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July 1, 2026- We discuss legislation requiring the disclosure of generative AI used by news organizations. Our guest is Sam Wheeler, executive director of the Writers Guild of America East.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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