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WAMC News Podcast

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If you’re tired of missing the news from your backyard and the rest of the Northeast because you can’t catch all of Midday Magazine and Northeast Report, you can do something about it: subscribe to our new podcast. The WAMC News Podcast offers regular updates downloaded right to your smartphone, as well as exclusive interviews and more.
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Episodes

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 590

The New York state budget is due in a week. We break down the stakes and differences with Sam Mellins of New York Focus.

Mar 24, 2025•16 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 588

A longtime figure in city politics, Democrat Michele Madigan wants to become the next mayor of Saratoga Springs.

Mar 17, 2025•24 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 585

In the world of public media, we’re accustomed to running down facts and working to dispel the ever encroaching rise of misinformation. But what do you do when it’s coming from within your own family? That’s the question NPR’s Zach Mack set out to answer in a special new series called "Alternate Realities" for "Embedded." He spends a year trying to understand his father and bring him back to reality, all while their family hangs in the balance.

Mar 06, 2025•10 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 583

We speak with Vermont Senator Peter Welch, a member of the Judiciary Committee who says the country is nearing a constitutional crisis.

Feb 27, 2025•29 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 582

We meet the Democratic candidate for the special election in New York's 21st U.S. House district, Blake Gendebien.

Feb 24, 2025•15 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 580

Amid renewed efforts to strip funding from public media in Washington, we speak with Mike Janssen, an editor at public media trade news outlet Current, about how the funds are actually used.

Feb 17, 2025•20 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 579

We speak with "Capitol Pressroom" host David Lombardo about the uncertain future for special elections in New York.

Feb 13, 2025•17 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 578

We sit down with Quebec Delegate General in New York David Brulotte at a time when the U.S.-Canada relationship is under a microscope.

Feb 10, 2025•11 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 577

A special election in Saratoga Springs featuring one candidate and a write-in incumbent heads to court on Friday.

Feb 06, 2025•11 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 576

A familiar voice for decades on these airwaves is signing off. Renee Montagne, who joined the network in 1981 and hosted both All Things Considered and Morning Edition, is stepping down after thousands of interviews, overseas reporting trips, and more than a few journalism awards. But before she goes, she’s here to look back and ahead.

Feb 03, 2025•11 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 575

New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang is raising the alarm after President Trump fired a number of IGs from federal agencies.

Jan 30, 2025•13 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 574

We break down New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget proposal with WNYC capitol reporter Jon Campbell.

Jan 27, 2025•14 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 572

As a new president takes office, a new member of Congress from upstate New York, Democrat Josh Riley, is hoping to move beyond partisanship.

Jan 20, 2025•30 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 571

We listen to New York Governor Kathy Hochul's State of the State address and offer analysis of the Democrat's proposals.

Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 57 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 570

We speak with New York state Senator Dan Stec, a Republican from the 45th district who wants to go to Congress to represent the 21st House district.

Jan 13, 2025•28 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 569

The New York state legislative session kicked off Wednesday, and WAMC brought together legislative leaders, lawmakers, analysts and reporters to set up the 2025 agenda.

Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 1 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 568

As we get ready for another legislative session in Albany and an unusual mayoral election in New York City, longtime political reporter and observer Errol Louis is taking a deep dive into another troubled era. In a three-part podcast series, the host of You Decide With Errol Louis explores the highs and lows of John Lindsay’s time in office.

Jan 06, 2025•19 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 566

The new legislative session is just days away in Albany. WNYC capitol reporter Jon Campbell joins us for a preview.

Dec 30, 2024•17 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 564

In Washington County, a small newspaper that nearly went out of business in 2019 is expanding. Formerly The Greenwich Journal and Salem Press, the paper has split into two, and Editor and Publisher Darren Johnson says he has reimagined its purpose and audience.

Dec 23, 2024•14 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 563

We speak with outgoing Mass. state Rep. Smitty Pignatelli, who is leaving the 3rd Berkshire House district after 12 terms.

Dec 19, 2024•21 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 562

A University of Massachusetts Amherst analysis of climate data from the National Weather Service shows several Northeast communities experienced their driest autumn on record this year. We break it down with the UMass Climate System Research Center's Dr. Michael Rawlins.

Dec 16, 2024•10 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 561

We speak with retired Pirates great Dave Parker, who was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Sunday.

Dec 12, 2024•17 min

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 560

It is a time of unrest in South Korea, where the narrowly-elected president shocked allies and opponents alike by declaring martial law. We get insight from Joowon Park, director of the Asian Studies Program at Skidmore College.

Dec 09, 2024•12 min
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