WAMC News Podcast

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has some worrying about how his policies will affect consumer prices, the agricultural, and high-tech sectors. We speak with Hugh Johnson, chairman and chief investment officer at Hugh Johnson Advisors in Albany.

Officials in New York state are celebrating enrollment increases in the State University of New York system. According to new data, SUNY saw enrollment gains for the second year in a row for the first time in 15 years. We speak with SUNY Chancellor John King.

We break down the election results and what they mean for New York with Politico's Nick Reisman.

New York Democrats came into the election working feverishly to flip several key House seats, and they largely succeeded. But that was a rare bright spot during a huge performance for Republicans. We break it down with Jay Jacobs, Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee.

A lot of public radio reporting is telling difficult stories about challenging things that happen to other people. For NPR Life Kit host Marielle Segarra, a surprising breast cancer diagnosis a year ago was also a chance to get out the word about risk factors, treatment, and the latest science.

The holidays are on the horizon and with it, infectious disease season. Public health officials are hoping residents of the Northeast will get inoculated against the flu and COVID-19. We speak with Dr. Justin Chan, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Bellevue Hospital Center.

On January 6, 2021, a lot of the people who stormed in the capitol in Washington were dressed like members of the military. But some of them were actually members of the military, too. A new NPR Embedded series called “A Good Guy” follows the case of one of them. We speak with NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Lauren Hodges.

Is there a difference between solitude and loneliness? That’s an essential question in the new book “Party Of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner” from NPR’s Meghan Keane, the longtime producer and creator of NPR’s Life Kit.

The conclusions of a months-long investigation into a roiling culture war in Stamford, Vt.