David Guistina

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Marina Villeneuve of the Associated Press about reports that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's top aides altered the number of nursing home deaths in a state Health Department report in July. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about why a farmer selling his land in Colonie doesn't want to see the property developed for housing. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about reports that some Capital Region hospitals are resuming patient visits, as COVID-19 cases drop in the region. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, about reports that a second former aide has accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. 

(02/25/21 @ 1p.m.) -- In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week, WAMC presents an encore Power of Words. On this program, WAMC's Alan Chartock, H. Carl McCall, and Dr. J. W. Wiley discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a Dream Speech.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about why the Saratoga Economic Development Corp. is suing New York state. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about reports that flu cases in New York are down 96 percent this season.  

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about the varying COVID-19 vaccination rates in Capital Region counties.   

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, about reports that the New York State Senate could vote to roll back Governor Andrew Cuomo's pandemic powers as soon as Monday. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about reports that CoLab, a coworking space in downtown Albany, is closing next month. 

(02/18/21 @ 1 p.m.) A 2013 encore In Conversation interview with WAMC's Alan Chartock and Dr. David Nasaw, Author of the New York Times best-selling book The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about a class action lawsuit targeting Beech-Nut Nutrition in Montgomery County over the presence of potentially dangerous metals in its baby food. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Mike Goodwin of The Times Union about reports that the New York state Department of Health has ordered Albany Medical Center to change its COVID-19 protocols on the oncology floor, following a third outbreak in three months. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about reports that Hugh Johnson Advisors and Bender Lane Advisory are rebranding under the name Graypoint. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about reports that voters in Niskayuna have approved nearly $80 million in improvements across the Niskayuna Central School District. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Mike Goodwin of The Times Union about new data from the New York state Department of Health that raises the COVID-19 death toll connected to long-term care facilities by 58 percent in the Capital Region. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, for an update on the coronavirus pandemic in New York. They also discuss reports that a record number of teachers retired in the state in 2020.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about Jahnel Group, a Schenectady software firm that created an in-house recruiting department to handle an extensive hiring effort last year.

(Airs 2/4/21 @ 1 p.m.) An encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. David Miller, President of the American Association of Suicidology, the oldest and largest membership organization in the U.S. devoted to understanding and preventing suicide.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about reports that one of the two FBI agents killed during an investigation in Florida Tuesday had ties to the Capital Region. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Mike Goodwin of The Times Union about reports that some companies in the Capital Region are offering incentives for their employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, about new data depicting the racial disparity among those receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in hospitals and New York City. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about Transfinder, a Schenectady software development company marking its 23rd consecutive year of growth. 

(Airs 9/01/16) WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Pete Seeger about the music he remembers listening to throughout his life.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about reports that a Glens Falls man has been charged with participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Mike Goodwin of The Times Union about reports that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is close to a power-sharing agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, for an update on the coronavirus pandemic in New York. They also discuss some key flashpoints for Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers as they debate the 2021 budget. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Melissa Mangini, editor-in-chief of the Albany Business Review, about reports that Colonie's Shepherd Communication & Security has developed a new thermal imaging system to detect elevated body temperatures during the coronavirus pandemic. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Miles Reed of The Daily Gazette about some of the details of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's $193 billion budget proposal. 

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Mike Goodwin of The Times Union about reports that the surge of coronavirus cases sparked by the holiday season has started to level off in the Capital Region.