Alan Chartock
Retired President and CEODr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
During his long tenure at WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Alan Chartock has interviewed interesting people of every stripe: governors, senators and top lawmakers, to newsmakers including World War II heroes and former UN weapons inspectors. Dr. Chartock has also had the chance for in-depth chats with artists, musicians, actors and directors...authors...you name it!
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Vermont Senator Peter Welch is getting used to his new position. In today’s Congressional Corner, the Democratic Senator speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded March 6. -
WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on China President Xi Jinping, in a speech, taking rare, direct aim at the United States. -
WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Former President Donald Trump’s address at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
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WAMC’S Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Tennessee Governor William Lee signing a law banning all transgender treatment for children and public drag shows.
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The 2024 campaign is already taking shape. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the second district, wraps his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. -
WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on news that communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide than any other year on record in 2022. The news was disappointing to climate scientists who warn that energy users around the world must cut emissions dramatically to slow global warming.
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There’s a new sheriff in town. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the second district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. -
WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Republicans in Congress sharply questioning senior Pentagon officials on Tuesday about the tens of billions of dollars in military and other aid the United States has sent to Ukraine.
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A Massachusetts political institution has died. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the second district, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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WAMC's Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on revelations that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, has acknowledged in a deposition taken by Dominion Voting Systems that some Fox News hosts endorsed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
