State Senator Jeremy Cooney has wanted to have a kid of his own since he was a kid. And this spring the Rochester-area Democrat became a dad with the birth of his son, Aidan. He joined the podcast to talk about becoming an older dad, including his fitness journey, returning to work after parental leave and the multiple layers of significance to his son's full name. And if you enjoy <a href= "https://capitolpressroom.org/dispatches-from-planet-albany/">Dispatches from Planet Albany</a>, please leave a rating and consider becoming a <a href= "https://donate.wcny.org/wcny/capitolpressroom">recurring contributor</a> to support the podcast (because we could really use the money). Subscribe to our newsletter / <a href= "https://www.publicmediasubscriptions.org/WCNY/subscription/pressroom">https://www.publicmediasubscriptions.org/WCNY/subscription/pressroom</a> Follow the show on Twitter / <a href= "https://twitter.com/CapPressRoom">https://twitter.com/CapPressRoom</a> Follow the show on Instagram / <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/capitolpressroom/">https://www.instagram.com/capitolpressroom/</a> Follow the show on Facebook / <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/thecapitolpressroom">https://www.facebook.com/thecapitolpressroom</a>

State Senator Jeremy Cooney has wanted to have a kid of his own since he was a kid. And this spring the Rochester-area Democrat became a dad with the birth of his son, Aidan. He joined the podcast to talk about becoming an older dad, including his fitness journey, returning to work after parental leave and the multiple layers of significance to his son's full name. And if you enjoy Dispatches from Planet Albany, please leave a rating and consider becoming a recurring contributor to support the podcast (because we could really use the money). Subscribe to our newsletter / https://www.publicmediasubscriptions.org/WCNY/subscription/pressroom Follow the show on Twitter / https://twitter.com/CapPressRoom Follow the show on Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/capitolpressroom/ Follow the show on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/thecapitolpressroom

State Senator Jeremy Cooney has wanted to have a kid of his own since he was a kid. And this spring the Rochester-area Democrat became a dad with the birth of his son, Aidan. He joined the podcast to talk about becoming an older dad, including his fitness journey, returning to work after parental leave and the multiple layers of significance to his son's full name. And if you enjoy <a href="https://capitolpressroom.org/dispatches-from-planet-albany/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dispatches from Planet Albany</a>, please leave a rating and consider becoming a <a href="https://donate.wcny.org/wcny/capitolpressroom" rel="noopener noreferrer">recurring contributor</a> to support the podcast (because we could really use the money). Subscribe to our newsletter / <a href="https://www.publicmediasubscriptions.org/WCNY/subscription/pressroom" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.publicmediasubscriptions.org/WCNY/subscription/pressroom</a> Follow the show on Twitter / <a href="https://twitter.com/CapPressRoom" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/CapPressRoom</a> Follow the show on Instagram / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capitolpressroom/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/capitolpressroom/</a> Follow the show on Facebook / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecapitolpressroom" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/thecapitolpressroom</a>

Senator Cooney is living his childhood dream of being a dad

Welcome to Dispatches from Planet Albany, the latest podcast experiment from David Lombardo, host of WCNY's <a href= "https://capitolpressroom.org/">The Capitol Pressroom</a>. The show will consist of weekly conversations that are (supposed to be) a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the <a href= "https://twitter.com/adamkramer/status/879917883438104576?s=20">Poozer Politics podcast</a>.

Welcome to Dispatches from Planet Albany, the latest podcast experiment from David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The show will consist of weekly conversations that are (supposed to be) a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

Welcome to Dispatches from Planet Albany, the latest podcast experiment from David Lombardo, host of WCNY's <a href="https://capitolpressroom.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Capitol Pressroom</a>. The show will consist of weekly conversations that are (supposed to be) a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the <a href="https://twitter.com/adamkramer/status/879917883438104576?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer">Poozer Politics podcast</a>.

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Dispatches from Planet Albany is brought to you by David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The weekly conversations are a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. 

This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

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Dispatches from Planet Albany is brought to you by David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The weekly conversations are a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

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