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The WBFO Brief podcast brings you the award-winning reporting from the newsroom of WBFO, Buffalo Toronto Public Media's NPR station, each weekday morning. To get up to the minute news, tune into WBFO ... more
FAQs about WBFO Brief:How many episodes does WBFO Brief have?The podcast currently has 1,189 episodes available.
July 25, 2022WBFO Brief Monday July 25, 2022Hear WBFO’s Michael Mroziak on whether an 18 year old brain is fully formed—and what that means in the gun control debate after the Tops shooting. Also an exit interview with Nancy Smith, the outgoing executive director of the WNY Land Conservancy. We also have news of a Hell’s Angel rally in Ontario, and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s opportunity to appoint a new top judge for NYS....more18minPlay
July 22, 2022WBFO Brief Friday July 22, 2022If it's Friday, It's Theater Talk- today with word that Shea's President Michael Murphy has been suspended. Also, the fight over some land adjacent to Buffalo Womenservices where protestors gather to speak out against abortion. And a look at what the overturn of Roe V. Wade means for teaching at medical schools— like the University at Buffalo ....more21minPlay
July 21, 2022WBFO Brief Thursday July 21, 2022The effort to distribute relief funds to people around the Tops shooting site begins with a public hearing tonight. Meanwhile there is a press to make sure that Tops employees and those who were in the store get help too. And, debate on a 5 year plan for disability services in WNY....more10minPlay
July 20, 2022WBFO Brief Wednesday July 20, 2022The Buffalo City council held a short session of about 3 minutes long to vote in new city council districts, without hearing from the many there to protest it. Also,the Town of Niagara approves a massive Amazon warehouse project adjacent to the Niagara Falls airport, and Mayor Brown goes to Washington, to seek aid after the Tops shooting....more7minPlay
July 19, 2022WBFO Brief Tuesday July 19, 2022The efforts to bring more cars to other sections of Buffalo’s Main Street—between Mohawk Street ce and the Seneca One Tower-- move ahead with some fresh funding. And the accused Tops shooter has pleaded not guilty to the latest charges against him in Federal Court.Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at Republican Lee Zeldin and his charges that Gov. Kathy Hochul is reluctant to investigate former Gov. Cuomo and COVID until after the election.Also, Mayor Byron Brown heads to Washington to talk about the tops shooting with other, a look at the fundraising that congressional candidate Carl Paladino has amassed for his campaign...more11minPlay
July 18, 2022WBFO Brief Monday July 18, 2022A report that state officials fudged the numbers on availability of internet service across NY. Also a preview of the latest federal court proceedings after the new indictment against accused Tops shooter Payton Gendrun. And internal polls point to a Carl Paladino lead over Nick Langworthy, as they head toward a Republican primary battle in the NY 27th Cong. district....more8minPlay
July 15, 2022WBFO Brief Friday July 15, 2022Go inside the new Tops Market on Jefferson Ave., after being shut down for 2 months after the racist shootingsthere. Also, hear legal analysis of the accused shooter's indictment- and why a former Assistant US Attorney says it tips the US Justice Department's hand on pursuing the death penalty. And if it's Friday- It's TheaterTalk...more17minPlay
July 14, 2022WBFO Brief July 14, 2022On the two month anniversary of the racist mass shooting at Tops markets, poet Jillian Hanesworth talks about why she won't be inside the store when it re-opens tomorrow. Also, closer to a final plan for any redesign of the Scajaquada Expressway and news of the latest chance for public comment on the Buffalo Bills new stadium...more18minPlay
July 13, 2022WBFO Brief July 13, 2022Tops markets opens their Jefferson Ave. store at the scene of the May 14 shooting on Friday, but today we hear about a petition drive to stop it. Also, Carpenter Union jobs might not be available in Buffalo, but a regionalization could find work for the Buffalo-area people willing to travel. And a delayed vote on the city council’s redistriciting plan, means no action on an alternate map that activists have been pushing for to provide broader Black representation....more17minPlay
July 12, 2022WBFO Brief Tuesday July 12, 2022With one more Buffalo area store approved to unionize, NLRB hearings into the way Starbucks fought an organizing drive have begun. WBFO's Tom Dinki takes you inside the testimony. Also, the push to bring a grocery store- possibly Wegman's — to Buffalo's East side. And The Buffalo city council is prepared to vote on new city council districts, and hear from Garnell Whitfield, who was in Washington DC to witness President Biden's gun control bill signing after losing his mother in the Tops shooting....more11minPlay
FAQs about WBFO Brief:How many episodes does WBFO Brief have?The podcast currently has 1,189 episodes available.