About this podcast
A Murrow Award winning podcast that brings you inside the issues impacting our communities. Every week, Tom Eschen sits down with local leaders and power brokers for a frank, sometimes blunt, conversation about the current political environment and how their decisions and stances shape and alter all of our lives. Whether it’s your tax bill, public safety, schools, immigration, or healthcare – politics affects every day and every aspect of your life. From the corridors of power to the heart…
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Power & Politics
About this podcast
A Murrow Award winning podcast that brings you inside the issues impacting our communities. Every week, Tom Eschen sits down with local leaders and power brokers for a frank, sometimes blunt, conversation about the current political environment and how their decisions and stances shape and alter all of our lives. Whether it’s your tax bill, public safety, schools, immigration, or healthcare – politics affects every day and every aspect of your life. From the corridors of power to the heart…
Recent episodes
- Bonus: Former Governor George Pataki on if NYS Mayor Zohran Mamdani, President Donald Trump, should attend 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Ground Zero4 Sept · 6 min
- Gov. Pataki on Mayor Mamdani, Paying for Extreme Weather, and Hochul's FEMA and Counterterrorism funding questions, Guests: Professor Kevin Reed, Professor Andrew Morris, Business Council of NYS's Ken Pokalsky, Sen. Liz Krueger, September 4th, 20264 Sept · 1 h 32 min
- Meta's Settlement, 287g agreement ban, congestion pricing, and Lake America Guests: Sec. Sean Duffy, Stephen Creamer28 Aug · 1 h 02 min
- Threat at NYS Capitol, data center NDAs, Albany's Budget and Where's Upstate? Guests: NYS Asm. John McDonald, Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs and Financial Advisor Bob Ward, August 21st, 202621 Aug · 54 min
- Data Centers, New Siena Poll, New Flock Standards, Municipal Budgeting and more. Guests: Kiran Keshav, Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and David Flynn, August 14th, 202614 Aug · 1 h 12 min
- George Pataki, former New York State Governor, and New York State Acting Chief Cyber Officer Michaela Lee, August 7th, 20267 Aug · 21 min
- Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life at Albany Law School, on Supreme Court's latest term, July 31st, 202631 Jul · 35 min
- NY Governor Kathy Hochul on data center moratorium Executive Order, July 24th, 202624 Jul · 17 min
- NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and GOP Comptroller Nominee Joseph Hernandez, July 17th, 202617 Jul · 50 min
- Rebecca Nagle, award winning journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, July 10th, 202610 Jul · 35 min
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