Hudson Mohawk Magazine
Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a local volunteer-produced news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcasted from The Sanctuary for Independent Media on WOOC 105.3 FM. Thanks to listeners like you, the Sanctuary is able to use art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.
Episodes
January 7, 2026 • 59 mins
Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,
First, we hear part 2 of a recent protest of ICE’s kidnapping of members of a Muslim family.
Then, we hear from Medea Benjamin on Venezuela.
Later on, Rosemary Armao discusses sex, AI, and young people.
After that, we discuss the Prairieland Defendants and the Albany benefit to bring awareness to these protesters and their criminal charges.
Finally, we finish with a story about a chili c...
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January 7, 2026 • 10 mins
Local groups are coming together to bring awareness and support for the Prairieland Defendants, a group of people who have been criminally charged after demonstrating outside an ICE facility in Texas. Local advocates are concerned because the outcome of this case could set framing around the rights of protesters around the country.
Co-organizer Roxanne spoke with Sina Basila Hickey about this group and the event taking place on Sa...
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January 7, 2026 • 10 mins
Young people in America are having far less sex than than they used to and The U.S. fertility rate is at a historic low. In this week's chapter of Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back, journalist-professor Rosemary Armao talks with UAlbany sophomores about whether they want to have children someday and what the 20-year-olds think is the meaning behind these statistics.
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January 7, 2026 • 9 mins
Chili Cook Off: This interview features David, a member of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement. He explains the role the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement has in the community. The interview also features Matt, a member of the Capital District Socialist Party, who shares about the history of the chili cook off, and why they decided to choose to donate the proceeds to the CCSM.
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January 6, 2026 • 9 mins
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, discusses the kidnapping of Venezuela's President Maduro by the Trump administration with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine. ON Tuesday, Medea interrupted a presentation by the American ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) to challenge their claim that this was purely a law enforcement action rather than regime change and seizure of oil. Medea expects a close but losin...
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January 6, 2026 • 58 mins
Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,
First, Mark Dunlea talks with Joe Seeman, who is a volunteer with Indivisible ADK/Saratoga, who held a rally in Glens Falls to remind people of the coup attempt on January 6th, 2020.
Then, we have a segment about the resources provided by the YWCA and speak with Jamie Crouse.
After that, we mark the new year with a recording from a peace walk.
Finally, Thom Francis welcomes local poets Ce...
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January 6, 2026 • 9 mins
This week, Thom Francis welcomes local poets Celeste and R.M. Engelhardt to the mic. They performed their poetry at the “Year in Review” event at Mojo’s Cafe & Gallery in downtown Troy on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
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It’s a new year and the Hudson Valley Writers Guild has a lot of exciting opportunities for poets and writers to share their words at readings, workshops, and other events. We can’t wait to find out what our re...
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January 6, 2026 • 9 mins
January 6, 2026, is the 5th anniversary of Donald Trump's unsuccessful coup to overthrow the election of Joe Biden as President. Unfortunately, the Justice Department and Democrats failed to hold Trump accountable for the coup and once re-elected, Trump pardoned all those convicted of violent actions at the Capitol. On January 3, Indivisible ADK/Saratoga held a rally in Glens Falls to remind people of the coup. That morning Trump k...
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January 5, 2026 • 59 mins
Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,
First, Mark Dunlea brings us coverage of a protest on Wolf Road against the US government’s actions to kidnap and criminally charge the President Maduro of Venezuela.
Then, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood will be showing the documentary film “Heightened Scrutiny” in Troy on January 22, and we’ll hear from the film’s director, Sam Feder.
Later on, we welcome back retired National Weather Ser...
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January 4, 2026 • 10 mins
Following the shocking news on Saturday morning that Trump had directed the US military to kidnap the elected President of Venezuela to face criminal charges in NY, more than 100 protests have taken place nationwide. In day two of the protests in Albany, 200 protestors gathered at Wolf Road and Central Avene to demand that President Maduro and his wife being released. We hear from Dan Wilcox of Veterans for Peace; Eyad Alkurabi of ...
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January 3, 2026 • 24 mins
On Saturday, January 3, 200 people gathered in Townsend Park in Albany to demand the immediate release of all FOUR members of the Bakhtani family from ICE detention. In early December, the Bakhtanis, refugees from Afghanistan, had their family ripped apart after two targeted kidnappings by immigration enforcement agents. At the rally, we heard that 2 of the family members had been released so far. We first hear from Jahaira Roldan...
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January 2, 2026 • 58 mins
Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, on this Special broadcast Andrea Cunliffe focuses on the work of volunteers who bring education and rehabilitation to incarcerated people within the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision the DoCCS.
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January 1, 2026 • 58 mins
On this special episode of Hudson Mohawk Magazine we play excerpts of the recording from Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!'s visit to the Sanctuary on Saturday, April 22, 2023. On the second night of the weekend celebration "Rooted in Independent Media, Growing Toward a Just Future!", Amy Goodman spoke about her work in independent media, her history with the Sanctuary, and welcomed Steve Pierce to join her on stage to talk about his i...
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December 31, 2025 • 58 mins
This show includes five climate related segments from the past year. 2025 was a bad year for climate action in both New York and the United States. At the federal level, President Trump took action to remove the US from the Paris climate accords while dismantling existing programs that supported the development of clean, renewable energy while promoting the expansion of gas, oil, coal, and nuclear power. In New York, Governor Hochu...
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December 29, 2025 • 58 mins
Everybody Move Series: Migration Stories from our Community.
This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all–and teaches us much–because it is a part of the human experience.
This week we feature a full hour of some of our favorite moving stories from season 1. Produced...
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December 29, 2025 • 9 mins
This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience.
This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a team of students at the University at Albany.
This week we fea...
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December 29, 2025 • 9 mins
This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience.
This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a team of students at the University at Albany.
This week we fea...
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December 29, 2025 • 9 mins
This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience.
This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a team of students at the University at Albany.
This week we fea...
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December 29, 2025 • 9 mins
Everybody Move Series: Migration Stories from our Community.
This weekly series profiles the migration stories of members of our community, whether the migration be their own stories of that of their parents or grandparents, and reminds us that migration touches us all, as it is a part of the human experience.
This episode is a part of Season 2 of the Everybody Moves series. Season 2 features stories collected and produced by a t...
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