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Today's "WGXC Afternoon Show" with Pastor Kim Singletary begins with a pre-election day special during the 4 p.m. hour, where a dynamic panel of Black African Americans dives into key issue at stake in 2024. We’ll explore what this election means for black men, women, immigrants, and the future of healthcare; focusing on how policy decisions could reshape lives across America. Tune in to hear critical insights on voting rights, economic opportunities, and access to essential health services that will shape our nation’s path forward.

And at 5:30 p.m., host Pastor Kim is joined by Michael Hoffman, director of No Cowards in Our Band, which will be performed at Hudson Hall on November 2nd. No Cowards in Our Band is a semi-staged musical drama based on the Life of Frederick Douglass. Set against the backdrop of post-Reconstruction America, No Cowards in Our Band portrays Frederick Douglass as he considers the social, economic, and political ramifications of slavery and the Civil War and their impact on the future of the United States. Based on a libretto by Anthony Knight, Jr.and interwoven with Negro spirituals, No Cowards in Our Band intimately connects Douglass’s words with the music, drawing audiences into his lived, visceral, and strikingly relatable experience.

Michael Hofmann is an opera stage director, administrator, performer, and artist based in Hudson, New York. His experience with premiere works and devised performances has positioned him as a specialist in contemporary opera direction dedicated to genuine, engaging, and accessible storytelling. Hudson audiences last saw Hofmann’s work with the U.S. premiere of Hao Weiya’s Painted Skin for the China Now Music Festival with performances at Hudson Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center in October 2022. He is the Audience & Member Services Manager at the Fisher Center at Bard and serves on the Board of Directors for the Hudson Festival Orchestra (President), Clarion Concerts (Treasurer), Columbia Opportunities, and The Friends of First Presbyterian.

Tune in “WGXC Afternoon Show” for local news; interviews with community leaders and personalities; reports on cultural issues; a rundown of public meetings, local, and regional events; with weather updates and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The show begins each day with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events.

The "WGXC Afternoon Show" is considered partially station-run with Saturday’s emphasis being on radio art and art on the radio and Sunday’s show is called "Li Le, Li Tan," which focuses on promoting Haitian language, music, arts, and culture.

Segments featured on the show include "Better Weather” on weekdays produced by the Catskill Makers Syndicate, "Las Brujas Bilingues" produced by Arielle and Gloria, "Food Segment" by Tepper B.T., "The Ag Report" by Brendan Donegan, and "Nature Calls: Conversations from the Hudson Valley” hosted by Jean Thomas and Tim Kennelty, and produced by the Master Gardeners of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene and Columbia counties with science-based information about gardening and all things nature in New York's Hudson Valley. Also featured are the segments "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills" hosted by Miriam Atkin, "Cool Katts: Some cat-tastic and meow-mazing music" by DJs Electro Kitty and Meow Meow Kitty, "The Conduction Series," and the quarterly "Shaker Show" produced by Shaker Museum.

Tune in for previews of upcoming interesting events in the Hudson Valley with "The Month Ahead with Chosen Family Zine" from Mike Amari, an event organizer for Opus 40, Basilica, and others; and Liam Singer; the owner of The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY and a member of Wave Farm's Board of Directors. And for previews of agriculture-related events, tune in "The Month Ahead at Cornell Cooperative Extension with Deven Connolly."

Also featured are movie updates from Jenny Ghetti and Amanda Lees from their show "Dim The Lights" as well as interviews by hosts of the "WGXC Morning Show," Justin Maiman from his "Ginger Radio Hour," and other WGXC shows.

Philip Grant and Tom Roe bring you the weekly "WGXC Congressional Report," with reports about the representatives and candidates of New York's 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congressional Districts on Mondays, and Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show.

Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Also tune in for national headlines from the Public News Service on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are also broadcast live here.

WGXC is always looking for contributors who have an interesting idea for a recurring segment on either the "WGXC Morning Show" or the "WGXC Afternoon Show." Email your idea to info@wgxc.org.