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Bluegrass Legends Earl Scruggs And Ralph Stanley | WAMC’s In Conversation With
This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died...
#1723: James Ellroy “Widespread Panic” | The Book Show
This week, from the modern master of noir James Ellroy, comes the new novel “Widespread Panic;” about the malevolent monarch of the 1950s Hollywood Underground. The novel is a tale of pervasive paranoia teeming with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut...
WAMC News Podcast – Episode 217
Three companies blamed for the pollution of water supplies in and around the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a federal lawsuit in a deal that still needs court approval. We speak with Mayor Rob Allen. And we get an...
WAMC News Podcast – Episode 218
When the COVID emergency began in March of 2020, local governments had to quickly adapt. Public meetings across the Northeast migrated to Zoom as states made emergency allowances to open meetings laws. Now that public life is...
#1573: Celebrating Journalists And Analyzing Fox News| The Media Project
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock; Former Times Union Editor Rex Smith; Judy Patrick, Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association; and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor...
#2130: Voting Reforms And GlobalFoundries To Build Second Fab | The Legislative Gazette
This week, despite new voting reforms, a leading voter advocate says the state needs to do more before mail-in balloting is universally accessible. Our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on his conversation with Westchester County Executive George...