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Kelly Whitfield, Executive Director and Founder Healing Hub of NY, Inc. Whitfield is a leader with Voice Buffalo and knows trauma. She was adopted into an abusive family as a baby, suffered a debilitating car crash (she took college classes in a wheelchair), was in an adult abusive relationship, and suffered the loss of a child, addiction and chronic illness - and will talk with Jay Moran about ways to heal. Then attorney and government reform advocate Kevin Gaughan will talk with Dave Debo about food access in advance of a Food Equity conference he's convening at Seneca One October 12th.

The Commodore Perry housing projects will face a major rehabilitation, instead of demolition. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Letitia James, who produced the report outlining sexual harassment charges against him that ultimately led to his resignation. And a preview of Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to Buffalo today, tou tout the president's inflation reduction act.

Just like they have done with COVID, state health officials are now monitoring sewage for the polio virus, and have found it's presence in the general population— especially downstate— is rising. Fresh efforts to set up a pubic internet network in Erie County are moving forward, and the presence of an invasive spotted laternfly could mean troubles in WNY's grape growing regions.

Democrats kick off a statewide effort in Buffalo to label Republican Gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin as being part of "the far right fringe of the Republican Party." And several disabled people are raising concerns about poor service on the NFTA's Paratransit Access line. Also a power outage for parts of the UB Campus and New York State flags go to half staff in honor of Queen Elizabeth

In today’s ”Producers’ Picks” weekly highlights program, we bring you a replay of speaker, trainer and author Duncan Kirkwood talking with Brigid Jaipaul-Valenza about his global resilience advocacy work and how to empower youth, parents and communities.

Today we look at access to education for minority populations and whether the federal student loan forgiveness plan has the possibility to change any of that, with Brittani Williams and Kayla Elliott from The Education Trust. Then Prof. Anthony Neal from the Political Science and Africana Studies Departments at SUNY Buffalo State looks at ballot access and issues of importance to the Black voting population. Dr. Neal is the author of The American Political Narrative, a look at the American political system and what is needed to maintain it.

A recap of Vice President Kamala Harris's meeting in Buffalo with Garnell Whitfield Jr., who lost his mother Ruth in the Tops shooting. Also a lawsuit against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed by one of his sexual harassment accusers.

For 30 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.

A look at ballot challenges, voter ID, and whether anyone has the ability to say you can't participate. Also, a frenzied weekend for the state's two gubernatorial candidates, and election deniers still active in WNY, in advance of the mid-terms. And a look at campaign spending in the NYS Governor's race shows 41.5 million local coming to Gov. Hochul and $292,000 for challenger Lee Zeldin. Also the shutdown of two cannibis shops operating without a license in Jamestown.

Election Day 2022: redistricting of Congressional Districts, a governor's race, along with every state legislator on the ballot. Also, a look at turnout in NYC, and what it could mean for Gov. Kathy Hochul, the quest for accessible voting machines, and an overview of the races on today's ballot.