If you listen to WAMC, you probably recognize Ayesha Rascoe from her years hosting Weekend Edition Sunday and covering the White House. What you may not know is that she was once a shy, introvert who confronted self-doubt even as she climbed the ladder at Howard University’s student paper. That experience is just one recounted in the new book “HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience,” which features essays from leaders in the arts, letters and music.
We speak with Jennifer Wilson, deputy director of the League of Women Voters of New York State. The non-partisan good-government group is part of...
Amid renewed efforts to strip funding from public media in Washington, we speak with Mike Janssen, an editor at public media trade news outlet...
The new legislative session is just days away in Albany. WNYC capitol reporter Jon Campbell joins us for a preview.