Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine First, Mark Dunlea previews an upcoming forum on the NY Health Act. Then, Willie Terry continues his coverage from the Troy4Black Lives Program, titled “The Role of the Black Church in Getting and Keeping Us Free.” Later on, Moses Nagel brings us coverage from a recent hearing where the Albany Common Council discussed the Mayors requested changes to the Affordable Housing Bill. After that, The Zorbas Trio joins us to talk about their music. Finally, Niyani Holt brings us a conversation on media and identity with journalist, photographer and friend of the Sanctuary, Robert Cooper. Co-Hosted By: Ember, Richard Sleeper | Engineer: Jacob Boston

Zorbas Trio is comprised of three siblings: Callista, Demetra, and John Zorbas. This Saratoga, NY group ranges in genres from jazz, rock, alternative, and classical. They spoke with Jacob Boston and Richard Sleeper about how they developed their sound and making music as a family ahead of their performance at Song City.

Troy Indivisible is sponsoring a forum on Sunday April 12, on the NY Health Act from 2 to 4 PM at the Art Center of the Capital District, 265 River St. Troy. This legislation would provide single payer comprehensive healthcare to New York residents. Like Medicare, but better, the Act includes coverage for dental, vision, mental health, hearing, gender affirming care and long-term care. Prof. Ashley Fox on Health Policy at the Rockefeller College at U ALbany talks to Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

On Friday, February 13th, an exhibit was unveiled in honor of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning African American writer, editor, and professor, Toni Morrison. Paul Grondahl, the Opalka Endowed Director at the NYS Writers Institute at UAlbany, joins us to discuss Morrison's time at UAlbany and her legacy. Lennox Apudo reports.

The Earth's Greatest Enemy is “A documentary exposé of the world’s biggest—and most unaccountable—polluter: the US military. Learn the environmental cost of having a military Empire with Abby Martin." It will be shown three times in the Capital District in the coming week. On Tuesday April 14 Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace will show it at the local library. On April 19th it will be at the Friends Meeting House, 727 Madison Ave., in Albany; and tentatively April 21 at SUNY Albany. John Amidon talks about the film with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine, as well as recent arrest protesting drones at the Chreech Airforce Base in Nevada.

In today’s show we have two excerpt pieces from a partner program, The Aunties Dandelion podcast, with interviews by Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore. These interviews highlight our guests from our upcoming event. First, we hear an interview with filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox After that, an interview with Rematriation activist Michelle Schenandoah

Retired national weather meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us to give a recap of the weather this past March and the worrying signs of an acceleration of global warming. Co-hosts: Lennox Apudo and Sean Bernyk Engineer: Kalix Sausville

At the April 6 regular meeting, the Albany Common Council held a hearing about the proposed changes to their affordable housing ordinance. At the request of the mayor and the urging of the governor, the new rule would allow developers to buy out of the affordable housing requirements in the rule. Many from the community came to express their feelings and council members interjected with questions and comments.

On Saturday, February 28, 2026, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the Troy4Black Lives “Faith and Freedom” Black History Month Program, entitled “The Role of the Black Church in Getting and Keeping Us Free.” The event took place at Bethel Baptist Church in Troy, NY. In this labor segment, Willie recorded the panel discussion on the program theme, “The Role of the Black Church in the Black Freedom Struggle. ”This is Part 5 of that discussion.

Today on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine we hear about direct action ecological resistance. Then, we have some spring gardening tips. Later on, Rosemary Armao talks with Patrick White about his one man play on Tennessee Williams opening April 24 in Schenectady. After that, we hear about Share My Kitchen Table trains people to become activists from democracy. Finally, environmental justice organizer Bryan Parras speaks about changing the narrative about those who are affected by environmental racism. Co-hosts: Mark Dunlea; Joan Eason Engineer: Joan Eason

The Albany Common Council held a hearing Monday night on a potential amendment that would ease the city's affordable housing requirements for new construction. The Mayor’s proposal would decrease the percentage of affordable units required to be set aside in new construction from a maximum of 13% to 5%. The plan also raises the affordability threshold from 60 to 70% of the area median household income . Under the proposal, developers of new buildings can choose to pay the city $50,000 per unit to avoid the affordable housing requirement. Canyon Ryan of United Tenants of Albany expressed concerns, saying that rather than catering our housing policies to luxury and high-income developers we should address low-income tenants that need affordable housing.” Canyon talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Capital District Playwright and actor Patrick White will take on the accent and persona of Tennessee Williams starting April 24 when the one-man play Youth a Distant Country opens at Schenectady's Mopco Improv Theater. White was inspired to. make a career in drama when he starred in Williams Glass Menagerie as a high school student He is thrilled to be portraying Williams in a play that is based on letters Williams wrote over 30 years to friends and family, starting when he was a teenager. It's a daunting task to fill 90 minutes on a stage by yourself. White is. working daily now to memorize -- line by line -- 52 pages of dialog. This is a segment from the podcast An Armao Beyond The Brink and Fighting Back. You can find the full version of the. interview on your favorite podcast platform.

Launched in 2022, the Sanctuary’s Air Justice Lab (AJL) is a community air monitoring and educational initiative serving the greater Capital Region of NYS. Based within our NATURE Lab, AJL started in late 2022, when concerned residents, local students, and Sanctuary staff began a collaborative effort to install a growing network of low-cost air-monitoring devices. A'Livija Mullins-Richard is the Air Justice Lab Coordinator and reflected on the experience with Sina Basila Hickey.

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Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, A’Livija Mullins-Richard joins us to talk about Air Justice Lab as we approach the celebration to culminate this community air monitoring project with a virtual event this Thursday. Then, Jacob Boston highlights the spring youth baseball season on Spring Ave. Later on, we hear from Tara Aisha Willis about EMPAC’s upcoming Corpus Festival. After that, this week on the Albany Comedy interview corner Tyler Atis interviews local comedian Nate Wright. Finally, This week, Thom Francis welcomes poets Francesca Sidoti and Anna Boughtwood to the mic. Hosts: Caelan McPherson and Sina Basila Hickey Engineer: Caelan McPherson

This week, Thom Francis welcomes poets Francesca Sidoti and Anna Boughtwood to the mic. They shared their work at the 2024 Word Fest Open Mic at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts on April 27, 2024. +++++ The Word Fest began in 2001 in Thatcher Park as a one-day open mic, bringing together poets from all over the region to share their work. Over the years, the event grew into a week-long celebration of poetry and spoken word with workshops, poetry slams, featured performances, and, of course, the open mic. For the first time since 2019, the Word Fest Open Mic returned on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts with an afternoon of incredible featured spoken word artists and open mic readers. Today we are highlighting two of those poets - Francesca Sidoti and Anna Boughtwood. Francesca J. Sidoti’s poetry has been published in Chiron Review, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Viet Nam Generation, Moonstone Arts’ “Nikki Giovanni Tribute”, and other literary magazines. Upcoming publications include the Deep Overstock Fiction Podcast, which will feature her reading her work for the “Romance” edition. Sidoti has been the recipient of several awards, including the 2021 Dorn Space Poet of the Year. Her 2023 book, Civil Twilight and Other Transitions, are currently available. Anna Boughtwood lives just over the Dunn Memorial Bridge from Albany. Her writing has appeared in Sad Girls Club, Dipity, Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Dime Show Review, and East Jasmine Review.

First, Mark Dunlea speaks with Paul Stewart of the Underground Railroad Education Center about a lawsuit filed by the organization against the National Endowment for the Humanities following their federal grant cancellation as a result of anti-DEI retaliation. Then, Moses Nagel brings us coverage from the recent No Kings protest in Albany. He talks to protesters about their signs. Later on, retired national weather meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us to give a recap of the weather this past March and the worrying signs of an acceleration of global warming. After that, as part of the weekly series Everybody Moves, we hear from Jamar as he shares with us his immigration story to the Capital District from Jamaica. Finally, Elizabeth Press spoke to City Council President Sue Steele about Mayor Montello's Public Safety emergency declaration in an effort to push through the renewal of the Flock Safety contract. Co-hosts: Lennox Apudo and Sean Bernyk Engineer: Kalix Sausville

Baseball is back, and what a wonderful time it is. Little league teams throughout the Capital Region are getting ready to take their first bases in the new year. However, before the first pitch, Jacob Boston and baseball mom Liz sat down with Ian Silverman of spring youth baseball on Spring Ave to preview the upcoming season.

Ecological resistance begins with a hard truth: the biosphere is being destroyed by systems that know exactly how to absorb moral outrage. You can march, sign, lobby, and testify, and still wake the next morning to another forest cut, another river poisoned, another species pushed closer to silence. Some feel more direct action is needed, Pike talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine,, including about the "culture of resistance that these punks out in the woods cultivate. "

A conversation about resistance, activism, and community. Get Out the Resistance (GOTR) together with Share My Kitchen Table (SMKT) are for those who haven’t engaged in activism yet by empowering with information with about at least 25+ different ways that can help restore Democracy! In this interview Mary Panzetta and Toni McGrath of SMKT speak with Andrea Cunliffe. Get Out The Resistance (GOTR) is a grassroots, non-profit, Albany activist group and one of the 11 groups in the Greater Capital Region Coalition (GCRC). Their events have proven to increase activist membership and turnout. Their PowerPoint: One Million Rising, outlines activism strategies, ICE watch, FLOCK cameras, mid-term election data & actions, advocacy of progressive legislation. and student engagement.