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A budget agreement has been announced in Washington. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Democrat Richard Neal of the 1st district speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded January 8.

Alexis Soloski is a prize-winning New York Times culture reporter and a former lead theater critic at The Village Voice. She has taught at Barnard College and at Columbia University, where she earned her PhD in theater. "Here in the Dark" is her first novel.

James Conrad and Jackie Kellachan from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, New York join us with this week's Book Picks.

Long-time lobbyist for the Retail Council of New York, Ted Potrikus, will tell us about his new book, “Lobbying 101: What Is It, Exactly, That You Do?” about his experiences as a lobbyist in Albany.The book takes the reader through a three-decade career as a lobbyist in New York State to show why, despite its bad rap, the practice is indeed a critical component of sound public policy.

From 2016-2022, filmmakers Zuzka Kurtz and Geoffrey Hug documented six 1st generation Bangladeshi immigrants from Hudson, NY as they graduated high school and journeyed to colleges around the northeast. The unexpected political events of those years propelled the students to confront anti-immigrant sentiments, the #MeToo movement, forbidden love, and their parents’ idea of “The American Dream.”The resulting documentary film “Hudson, America” is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Kanopy.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Ulster County Comptroller and the former President and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley March Gallagher, CEO of The Business Council of New York State Heather Mulligan, and Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick. Sarah LaDuke hosts.

Physical therapist Matthew Goodemote joins us to take your calls. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Former Congressman Mondaire Jones hopes to unseat Congressman Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th district. In today’s Congressional Corner, Jones wraps up this conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded December 21.

Will Hermes is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, a longtime contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered and The New York Times, and the author of "Love Goes to Buildings on Fire." This year, FSG released his new book “Lou Reed: The King of New York” - and now - he’s joining us to talk about music he enjoyed in 2023.

Today we say goodbye to 2023 with three Food Friday favorites. Ric Orlando, Rocco DeFazio and John Fischer join us to help kick the old year to the curb and ring in the new one. Ray Graf hosts.