Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Jay Egg and Keith Schue have been awarded the Constellation Prize for Policy Impact for their work with SHARE in helping to defeat the proposed fracked gas turbines on Sheridan Avenue to power the state capitol and plaza. They have been working to promote geothermal as an alternative. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (Podcast Version)

HMM correspondent Steve Pierce spoke to Albany Times Union newspaper columnist Steve Barnes about the state of the local restaurant economy. This is the second in a series of interviews with Steve Barnes about food in a pandemic.

And, if you're interested, here's the full interview:

www.mediasanctuary.org/podcasts/steve-barnes-talks-food-in-a-pandemic-full-interview/

HMM correspondent, Steve Pierce, spoke to Albany Times Union newspaper columnist Steve Barnes about how he got started in his career. This is the first in a series of interviews with Steve Barnes about food in a pandemic.

And, if you're interested, here's the full interview:

www.mediasanctuary.org/podcasts/steve-barnes-talks-food-in-a-pandemic-full-interview/

This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY with Andrea Cunliffe and I’m Mark Dunlea.

Today, we start off with an update on the effort to legalize marijuana in New York

Then, for a peace bucket, we have an update on the Kings Bay Plowshare 7.

And later on, the Media Club at Troy Prep High School discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their education.

After that, we hear part two of the interview with author Ruth Ann Smalley

Finally, we hear about this weekend’s upcoming event, BLACK HISTORY: CAPITAL REGION YOUTH RISE UP! And we hear from one of the youth participants, Shansanique Pollack, as she interviews Shana Davis, one of the organizers of the upcoming event, about her work and advocacy.

Shana Davis, executive vice president for the CSEA Capital Region chapter, talks with correspondent Shansanique Pollack about union workers and COVID's affect on the unionized workers, as well as the Black History Month event that just occurred.

"Erie County Smile" is a satirical short film and a parody of a popular Vietnamese-language variety show, “Paris By Night.” The film's director, Van Tran Nguyen, and assistant director, Alex Derwick, joined Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press to discuss their new film.

"Erie County Smile" is available for download on https://www.vantrannguyen.com/

Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Steve Pierce speaks with longtime Times Union food writer Steve Barnes about restaurants a year into the pandemic lockdown and what the future may bring.

Clare Grady started her prison sentence on February 10. She is one of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who entered the Trident nuclear submarine base in Georgia almost three years ago on April 4, 2018, to nonviolently and symbolically disarm omnicidal nuclear weapons. We talk to her sister, Mary Anne Grady Flores, about the plowshares movement against nuclear weapons and the effort to convince public pension funds and other to divest from nuclear weapons. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Part 2. Ruth Smalley discusses how we get our food supply and if it's the best decision for us in regards to climate change. HMM correspondent Erika Diggs sat down with Ruth to get the full story. Be sure to purchase her book Defender of Dirt to get a better insight on why this topic is so important.

Media Club at Troy Prep High School is back for Spring 2021! Students Treasure Ervin and Laila Traore interview each other about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected each other's lives and their high school education.