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#2220: Buffalo shooting sparks action | The Legislative Gazette
A mass shooting in Buffalo, New York kills 10 people, injures 3 and prompts Governor Kathy Hochul to announce several steps to curb the growing number racially motivated violence; our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the politics of the latest...
#1652: “Atlas of a Changing Climate” | The Best Of Our Knowledge
Climate change, shrinking wildlife habitats, rising sea levels, and vanishing species. These are big, important ideas that deserve a proper exploration—just the type of revealing journey you will experience in "The Atlas of a Changing Climate." It’s the work of Brian...
#1713: Zain Asher on ‘Where the Children Take Us’ | 51%
On this week’s 51%, we bring you tales of resilience. Zain Asher of CNN International discusses her new book, Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable, and reflects on her mother’s strength as an immigrant and single mother in South...
#2220: NYS Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes | The Capitol Connection
WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes. Photo courtesy of Peoples-Stokes.
Clarinetist, photographer, and author Arlene Alda | WAMC’s In Conversation With
This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with clarinetist, award-winning photographer, and author Arlene Alda about her book, "Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History." Photo courtesy of Henry Holt &...
WAMC News Podcast – Episode 298
Last summer, New York state politics underwent a seismic shift when Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned, thrusting his Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul, into the spotlight. Now, the lieutenant governor slot is dominating headlines again. One person who has been on both...