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Midday

WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what"s on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander"s, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

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14:31

'Gut, Wind and Wire' resurrects the delightful sounds...

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2024/09/12

Gut, Wind, and Wire, a trio formed by longtime Baltimore Consort members Mark Cudek, Ronn McFarlane and Mindy Rosenfeld join Midday for a performance. The band is named for the elements that bring their instruments to life: gut strings, wire strings and the musicians' breath. Their performances explore a wide variety of music from the 16th and 17th centuries, music from folk traditions and original music through maple, boxwood, spruce, rosewood, blackwood, tulipwood, strings of sheep gut and

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34:03

Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller on the Red Line, the opioid...

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2024/09/12

Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller took office following a successful campaign beside Gov. Wes Moore in the 2022 election. On Midday, we ask her about the ongoing initiatives of the Moore administration. Several state transportation projects are in the works, even as budget cuts threaten work on the state's roads, railways and other infrastructure. We ask Miller about the latest on the Red Line, and how her administration is taking steps to improve safety within highway work zones. Plus, how is the state

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50:28

Midday on Politics: The day after a crucial...

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2024/09/11

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for the first time on the debate stage last night. Did either candidate accomplish their goals for the night? How might undecided voters respond to the discussion? We discuss the debate. Our guests are Brandi Collins-Dexter, Media Fellow at the Center for Race and Digital Justice, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Andrew Perrin, SNF Agora Professor and Sociology Chair at the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of

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48:33

How Marylanders are building the future of food

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2024/09/10

If you turn on your local public radio this week, you are likely to hear stories about Americans working on solutions to the myriad of problems presented by human-induced climate change. The theme of this NPR's Climate Solutions Week this year is, "the future of food." Today on Midday, we talk to Marylanders working to forge a sustainable paths through the climate crisis, with an eye to how, and what, we eat. Dr. Keryn Gedan, an associate professor of Biology at George Washington University,

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48:41

David Rubenstein chronicles America's 'Highest Calling'

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2024/09/09

David Rubenstein joins Midday to discuss his latest book The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency. Rubenstein is the majority owner of The Baltimore Orioles and Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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35:01

Midday at the Movies: 'Beetlejuice' returns and...

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2024/09/06

Summer is wrapping up, were box offices able to make up for low returns earlier in the season? Plus, we dig into a pair of comedies, the return of Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Between the Temples. Program guests are Jed Dietz, the founding director of the Maryland Film Festival, and Max Weiss, film critic and Editor-in-Chief of Baltimore Magazine. (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros.) Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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13:29

Critic J. Wynn Rousuck on what she's excited about...

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2024/09/06

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to look ahead to the next year of exciting local productions.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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15:49

2024 Tony Award-winning arts educator CJay Philip

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2024/09/05

CJay Philip, the founder and artistic director of Dance & Bmore, won the 2024 Tony Award for excellence in theater education. This weekend she spearheads the Waterfront Partnership's Baltimore by Baltimore festival.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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9:24

WTMD's final First Thursday Festival of 2024

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2024/09/05

The signs summer is ending; school is back in session, the birds return from migration and WTMD presents the final First Thursday Festival of the year. Tyler LaPorte, afternoon host and Interim Program Director at WTMD and one of the organizers behind First Thursdays. We ask him what festival-goers can expect later today. The First Thursday Festival begins at 6:00 tonight at the Canton Waterfront Park, just off of Boston Street in Baltimore City.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or

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23:29

Mayor Scott on massive opioid settlements, and work...

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2024/09/05

Host Tom Hall speaks with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott about the latest in City Hall, including a safety review of the Department of Public Works and governance of opioid settlements.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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48:44

Kim Wehle on the power of the president's pardon

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2024/09/04

Presidential power is on the ballot this year, according to University of Baltimore law professor Kim Wehle. In her new book, Pardon Power: How The Pardon System Works And Why, the legal scholar writes about the history of the president's pardon and the potential future abuse of the executive power. The pardon could be exponentially more grave in light of the Supreme Court’s July 1, 2024, ruling granting presidents immunity from criminal prosecution in the exercise of their official duties. Wehle is

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12:39

The Best American Poetry of 2024

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2024/09/03

Tom's guest is Mary Jo Salter, a Professor Emerita in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. She has published nine volumes of poetry and has written essays, lyrics, and children’s books. This year, she’s been chosen as the guest editor of an anthology of verse called The Best American Poetry 2024. Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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36:02

Healthwatch: Baltimore's opioid governance, West Nile...

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2024/09/03

On this September edition of Healthwatch, Tom and Dr. Leana Wen discuss leadership of the Baltimore City Health Department, governance of the city's opioid settlements, the reoccurrence of West Nile virus and challenges for asthmatics. Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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48:32

The history of Maryland's maverick in the U.S. Senate

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2024/09/02

On Midday today, a look at the life and legacy of Senator Charles Mathias. He was a liberal Republican popular in Maryland for more than two decades and was known by his colleagues as the “conscience of the Senate.” A collection of essays about Sen. Mathias has been released called Mathias of Maryland: Remembering a Lincoln Republican in the Senate. Frederic Hill, a co-editor and contributor to the collection, and Norman Ornstein, a former congressional staffer who wrote the foreword to this book,

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48:30

Philip Berrigan and Baltimore's peace activists

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2024/08/30

Today on Midday, a conversation about the work of Philip Berrigan, whose writing has been assembled in a new collection, A Ministry of Risk, edited by Brad Wolf. Philip Berrigan was an iconic peace activist, a soldier, a priest, a scholar, and a protester who came to international prominence as part of the Catonsville 9, a group that burned draft cards in 1968, during the Vietnam war. In 1973, Berrigan, with his wife, Elizabeth McAlister, founded Jonah House in Baltimore, a Catholic Worker House

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48:32

Former Baltimore prosecutor takes on criminal justice...

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2024/08/29

Debbie Hines is a former prosecutor in Baltimore, and a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland. In her new book, she focuses on the unfair treatment of people of color by prosecutors at the state and local level. The book is called Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor’s Quest for Reform.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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48:32

Anne Lamott on the impact of love in our lives in...

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2024/08/28

Anne Lamott is a best-selling author whose large body of work resonates with millions of readers. She writes both fiction and non-fiction and she has just published her twentieth book, 'Somehow: Thoughts on Love.' She joined Midday in early April to discuss the book, her motivations for writing and her experiences with love.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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22:11

Dr. Christopher Leighton journeys through 'A Sacred...

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2024/08/27

Dr. Christopher Leighton, the founding executive director of the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS) talks about his memoir, which traces the formation of the ICJS and its efforts to foster religious understanding. It’s called A Sacred Argument: Dispatches from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounter.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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26:19

Marilynne Robinson gives more understanding of the...

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2024/08/27

Tom speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson about her latest book, Reading Genesis, where she illuminates how Genesis is a paradigm for the rest of the Bible and “a meditation on the problem of evil.”Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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48:33

Are corporations gaining profits from America's...

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2024/08/26

From tax preparation to SNAP benefits, health care to housing, a myriad of government services have been privatized in the name of cost savings and efficiency. But the cost to taxpayers and to recipients is high, and the impact on corporate influence in government is undeniable. Anne Kim writes about the money made on America's poor, in her new book Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor. Kim is a lawyer, public policy expert and contributing editor at the Washington

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