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  • Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month: Talia Rodriguez on Education and Equity

    Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month: Talia Rodriguez on Education and Equity
    Sep 17 2025
    This Hispanic Heritage Month, What’s Next? spotlights leaders shaping the future of Buffalo. Today we sit down with Buffalo School Board candidate Talia Rodriguez. She shares her vision for educational equity, with a focus on multilingual learners and students with neurological differences.
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    55 min
  • Ten Years of Advocacy and a Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff

    Ten Years of Advocacy and a Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff
    Sep 15 2025
    On today’s What’s Next? we mark a major milestone with People Against Human Trafficking of Western New York. Executive Director Julie Palmer joins Jay Moran to reflect on ten years of fighting exploitation and to share details about their upcoming Gala on September 25. Then we kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a visit to El Batey.
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    55 min
  • What’s Next: New Days, Same Conversations That Matter

    What’s Next: New Days, Same Conversations That Matter
    Sep 10 2025
    On this episode, we’re switching things up! Jay Moran sits down with Executive Producer Charles Gilbert to talk about what’s new on What’s Next?
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    50 min
  • Historic Prosperity or Hardship? The Big Beautiful Bill in WNY

    Historic Prosperity or Hardship? The Big Beautiful Bill in WNY
    Sep 8 2025
    On today’s show, we return from our summertime hiatus with a breakdown on the One Big Beautiful Bill. A sweeping new law that supporters call historic prosperity, but critics say will deepen hardship for working families.
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    55 min
  • Breaking the Silence: Addressing The Stigma of Black Men and Mental Health

    Breaking the Silence: Addressing The Stigma of Black Men and Mental Health
    Jun 4 2025
    On today’s episode, we focus on the mental health stigma surrounding Black men. We welcome back Cheney Brockington, licensed master social worker and an Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition board member, and Deja Middlebrook, co-owner of Walking Through Solutions LLC.
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    55 min
  • From Buffalo to Knoxville: Voices at Southern Fried

    From Buffalo to Knoxville: Voices at Southern Fried
    Jun 3 2025
    Southern Fried is one of the largest spoken word and performance poetry competitions in the world. Founded in 1993, it’s rooted in storytelling, soul, and Southern hospitality.
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    55 min
  • Buffalo Mayoral Race: Anthony Tyson Thompson Joins the Conversation

    Buffalo Mayoral Race: Anthony Tyson Thompson Joins the Conversation
    Jun 2 2025
    On today’s show we bring in another voice from this year’s Buffalo mayoral election. We welcome Anthony Tyson Thompson, a Buffalo native leader and one of the five candidates on the Buffalo Democratic primary ballot.
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    55 min
  • Black Opera Comes to Buffalo: A Conversation with Jaman Dunn-Danger

    Black Opera Comes to Buffalo: A Conversation with Jaman Dunn-Danger
    May 29 2025
    On today’s show, we’re joined by conductor and educator Jaman Dunn-Danger, a Black, queer artist leading Joshua’s Boots, a work by acclaimed composer Adolphus Hailstork this weekend at First Shiloh Baptist Church.
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    55 min