Midday

Today is Midday at the Movies, our monthly focus on new films and film-industry trends with movie aficionados Jed Dietz, founding director of the Maryland Film Festival, and Max Weiss, film critic and Editor-in-Chief of Baltimore Magazine.

Our insiders look back at the winners of Oscars 2025. What surprised them about the ceremony.

Plus, remembering Gene Hackman's long career in Hollywood and a review of No Other Land, a documentary following the unlikely friendship between a Israeli and Palestinian filmmaker. In the West Bank, the pair document a Palestinian community's harrowing existence in the path of Israeli settlements.

Bryan Sears of news site Maryland Matters joins Midday to discuss his reporting on Gov. Wes Moore's response to the chaotic first 6 weeks of the Trump administration.

The state finds itself in a precarious budget situation. What does a rocky relationship between Moore and the White House mean for Maryland's financial future?

Today it’s Midday with the Mayor, our monthly conversation with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.

This month the Mayor discusses the city's plans to improve the permitting process, and the latest Inspector General reports on the Department of Public Works and the Sheriff's Office.

Comedian Ali Goldberg joins Midday to discuss her interactive comedy and dating show "Love Isn't Blind" which comes to the DC Improv Theater tonight.

Ky Vassor and Myra Brosius join Midday to discuss "Sanctuary City I & II," a new art installation at Govans Presbyterian Church.

Former Delegate Maggie McIntosh discusses the latest in the General Assembly and how legislators are attempting to tackle the budget deficit.

Today on Midday, author Martha S. Jones discusses her new book, 'The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir.' Jones is a professor of history, and a professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

Her latest book touches on important aspects of Black history and identity. Jones was described by The New York Times as an “assiduous scholar,” and in this memoir she explores her own family’s complicated relationship to their history.

Last night at the Oscars, Hollywood veterans and new stars were honored for their award-winning performances on the big screen. A new book reflects on how the acting careers of many movie icons began at the Yale Repertory Theater in Connecticut.

James Magruder, a Baltimore resident who worked as a dramaturg at Center Stage and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama joins Midday to discuss his book The Play’s the Thing: Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre.

Dr. Leana Wen joins Midday Healthwatch for a discussion about health issues affecting the well-being of Charm City residents.

This week, we take a deeper look at the measles outbreak happening in other parts of the country. Unlike in Texas, where more than 100 people tested positive for measles, vaccination against the virus in Maryland are high. So, what do you need to know?

Dr. Wen is a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She’s a columnist on health matters for the Washington Post, a medical expert at CNN, and a scholar at George Washington University and the Brookings Institution.