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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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying that the United States could run out of money to pay its bills by June 1 if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit, putting pressure on President Biden and lawmakers to reach a swift agreement to avoid defaulting on the nation’s debt.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on a man in Texas who killed five people, including an 8-year-old boy, with an AR-15-style weapon Friday night in an angry response to his neighbors’ request that he stop shooting in his yard while their baby was trying to sleep.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on New York Governor Kathy Hochul announcing a “conceptual agreement” on a nearly 229 billion dollar state budget.
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(Airs 04/27/23 @ 3 p.m. & 04/29/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.
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The Vermont Congressional delegation has a new look.In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint, a Democrat at-large, wraps up her conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on a federal appeals court ruling that clears the way for former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by former President Donald Trump to block the testimony.
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The U.S. is getting closer to the fiscal cliff.In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint, a Democrat at-large, continues her conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. telling Senate leaders Tuesday that he would “respectfully decline” to testify at a Senate hearing focused on the Supreme Court, offering instead a statement signed by all the justices in which they “reaffirm and restate foundational ethics principles and practices” to which they abide.
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Divided government means things have slowed down in Washington.In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint, a Democrat at-large, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the news that Tucker Carlson has been ousted at Fox News following the network's $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.