NY Foraged 2026 by Hudson Mohawk Magazine

We welcome back retired National Weather Service Meteorologist Hugh Johnson to give us our weekly weather update.

Co-hosts: Sean Bernyk, Sina Basila Hickey

Engineer: Kalix Sausville

With the goal to eliminate furniture poverty and restore hope to struggling households, the Capital Region Furniture Bank helps to furnish homes while also diverting furniture from landfills. This is a project of The Homeless and Travelers Aid Society of the Capital District, and Executive Director Liz Hitt spoke with Mark Dunlea and Benno Greene for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

More info: https://www.hatas.org/capital-region-furniture-bank

At the Tax the Rich rally at the Albany Capitol on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, many pointed out that in NYState it isn't the ultra rich who are leaving, it's the working class families who can no longer afford to live here. In this segment we hear from

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Roaming Labor Willie Terry interviewed Leon Van Dyke, founder and Community Organizer of the Albany "Brothers." In this Labor segment, Willie interviewed Leon about his interactions with the late Civil Rights Activist, the Rev. Jessie L. Jackson, and other civil rights leaders—part 2.

Greg Creft gets to sit down with local Capital Region comic, Alanna Gill, where she talks about her time opening for headlining acts at the Albany Funny Bone and her early days of comedy. Alanna will be on the 'Will They, Won't They' Comedy Show at the Local 217 on Saturday May 2nd, 9 pm.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

First, we have a live interview about the Capital Region Furniture Bank a program of the Homeless and Travelers Aid Society.

Then, we hear from botanist Rich Ring about the changes that spring brings.

Later on, in On the Brink and Fighting Back, we hear about the challenge of repurposing 5 closed prisons in the Adirondacks.

After that, we hear from Dr. Aaron Major about how W.E.B. Du Bois's racial theory can provide guidance for current and future emancipatory endeavors.

Finally, we hear about a new office for Violence Prevention in Albany.

Co-hosts: Mark Dunlea and Benno Greene. Engineer: Sina Basila Hickey

Continued conversation with home-based bakery founders Byrdie Kraut and Jared Niemela...more about the choices they've made...the types of bread that they sell and the significance of the name, ANICCA bakery.

Part 2 of 2-part interview.

Produced by Marsha Lazarus

...and the entrepreneurs and small business owners who start their own businesses! Part 1 of a conversation with Byrdie Kraut & Jared Niemela, founders of Troy-based Anicca Bakery. Byrdie and Jared share about what led them to starting up and operating a small home-based bakery and all that's involved!

Produced by Marsha Lazarus

On April 20, the Albany Common Council voted unanimously to approve a new Office of Violence Prevention. The office will have seven members, four appointed by the mayor and three by the council. Before the unanimous vote, members of the community came to speak in favor of the city taking a new approach in the face of recent shootings and violence in the city.