Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with a congressional update on the work of Representatives Tonko and Delgadao, from partner station WGXC at Wave Farm;

Then Mark Dunlea brings us excerpts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Press Conference on the release of its April 4 report,

Later on, Brea Barthel previews an Albany Get Out the Vote event on April 7, in a conversation with Dee Burkins of WeGOTV and Matt Caffrey of Swing Left.

After that, we hear the first part of HMM Mainstay Caelan McPherson’s interview about Native broadcasting with Hoopa Valley Tribe member Joseph Orozco, Lead Producer at KIDE 91.3fm in California;

Finally, Sina Basila Hickey speaks with this week’s presenter in the virtual series, BioArt Talks @CBIS, Aisen Caro Chacin, whose talk on Friday is entitled "BioArt + Assistive Device Art: Transformation of Ability and Perception, the Plasticity of the Mind, and Human Expansion."

Get Out the Vote efforts for the midterm election are starting up. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Brea Barthel talks with Dee Burkins of WeGOTV and Matt Caffrey of Swing Left about their "Spring Into Action" event to be held in Albany on April 7th. Learn about their letter-writing campaign, and hear from city, county, and regional representatives. For information see swingleft.org. To register, contact [email protected].

The newest climate report from the IPCC is, once again, issuing a Code Red for life on the planet and calling for the world to immediately halt the burning of fossil fuels to avoid climate collapse. We hear from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres; Inger Anderson, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program; and IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Jim Skea. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

On April 02, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the Underground Railroad Education Center "FreedomCon 2022 Conference" at Hudson Valley Community College. In this segment, Willie interviews Matt George, Program and Education Chair of the Capital District Civil War Round Table.

The Capital District Civil War Round Table meets at the Watervliet Senior Community Center at 7pm on the second Friday of every month, except for July and August. Everyone is welcome.

www.capitaldistrictcivilwar.org

Join us for this virtual session of the series BioArt Talks @CBIS, presented in conjunction with RPI’s Center for Biotechnology Interdisciplinary Studies; the Arts department in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; and the Sanctuary’s NATURE Lab.

Aisen Caro Chacin presents this Friday's talk "BioArt + Assistive Device Art: Transformation of Ability and Perception, the Plasticity of the Mind, and Human Expansion." She spoke with HMM's Sina Basila Hickey about her interactive art, bioethics, and making open source designs for life saving needs.

More info: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/project/bioart-talks-cbis/

In this episode of Is Radio Dying? Caelan McPherson talks with Joseph Orozco, the Lead Producer at KIDE 91.3FM in California. Caelan asked about what Native media is, how the government can support Native media,, and, of course, if radio is dying.

This is part 2 of their conversation.

In this episode of Is Radio Dying? Caelan McPherson talks with Joseph Orozco, the Lead Producer at KIDE 91.3FM in California. Caelan asked about what Native media is, how the government can support Native media,, and, of course, if radio is dying.

This is part 1 of their conversation.

Do tornadoes happen in NY? How often and how intense? Hugh answers our tornado questions and tells us to get out our rain coats. With hosts Blaise Bryant and Brea Barthel.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with Mark Dunlea and New York Public Interest Research Group’s Blair Horner discussing how best to replace New York’s State’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, with another approach to oversee ethics issues with state officials.

Then, Alexis Goldsmith interviews with Dr. Clifford Lau, a chemist leading a citizen air-quality monitoring program near an ethane cracker plastics plant in Pennsylvania.

Later on, Aileen Javier talks with Angela Kaufman from Saratoga’s Lake View Mobile Home Park about possible retaliation against her by the park’s new owner in response to her advocacy there.

After that, we re-broadcast an interview by Meghan Marohn with David Borton about his decisions to build a solar home and a solar boat.

And we end with our weekly live discussion with retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson, this time with a look at tornadoes and, of course, regional weather.

An ethane cracker is a plastic factory that produces polyethylene from ethane gas. The Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is set to come online in late 2022. Plastic PSA host Alexis Goldsmith visited the Shell ethane cracker in February, where she met with local scientists who are monitoring pollution from the plant. In this interview, she spoke with Dr. Clifford Lau, a chemist who is heading up a citizen air monitoring project.

CC image by Drums600: A Pittsburgh towboat pushes a barge down the icy Ohio River. Behind is the on going construction of the Shell Cracker Plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in January 2019.