Ian Pickus
News Director, ipick@wamc.orgNews Director, ipick@wamc.org
A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, produced and hosted the Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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New York Rep. Pat Ryan of the 18th district speaks on WAMC's Congressional Corner with Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded on May 19. -
Baseball history entered a new chapter this week. Baseball’s late controversial all-time hit king Pete Rose has been taken off the permanently ineligible list. We speak with longtime ESPN announcer and anchor Karl Ravech about what it means for Cooperstown. -
Vermont U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat, speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the Congressional Corner May 8, 2025. -
A Muslim convert. A scooter thief. And more than a few risk-taking online posters. Those are just some of the people you meet in the new book “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China.”
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As long expected, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at cutting public funding that goes to PBS and NPR. Trump complains that the outlets are biased. The order instructs federal agencies and the private non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS. -
Longtime Congressional journalist David Hawkings speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on WAMC's "Congressional Corner" on April 28, 2025. -
Western New England University political science professor Tim Vercellotti speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the Congressional Corner April 21, 2025. -
Democratic candidate Blake Gendebien is keeping his campaign in New York's 21st House district going even though a special election to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik is off. -
New York Rep. Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the Congressional Corner. This conversation was held April 14. -
We speak with Andrew Buss, whose new book is “I Am McLovin: How ‘Superbad’ Became The Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation.”
