Tom Hall

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall

The Department of Public Works is Baltimore's largest agency, with more than 2,300 employees who are responsible for water and wastewater, solid waste, infrastructure, and other areas, like graffiti removal and boarding up vacant properties. The director of the agency, Khalil Zaied, joins Midday to discuss worker conditions, internal culture and ongoing public projects.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall

When we go to Camden Yards to cheer the Birds on, it’s up to the players to keep us excited by the game. But any and everything else we might be excited about at Orioles Park is the responsibility of Catie Griggs, the President of Business Operations for the Orioles. Catie Griggs comes to the Orioles organization from Seattle, where she became the first female team president in Mariners history in 2021. She is also the first woman to lead the business side of the Orioles organization, as well.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

Rapid changes to the Earth’s climate have communities across Maryland racing to adapt. Today, we zoom in on three consequences; flooding, forest fires and anxiety. In Ellicott City, two once-in-a-millennia floods within the span of two years inundated downtown. Can ambitious construction efforts to divert severe rains coexist with the historical character of the charming town? Reporter Julekha Dash covered the story for the Baltimore Business Journal.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

At the end of last month, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green held a subcommittee hearing entitled, "Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable," in which Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, and Paula Kerger, her counterpart at PBS, testified. David Folkenflik, media correspondent at NPR, covered the hearing. He joins Midday to discuss what he heard. Midday MiddayWYPR ProgramsAmerican Public Media

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Tom Hall

On a verdant 9-acre wetland preserve in Sarasota is a school and professional company that attracts ballet talent from around the globe. Dancers come to learn the Cuban technique that founders Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez studied at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana. Thirteen years after they opened, Sarasota Cuban Ballet is one of the few Cuban technique training centers in the United States.