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Noxious chemicals have been deployed for crowd control by law-enforcement for many years. What is known about the immediate and long-term health effects of exposure to these agents? Learn how AI can be used to read between the lines of the genetic code. And a new technique may promote problem-solving while we dream.

Check It Out is back and turning the tables on this week's guest. Tom and Yona (subbing in for Maggie) get a chance to ask questions to the weekend anchor at CNY Central, Nicole LaFiandra. We get a look at her library past, what brought her to Syracuse and some of her favorite stories that she has covered during her time hosting the More Than Just Books segment. It's a lot of fun asking questions...

Associate Artistic Director Melissa Crespo sits down with Eleanor Holdridge about her first year as chair at the Department of Drama at Syracuse University

(#95, 4/14/26) In this April 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, we will be talking about the 2025 Utica Latino Festival; and a brief description of the "No King Movement" that happened last year in Syracuse. En este episodio correspondiente a marzo de 2026, hablaremos sobre el Festival Latino de Utica de 2025; y, a continuación, una breve descripción del «No King Movement»...

On this week's Check It Out, we have Tom and Maggie making things. Really? No, not really. But they are talking to Pauline Shostack, who is a producer for the popular and growing Maker Space Syracuse, coming to the area on Saturday, May 2nd. We learn about all the fun things like cosplay events and get to learn about the smart people who will be showing off their creations from all over Central Ne...

On this edition of Checkup From the Neck-Up, Psychologist Rich “Dr. Neckup” O’Neill’s guest is Associate Professor Serife Tekin Ph. D. from at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University. They discuss the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its relationship to Large Language Models (LLMs), and the conflict between the long-standing scientific process in u...

On this episode of CNY Heroes, Dan catches up with Onondaga County American Legion commander Bob Haumann and Glen Wheelock, Jr., Onondaga County Boys State chair for the Legion. They talk about the recruitment for high schoolers to be part of this year’s American Legion Boys State program at Morrisville. They also discuss the upcoming statewide convention in Syracuse, and their own service experie...

(#94, 4/1/26) In this April 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, Hugo and Marisol will describe their experience in downtown Ithaca, when "Santa Claus" (played by a member of the Ithaca Police department) and his "elves helpers" (played by several members of the Ithaca Fire department), getting very excited a large crowd in the streets, when they all start going down from th...

Are artificial intelligence systems smart enough to make scientific discoveries on their own? Perhaps. Learn how AI experts think scientific research may be done in the future. Ready for another tree destroying pest? Meet the Zigzag Sawfly. And a newly discovered ally in the fight against climate change—tree bark.

Check It Out is back and Maggie and Tom have two reasons for you to listen to this week's episode. First, there are a LOT of fun things going on across the OCPL landscape during spring break, so they have a laundry list of libraries with fun things to do. Secondly, Tom feels as though many of our young listeners need to be up to speed on the silly corporate jargon you hear everyday, so we have mel...

On the latest edition of North Words, we visit with Clarke and Barbara Dunham at their home and studio in Pottersville. For more than seven decades, the Dunhams have been partners in life and art. Clarke designed award-winning sets for productions on and off Broadway, including "Grind," "Candide," and "The Iceman Cometh." And he and Barbara also were proprietors of a business that constructed expa...

(#93, 3/17/26) In this March 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, Hugo Acosta would be narrating the fantastic Christmas celebration that we had in downtown Ithaca, when Santa was arriving from the top of a tall building in that area, and also a brief description of a local artist explaining how to make handmade artifacts for sale. En este episodio de marzo de 2026, Hugo Aco...

On this edition of Checkup From the Neck-Up, Psychologist Rich “Dr. Neckup” O’Neill’s returning guest is Nurse Practitioner Ms. Kaytlyn Flansburgh from Inclusive Health Services at SUNY Upstate Medical University. In this show, they summarize their conversation from their first show. Then they discuss the incredible public health scientific success regarding HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and...

We take to the ice in this week's episode of Check It Out. Tom and Maggie invite a special guest to the studio: Christie Casciano from Newschannel 9. Besides being an anchor and a mom, Christie is the author of a trilogy of books called the Puck Hog Series. Her latest one is out now and we learn all about the "Trophy Thief Mystery".

Timothy Douglas speaks with Kyle Bass about his upcoming production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and his longtime history with August Wilson.

The Syracuse Housing Authority has been in the news recently: From missed deadlines to accusations of conflicts of interest. What does it all mean? Central Current reporter Debadrita Sur breaks it all down on this episode of ‘It’s Happening Here.'

In our premiere episode from the WCNY Community FM studios in Syracuse, Peter Ward and Mike Durkin sit down with Sean Kelsey, the non-lawyer CEO of Nave Law. Sean is a master of business "social software." While he leads one of the region's premier legal teams, his brilliance lies in his ability to architect a culture of radical trust and resilience. We explore how Sean converts life’s negatives i...

On the latest edition of North Words, in the cold of winter, an effort is underway to connect people to their special summer place in the Adirondacks. Some people with long ties to Twitchell Lake in the southern Adirondacks have launched a website that charts the natural, social, and even legal history of a place that has drawn visitors for generations - and generations of visitors. Later, what ma...

On this edition of Our New Neighbors, host Maryna Bagovska is joined by Nina Polukhina a Russian immigrant who moved to America after marrying her childhood friend. Several years later Nina is now a mother of three children with a passion for photography. In this discussion Nina discusses the challenges she faced as an immigrant as well as offering advice for those in similar circumstances.

On the latest episode of Repeating History, we welcome Dr. Angela Murphy, Professor of History at Texas State University. Our topic today is the extraordinary life of Syracuse's own "defiant fugitive" Rev. Jermain W. Loguen, the Underground Railroad King and tireless freedom fighter. Bob and Professor Murphy talk about the research that went into her new biography of Loguen and how this nationally...

On this edition of CNY Heroes, Dan’s guest is Syracuse State Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli. In 2008, he was the driving force behind re-establishing the annual CNY Veterans Parade and Expo at the NYS Fairgrounds. The early November event features dozens of veteran and military groups and draws thousands of spectators. Magnarelli, first elected to the Assembly in 1998, talks about what it took to get...

Do animals experience joy? Most people think they do, but proving it is a different story. Learn about scientific efforts to measure animal happiness. Also this month on Science Today, find out about “pre-rehab” which may improve surgical outcomes, and how a plant can survive exposure to outer space.

(#92, 3/3/26) In this March 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, we will be talking about the controversial issue of medical assisting dying in New York state, a nice Passage when Marisol and I had walking through the beautiful Town of Canandaigua, and also the surprising discovering we did around the town of Fulton at the canal system, having a luxury expensive Yacht passin...

Today's Check It Out focuses on two programs that will be at a number of libraries through the spring. Tom and Maggie welcome Summer Merrick from the Early Childhood Alliance and they will talk about the play "Tiny Martians Big Emotions" as well as the Books, Balls and Blocks program. The programs will be going on until May at three city libraries.

(#91, 2/17/26) In this February 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, we will be presenting the moments when we were at the '2025 Fairport Canal Days', the ' 2025 Rochester Puerto Rican Festival', and a demonstration of the '2025 Upstate New York Supplier Diversity Summit in Rochester' En este episodio de febrero de 2026, presentaremos los momentos en los que estuvimos en los...