Jesse King
Hudson Valley Bureau Chief/Host, 51%Jesse King is the host of WAMC's national program on women's issues, "51%" and the station's bureau chief in the Hudson Valley. She has also produced episodes of the WAMC podcast "A New York Minute In History."
A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, King first joined the WAMC newsroom as an intern in September 2018. She grew up an avid writer and radio-nerd in Apalachin, New York, and spent much of her college years managing WONY 90.9 FM, contributing to the student-run podcast, "Oneonta Voices," and interning with Phoenix FM in Dublin, Ireland. She holds a B.A. in Music Industry and Mass Communications, and plays the fiddle in her free time.
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The Dutchess County legislature passed a resolution Monday night authorizing the county to sue New York state over a new law moving some local elections to even-numbered years.
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The Dutchess County legislature is expected to vote on a resolution Monday night that would authorize the county attorney to sue New York state over a new law moving some local elections to even-numbered years.
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On this week’s 51%, we speak with mountain athlete and fertility doula Angie Marie to learn how some women are applying the concepts behind cycle syncing to their everyday lives.
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Now that she has been in office for a few months, Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers has delivered her first State of the City address.
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The State University of New York is expanding a free program aimed at growing the state’s workforce of direct support professionals.
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While New York state continues to grapple with a childcare shortage, a new report examines why the number of providers is dwindling in the Hudson Valley.
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An interview with Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne.
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On the latest 51%, Dr. Elizabeth Comen gives us a lesson on gender bias in early medicine, and how it continues to prevent women from getting adequate care.
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Rockland County Executive Ed Day's annual State of the County address was repeatedly interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Tuesday.
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Public speaker and mentor Chelsey Goodan provides insight on the wisdom and power of teenage girls. In her new book Underestimated, Goodan explores why we, as a society, so often restrict and belittle girls at an age when they’re supposed to be gaining independence.