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September 08, 2025 BDC's Otis Rolley: a new course for Baltimore's economic future?
Otis Rolley, the new president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation, the city's economic development agency, discusses the challenges ahead to prosperity and growth.
49 min
September 05, 2025 Movies: Sizing up the fall festivals' bountiful harvest of new films, including Baltimore's New/Next Film Festival
Some other upcoming local film festivals you should check out:The Columbia Maryland Film Festival opens Monday and runs until the following Sunday.And for the 12th year, the Baltimore International Black Film Festival takes place concurrently with the New/Next Film Festival, Oct. 2-6.____________________________________________________________Next month, on Friday, Oct. 3, Tom hall will be hosting Midday at the Movies live at noon from the New/Next Film Festival at the Charles Theater. Plan to come on down and join us at the Charles for our Midday broadcast, and then stick around for the festival! Tickets are still available at the festival website.
37 min
September 05, 2025 Rousuck's Review: A look ahead to the 2025-2026 theatre season
Midday theater critic J Wynn Rousuck joins the show for weekly theater reviews. Today, a look ahead to the upcoming theatrical season in Maryland.
Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre built a reputation for launching national tours. Rousuck takes a look at two of the new tours starting out here this season, Water for Elephants and The Great Gatsby.
Plus, a preview of Santa Claus is Comin’, Baltimore Center Stage’s world premiere holiday musical.
12 min
September 04, 2025 An inside look into the search for Baltimore City school system's next CEO
More about the community engagement events, and information about attending events, can be found through the city's school website. The meetings are intended to be an opportunity for the community to ask questions and learn more about the Board’s role and the CEO search process.The public can dial in at (855) 756 -7520, Ext. 125 847# on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, from 6 to 7 p.m. to participate.Further opportunity to engage with the CEO search, including a series of events at schools across the city, can be found here.En este sitio web se puede encontrar información en español.
25 min
September 04, 2025 Radio Episode: Mayor Scott on fed troops, fighting crime, moving the Sisson St. dump
More about the community engagement events, and information about attending events, can be found through the city's school website. The meetings are intended to be an opportunity for the community to ask questions and learn more about the Board’s role and the CEO search process.The public can dial in at (855) 756 -7520, Ext. 125 847# on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, from 6 to 7 p.m. to participate.Further opportunity to engage with the CEO search, including a series of events at schools across the city, can be found here.En este sitio web se puede encontrar información en español.
24 min
September 03, 2025 Balt Co Police Chief McCullough on fighting crime, assisting ICE
Robert McCullough, Baltimore County Chief of Police, joins Midday to discuss key issues at within his department including police officer retention and training, the use of drones in policing and more.
In 2021, McCullough retired after 35 years with the County Police Department.
Two years later, he came out of retirement to lead the agency that serves Maryland's third-largest jurisdiction. He is the first African American to serve as the county’s top cop.
25 min
September 03, 2025 Public media is at a turning point. What can it do to build trust? And what do funding cuts mean for Maryland's public television?
A conversation about the future of public media on Midday today.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will close its doors by the end of this month, leaving some big financial holes in the budgets of public radio and television stations across the country, including WYPR and WTMD, the two stations that comprise Baltimore Public Media. Maryland Public Television, which broadcasts from its studio in Owings Mills, is also affected.
NPR's Ailsa Chang, a longtime fixture on public radio airwaves, shares her perspective.
Then, Midday hears from Steven Schupak, the recently appointed President and CEO of MPT. How do federal cuts impact Maryland's statewide television network?
25 min
September 02, 2025 Healthwatch: How changes in Covid vaccine policy, mass firings at CDC threaten public health
It’s the Midday Healthwatch with former Baltimore City Health Commissioner and Washington Post columnist, Dr. Leana Wen.
Last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. canceled almost $500 million worth of grants that funded research into mRNA vaccines, technology that is credited with saving millions of lives during the height of the COVID pandemic.
In announcing the move, Kennedy demonstrated his continued willingness to embrace claims made by people considered outliers in the scientific community.
And last week, Kennedy appeared to double down on his controversial anti-vaccine beliefs when he ordered the FDA to issue its most restrictive recommendations ever for the latest COVID vaccines, limiting their availability to people over 65 and to the most high-risk individuals.
The Trump-appointed CDC director, Dr. Susan Monarez, reportedly pushed back hard against RFK’s vaccine policies. Kennedy fired her. Four senior CDC officials resigned in protest. On August 21, 600 CDC staffers were permanently fired, with thousands more proposed for layoffs.
Nine former directors of the CDC signed an op-ed in the New York Times yesterday under the headline “Kennedy is Endangering Every American’s Health.”
As we do every month for the Midday Healthwatch, we turn to Dr. Leana Wen. She is a former Baltimore City Health Commissioner, a columnist for the Washington Post and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health.
24 min
September 02, 2025 Don't miss out on this summer's final 'First Thursday Festival'
The final First Thursday Festival of 2025 is this week. The homegrown concert hosted by WTMD takes place every summer at the Canton Waterfront Park and features artists from Maryland.
September's performing artists are Uncle Kunkle’s One Gram Band, a funk-rock group based in Maryland, and four-piece jam band Eggy.
Tyler Laporte, afternoon host and Assistant Program Director, joins Midday to discuss the upcoming event and what visitors can expect.
7 min
September 02, 2025 Maryland could soon take action on costly prescription drugs. What's next?
Last month, the Maryland Drug Affordability Board decided to label a pair of Type 2 diabetes medications unaffordable for state and local governments.
The PDAB is an independent agency created by the Maryland legislature in 2019 to conduct in-depth reviews of drug costs. The board was one of the first of its kind in the nation.
By law, the PDAB can set upper payment limits on what state and local governments will pay for drugs on health plans for their employees. And next year, the board will have even greater powers to combat drugs it deems too costly.
Legislation passed by the General Assembly gives the PDAB the ability to set upper payment limits on private plans within the state starting in 2026.
The board is currently in the process of considering limits on six different drugs. Several states have similar boards but none yet have moved to use their powers to try to lower costs.
So, what comes next? When can consumer expect to see the board's efforts translate into lower costs?
Andrew York, the Executive Director of the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board, joined Midday to discuss the latest.
16 min

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