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#2121: Cuomo Earning $5.1M From COVID-19 Memoir The Legislative Gazette
This week on The Gazette, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed he will earn a total of $5.1M from his COVID-19 memoir. The disclosure further inflamed critics who are calling for his resignation over sexual harassment allegations. Our political observer Dr. Alan...
#1600: No-Excuses Charter Schools | The Best Of Our Knowledge
This week, silent, single-file lines. Detention for putting a head on a desk. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework. Walk into some of the most acclaimed urban schools today and you will find similar recipes of behavior, designed to support...
#1661: Beauty Pageants Are Changing | 51%
This week on 51%, we speak with Miss New York USA about how beauty pageants can lift up young women. And we’ll hear from Miss Wisconsin Earth about how she’s representing plus-size women on the stage in a time of changing attitudes about pageants. I’m Jackie Orchard...
#2121: Robert Schneider, Executive Director of NYSSBA | The Capitol Connection
This week, WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Robert Schneider, Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA). Photo courtesy of New York State School Boards Association's official Facebook page.
WAMC News Podcast – Episode 198
New York Attorney General Tish James says she is now conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business empire, expanding what had previously been a civil probe. For more on the investigations, we speak with David Fahrenthold of The...
#1713: Viet Thanh Nguyen “The Committed” | The Book Show
This week, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new novel, “The Committed.” The book is the long-awaited follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Sympathizer.” It tells the story of a communist double agent and his blood brother, Bon, as they try to overcome...