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July 1, 2026- New York Focus education reporter Melissa Manno provides an update on New York's uphill battle to modernize how reading and math are taught in schools. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hide-likes=true&am...

June 30, 2026 - In a Dispatches from Planet Albany excerpt, we talk with New York Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs about the primary results, how Democrats will prepare for November, and his future as the party's leader. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_...

June 30, 2026- New York Lawyers for Public Interest Environmental Justice Director Caroline Chen discusses the danger of extreme heat and makes the case for tracking heat-related deaths in the Empire State. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&...

June 30, 2026- We talk to State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Willow Baer about the Hochul administration's commitment to providing integrated services to New Yorkers with disabilities as the Trump administration backs off its commitment to local programs. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&amp...

June 30, 2026- Association of Towns of the State of New York Executive Director Chris Koetzle talks about the legislative session at the Capitol and highlights unfinished business for next year. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-log...

June 29, 2026- We unpack the latest survey of voters by the Siena Research Institute, which took the temperature of New Yorkers on the race for governor and a Democratic effort to overhaul redistricting in the Empire State. Our guest is Siena pollster Steve Greenberg. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=...

June 29, 2026- We consider the possibility of more affordable and environmentally friendly ways of burying deceased New Yorkers with HK Lee, founder of Aeon Woods, a not-for-profit conservation cemetery. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&amp...

June 29, 2026 - Assembly Disabilities Committee Chair Angelo Santabarbara, a capital region Democrat, discusses a memo from the Trump administration that has families of New Yorkers with disabilities concerned this will increase the use of institutionalization ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&amp...

June 26, 2026- State Authorities Budget Office Director Joshua Norkin discusses the lucrative public subsidies local economic development agencies are offering for data center projects. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&am...

June 26, 2026- Parks and Trails New York Executive Director Paul Steely White talks about the 750-mile Empire State Trail's impact and what state officials can do to foster its growth. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&amp...

June 26, 2026- The U.S. Supreme Court is not weighing in on a challenge to New York's law enabling lawsuits against gun companies. We discuss the implications with the measure's senate champion, Brooklyn Democrat Zellnor Myrie. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_...

June 26, 2026- We shine a spotlight on good government bills approved by state lawmakers, as well as some that didn't make it across the finish line, with Blair Horner, senior policy advisor at the New York Public Interest Research Group. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&a...

June 25, 2026- We check in with Bria Nickerson, the recently appointed executive director of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus. We discuss the mission of the caucus and why she's excited about this new opportunity. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&...

June 25, 2026- Assemblymember John McDonald, a capital region Democrat, makes the case for setting a minimum dispensing fee that prescription drug middlemen pay to pharmacists. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hide-li...

June 24, 2026- Assemblymember Landon Dais, a Bronx Democrat, talks about maintaining the state's marijuana supply chain integrity, wages at cannabis dispensaries, and the cannabis regulator in New York. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&...

June 24, 2026- State Authorities Budget Office Director Joshua Norkin talks about a review of the management and spending oversight of an economic development agency in Broome County. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&...

June 24, 2026- New Yorkers on Medicaid will have a more burdensome process of retaining their benefits in 2027 as the result of changes adopted by congressional Republicans and proposed rules from the Trump administration. We consider the potential fallout with Lara Kassel, coalition coordinator at Medicaid Matters NY. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&th...

June 24, 2026 - Legislation championed by New York's attorney general that would restrict how a person's online data informed what businesses charged them for goods and services made it through the state legislature. We consider potential downsides for grocery shoppers with Mike Durant, president and CEO of the Food Industry Alliance of New York. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/playe...

June 23, 2026- Assemblymember Karen McMahon, a Buffalo-area Democrat, makes the case for increasing an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters and explains how her proposal gained traction in Albany. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&am...

June 23, 2026- We explore legislation expanding New York's firearm storage law to include all gun owners in the state. We talk with the measure's senate sponsor, Manhattan Democrat Erik Bottcher. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-lo...

June 23, 2026- Host David Lombardo looks back at the session and budget with Capitol Confidential author Dan Clark and Bloomberg Government Capitol reporter Raga Justin. This conversation was recorded for the monthly Capitol Pressroom television broadcast. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&cha...

June 22, 2026- New York State Budget Director Blake Washington talks about the state's recently adopted budget and the Empire State's financial shape. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hide-likes=true&hide-comments...

June 22, 2026- In a Dispatches from Planet Albany excerpt we talk about campaign mail with political consultant Trip Yang. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hide-likes=true&hide-comments=true&hide-sharing=true&...

June 19, 2026- State Office of Addiction Services and Supports Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham reflects on new federal overdose data and reviews initiatives in the state budget. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hi...

June 19, 2026- New York State United Teachers President Melinda Person makes the case against a federal tax credit for donations to school scholarships and lays out a push to reduce screen time in schools. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&a...