Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Humanities NY suddenly lost much of their funding due to DOGE cuts in 2025. One year later, we get an update on the state of their organization and hear from HNY Executive Director Sara Ogger who spoke with Sanctuary Executive Director Ren Lee who relates to this story from personal experience.

This week, Thom Francis welcomes poet, artist, and musician Matthew Klane to the mic. Matthew read poems at the first Year in Review spoken word event at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, on December 17, 2021. +++++ At the end of 2021, coming out of the pandemic, there were a lot of stories to tell. Albany Poets (soon to be merged with the Hudson Valley Writers Guild) invited eight local p...

First, Elizabeth EP Press brings us coverage of Troy City Council’s meeting where local law #3 was discussed. The law is meant to regulate the use of automatic license plate readers in Troy. Then, NATURE Lab Co-Director Ellie Irons tells us about this year’s media lab component to the youth Water Justice Lab fellowship. Later on, retired national weather service Hugh Johnson joins us to discuss th...

This year, Water Justice Lab will also include a Media Lab fellowship, an opportunity for youth to get trained in and create short media to document the summer Water Justice Lab fellowship and specifically the Source to Estuary program. NATURE Lab Co-Director Ellie Irons spoke with the Sanctuary's Programming Manager Sina Basila Hickey about this opportunity. Learn more here: https://www.mediasanc...

The City of Troy currently has 26 working Flock Safety ALPR cameras with no public rules and regulations on the books. The Troy City Council is proposing a new Local Law 3 “Establishing Standards Governing the City’s Use of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) Systems.” This piece by Elizabeth Press highlights the debate over the possible legislation. OUTRO The Council is hoping to get input from...

New York's budget is now six weeks late, though Governor Hochul claims the numeruos policy issues she has inserted into the budget are now largely agreed to. Blair Horner of NYPIRG talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about how the budget undercuts the concept of democracy, particularly in how the climate issue has been handled.

First, Mark Dunlea talks with NY Renews about climate in the NYS budget as legislative leaders are seemingly nearing an agreement on the long overdue deal. Then, Sina Basila Hickey talks to singer-songwriter Natu Camara about her new album and her upcoming performance at the Sanctuary! Later on, Mirai Abe talks to Dr. Aaron Proffitt about becoming a Buddhist priest in Japan. After that, Amanda Cas...

Singer-Songwriter Amanda Case talks to Richard and Jacob about her journey as an artist, musical inspirations, and what the audience can expect at her upcoming performance at Song City.

While Governor Hochul on May 7 announced that there was a deal on the budget, legislative leaders disagreed, saying only that they were close. Still, some details have emerged about the status of the Governor's apparently successful push to weaken the requirements of the state's climate law (CLCPA). Stephen Edel, Executive Director of NY Renews, talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Natu Camara feeds energy from her audience. Her recent album DIMEDI infuses her Guinean roots with Malian sounds and was recorded in Salif Keita's studio. She spoke with Sina Basila Hickey as said the album turned out just as she wanted: "mellow, sweet, and also easy to change on stage, so I can play a soft album into a fire album on stage." Natu also said that concert attendees should bring their...

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Mark Dunley takes us to the state capitol, where climate activists were arrested while protesting Governor Hochul’s inaction on key climate legislation. Then, Willie Terry reports from the Capital District Area Labor Federation "May Day Solidarity Event" at West Capitol Park. After that, H Bosh Jr interviews Diane Mbombo-Tite, an entrepreneur who immigr...

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: First, we hear about the Climate Defiance protest against Governor Hochul on Tuesday at the Capitol. Then, we hear about the annual Grannies for Peace Mother’s Day vigil at the Albany Tulip Festival. Later on, in On the Brink and Fighting Back, Rosemary Armao discusses the recent US Supreme Court ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act. After that, we hear abou...

On Friday, May 01, 2026, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the Capital District Area Labor Federation "May Day Solidarity Event" at West Capitol Park in Albany, NY. In this labor segment, Willie recorded excerpts from speakers at the rally and interviewed Shana Davis, Civil Service Employees Association Region 4 President; Randi Weingarten, President...

Grannies for Peace will hold the annual Mothers' Day Vigil at the Tulip Festival on Saturday, May 9, from 1-2 PM near the Moses Statue, Washington Park, Albany. The theme this year is DIPLOMACY NOT WAR, focusing on the conflicts with Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine. Granny Mabel Leon talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Dr. Aaron Proffitt fell in love with Buddhism after picking up a book about Zen at a book store, and now he teaches religious studies and Buddhism as an ordained Buddhist priest.

In this episode, we hear from leaders at Indivisible about what inspired their work, how they support community voices, and what it takes to create meaningful change in Albany.

This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience. This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a team of students at the Unive...

Old journalism colleagues Rosemary Armao and Phyllis Jordan mull the effects of the Supreme Court's recent ruling nullifying the civil rights era Voting Rights Bill. In this week's peek into the podcast Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back, the political writers examine the Supreme Court majority's view that our society has fixed discrimination and our laws ought to be color-blind. They worry what t...

On This Episode of the TripleE's, Diana Mbombo-TIte tells her story of growing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and all the languages she learned in the DRC. she also talks about her story of how and why she immigrated to the United States of America , and Finally she tells H Bosh Jr about starting her business Akula Interpreting and Translation LLC. https://akulainterpreting.com

This week on Albany Comedy Corner we had on Ethan Wilder to talk about his show "Raise a Glass to Comedy" at the Parting Glass at Saratoga Springs and his experience producing comedy shows and speed dating events in the capital region. This week was hosted by Tyler Artis

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On Tuesday, May 5, Climate Defiance organized a last-minute protest against Governor Hochul’s push to gut the climate law. While the Chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee says that a budget deal has been struck, no official details have yet been released. It is understood that lawmakers have agreed to push back by several years the deadline to issue regulations to reduce greenhouse gas em...

This week, Thom Francis welcomes poets Kathleen Anne Smith and Nathan Smith to the mic. They shared their work at the 2024 Word Fest Open Mic at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts on April 27, 2024. +++++ After years away, Word Fest returned. What began in 2001 as a one-day open mic at Thatcher Park grew into a week-long celebration of poetry and spoken word across the region. On April 27, 2024, th...

First, Mark Dunlea brings us coverage from the May Day picnic at Washington Square Park where various advocacy groups met to labour rights Then, Marsha Lazurus speaks with Byrdie Kraut & Jared Niemela, the founders of Anicca Bakery about their experience being small business owners. Later on, retired national weather service meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us on our first weather segment in the m...

This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience. This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a team of students at the Unive...