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#1910: NYS Budget, School Funding And An African Burial Ground

#1910: NYS Budget, School Funding And An African Burial Ground

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: supporters of a school funding measure rally at the Capitol, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the state budget and the fight...

#1485: “A Life In History”

#1485: “A Life In History”

You may have noticed, but in the last few months we’ve been talking a lot about history. It’s not because it was my favorite class (spoiler alert – it was). But it’s because out of all the academic classes and programs, history has the best stories. Now, a life long...

#1910 – Assemblyman Richard Gottfried

#1910 – Assemblyman Richard Gottfried

WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Democratic Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, about recreational marijuana, single payer healthcare, and more.

Dr. Jason Fung, Canadian Nephrologist And Author

Dr. Jason Fung, Canadian Nephrologist And Author

WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian Nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Fung's books include: The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting and The Diabetes...

#1545: Former Governor Pens A Memoir About Aging

#1545: Former Governor Pens A Memoir About Aging

On this week’s 51%, we’ll spend our time with a former U.S. ambassador who also was the first woman governor in her state. She’s finished her fourth book, a memoir, about aging. Madeleine Kunin was the first woman elected governor of Vermont. She served the Green...

#1598 – Akiko Busch

#1598 – Akiko Busch

In our increasingly networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has never been both more enchanting. A lifelong student and observer of the natural world, Akiko Busch, set out to explore her own uneasiness with this arrangement. Her new book, “How...