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Northeast Notebook 10/23/26: Botstein email analysis, measles, and housing anxiety

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Sam Dingman
Published October 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM EDT

A cybersecurity form has analyzed an email exchange between Leon Botstein and Jeffrey Epstein. Their findings raise questions about the authenticity of the exchange, which is at the center of criminal allegations against Botstein.

Also this hour...

  • Measles cases are skyrocketing in New York. What's behind the surge, and can anything be done to stop it? Click here to listen to the deep dive podcast episode.
  • Housing costs are high on the list of anxieties for Saratoga County voters this midterm season. 
  • Amid concerns about election security, Berkshire Eagle reporter Tara Monastesse visits the place where Pittsfield securely stores its ballots.
  • Co-host Annie Bennett juggles conflicting priorities in her frantic preparation for Halloweekend. 

All that and more on this Oct. 23 edition of "Northeast Notebook."
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Sam Dingman
Sam Dingman is WAMC’s Hudson/Catskill Bureau Chief. Previously, he was co-host and reporter at “The Show” on KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR station. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast “Family Ghosts,” which has been hailed as a critic’s choice by NPR, the LA Times and the New York Times. Dingman also co-hosted the BlueWire original series “The Rumor,” which was featured in the Washington Post and New York Magazine, and was a Webby honoree for Best Podcast Writing. He was story editor for Lemonada Media’s Signal Award-winning series “Pack One Bag,” writer and showrunner for John Stamos’s Webby-winning podcast “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” editor of Karina Longworth’s “You Must Remember This,” and a producer for WNYC’s Peabody-winning “On the Media.” He is a four-time winner of the Moth Grand and Story Slams, and has created, written, hosted, produced and edited podcasts for The Atlantic, Audible Originals, Gilded Audio, Gimlet Media, Lincoln Center, Panoply Media, Paramount Pictures, Pushkin Industries, Spotify, Slate, Stitcher, and Wondery.
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