Campbell Conversations

On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with one of the Democratic candidates for governor of New York, Congressman Tom Suozzi. He's been in Congress representing the 3rd district since 2017 and served as County Executive of Nassau County from 2002 to 2009, prior to that he served as mayor of Glen Cove, New York.

On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Jacob Mchangama. He's a lawyer, and founder and director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, freedom of speech and the rule of law. He recently published the book, "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media."

On this episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick.

On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with one of the most prominent national critics of former President Donald Trump, from within his own party. Michael Steele has served as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and is a former chair of the Republican National Committee.

On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, we continue the ongoing conversation regarding the tearing down and replacement of I-81 in Syracuse, and the redevelopment of the surrounding area. Grant Reeher speaks with Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, an attorney and the Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the New York Civil Liberties Union.

On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, recent guest Brian Taylor returns to talk about the situation in Ukraine since Russia invaded three weeks ago. Taylor is an expert on Russia and security and is a Political Science Professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School and the author of, "The Code of Putinism."

Grant Reeher speaks to Congressman John Katko about a range of issues from home and abroad. Katko has represented New York's 24th congressional district based in Syracuse since 2015.

Since last fall, Syracuse has begun to receive and resettle refugees from Afghanistan, and might now expect to do the same for Ukrainian refugees. Grant Reeher speaks with Beth Broadway and Marwah Alobaidi of Interfaith Works of Central New York, an organization that is leading the effort to resettle refugees to the region.

Grant Reeher speaks with Julie McMahon, who is leading an effort to change the lack of public affairs coverage in the Syracuse area. McMahon is the founding editor-in-chief of a new media non-profit startup called, "Central Current."

Grant Reeher speaks with Lance LoRusso. He's a former police officer that now represents law enforcement officers in court as a lawyer handling on-duty shootings and in-custody deaths. LoRusso is also a firearms instructor and a consultant on police use of force. He's the author of the books, "When Cops Kill" and "Blue News."