to discuss the next step for the 200-year-old arts and culture center.
🔷Plus, a preview of tomorrow's First Thursdays Music Festival, hosted by our sibling station WTMD🎶
🔷John Suau, new executive director of @thepeale.bsky.social, joins Midday to discuss the next step for the 200-year-old arts and culture center.
🔷Plus, a preview of tomorrow's First Thursdays Music Festival, hosted by our sibling station WTMD🎶
June 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Today on Midday:
🔷John Suau, new executive director of @thepeale.bsky.social, joins Midday to discuss the next step for the 200-year-old arts and culture center.
🔷Plus, a preview of tomorrow's First Thursdays Music Festival, hosted by our sibling station WTMD🎶
🔷John Suau, new executive director of @thepeale.bsky.social, joins Midday to discuss the next step for the 200-year-old arts and culture center.
🔷Plus, a preview of tomorrow's First Thursdays Music Festival, hosted by our sibling station WTMD🎶
On Midday RIGHT NOW:
What's at stakes for the Ravens in the aftermath of substantiated allegations against kicker Justin Tucker?
Later, the Orioles season. Is it "Orioles Magic"? Or Orioles...tragic?⚾
The @thebaltimorebanner.com's @kylegoon.bsky.social and @danielleallentuck.bsky.social join us.
What's at stakes for the Ravens in the aftermath of substantiated allegations against kicker Justin Tucker?
Later, the Orioles season. Is it "Orioles Magic"? Or Orioles...tragic?⚾
The @thebaltimorebanner.com's @kylegoon.bsky.social and @danielleallentuck.bsky.social join us.
June 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On Midday RIGHT NOW:
What's at stakes for the Ravens in the aftermath of substantiated allegations against kicker Justin Tucker?
Later, the Orioles season. Is it "Orioles Magic"? Or Orioles...tragic?⚾
The @thebaltimorebanner.com's @kylegoon.bsky.social and @danielleallentuck.bsky.social join us.
What's at stakes for the Ravens in the aftermath of substantiated allegations against kicker Justin Tucker?
Later, the Orioles season. Is it "Orioles Magic"? Or Orioles...tragic?⚾
The @thebaltimorebanner.com's @kylegoon.bsky.social and @danielleallentuck.bsky.social join us.
On today's Midday, we take your questions about #health and #nutrition. Navigating health advice, especially online, can be a challenge. Nutritionist Monica Reinagel joins us with the facts!
Tune-in today at noon for our show, and call in with your questions on the Midday Live line: 410-662-8780 ☎️
Tune-in today at noon for our show, and call in with your questions on the Midday Live line: 410-662-8780 ☎️
May 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On today's Midday, we take your questions about #health and #nutrition. Navigating health advice, especially online, can be a challenge. Nutritionist Monica Reinagel joins us with the facts!
Tune-in today at noon for our show, and call in with your questions on the Midday Live line: 410-662-8780 ☎️
Tune-in today at noon for our show, and call in with your questions on the Midday Live line: 410-662-8780 ☎️
Today at noon, @baltimorepolice.bsky.social Commissioner Richard Worley joins Midday. We discuss:
🔷What's worked as the city sees a sharp drop in violence
🔷Making inroads with young people repeatedly involved in crime
🔷Auditing finds a dozen deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide
🔷What's worked as the city sees a sharp drop in violence
🔷Making inroads with young people repeatedly involved in crime
🔷Auditing finds a dozen deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide
May 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today at noon, @baltimorepolice.bsky.social Commissioner Richard Worley joins Midday. We discuss:
🔷What's worked as the city sees a sharp drop in violence
🔷Making inroads with young people repeatedly involved in crime
🔷Auditing finds a dozen deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide
🔷What's worked as the city sees a sharp drop in violence
🔷Making inroads with young people repeatedly involved in crime
🔷Auditing finds a dozen deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide
On Midday LIVE📻, we're talking zoning! Can simple, in-the-weed changes make Baltimore more affordable and better for small businesses?
City council president @zekecohen.bsky.social on school rezoning: "This is an issue that our school board is going to need to take up," he said.
City council president @zekecohen.bsky.social on school rezoning: "This is an issue that our school board is going to need to take up," he said.
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On Midday LIVE📻, we're talking zoning! Can simple, in-the-weed changes make Baltimore more affordable and better for small businesses?
City council president @zekecohen.bsky.social on school rezoning: "This is an issue that our school board is going to need to take up," he said.
City council president @zekecohen.bsky.social on school rezoning: "This is an issue that our school board is going to need to take up," he said.
"We are in the posture of listening and finding out the full ramifications," @zekecohen.bsky.social said about yesterday's shocking audit of the MD's medical examiner office, which found as many as 36 deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide.
Listen in to our conversation on Midday!
Listen in to our conversation on Midday!
May 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"We are in the posture of listening and finding out the full ramifications," @zekecohen.bsky.social said about yesterday's shocking audit of the MD's medical examiner office, which found as many as 36 deaths in police custody should have been ruled homicide.
Listen in to our conversation on Midday!
Listen in to our conversation on Midday!
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Starting this summer, we’re upgrading our buses with brand-new, modern fareboxes. As part of this upgrade, we’ll be retiring the 15-year-old CharmCard® system. Riders are encouraged to make the switch to CharmPass, our convenient mobile payment option. (1/2)
May 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Starting this summer, we’re upgrading our buses with brand-new, modern fareboxes. As part of this upgrade, we’ll be retiring the 15-year-old CharmCard® system. Riders are encouraged to make the switch to CharmPass, our convenient mobile payment option. (1/2)
Tomorrow on Midday, @zekecohen.bsky.social stops by to talk about a consequential rezoning proposal before the city council.
We'll also ask about city's Opioid Restitution Fund and the $1.9 billion FY26 budget for city schools approved this week by the city's Board of School Commissioners.
We'll also ask about city's Opioid Restitution Fund and the $1.9 billion FY26 budget for city schools approved this week by the city's Board of School Commissioners.
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tomorrow on Midday, @zekecohen.bsky.social stops by to talk about a consequential rezoning proposal before the city council.
We'll also ask about city's Opioid Restitution Fund and the $1.9 billion FY26 budget for city schools approved this week by the city's Board of School Commissioners.
We'll also ask about city's Opioid Restitution Fund and the $1.9 billion FY26 budget for city schools approved this week by the city's Board of School Commissioners.
Today on Midday, we're heading out to the garden. Farmer Chippy of Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm and Carrie Engel of Valley View Farms in Cockeysville joins us with the latest tips for your garden plot.
Tune in live at noon, and ask us a question at 410-662-8780!
Tune in live at noon, and ask us a question at 410-662-8780!
May 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today on Midday, we're heading out to the garden. Farmer Chippy of Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm and Carrie Engel of Valley View Farms in Cockeysville joins us with the latest tips for your garden plot.
Tune in live at noon, and ask us a question at 410-662-8780!
Tune in live at noon, and ask us a question at 410-662-8780!
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The Catholic Review was in the room with Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, when Pope Leo XIV was announced — and captured the palpable surprise at an American Pope!
Archbishop Lori surprised, heartened by selection of American pope - Catholic Review
As French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to the world May 8 that Cardinal Robert F. Prevost had been elected as the successor to Pope Francis, Archbishop William E. Lori and several of his clos...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Catholic Review was in the room with Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, when Pope Leo XIV was announced — and captured the palpable surprise at an American Pope!
Maryland's Lt. Gov. @arunamiller.bsky.social joins Midday today. We'll talk about:
🔷The challenges of assisting federal workers in a year where the state’s belt has been tightened as well.
🔷The new State Autism Plan.
🔷After dangerous accidents, new safety efforts protecting highway workers.
🔷The challenges of assisting federal workers in a year where the state’s belt has been tightened as well.
🔷The new State Autism Plan.
🔷After dangerous accidents, new safety efforts protecting highway workers.
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Maryland's Lt. Gov. @arunamiller.bsky.social joins Midday today. We'll talk about:
🔷The challenges of assisting federal workers in a year where the state’s belt has been tightened as well.
🔷The new State Autism Plan.
🔷After dangerous accidents, new safety efforts protecting highway workers.
🔷The challenges of assisting federal workers in a year where the state’s belt has been tightened as well.
🔷The new State Autism Plan.
🔷After dangerous accidents, new safety efforts protecting highway workers.
Today on Midday, we check back in with Baltimore high school seniors as they prepare for graduation.
Laila, Shawn and Lamont first joined us at the beginning of this school year. 9 months later, have their post-school plans or priorities changed? And how do they think AI changed their education?
Laila, Shawn and Lamont first joined us at the beginning of this school year. 9 months later, have their post-school plans or priorities changed? And how do they think AI changed their education?
May 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today on Midday, we check back in with Baltimore high school seniors as they prepare for graduation.
Laila, Shawn and Lamont first joined us at the beginning of this school year. 9 months later, have their post-school plans or priorities changed? And how do they think AI changed their education?
Laila, Shawn and Lamont first joined us at the beginning of this school year. 9 months later, have their post-school plans or priorities changed? And how do they think AI changed their education?
Thursday on Midday, Lt. Gov. @arunamiller.bsky.social joins us to discuss state budget cuts to education, transportation and more. Plus, Miller's advocacy surrounding disability, including a newly announced State Autism Plan.
Tune-in on WYPR, WYPR.org and the Baltimore Public Media app.
Tune-in on WYPR, WYPR.org and the Baltimore Public Media app.
May 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thursday on Midday, Lt. Gov. @arunamiller.bsky.social joins us to discuss state budget cuts to education, transportation and more. Plus, Miller's advocacy surrounding disability, including a newly announced State Autism Plan.
Tune-in on WYPR, WYPR.org and the Baltimore Public Media app.
Tune-in on WYPR, WYPR.org and the Baltimore Public Media app.