Alan Chartock

New York State Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from New York City, is the founder of the No Bad Apples political action committee, which has endorsed several candidates since its 2011 inception. WAMC’s Alan Chartock sat down with Krueger and Cecilia Tkaczyk, who is running against Republican Assemblyman George Amedore of Rotterdam for the Senate’s new 46th District seat.

Part two of this interview airs tomorrow on Midday Magazine.

Student loans have become a major election season issue. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Bill Owens tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that partisan gridlock is to blame for the delay in solving the interest rate debate.

Alan is joined by Dan Kittredge, executive director of the Bio-Nutrient Food Association and past executive director of Remineralize the Earth.

The 2012 election has only worsened partisanship in Washington. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Bill Owens tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that he is hoping for increased cooperation across the aisle in the coming months and years.

President Obama’s recent executive order on immigration rocked Washington.
In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Bill Owens tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the new laws will influence the agriculture business in the North Country.

Governor Scott Walker recently survived his recall election in Wisconsin. In today’s Congressional Corner, Union College political science professor Brad Hays tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the recall is not a national bellwether.

Host Alan Chartock is joined by Bill Mahoney, Legislative Operations and Research Coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group. They discuss the Committee To Save New York, voter registration efforts, and the Joint Committee on Public Ethics.

In this week’s “Classical Music According to Yehuda,” Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their discussion of what makes a great performance, hearing a version of Bach’s Sarabande by Rostropovich before switching to the same piece by Yehuda Hanani himself.

The Citizens United ruling has changed the electoral picture. In today’s Congressional Corner, Union College political science professor Brad Hays tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the Supreme Court has tacked to the right in recent decades.

Alan is joined by Dr. Mark Liponis of Canyon Ranch to discuss The Hunter-Farmer Diet Solution.