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For over 25 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. This Friday, December 10, 2021, the topic is SMART PEOPLE at Ujima.

If it’s Friday, it’s Theater Talk. Also, protests over the way detainees are just released in Batavia without family or support, a shakeup in the coming Governor’s race, and hear Buffalo workers at the nation’s first unionized Starbucks outlet

Worries over new state nursing home staffing levels could trigger a lawsuit. Poll numbers on Gov. Hochul. Villages and towns debate on the county’s mask mandate, and firings of health care workers who are not being vaccinated. Also 75 years of “It’s a Wondeful Life” celebrated in Seneca Falls

“We are in a real mess” says Dr. Nancy MD on hospital capacity. Also Starbucks union ballot counting day, and a real slice of life from our disabilities desk on balancing asks and socialization

Sunday Extra: The story of an immunocompromised young woman, facing another pandemic COVID winter is featured in-depth by WBFO's Disabilities Desk reporter Emyle Watkins

A scathing report shows a massive lax of enforcement of Canadian pandemic travel and quarantine rules. Also, developing the Riverline from Canalside to the East Side. Also, Sen. Schumer touts relief for rural hospitals in Wyoming County, and it’s a chainsaw day across WNY, in the aftermath of downed power lines and high winds.

One month ago, India Walton had just lost her race for Buffalo Mayor. This morning, hear her talk of that and what’s next. Also the medical director of Buffalo Schools and Governor Hochul both talk about the Omicron variant of COVID, and if it’s Friday—It’s Theater Talk.

A look at the growing problem of maternal morbidity. Also New York legislators want a bigger bolder climate change agenda. And watching the Omicron COVID variant, WNY hospitals are changing their visitation rules.

Hear Gov. Cuomo’s testimony before the panel that investigated his sexual harassment allegations. Also WNY leads the state in COVID deaths and infection rates. Meanwhile, UB researchers look at freeze drying COVID vaccines. And prep underway for redistricting congressional seats

A little less than one week before the ballots are counted, hear from Buffalo-area workers pushing for a labor union at a Starbucks. Go inside Buffalo’s oldest continuously operating manufacturer. Hear about a looming decision on overtime hours for farm workers, and from school districts struggling with Native American mascots