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#1421: Tabloid Journalism’s Role In A Presidential Cover-Up
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Cailin Brown, Chair of the Department of Communication at the College of St. Rose, and Rosemary Armao, Editor and Investigative...
#1834: Renovations To A Hudson River Seawall
The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A new survey of Hoosick Falls residents finds higher rates of illnesses after the village water supply was contaminated with PFOA, our political observer...
What Are Sanctuary Cities?
What do San Francisco, Chicago, and Albany, NY have in common? They’re sanctuary cities - among hundreds of other U.S. cities, states, and counties that have declared their support for immigrant populations, often by limiting their cooperation with Immigration and...
#1457: “Lies My Teacher Told Me”
20 years ago, a Sociologist named James W. Loewen wrote a book exposing the inaccuracies and outright lies in most history textbooks. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk to Loewen about the latest edition of the book Lies My Teacher Told Me. We’ll also...
#1834 – NYT Albany Bureau Chief Jesse McKinley
WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Jesse McKinley, Albany Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
Bluegrass Legends Earl Scruggs And Ralph Stanley
An encore In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and 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 in 2006,...