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In the final installment of this two-part series, host Emi Ferguson features live performances from the 2023 Early Music ...
WQXR celebrates International Cat Day with images from our listeners' feline friends.
August 8, 2025- We go through the agenda items in Albany for New York's nearly 500,000 public sector retirees with Tom Tatun, the recently anointed executive director for the Retired Public Employees ...
August 8, 2025- Gov. Kathy Hochul is promising affordable and reliable energy from new nuclear power plants, but how achievable is her vision? We get a contrarian take from John Howar ...
August 8, 2025- State Sen. Jake Ashby, a Capital Region Republican who did combat tours overseas with the Army Reserves, talks about increasing services for Purple Heart awardees and ...
Hear live broadcasts from stages in New York and beyond, from major halls to intimate venues. This includes broadcasts and Webcasts in WQXR's own Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.
August 4, 2025- New York's development of offshore wind has stalled, so state regulators are hitting pause on the hunt for more transmission capacity. We explore the decision by the state Public ...
The state's "All-Electric Buildings" mandate will begin to be phased in next year and, while environmental advocates are welcoming the change, the construction industry is continuing to warn about ...
August 7, 2025- In the wake of Gov. Kathy Hochul pushing to make it easier for New Yorkers to be involuntarily committed, President Donald Trump issued an executive order designed to ...
August 7, 2025- Starting in August, the more than 30,000 people incarcerated in New York don't have to pay to make outgoing phone calls. We unpack this policy decision from the Hochul administration, ...
This broadcast originally aired on July 24th, 2024. We’re kicking off a two-part series of live performances from the Early Music America Summit which took place October 2023 in Boston Massachusetts.
August 6, 2025- As we continue to unpack the ramifications of the Big Beautiful Bill adopted by Republicans in Washington D.C., we're turning our attention to what it means for community health ...