Mud Show
The Kelly Miller Circus is one of the last "mud shows," setting up in small towns and breaking down the same night. North Country Public Radio's Gregory Warner visited the circus in Arcade, New York....
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In Upstate NY, Gas Drilling Debate Gets Local
Many people in Sidney, N.Y., were outraged when the town board voted unanimously to provide a 50-year franchise to Leatherstocking Gas Co. for a natural gas pipeline at a meeting last month. Dozens...
View ArticleHappy Valentines Day--from upstate, to upstate!
From our friends at the Innovation Trail upstate--a love letter from upstate New York to itself to New York City, so we here can also fall in love with the grand beauty that is 90 percent or so of the...
View ArticleFollowing Up: Hydrofracking's Popularity in the Marcellus Region
Jonathon Campbell, correspondent for the Gannett Albany Bureau, which includes papers in Binghamton, Ithaca and Elmira and Poughkeepsie, Westchester and Rochester, follows up on a listener comment that...
View ArticleRichard Russo on His Memoir, Elsewhere
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo gives an account of his lifelong bond with his high-strung, spirited mother—and the small New York town she spent her life trying to escape. Jean Russo...
View ArticleSome Upstate Quality Time for Cuomo
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s name is frequently mentioned as a possible Presidential contender in 2016, that is, if former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn’t run.So, while he’s...
View ArticleGOP Leaders Rip Obama Ahead of Upstate Visit
Top state and national Republican leaders hammered President Barack Obama on Wednesday and questioned his motives for a planned bus tour of upstate New York to discuss access to higher education that...
View ArticleCuomo Digs In Against de Blasio's Pre-K Tax
For weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said there’s no need for New York City to tax its wealthiest residents to pay for universal pre-k because his new state budget has it covered. But he's now arguing that...
View ArticleNY Says Yes to Casinos, No to Fracking
There were two major announcements form Albany Wednesday, and both affect the state economy.After a six-year moratorium on hydro-fracking, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is banning...
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The Borscht Belt's Past and Future
This segment originally aired live on December 23, 2014. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on August 28, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.For...
View ArticleReporter Roundtable: Upstate Sounds Off on Gov. Cuomo
A panel of reporters from upstate New York discusses how their respective cities perceive Governor Andrew Cuomo.The panel includes:John Roby: Government Accountability Reporter for Press &...
View ArticleSen. Gillibrand Prepares to 'Push Back Hate'
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), talks about the uptick in hate crimes across New York State since the election of Donald Trump, and discusses the role Democrats in the Senate will play in a Trump...
View ArticleState of Subsidies: How Billions of Dollars Fail to 'Transform' New York's...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sunk a lot of taxpayer money — $25 billion by his own estimate — into recharging upstate New York’s moribund economy.The governor has increased spending on subsidy programs to...
View ArticleWhiteboy John and The Seven Saints, Snap #812 - Tricknology
How did a kid from Harlem become the biggest heroin dealer in upstate New York, almost overnight? And what would it take for him to turn his back on a mountain of cash?Producer and Sound Design: Anna...
View ArticleAcross Upstate, Curiosity and Skepticism Await Cynthia Nixon
Across upstate New York, many people have the same first question about Cynthia Nixon: “Which one was she?” And once they can picture Nixon and her most famous TV character -- Miranda Hobbes, the...
View ArticleImmigration, Asylum & the Midterms; Legal Rights & Facial Recognition...
On today's show:Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses how immigration, political asylum and the border are playing out as issues in the leadup to the midterm elections.Alexander...
View ArticleWhere Upstate Begins -- And What to Do There
Alexandra Zissu, contributing editor at the Times Union, weighs in on the question of where exactly "Upstate" New York begins. Callers share their opinions, along with ideas for how to find apples,...
View ArticleFriday Morning Politics; Tuesday's Judicial Elections; Homeschooling's...
On today's show: Kadia Goba, political reporter at Semafor, reports on a busy week in Congress, with the new speaker, a failed attempt by some Republicans to remove Rep. George Santos from office,...
View ArticleSunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country
For the U.S. to meet its clean energy goals by 2050, the Department of Energy projects that the country needs more than 10 million acres of solar development. Most of that is expected to be built in...
View ArticleEclipse-watching in New York's path of totality
In case you don't already have the day circled on your calendar, there's a total solar eclipse happening on April 8th. Here in New York, western and northern parts of the state will be in the 'path of...
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