Midday

Dr. Mileah Kromer, pollster and Director of the UMBC Institute of Politics joins Midday to recap the debate between Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan, who are vying to succeed Ben Cardin in the US Senate.

The Institute of Politics recently released a poll to capture the thoughts of registered voters in the 2024 General Election.

Kromer is also the author of Blue State Republican: How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP.

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production.

Rousuck reviews Joe Turner's Come and Gone, which runs at the Chesapeake Theatre Company through October 13. The production is the second show in The Baltimore August Wilson Celebration.

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After four grueling months in the summer of 1787, most, but not all, of the framers of the US Constitution signed the document that has been the fundament of our government ever since.

However, Midday's guest today has written a book that asserts the constitution itself poses a threat to our republic.

No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States is a new book by Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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Tom speaks with the two congressional candidates for Maryland's third district. Rob Steinberger (R) and State Senator Sarah Elfreth (D) join Midday to discuss the priorities of their campaigns.

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How can the United States be the home of widespread, debilitating poverty while simultaneous being one of the wealthiest countries on Earth?

This is the question that confronts readers early in sociologist Matthew Desmond's new book, Poverty, By America. We must look beyond the poor to answer this questions, Desmond writes. To understand the causes of poverty, Americans living lives of privilege and plenty must examine themselves.

Desmond joins Midday to talk about his book, and the ways the country's affluent keep poor people poor. What can everyday people do to help and change society?

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Mike Scott joins Midday's Conversation with the Candidates. He is the Libertarian candidate in the race for the United States Senate.

Scott is an Air Force veteran who lives in Bowie, where he is a realtor. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a master’s from Central Michigan University. What does it mean to be a libertarian running in Maryland for statewide office?

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack in Israel by Hamas. On Midday we examine how Israelis have reacted to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the crisis, and what the anniversary means to the Baltimore Jewish community.

This year, Oct. 7 falls at the midpoint between the two major holidays observed by those of the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur. The attack led by Hamas last year was the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and on today’s program, we will focus on the Jewish response to the attack and how the ensuing trauma has affected Jews in our community and around the world.

A number of ceremonies are planned here in Baltimore and around the country to remember the people lost in the Oct. 7 attack and the nearly 100 hostages who remain in captivity.

Many pro-Palestinian ceremonies are also being held on college campuses and elsewhere to protest the Israeli prosecution of the war, and increased hostilities in Lebanon and the West Bank. The trauma of the Palestinians cannot be diminished or understated, and next week Midday will hear Palestinian perspectives on this year's explosion of violence in this century-old conflict.

First, political correspondent for the Times of Israel Sam Sokol joins the program. Sokol also wrote for the Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and Haaretz.

Then, we chat with Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, the Senior Rabbi at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation in Baltimore. She attended a ceremony earlier today marking the year anniversary of the attack on Israel.

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This year's ballot in Baltimore County includes proposals on council size, protecting the inspector general and high dollar bond issues.

WYPR's Baltimore County Reporter John Lee joins Midday to inform listeners on the important ballot initiatives in this year's election.

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This week's loss to the Kansas City Royals was the end of the season for the Baltimore Orioles. Danielle Allentuck, Orioles reporter for the Baltimore Banner, joins Midday to explain what happened to the team this year.

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Ukraniain classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs in a Midday-Mini concert in advance of his upcoming performance at Towson University.

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