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On this month’s edition of North Words, we’ll hear about how a trip on an iconic system of roads shaped a New York writer’s view of what might still hold the country together. Frank Barry is an opinion writer for Bloomberg News and former speechwriter for Michael Bloomberg. On the eve of the 2020 election, he and his wife drove an RV across the country on the historic Lincoln Highway. The result w...

On this edition of CNY Heroes Dan’s guest is Major General Kevin Bradley (retired), President of Honor Flight Syracuse. Bradley served 36 years in the US Air Force and Air National Guard. He’s a decorated F-16 pilot and served as the Commander of the 174-th Attack Wing at Hancock Field, Syracuse NY from 2008-2012. His career also included several years assisting the general in charge of Air Force...

Psychologist and researcher Dr. Anthony M. Graziano describes meeting 6 kids with autism in 1959 and discovering that almost everything he had learned in graduate school about autism as “a disease to be cured” was useless. He went on to develop a successful program to teach the kids how to engage with others, to relax, and to make lives previously thought impossible. He says that HHS Secretary Ken...

Discover how mRNA vaccines could become a powerful tool in the fight against cancer. Explore whether genetically engineered mice might help bring woolly mammoths back from extinction. Plus, how babies form memories, on this month’s episode of Science Today.

On this week's Check It Out, it's our musical episode! Not with Maggie or Tom (no one wants that). We welcome in Donna B, whose music can be heard at any number of libraries. She will even play a few tunes for listeners. All this week on Check It Out.

This month, North Words faces off with a couple of interviews with a hockey theme. Host Mitch Teich talks with North Country writer Christopher Shaw about his latest novel, The Manager, a spy thriller set in Cold War-era Lake Placid in the years following the Miracle on Ice. And we’ll meet Sarah Thompson, a recent St. Lawrence graduate, whose foundation, Sticks Together, brings her love for hockey...

This WCNY special reports on the upcoming mayoral primary elections. Host Jesús Rolón is joined by Democratic candidates Chol Majok, Sharon Owens and Pat Hogan, who will be sharing their views on the issues that matters most to the Latino community. Join us and make sure your voice is heard. Get informed. Get involved. And don't forget to vote on the primary on June 24th!

You may have noticed that the Caregiving crisis is finally receiving its due. Our conversation today is part of promoting the film Caregiving, the documentary created with executive producer Bradley Cooper highlighting the challenges and triumphs of caregiving in America. Caregiving will premiere Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 9 p.m ET on PBS (check local listings), and on the PBS YouTube Channel. Care...

(#75, 6/17/25) In this episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/ Podcast, Marisol Hernandez will talk with Alba Huerta and the “Trailblazing Latina Woman in Mixology: Alba Huerta”; Marisol will also give a very brief description of the International Taste of Syracuse. Then, Hugo and Marisol will be interviewing a Colombian group of all-women called Las Guaracheras, that were performing in the...

Beginning in 2019, Buffalo launched a campaign to rebrand itself as a safe and attractive place to build a life during the era of rapid climate change. Their “Be In Buffalo” campaign continues to attract new residents and persuade college graduates to stay by emphasizing freshwater access, the lack of natural disasters, and by leaning into their identity as a snow city. Central Current hosts Dr. R...

On the latest episode of Repeating History, our guest is Dr. Lindsay Chervinksy, the executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Bob and Dr. Lindsay discuss the transformative presidency of John Adams, the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts in the context of the vicious partisanship of the 1790s and their use again under the Trump administration. As this episod...

Check It Out has hit the big time! Maggie and Tom welcome Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon as our guest for this week's episode. We learn a little bit about which library was Ryan's as he was growing up, his thoughts on the importance of libraries and getting his children interested in reading. So, by all means.... Check It Out.

Syracuse Stage’s Resident Playwright Kyle Bass talks with playwright Rogelio Martinez about his upcoming world premiere production with Rogelio Martinez’s The National Pastime, part of the Julie Lutz New Play Festival.

Playwrights Zizi Majid & Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel talk with Associate Artistic Director Melissa Crespo about the new plays they are developing during the Julie Lutz New Play Festival.

On this edition of CNY Heroes Dan’s guest is Alexander Behm, Chief Community Officer for Clear Path for Veterans. He’s a Central New York native and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Enlisting in 2005 as an infantryman, Behm served with the 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, completing multiple global deployments. He later served with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, during a deploy...

In this premier episode of Beyond Survival: The Health-Wealth Connection, host Faida Beatice is joined by Melanie Littlejohn, President and CEO of the Central New York Community Foundation. In this program Melanie discusses her experience leading a philanthropic institution as a Black woman, the harmful myths associated with poverty, and the importance of acting as a community.

Alcoholism treatment physician, scientist, and author of the new groundbreaking book “The Psychology of Mass Addiction,” Dr. Brian Johnson defines alcoholism as “Repeated harm from drinking.” He discusses how the “denial system” keeps people from recognizing the problem, how family members unwittingly support denial (“co-dependent”), how relationship trauma drives people to substitute alcohol for...

(#73, 5/19/25) In this episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/ Podcast, Marisol Hernandez will talk with Alba Huerta and the “Trailblazing Latina Woman in Mixology: Alba Huerta”; Marisol will also give a very brief description of the International Taste of Syracuse. Then, Hugo and Marisol will be interviewing a Colombian group of all-women called Las Guaracheras, that were performing in the...

The first collaborative school of its kind in Central New York is on the horizon. The city of Syracuse, the Syracuse City School District (SCSD), Onondaga County, and schools from Onondaga, Cortland, and Madison Counties are coming together to establish the region's first STEAM-focused high school. This high school will provide a rigorous academic curriculum emphasizing Science, Technology, Engine...

Symphonic music has been in, around, and throughout Central New York forever (or at least since 1892.) And rightly so, because music is the glue that holds communities together, and The Syracuse Orchestra has been holding down and expanding the great traditions, all while preparing for the future. On this episode of Built to Serve, Lara Mosby, who leads Community Engagement for The Syracuse Orches...

The Cold War ended decades ago, but nuclear weapons are still with us. This month on Science Today, we learn how scientists are confronting controversial issues surrounding our aging nuclear arsenal. Also, what does virtual food taste like? We may be close to finding out.

It may seem like a slow week as we ease past Memorial Day, but Tom has his good friend, Yona, in to talk about the many interesting things where the libraries come to YOU out in the community. They will be at the Farmer's Market, Mets game, Pride day and many other fun events. All in this week's edition of Check It Out, the 495th most interesting library-based podcast (in New York)!

(#73, 5/19/25) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, we will have two interviews, the first interview with Matias Roth by Marisol Hernandez, about Book of Artist. As part of the event to celebrate this publication and the publication of many other Latinos writers and book authors, in the famous Point of Contact Cantor at the Warehouse Building of Syracuse University in downtown Syracuse. We also...

On the latest edition of North Words, we talk with Adirondack writer and naturalist Ed Kanze about his new book - a collection of his columns and essays from the last couple of decades, and how he continues to see the natural world with fresh eyes.  And Kingston's Bill Welychka (well-ITCH-kuh) shares his unusual life journey - from being a top entertainment journalist to local television, to selli...

On this weeks addition of Check It Out, Tom and Maggie talk over a whole host of fun events going on across the Library landscape. From the Light A Candle for Literacy book festival, which has been moved up to June 7th, to their Mets tabling nights, and they take a look at some stuff that’s going to be happening for summer reading. This year‘s theme for summer reading is "Color Our World"!