Fridays at 7pm
Friday, January 9, 2026
Meeting The New House Speaker
Del. Joselina Pena-Melnyk
(D) House Speaker
Vaccination Changes
Meena Seshamani, MD, Ph.D.
Secretary, Maryland Department of Health
health.maryland.gov
Friday, January 2, 2026
Book Beat
Corrine Low, Ph.D.
Author, "Having It All"
Suzy Shaw
Author, "Mother of Boys Survival Guide"
Beth Bigler
Author, "Honoring Our Animals
Friday, December 26, 2025
Maryland Hospital Starting It's Own Medical School
Maulik Joshi, Dr. P.H.
President & CEO, Meritus Health
meritushealth.com
Maryland Teacher of the Year
Alonna Soward-Puryear
2026 Maryland Teacher of The Year
marylandpublicschools.org
Friday, December 19, 2025
Tribute to MPT's Charles Robinson
A tribute to MPT's Charles Robinson; reaction to the election of a new House Speaker, plus, an update on the troubled Crownsville Hospital.
Roger Hartley, Ph.D
Dean, UB College of Public Affairs
ubalt.edu
Malcolm Drewery, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Morgan State University
morgan.edu
Friday, December 12, 2025
Political Roundtable
Katie Shepherd
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com
NewsMaker
Morgan Lehr Miller
State Librarian
msla.maryland.gov
Book Beat
Keith Lawson
Author, "The Man Behind The Curtain: Real Stories from an Industry Insider"
Friday, December 5, 2025
Political Roundtable
Pat Murray
Professor, Political Science, McDaniel College
mcdaniel.edu
Walter Olson
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
cato.org
NewsMaker
Gustavo Torres
Former Executive Director, CASA
wearecasa.org
Friday, November 28, 2025
NewsMaker
Jake Day
Secretary, Housing & Community Development
Book Beat
Corrine Low, Ph.D.
Author, "Having It All"
Friday, November 21, 2025
NewsMaker
Bruce Gartner
Executive Director, Maryland Transportation Authority
mdta.maryland.gov
Beating Addiction
Shawn Colvin
Helping Up Mission
helpingup.org
Brian Vincer
Helping Up Mission
helpingup.org
Daniel Stoltzfus
CEO, Helping Up Mission
helpingup.org
Friday, November 14, 2025
Future of Healthcare
Gerard Anderson, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
publichealth.jhu.edu
Book Beat
Suzy Shaw
Author, "Mother of Boys Survival Guide"
NewsMaker
Andrew Coop, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
pharmacy.umaryland.edu
Friday, November 7, 2025
NewsMaker
Brooke Lierman
Maryland Comptroller
marylandcomptroller.gov
New Maryland Poll
Mileah Kromer, Ph.D.
Director, UMBC Institute of Politics
umbc.edu
Friday, October 31, 2025
Political Roundtable
Del. C.T. Wilson
(D) Charles County
Del. Mike Griffith
(R) Cecil & Harford Counties
NewsMaker
Anthony Brown
Maryland Attorney General
oag.maryland.gov
Friday, October 24, 2025
Maryland's Major Role in Revolutionary War Battle
Tom Moore
York College, City University of New York
york.cuny.edu
Stopping Crime In Baltimore
Stefanie Mavronis
Director, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
monse.baltimorecity.gov
Friday, October 17, 2025
Maryland Hospital Starting It's Own Medical School
Maulik Joshi, Dr. P.H.
President & CEO, Meritus Health
meritushealth.com
Maryland Teacher of the Year
Alonna Soward-Puryear
2026 Maryland Teacher of The Year
marylandpublicschools.org
Friday, October 10, 2025
Political Roundtable
Pamela Wood
thebanner.com
Brenda Wintrode
thebanner.com
NewsMaker
Gustavo Torres
Executive Director, CASA
wearecasa.org
Friday, October 3, 2025
NewsMaker
Daraius Irani, Ph.D
Chief Economist, Regional Economic Studies Center
towson.edu
NewsMaker
Carmel Roques
Secretary, Maryland Department of Aging
aging.maryland.gov
Friday, September 26, 2025
NewsMaker
Jake Day
Secretary, Housing & Community Development
Book Beat
Corrine Low, Ph.D.
Author, "Having It All"
Friday, September 19, 2025
Political Roundtable
Mike Ricci
Republican Communications Strategist
Martha McKenna
Democratic Communications Strategist
Proposed Data Center In Prince George's County
Taylor Frazier McCollum
Opposed To New Data Center
Friday, September 12, 2025
State Circle Special: A Look at HBCUs in DC
With interviews and reporting from the Washington, D.C., campuses of Howard University and University of the District of Columbia, this one-hour special edition of State Circle explores the rich history of HBCUs in the nation’s capital.
Friday, September 5, 2025
Political Roundtable
Erin Cox
washingtonpost.com
Bryan Sears
marylandmatters.org
HBCU Week
Marybeth Gasman
Co-Author, HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Friday, August 29, 2025
Food Rescue To Go
Chris Dipnarine
Founder, 4MyCiTy
4mycity.us
New Findings About the Chesapeake Bay's Biggest Fish
Natalia Przelomska, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Institution
Friday, August 22, 2025
Tax Credit Access
Brooke Lierman
Maryland Comptroller
marylandcomptroller.gov
NewsMaker
Terry Hasseltine
President, Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland
mpt.org/marylandcyclingclassic
Friday, August 15, 2025
Stopping Crime In Baltimore
Stefanie Mavronis
Director, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
monse.baltimorecity.gov
Cuts To Medicaid
Gerard Anderson, PhD.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
publichealth.jhu.edu
Friday, August 8, 2025
NewsMaker
Carmel Roques
Secretary, Maryland Department of Aging
aging.maryland.gov
Political Roundtable
Del. Jason Buckel
(R) House Minority Leader
Del. David Moon
(D) House Majority Leader
Friday, August 1, 2025
Power Prices
Frederick Hoover
Chair, Maryland Public Service Commission
psc.state.md.us
What's Happening To The Chesapeake Bay Crabs?
Mandy Bromilow
Blue Crab Program Manager, Maryland DNR
dnr.maryland.gov