Tom Hall
HostHost, Midday (M-F 12:00-1:00)
Tom Hall is the host of Midday, the award-winning, highly rated news and public policy program on WYP Radio that features interviews with elected officials, community leaders, as well as thought provoking authors, artists, researchers, journalists, and scholars from around the world.
Tom joined the WYPR staff as the Host of Choral Arts Classics in 2003. After 10 years as the Culture Correspondent and then host of Maryland Morning, Tom became the host of Midday in September, 2016. In 2020, Tom and the Midday team won an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award, one of journalism’s most prestigious awards.
Tom is also the Host of What Are You Reading? on WYPR. He has also hosted the Maryland Morning Screen Test, and the WYPR/MD Film Festival Spotlight Series. In 2006, as the Music Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Tom received an Emmy Award for Christmas with Choral Arts, a special that aired on WMAR television, the ABC affiliate in Maryland, for 21 years. He has been a guest co-host of Maryland Public Television’s Art Works, and in 2007, he was named “Best New Broadcast Journalist” by the Maryland Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Baltimore Magazine and the City Paper have named him "Best Local Radio Personality" and "Best Talk Show Host" multiple times.
Tom has been invited to speak and moderate public forums at Johns Hopkins University, the University of MD and UMBC, Morgan State University, the MD Institute College of Art, the Creative Alliance, the Baltimore City Lit Festival, the Baltimore Book Festival, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Industry, the Stoop Storytelling Series, the Enoch Pratt Library, the Ivy Bookshop, the Great Talks Series, the Phi Beta Kappa Political Forum, the Hamilton Street Club, the Baltimore Women’s Forum, the First Amendment Society, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Towson University, the Baltimore Broadcasters Coalition and the College Endowment Association. He has also moderated Mayoral and Congressional debates, panels at Light City in Baltimore, and at the Stevenson University Speakers Series.
He appears each year as the moderator of the Rosenberg-Blaustein Distinguished Artist Recital Series at Goucher College. His publications include articles in the Baltimore Sun, Style Magazine, and Baltimore Magazine, and he is the co-author of The Bach Passions in Our Time: Contending with the Legacy of Antisemitism, published by the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies. Tom also serves on the board of directors of the Baltimore Community Foundation.
Tom Hall lives in Baltimore, with his wife, Linell Smith. Their daughter, Miranda, is a television screen writer and playwright. @tomhallWYPR
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One of the leading candidates in the Baltimore city mayoral race dropped out this week, and endorsed a rival candidate. Host Tom Hall discusses that story and more on the Midday newswrap.
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Christopher Leighton is a founder behind the Baltimore-based Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies. His new book is A Sacred Argument.
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Marilynne Robinson has written many well-known essays and novels. Her latest book reinterprets the book of Genesis.
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Richard Worley, a longtime member of the Baltimore City Police Department, took an interim role as acting commissioner in the summer of 2023 before officially being named commissioner in October.
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The leading candidates for mayor in Baltimore city take the stage at the University of Baltimore to debate the issues ahead of the May 14 primary.
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With the race in a three-way tie, the candidates for Baltimore City Council President join Midday to make their case and debate the the region's pressing issues.
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Tom talks with Chrissy Thornton, the President and CEO of Associated Black Charities.
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Maryland's senior U.S. Senator serves as the current chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Plus, Dr. Kim Wehle on the legal news surrounding the trials of former President Donald Trump.
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The Shakespearean classic Macbeth stars Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma in this tale of guilt, murder and power.
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John Morse, a labor lawyer, is a Democratic candidate running for Maryland's 3rd Congressional District seat. Now living in Annapolis, the father of one has run in 18 marathons.