New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is highly favored to win re-election in the 21st district. That is, if she isn’t picked by close ally Donald Trump to join the former president’s ticket in November’s election. Stefanik’s meteoric rise in Republican politics is putting new attention on the Harvard-educated Congresswoman’s upbringing, and the Daily Beast reports Stefanik’s version of events isn’t totally truthful ..read more

We speak with Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio about her battle to audit the state legislature, where the Democrat spent more than a decade ..read more

Vassar College President Elizabeth Bradley is back from a trip to Rwanda to give the keynote address at the white coat ceremony of the University of Global Health Equity. The private, nonprofit medical school graduated its first cohort since entering a partnership with Vassar, a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, in 2018.  ..read more

We listen back to our special live broadcast for Monday's total solar eclipse in Tupper Lake, N.Y., hosted by the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory ..read more

The total solar eclipse is here. We get a preview from SUNY Oneonta physics and astronomy professor Dr. Valerie Rapson ..read more

We speak with Pennsylvania Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat from the 8th district, and former Oklahoma Republican Rep. Steve Russell of the 5th district, who came together this week at Hamilton College for a conversation about bridging the partisan divide ..read more

The New York state budget is late. But how late? For analysis of the issues at stake in Albany, we welcome "Capitol Pressroom" host Dave Lombardo ..read more

Ten years ago, the news came suddenly: North Adams Regional Hospital in the northwest corner of Massachusetts was closing — immediately. Now, a decade later, Berkshire Health Systems is reopening the facility. Two WAMC reporterssaw both the closure and its rebirth. Associate News Director Jim Levulis was Berkshire Bureau Chief at the time, and Josh Landes is Berkshire Bureau Chief now ..read more

CEOs in upstate New York are pessimistic about the near future. We speak with Siena College Research Institute Director Dr. Don Levy ..read more

Last time we spoke with Errol Louis, a Spectrum anchor and contributor for "New York" Magazine, it was about a special podcast project on former Governor Mario Cuomo. ow, for this pivotal and bruising election year, Louis has launched a new national political show, “The Big Deal.” It comes as budget making in Albany heats up and the presidential rematch nears ..read more