Midday (WYPR)
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Dr. Joshua Sharfstein
Former Baltimore health commissioner Joshua Sharfstein returns to Maryland as its health secretary after two years in the Obama administration as deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
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The Value of a Liberal Arts Education
A look at whether students are getting value and career prep while studying the humanities at costly liberal arts colleges.
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The Long Snapper
Journalist Jeffrey Marrx recounts the story of former Baltimore Raven Brian Kinchen who was called out of retirement to help the New England Patriots in their quest to reach the Super Bowl.
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State of the Union
We'll get reaction to and analysis of President Obama's State of the Union speech.
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Snow Storm and Open Phones
We'll talk with Mike Dresser, transportation columnist for the Sun and hear from listeners about last night's snow storm.
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Mencken
Mencken scholar Marion Rodgers discusses how Mencken, and former Maryland Governor Ritchie were leading opponents to prohibition.
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Autism
We'll talk with journalist Brian Deer and others about discredited Dr. Andrew Wakefield who published a 1998 study connecting childhood vaccines with autism, who may have been motivated by money.
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State of the Union Address
We'll get analysis and reaction to last night's State of the Union address by President Obama.
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Mario
A conversation with Baltimore's own R B singer Mario as he prepares for a benefit concert at Hippodrome Theater.
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Academy Award Nominations
A rundown of this year's Academy Award nominations announced earlier this morning.
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Mental Health First Aid
We'll look at you recognize someone with mental health problems before violence occurs and what to do about it.
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Osama Bin Laden
A conversation with former CIA official under President Clinton Michael Scheuer author of a detailed biography of Osama Bin Laden.
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Charles Whittington
An Iraq veteran is kicked out of the Community College of Baltimore County after writing an essay describing how killing became like an addictive drug to him.
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Police Shootings
We'll discuss the fatal shooting of a plainclothes Baltimore police officer, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's call for an independent inquiry into what happened.
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First Half of the Obama Presidency
We'll take a look look back at the first half of the Obama presidency.
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JFK's Inaugural Address
We'll talk about John F. Kennedy's inagural address on its 50th anniversary.
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Midday on the Bay
We'll learn about federal efforts to put the states of the Chesapeake Bay watershed on a "pollution diet," and we hear from both sides of the discussion.
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How to Walk to School
We'll learn how Chicago parents sparked a makeover of their local public school, providing a blueprint for how it might be done elsewhere.
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Heroes
We'll discuss the traits of heroes and outline how people become heroes, from the underdog who defies great odds to those who redeem themselves or who overcome adversity.
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Senator Ben Cardin
A view of the 112th Congress with U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland.
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The Body Shop
Journalist Paul Solotaroff recounts his experiences with steroids and other drugs at the height of the disco era.
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Walt Whitman
A look at the life and works of Walt Whitman.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson chronicles the great migration of African Americans from the the south to the north and west.
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Transportation
Marylanders endure some of the worst commutes in the nation, yet prospects for shortening the ride look dim. We'll look at what can be done about improving commutes.
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Revitalizing Baltimore's West Side
We'll look at the current state of the long-delayed plans for revitalizing Baltimore's West Side.
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2011 General Assembly
A preview of the 2011 General Assembly session that begins this week.
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Wikileaks
Midday teams up with Foreign Policy Magazine to get the latest on the global front, including the Wikileaks disclosures.
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Tucson Memorial
We reflect on the tragedy in Tucson, Arizona and President Obama's speech at the memorial.
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Haiti One Year Later
Hour 2 - The Haiti earthquake one year later. A report from the scene by Luke King of the Catholic Relief Services. Then, Dr. Rodrigue Mortel, a retired cancer surgeon who grew up desperately poor in Haiti, returns to Midday to talk about his personal efforts to help children in his earthquake-ravaged homeland.
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Tucson Tragedy
A follow-up to the weekend's shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and the security of Maryland's federal officials.
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Stents
Maryland heart doctors try to repair damage to their image caused by the cardiac stent scandal at St. Joseph's Medical Center.
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Self Control in the Age of Excess
Americans today enjoy myriad choices, from technology to food. In his new book We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, journalist Daniel Akst explores the problem of moderation in this age of excess.
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Immigration/Property Taxes
Dan speaks with Giovanni Peri, an economist whose extensive studies show that immigrants do not displace Americans from the workforce, as is commonly claimed.
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Property Taxes in Baltimore
Can the city's highest-in-Maryland property tax rate ever be lowered to a level that would make a difference in the city's attractiveness as a place to live and work?
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Trademarking Hon
A conversation with experts on whether the owner of Cafe Hon in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood can legally trademark the word hon.
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Creative Subculture with Lester Spence
A discussion about the urban subculture and the creative class with Lester Spence, assistant professor of political science and Africana studies at the Johns Hopkins University and OSI Fellow Koli Tengella. .
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The Poker Bride
The tale of Chinese immigration to the Old West and the story of a concubine named Polly, "the Poker Bride" who was smuggled to San Francisco, then wagered -- and lost -- in a poker game.
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Attracting More People to Baltimore Pt. 1
A look at what economic and social conditions would reverse that long trend and make city life more appealing to the middle class.
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Attracting More People to Baltimore Pt. 2
We continue our discussion of what economic and social conditions would make city life more appealing to the middle class.
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Police Commissioner Bealefeld
City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld returns to Studio A to talk about the strides the city is making in reducing violence.
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Mentoring
A look the Baltimore City Mentoring Initiative which is a public-private effort by the mayor's office, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership.
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Off the Grid
Author William Powers chronicles his time spent living in a 12-foot-square cabin in remote North Carolina.
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Lyse Doucet
A conversation with BBC presenter Lyse Doucet about the rewards and challenges of a career reporting from war zones and interviewing world leaders.
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The Future of Islam
Georgetown University professor John L. Esposito as he explains the history of Islam, how Muslims immigrants assimilate (or don't) in Western societies, and how Islam's most important figures, both established and rising, are leading the world's second-largest religion.
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The Pain Chronicles
Author Melanie Thernstrom's suffering lead her to research the origins of pain, the history of medicine's attempts to treat it and the devastating damage it can do.
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The Fever
Maryland-based author and journalist Sonia Shah talks about the effect of malaria on humankind, and the international community's struggle -- and failure -- to contain it.
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Get Capone
How Al Capone rose to power, and how the US government eventually brought him to justice.
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Author Daniel Okrent chronicles life in America -- and in Baltimore -- before, during, and after the 18th Amendment
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The House at Royal Oak
Carol and Hugo Rizzoli recount their adventures in restoration and inn-keeping on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Boozehound
Washington Post Spirits columnist Jason Wilson talks about obscure, rare and retro cocktails, in his new book, Boozehound, On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits.
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Brilliant: the Evolution of Artificial Light
Author Jane Brox chronicles the history of artificial light and how it has transformed our lives
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Thrive Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
Author Dan Buettner identifies the happiest region on each of four continents. He explores why these populations say they are happier than anyone else, and what they can teach the rest of us about finding contentment.
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Baltimore's Top Restaurants
Baltimore Sun restaurant critic Richard Gorelick discusses his list of the top Baltimore restaurants of 2010.
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OSI Fellows
A conversatioin with the 2010 OSI Fellows about their ground-breaking community service projects.
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One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism
Mark Osteen and his wife Leslie Gilden discuss how they dealt with the challenges of raising their severly autistic son
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Ace of Cakes
What's next for celebrity baker Duff Goldman as his Food Network show Ace of Cakes airs its final season.
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Dickens' Holiday Stories
Loyola professor Brian Murray, author of The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Dickens, shares some of Dickens' other holiday stories.
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Charles Whittington
A conversation with the Iraq veteran who was kicked out of the Community College of Baltimore County after writing an essay describing how killing became like an addictive drug to him.
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Lame Duck Congress
A conversation about what to expect Congress to accomplish before the end of the year.
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Holiday Music
An hour of holiday music with Helicon and the Baltimore City College choir, plus the debut of a new Baltimore Christmas song by the Grammy-nominated kiddie rock group Milkshake.
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Endangered Maryland
A conversation with Tyler Gearhart, executive director of Preservation Maryland about efforts to preserve, restore and save some fascinating historic sites around the state.
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Worker's View of the Great Recession
Alook at whether the President's tax plan spur economic growth while millions are without jobs.
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Breaking Night
From homeless runaway to Harvard undergrad, Liz Murray recounts her remarkable turnaround after growing up the neglected child of drug addicts.
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Proofiness
A look at the tendency of academics, politicians and pundits to cite cooked-up numbers to make an argument, as well as the tendency of the public to believe them.
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Foreclosures
A look at the housing market throughout the Baltimore metropolitan region, where up to one-third of the home sales are distressed.
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Endandered Maryland
A conversation with Tyler Gearhart of Preservation Maryland about efforts to preserve, restore and save historic landmarks in Maryland.
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Donating Books for a Good Cause
A conversation about favorite books of 2010, and where to donate them so others can share the pleasure.
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Looking for a Few Good Males
An exploration of the fascinating patterns of scientific experiment and interpretation since Darwin and those that emerged as researchers studied sexual selection and female choice.
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Future of Baltimore Hr. 1
Hour 1 of a special two-hour program on The Future of Baltimore, pre-recorded at Bolton Street Synagogue.
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The Future of Baltimore Hr. 2
Hour two of a special two-hour program on The Future of Baltimore, pre-recorded at Bolton Street Synagogue.
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Too Simple to Fail
A professor at University of Maryland and an educational researcher, says there's a "too simple to fail" answer to getting better results from American schools.
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Take on Television
Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik stops by with his monthly take on television.
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Half a Life
Darin Strauss, an acclaimed young novelist and author of Half a Life, a memoir about how his role in a fatal car accident changed his life.
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Anabaptists
All about the Anabaptists: Midday presents a special two-hour program on the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites.
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Hutterites
All about the Anabaptists: Midday presents a special two-hour program on the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites.
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Vacant Houses
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Housing Commissioner Paul Graziano discuss a new initiative to deal with thousands of abandoned rowhouses.
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MIdday on the Bay and Tuba Xmas
Reporter Rona Kobell latest on efforts to restore the Chesapeake's oyster population and encourage oyster farming. Also a preview of this year's tuba Christmas concert.
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Insectopedia
Author Hugh Raffles takes readers on a journey across the globe, from Europe to Africa to Asia, studying how human beings and insects interact.
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Airport Security
The latest on airport screening and how much privacy should be sacrificed for security.
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Finders Keepers
A conversation with writer and adventurer Craig Childs about archaeological plunder and obsession.
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Reinventing the Economy Hr. 1
Midday presents a look at the post-recession global economy, with emphasis on the U.S. role.
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Reinventing the Economy Hr. 2
A conversation about the future of the U.S. economy and what's next for the American worker.
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Carrington House
Three men who were once homeless and addicted to drugs tell their stories of recovery at Baltimore's Carrington House
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Cognitive Surplus
A look at why people are giving up television for online digital activities that pool their intellect, energy and time--and why that's for the better.
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Tea Party Debate
A couple tea party activists and a labor leader search for common ground on issues worthy of outrage and action.
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Bad Behavior
A look at how politicians, movie stars, other celebrities publicly stumble and fall in humiliation, and the viewing public just eats it up.
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The Mayflower Pilgrims
British author Nick Bunker's view of the first settlers in the New World.
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Thanksgiving Eve Special
Tasty tips for turkey day from Maryland foodies along with the story of the first Thanksgiving.
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Super Memory
An interview with Phillip Easter a Baltimore man with a near-photographic memory of everything he's ever done on most every day of his adult life.
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Death Panels
A discussion of if, when and how to stop costly and futile treatments on terminal patients.
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TheTwilight of the Bombs
Historian Richard Rhodes on whether nuclear weapons are becoming a thing of the past.
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain
A conversation on the long awaited autobiography of Mark Twain.
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Catholic Relief Services
With the assistance of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, Midday looks at three international stories with live reports from the field
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Midday News Review
Dan and a panel of journalists talk about the latest local news stories.
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Internet Privacy
A conversation on information privacy in the internet age as the Obama administration considers apointing an internet czar for better privacy protection.
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Atlantic
A conversation with Simon Winchester about his book Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.
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Eels: An Appreciation
Everything you always wanted to know about eels -- and how they could make Maryland's rivers cleaner.
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Lincoln's Way
A conversation on presidential leadership in the long shadow of Abraham Lincoln with Richard Striner, professor of history at Washington College
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The Great Migration
Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson chronicles the Great Migration of African-Americans from the south to the north and the west.
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Plans for a new Downtown Arena
Dan and his guests look at the proposed plans for a new downtown arena in Baltimore
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Raising Him Alone
A conversation about the challenges and struggles of single mothers raising boys.
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Zippy the Pinhead: The Musical
Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith visits Studio A to talk about the Baltimore premier of the new musical based on his comic strip.
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Officer Nurse Woman
A Veteran's Day salute to Vietman War nurses with Kara Dixon Vuic author of Officer, Nurse, Woman: the Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War.
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All My Sons
A conversation with the director and two cast members of Everyman Theater's production of All My Sons.
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The 79th Regiment
Historian William Walker recounts Baltimore's 79th and the story of Henry Gunther the last man to die in World War I.
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Slots and the Maryland Horse Racing Industry
What could be next for horse racing and breeding in Maryland now that voters in Anne Arundel County have approved zoning for slots at Arundel Mills Mall.
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Take on Television
Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik on Keith Olbermann's suspension, Conan O'Brien's new talk show and more.
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Walt Whitman
An appreciation of the poet Walt Whitman with C.K. Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and recent author of On Whitman
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Batlimore City Council President
A conversation with Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young.
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Banned in Boston
We'll learn what happened when H.L. Mencken took on Boston's puritanical vice-fighting squad from Neil Miller, author of the book Banned in Boston.
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Gorilla Docs
Kim Hammond, prominent Baltimore veterinarian, and Mike Cranfield, former top vet at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, talk about their mountain gorilla project in Congo and Rwanda.
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Robot Hearts
True and twisted tales of the search for love on the Internet, with Shawna Kenney and Cara Bruce.
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Assessment of President Obama's Presidency
Our guests on Election Day: husband and wife, and both professors of communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, Trevor and Shawn Parry-Giles, assess the presidency of Barack Obama since his election victory two years ago. They are the co-authors of the 2006 book, The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism.
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The Foreclosure Crisis
Maryland Courts have approved a sweeping review of potentially thousands of foreclosure cases to identify fraudulent documentation while the federal government investigates "robo-signing" on a national level. Our guests: Jamie Smith Hopkins, reporter for the Baltimore Sun, Liz Farmer, reporter for the Washington Examiner and Anthony Depastina, attorney
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Election Results
The results are in. Our political panel analyses the Election Day returns for local Maryland races, with Bryan Sears, of Patch.com; Karen Hosler, of the WYPR news team
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Maryland Ballot Referendum Questions
A pre-Election Day look at ballot questions facing Maryland voters -- whether to convene another Constitutional Convention to set term limits for its legislators and whether to require Orphans Court judges in Baltimore to have, of all things, law degrees. Guests: Jim Snider, president of iSolon.org and a con-con advocate, and State Sen. Lisa Gladden. Pl
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Maryland Ballot Referendum Questions
A pre-Election Day look at ballot questions facing Maryland voters -- whether to convene another Constitutional Convention to set term limits for its legislators and whether to require Orphans Court judges in Baltimore to have, of all things, law degrees. Guests: Jim Snider, president of iSolon.org and a con-con advocate, and State Sen. Lisa Gladden. Pl
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Light & Shadows - Arnold and Alan Fleischmann
Arnold Fleischmann was a schoolboy in Germany when Hilter came to power. His family endured Nazi cruelties before fleeing to the United States and resettling in Baltimore. At 18, he joined the Army and returned to Europe to help defeat the regime that had destoyed life for Jewish families like his own. Arnold Fleischmann tells his story in Lights Shad
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The Glee Effect
With Sheri Parks, Associate Professor of Popular Culture at the University of Maryland, College Park, Schuyler Velasco, editorial fellow at Salon.com, Lee Mergner, editor-in-chief of JazzTimes Magazine, Linda Holmes, editor of NPR's entertainment and pop-culture blog Monkey See and Emily Krich, director of Patapsco High School's show choir, Great Expect
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Baltimore County State's Attorney Debate
Dan moderates a debate between the candidates for the office of Baltimore County State's Attorney.
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Congressman Frank Kratovil
A conversation with Congressman Frank Kratovil who is running for re-election.
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Stalling for Time
A conversation with former FBI hostage negotiator Gary Noesner author of the book Stalling for Time
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Garry Wills
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, historian and protege of William F. Buckley, talks with Dan about his latest book, Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer.
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Slots Debate
A week before election day Dan moderates another debate between David Cordish of the Cordish Companies and David Jones of No Slots at the Mall.
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The Great Migration
The epic story of the great migration of African Americans from the south is recounted by Pulitizer-Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson in her book The Warmth of Other Suns.
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Abell Reports
Dan talks with writers of three different Abell Reports
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Campaign Financing & Juan Williams
A talk about the big money spent on campaign ads. Later a look at NPR's firing of Juan Williams.
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The Backlash - Will Bunch
Will Bunch's take on the Tea Party in his new book The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama.
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2010 Elections
With the elections less than two weeks away, Midday assembles its panel of reporters and experts to examine the latest in politics.
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Geriatricians
Geriatricians John R. Burton and William J. Hall discuss their decades of experience treating older patients and helping them navigate the health care system.
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The Eyes of Willie McGee
Alex Heard on his new book, The Eyes of Willie McGee, touted as a "real-life To Kill a Mockingbird", about a true story of race, rape, politics and punishment at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children
A conversation with author Ashley Merriman about her book Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children which upends conventional wisdom about child rearing.
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Military/Civilain Divide
Bruce Fleming, a professor at the Naval Academy offers some answers on whether the public and the American military fundamentally misunderstand one another.
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McDaniel College President
A conversation with McDaniel College's new president, Dr. Roger Casey on first generation students, obliterating the elite college academic stereotype, and the future of the college.
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Every Mother Counts
Super-model turned women's health advocate Christy Turlington Burns talks about her directing debut No Woman, No Cry, a documentary that highlights the alarming maternal mortality rate worldwide.
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Baltimore County Executive Candidates Debate
Ken Holt and Kevin Kamenetz debate the issues in their run for Baltimore County Executive.
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Remaking Baltimore
We'll look at some of the ways urban designers and architects would like to give parts of Baltimore a makeover to attract more residents and businesses.
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Teacher's Contract Vote
A conversation about the Baltimore teacher's contract vote taking place this afternoon.
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Jules Witcover
One of America's most esteemed political journalists, Jules Witcover, talks about his new biography of Vice-President Joe Biden and the upcoming elections.
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Mammograms
A new study reignites the controversy over mammogram screenings.
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Disintegration with Eugene Robinson
Pulitizer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on the social, economic and cultural splintering of the African-American population in the United States.
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Urban Carnivores
A conversation about human-wildlife interaction in cities which is becomming a growing concern for conservationists, urban planners and the public.
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Maryland, America & Money Pt. 1
A special 2-part Midday. Hour one focuses on the growing poverty rate in Maryland and across the nation, and the widening disparity between rich and poor.
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Maryland, America & Money Pt. 2
Pt. 2 of this special continues with a look at whether the Bush-era tax cuts should be extended as the nation recovers from recession
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Sports Legends
A talk with former jockey Thomas Foley about his book The Simple Game: An Irish Jockey's Memoir and we talk with Lew Paper about his book on baseball pitcher Don Larsen.
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
A conversation with the mayor about how she's guiding the city - and she'll take your calls.
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Lyse Doucet
BBC World Service presenter and correspondent Lyse Doucet talks about the rewards and challenges of a career reporting from war zones and interviewing world leaders.
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Jan's Story
Veteran CBS news correspondent Barry Petersen chronicles his wife's battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
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50 Years of Cutting Hair in Baltimore
Midday celebrates 50 years of hair with Baltimore's barber Cy Avara, who joins us in studio to talk about teaching barbers and stylists for half a century.
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Campaign 2010
Dan and a panel of journalists discuss the upcoming mid-term and gubernatorial election.
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The Pain Chronicles
A look into the origins of pain, the history of medicine's attempts to treat it and the devastating damage it can do.
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Johns Hopkins President Ronald Daniels
A conversation with Johns Hopkins President Ronald Daniels and his vision for the university.
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Videotaping Police/Cell Phone Ban
A conversation on whether citizens should be allowed to videotape police in action and a discussion of Maryland's ban on using cell phones.
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One Nation March on Washington
Dan talks with civil rights and labor leaders taking part in a march on Washington to demonstrate a re-commitment to change.
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Pioneers: The Frontier Family of Barack Obama - Stephan...
A look at President Obama's Irish heritage, with Steve MacDonogh, author of Pioneers: The Frontier Family of Barack Obama. Macdonogh traces the journey of the president's family from Baltimore to Ohio to Indiana to Kansas and explores why discussion of Obama's past and family rarely focuses on his mother and her roots in the Midwest.
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Midday on the Bay: Oyster Aquaculture
Midday on the Bay looks at oyster aquaculture. Disease, excess pollution, and over-harvesting in the Chesapeake Bay have decimated its oyster population. Can Maryland take Virginia's lead by reaping the benefits of new oyster-growing technologies and return the bay to the great shellfish factory it once was? Chesapeake Bay Journal writer Rona Kobell aga
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Neoconservatism - Justin Vaisse
Justin Vaisse, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, examines the history of, and force behind, neoconservatism. He joins Dan to talk about his comprehensive account of this complex movement that, he says, remains an influential force in today's politics. Originally broadcast 8-3-10
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Don't Bring Home a White Boy - Karyn Langhorne Folan
Single black women with college degrees outnumber single black men with college degrees almost 3 to 1. Given those numbers, any economist would advise them to start looking elsewhere for mates -- as would our guest in this hour. We'll talk about interracial dating with Karyn Langhorne Folan, author of Don't Bring Home a White Boy, And Other Notions That
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Johnny Mathis
Legendary crooner Johnny Mathis joins Dan for an interview about his long and successful career as a singer and recording artist, his new Nashville album and his appearance at the Meyerhoff in Baltimore on Thursday night, which also happens to be his 75th birthday.
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Long for the World
Pulitzer Prize winning science writer Jonathan Weiner discusses his latest book, Long for the World, in which he tackles the question of why and how we age, and ponders the science of immortality.
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Food Dignity
A conversation about the concept that everyone, regardless of socio-economic status, should have access to safe, nutritious and delicious meals.
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Long for the World
Pulitzer Prize winning science writer Jonathan Weiner joins us this hour to discuss his latest book, Long for the World, in which he tackles the question of why and how we age, and ponders the science of immortality.
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Boozehound
Washington Post Spirits columnist Jason Wilson talks obscure, rare and retro cocktails, just in time for the debut of his new book, Boozehound.
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Spices
Food nerd Henry Hong reports on his trip to McCormick spices in Hunt Valley and finds out why spices sales and usage are increasing.
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Stents
We examine the issue of unnecessary surgeries nationwide and their added cost to health care delivery.
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Half Empty
Essayist and regular This American Life contributor David Rakoff joins Dan in studio to talk about, and read from, his new book Half Empty, a wise and poignant look at the positive side of pessimism.
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The House at Royal Oak
Carol and Hugo Rizzoli recount their adventures in restoration and inn-keeping of a Victorian home on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the bookThe House at Royal Oak.
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Lehman Bros. and Wall Street
A look back at the Lehman failure, the lessons learned, the reforms enacted, the new financial consumer advocate and whether they'll make a difference.
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Brilliant
The history of artificial light and how it has transformed our lives.
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Safety in Hospitals
In the wake of the Johns Hopkins Hospital shooting, we take a look at safety in hospitals.
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Jobs, Housing and Recovery
A conversation with three men about their recovery from addiction while residents of Carrington House in West Baltimore
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Senator Ben Cardin
A conversation with Senator Ben Cardin about the new health care benefits that go into effect this week, the upcoming mid-term elections, and listener calls.
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Concussions
9/16/10, 12 pm
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Fur, Fortune and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur...
9/16/10, 1 pm
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Baltimore's Demographic Trajectory
A conversation about the Brookings Institution report on the suburbanization of poverty, and the future of the greater Baltimore region.
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Post Primary Wrap-Up
Dan talks with a panel of experts to find out who Baltimoreans and Marylanders have tapped to head to the November general election.
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The Price of Admission
A look at how top US colleges and universities make selections according to a "preference of privilege," rewarding wealthy candidates rather than more deserving working- and middle-class students.
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Exiles in Eden
Author Paul Reyes' firsthand account of what happens when entire communities simple walk away from their homes
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Police Commissioner Bealefeld
Dan talks to Baltimore City Police Commissioner Bealefeld about high profile assaults, public perceptions, police conduct and criminal justice.
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President Obama's Powers of Persuasion
We'll look at how effective President Obama's recent messages on war and the economy have been.
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Maryland Primary Races
A look at the most hotly contested local races as we head into the last weekend before the Maryland primary
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Church Shopping
A minister and journalist says churchgoers want their pastors to soothe and entertain them when they should be challenged to serve their fellow man.
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Dar Williams
An hour of music and conversation with singer songwriter Dar Williams.
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Gregg Bernstein
9/8/10, 12 noon
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The Politics of Parole
9/8/10, 1 pm
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Baltimore City Health Commissioner
Baltimore City's new Health Commissioner discusses the city's public health challenges, including substance abuse, infant mortality, obesity, and health care disparities.
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Public Safety Pensions
The presidents of the police and firefighters unions join us in Studio A about their concerns about their pension battle with City Hall.
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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
Literary agent Bill Clegg tells the harrowing story of his drug addiction.
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Darkside of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wayne Biddle looks at the life and Nazi past of the celebrated German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun
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Midday News Review
Karen Hosler and a panel of journalists discuss the week's top news stories.
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Religion and Politics: Rabbi Steven Fink and Father...
9/2/10, 12 pm
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Midday on the Bay: Animal Waste
9/2/10, 1 pm
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Ground Rent
In 2007, Maryland enacted emergency legislation to change the rules of ground rent; now, a class action lawsuit filed by ground rent lease holders is heading for a November courtroom showdown.
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Cocaine Nation
Tom Feiling, author of Cocaine Nation, examines the history of the drug's popularity, efforts to legalize cocaine in other countries, and how America's crusade against it might actually be increasing demand.
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Primary Politics
A look at the primary elections around the state of Maryland.
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The Fever
The effect of malaria on humankind, and the international community's struggle -- and failure -- to contain it.
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Islamaphobia
A conversation about the growing hostility towards the Islamic faith.
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Black Middle Class
The economic recession and the housing collapse have hit Americans hard; how have they affected the African-American middle class in particular?
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Midday News Review
Karen Hosler and a panel of journalists discuss the week's top new stories.
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- Baltimore, MD
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- WYPR
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Each day Dan and his guests explore issues on a local, regional and national level.The program covers a wide-range of topics selected to engage, inform, and entertain the listening audience.
