Midday

By 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 envi... more

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January 21, 2025 A perspective on the politics of 2025 with Nuestra Raices founder, Angelo Solera
Today, we hear a viewpoint from Nuestra Raices, Inc., which was founded in 2019 to work among the Hispanic and Latino communities of Baltimore City. In 2024, the organization created the documentary We Are Baltimore, to showcase their organization's work to preserve the diversity of the region's Latino and Hispanic cultures.
Angelo Solera, the Founder and Executive Director of the organization, joins Midday to discuss his organization's outlook for 2025, and the politics of the post-2024 election era.
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21min
January 17, 2025MLK 2025 Day of Service Spotlight: HeartSmiles and City Youth Matrix
Joni Holifield is founder and executive director of HeartSmiles.

Aaron Vetter is founder and executive director of City Youth Matrix.
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39min
January 17, 2025 Will Gov. Moore's 2026 budget hurt or heal Maryland's economy?
Check out WYPR's reporting on Gov. Wes Moore's proposed state budget, which was unveiled this week.
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11min
January 16, 2025 Rousuck's Review: 'An Act of God' presented by Iron Crow Theatre
Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production. This week, Iron Crow Theatre’s production of An Act of God continues at the Theatre Project through January 26.
Iron Crow is a theater company that describes itself as “renegade” and “unorthodox.” Can we assume the tone of An Act of God is less than reverent?
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11min
January 16, 2025 Baltimore native brings "Slutty Vegan" burger franchise to town
Pinky Cole-Hayes is the founder of a nationwide chain of restaurants called Slutty Vegan. She grew up on Baltimore’s East Side, and now calls Atlanta home. Her restaurant company that has been valued at more than $100 million dollars. Slutty Vegan’s newest location is here in Baltimore in the Baltimore Peninsula.
Cole-Hayes joins Midday to talk about growing up in Baltimore, and what it means to expand into a new location here.
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15min
January 16, 2025 The Baltimore City Council has new members. How will Zac Blanchard, Jermaine Jones approach the job?
Last Monday, Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, flanked by members of the Council, announced some of the bills that are being introduced in the early days of the Council’s new term. There are four new faces on the council who will have their say on city issues.
Today, we speak to two of the freshman members. Zac Blanchard represents the 11th district, and Jermaine Jones is District 12’s new representative.
Next Tuesday, Council President Cohen is set to join Midday to discuss the year ahead.
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24min
January 15, 2025 Turning to nonfiction, John Grisham tells the true stories of the wrongfully 'Framed'
The book is Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions.
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49min
January 14, 2025 A proposed power line finds tough public scrutiny. But proponents say the MPRP is necessary.
PSEG set up a webpage for the public to direct comments or questions on the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project.
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49min
January 13, 2025 Ravens win over Pittsburgh. How did they do it, and what comes next?
Today on Midday, its time to talk football. The Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Commanders won this weekend. The Ravens played their longtime division rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday night at M&T Bank Stadium. They came away with a decisive win, 28-14.
Midday discusses the latest with Gabe Ortis, a host and producer here at WYPR. He has covered the Ravens on the staff of several news organizations for the past several years.
Lifelong Detroit Lions fan Jonathan Blakely also joins. He is the Chief Content Officer at Baltimore Public Media, which includes WYPR and our sibling station WTMD.
And later, sports psychologist Daniel Zimet, Ph.D., joins Midday to talk about the mental side to sports competition. How do professional athletes maintain their physical and mental wellbeing?
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49min
January 10, 2025 The Rousuck Review: 'Annie' at the Hippodrome
Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production. This week, she spotlights "Annie" at the Hippodrome which features a 12-year-old Towson native in the lead role. Theatre-goers have until January 12th to see this classic Broadway musical.
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11min

FAQs about Midday:

How many episodes does Midday have?

The podcast currently has 3,824 episodes available.