Stan and Friends

Voters throughout New York State went to the polls during Tuesday's primary election and the Gazette News Group staff was out in force. After a late night, I caught up with two of the election warriors, Schenectady reporter Erika Bouska and the Community Journalism Fund government and politics reporter Ted Remsnyder to talk about their travels. Bouska was tracking two Democratic primaries, the Sch...

The youngest guest to date flew back to his hometown for the holidays, and I had a chance to catch up with 13-year-old Rory Greth, who currently has three YouTube channels under his name with more than 36,000 views. https://www.youtube.com/@MRSmokehouse https://www.youtube.com/@RorysGarage  https://www.youtube.com/@NYPlates Rory and I go way back.... in fact... to his birth.  There is a lot of fam...

Daily Gazette Pint-Sized writer John Norris talks about the final match-up for the inaugural Brew Brawl showdown in the Capital Region. From a tasty bracket of 16 breweries, we are down to the final two - and every vote counts! It is a battle of East vs. West - Stump City Brewery, representing Fulton County vs. perennial powerhouse Wolf Hollow Brewing, representing Schenectady County. John has vis...

Sydney Worthley is a Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Award winner, a talented singer/songwriter/musician, and I am fortunate enough to call her a friend of the podcast. She is making a triumphant return to Schenectady this Saturday after performing at Freedom Park in the summer heat in 2024, taking the stage to open up this year's Summer Night on State Street, and she will own the stage, highli...

Just before you see the star of the 56th annual Schenectady County Holiday Parade, you will see the other half of the Christmas Spirit duo, Mrs. Claus. I had a chance to talk to the fantastic Mrs. Claus after she put the finishing touches on the Daily Gazette Santa parade float earlier in the week with help from the Daily Gazette Newspaper mascot, 'Newsie'. She talked about the upcoming parade, th...

The 56th annual Schenectady County Holiday Parade is right around the corner, and I had the opportunity to talk to two of the movers and shakers who helped create this great event before the big guy, Santa himself, rides down State Street Saturday night. MVP senior relationship manager Jackie Marciniak stopped by the podcast studio to talk about her company's role in the annual event, along with h...

It's a bit of old and new this week as Kayla Ek, the curator of the Nightmare Market, returns to The Daily Gazette podcast studio to talk about this fall's installment on Oct. 18. She was joined by former co-worker, Shenandoah Briere, who has a new role as promotions director with Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp. John Norris returns with a conversation about his weekly Pint-Sized column, thi...

This week, Stan invites in his newest colleague, John McIntyre, publisher of The Spotlight and its publications, who joined the Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers last week. They discuss his journey into journalism, as well as his vision for the future of The Spotlight editions. John Norris stops in for his weekly pint-sized chat, and this time his samples didn't have a traditional hearty head on...

It was the Daily Gazette version of The Office this week, as Ted Remsnyder, John Norris, and Chad Arnold stopped by the podcast studio to talk about work and have some fun. Ted Remsnyder kicked things off with a look back at the Niskayuna Supervisor debate hosted by The Daily Gazette between candidate John Rickert and Supervisor Erin Cassady-Doran. It was Ted's first time as a panelist, and Stan w...

It's a new podcast venture for Stan Hudy, introducing 'Stan and Friends,' and there is no one else who could be more fitting for the first-ever episode than his best friend and his wife, Reda Garrett-Hudy. Like two peas in a pod, the couple talks about their time together, their love, and their love for their family in Upstate New York. Learn about a humorous proposal, their moves across the North...