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In this episode, Dave Debo welcomes back Russell Weaver, Ph.D. from Cornell IRL to continue the discussion on redistricting after the Mayor’s public hearing and our extensive discussions last week. Jay Moran talks with Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Executive Director of Partnership for the Public Good about PPG’s annual effort, through its community agenda program, to focus on issues facing Buffalo and Western New York.

Hear from a Chautauqua County family struggling with the statewide shortage of home care aides- especially in rural areas. Also, the debate over farm wages and new overtime qualifications has made for another issue in the Governor's race. And there are plans to expand the wetlands at Woodlawn Beach State Park.

Today we have many voices from a contentious public hearing on the city's proposed new council districts— that included a shouting match in which Mayor Bryon Brown misgendered an audience member several times. Also, Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at the expansion of who can deliver vaccines against Monkeypox in a state that has about a quarter of the nation's cases.

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk— today with Anthony and Peter at The Shaw Festival and Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Also, WBFO's Tom Dinki on the latest in talks between Kaleida Health and their labor unions. WBFO's Mike Desmond has a look at the disconnect between COVID in the community and what'sbeing reported in health statistics statistics, and Gov. Kathy Hochul is speaking out (again) on bail reform.

Buffalo, New York is going through the arduous process of redistricting, which requires opportunity for public input on the proposed plan. “Buffalo, What’s Next?” recaps a particularly contentious mayoral hearing which included both supporters of the plan and others who say it will dilute Black voting power in the city.

Listen to our first “producers' pick” program with highlights of recent interviews. Today, we feature neighborhood elder Cliff Bell, Professor Ibram X. Kendi, the author of "How to be an Anti-Racist". Sonya Tareke from E for All Buffalo, and former Buffalo Bill Marlon Kerner of Entrepreneurs Forever chat about business mentorship. And we get a short recap of this past week's public hearings about the city of Buffalo's re-districting plan, and hear again from Buffalo-based playwright Gary Earl Ross.

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.

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk— today with Anthony and Peter alook at Hamlet, Richard III and other offerings at Stratford and beyond. Also, a look inside the ReAwaken America Tour in Batavia, with a mix of religion, politics and conspiracy theories. From Albany, correspondent Karen DeWitt reports on the latest polling in a volatile NYS Governor's race.

In this week’s “Buffalo, What’s Next” producers’ picks we bring you highlights of recent interviews with educator Duncan Kirkwood on resilience, Dr. Timothy Murphy MD and Rev. Diann Holt on health disparities, and Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Executive Director of Partnership for the Public Good about their annual community agenda program, to focus on issues facing Buffalo and Western New York.

WBFO's Jay Moran goes behind the scenes at Torn Space Theater's latest installation at Silo City. A major Canadian gun smuggling ring bringing guns from the U.S. to southern Ontario has been busted up by Canadian auhtorities. There's word of a looming court fight over state assembly districts for next year. Gov. Hochul signs a bill honoring Holocaust survivors.