Midday
Monday-Friday from noon-1:00 pm, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what’s on your mind, and what matters most to Marylanders: the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.
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Midday programs with Sheilah Kast as host ended on September 16, 2016
Midday Live at New Next Film Festival
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Film fans, come on down to the Charles Theatre on Friday, Oct 3, 2025, at noon for a live edition of WYPR's 'Midday with host Tom Hall.'
Watch as Tom and an assortment of filmmakers and guests from the New/Next Film Festival discuss the films featuring at the festival. Trying to figure out what to see over the weekend? Join us as we breakdown the documentaries, comedies, animated shorts and more on screen at The Charles Theatre during the festival.
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets required. We will be taking audience questions during the show.
Latest Episodes
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The New/Next Film Festival is a highlight of the Baltimore movie scene, featuring artists and filmmakers from across the city, and across the world. -
Kim Wehle, an author, media commentator and University of Baltimore law professor, looks ahead to Monday's start of a potentially historic new term of the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins Midday to discuss the most pressing issues in city hall. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the new touring production of "Water for Elephants," the hit Broadway musical now playing at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre. -
Baltimore reaches a new PILOT agreement with the city's large learning institutions and hospitals. Payments will reach $12 million a year, eventually. The previous agreement saw payments of $6 million annually. -
Baltimore City's Recreation and Parks Department oversees a diverse array of facilities and recreational spaces. -
The dulcet-voiced broadcaster says he plans to stay in touch with his audience through his writing, cabaret singing and playing front-man for the band, Pink Martini. -
In an exclusive Midday interview, the veteran Democrat and 5th District Maryland congressman opines on what he calls the Republican shutdown of the federal government, the new Trump proposal to end the Gaza war and the outlook for Ukraine. -
The Maryland state senator's candid new memoir describes how his work as a young apprentice electrician helped turn his life around. -
The former Librarian of Congress and past head of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Library discusses her new but familiar role at the Mellon Foundation: advancing public knowledge through libraries and archives.
