Rob Sivak
Interim senior producer, MiddayRob Sivak is interim senior producer for Midday, with host Tom Hall. Recently retired after a seven-year stint as a Midday producer, Rob joined WYPR in 2015 as senior producer of Hall's previous show, Maryland Morning (which aired its final broadcast on September 16th, 2016). Before coming to the station, Rob enjoyed a 36-year career at the congressionally funded global broadcaster, Voice of America. At VOA, he honed his skills as a news and feature reporter, producer, editor and program host.
After reporting assignments at VOA's New York City, United Nations and Los Angeles bureaus, Rob spent two decades covering international food, farming and nutrition issues for VOA's 180-million worldwide listeners, and created and hosted several popular VOA science magazines. At Midday, he continued to pursue his passion for radio and his abiding interests in science, health, technology and politics.
Rob grew up as an ex-pat "oil brat" on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, and studied and traveled widely in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. He attended Hofstra University in New York and Boston University's School of Public Communications. Rob and his wife Caroline Barnes, a writer, live in Silver Spring, Maryland, where they've raised three daughters.
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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us with her review of the hit Broadway musical "The Great Gatsby," in a new North America touring company production at Baltimore's Hippodrome. -
Movie maven Jed Dietz offers highlights from the Sundance Festival, and New/Next Film Fest's Eric Hatch talks up October plans and a really cool film database. -
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott joins Tom for his monthly live conversation about key issues facing City Hall and the citizens of Baltimore. -
Nic Abrams, a certified financial planner, joins us to discuss strategies we can all use to better manage our household budgets and achieve our long-term financial goals. -
Each week here on Midday, it is our practice to read the names of the people who have lost their lives to violence in Baltimore City. -
A little over a week after the big winter storm, Baltimore City Administrator Faith Leach gives us an update on the city's ongoing snow-removal operations, trash collection and other city services. -
Dr. Wen is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She joins us for another discussion in our long-running series about the latest health trends and news. -
Tene Wilder joins us to talk about her career in hairstyling, and recent her work with the cast of Sinners, the Ryan Coogler film that's been nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards, including one for best makeup and hairstyling. -
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum Director Dr. David Fakunle and educator Jessica "Culture Queen" Smith join us to describe the museum's historic mission and its latest educational initiatives. -
Debate over whose history is told—and whose is erased—plays out in Maryland's state & national parksAn Interior Department directive has several high-profile U.S. National Parks removing so-called "partisan ideology," including information about climate change, Native American history and Black history. Will Maryland's State Parks hold the line?
