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WGXC Morning Show: Dave Ellis, Anna Kathawala, Rob Gelles (Audio)

Oct 01, 2021

Dave Ellis of the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition spoke about the process required to confront public health dangers at the Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer, NY before a standing room only audience at a public meeting in the East Greenbush Town Hall on September 29, 2021. Tune in to hear what he said. Plus, on Friday, September 24, young people around the world took to the streets to demand urgent action to avert disastrous climate change, in their largest protest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The strike took place five weeks before the U.N. COP26 summit. We hear from Anna Kathawala, co-chair of Fridays for the Future NYC, about the demands of the Climate Strike, including the need to lift up the voices of the poor, indigenous people, and the Global South. WOOC's Mark Dunlea reports. And Rob Gelles updates listeners on "This Month in History" for October.

The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.