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#1508 – Al Franken

Senator Al Franken has represented the State of Minnesota in the US Senate since 2009. Before entering politics, he was one of the original writers and performers on Saturday Night Live. He is also a best-selling author. His new book is Al Franken, Giant of the Senate where he tells the story of an award-winning […]

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#1358: First Amendment Groups Plan To Sue President Trump Over Twitter Blocking

On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex and Cailin talk about a First Amendment group that is threatening to sue President Trump unless he unblocks Twitter critics, a proposed bill in New Jersey that could create an AmeriCorps for journalists, a Pew Research Center report that shows a dismal 2016 for newspapers and boom times […]

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SPECIAL: Op-Ed Columnist For The New York Times Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. He was the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. This past Sunday, after a screening of the Academy Award winning 1976 film, All The President’s Men, Krugman joined Alan […]

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#1723: Joining Pelosi, Cuomo Vows To Help Defeat NYS’ Eight Republican Representatives

On this week’s Gazette: At a rally with House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Governor Cuomo vows to help defeat the state’s eight republican members of the House of Representatives in next year’s election, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on that, and we’ll take you to a public hearing with state Education Commissioner […]

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#1394: “Changes In The Empire State”

Here it is, 2017, and we’re still talking about No Child Left Behind…and that was two presidents ago. Right now in New York State, they are working on the replacement to that Bush era initiative to the Obama era Every Student Succeeds Act. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, New York’s Education Commissioner hears […]

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