Every week Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University, leads a conversation with a notable guest. Guests include people from central New York -- writers, politicians, activists, public officials, and business professionals whose work affects the public life of the community -- as well as nationally-prominent figures visiting the region to talk about their work.
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Wawa Gatheru on the Campbell Conversations
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Wawa Gatheru Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Wawa Gatheru. Ms. Gatheru is the founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, a national organization dedicated to empowering black girls, women and nonbinary people across the climate sector. In 2019, she was named the first black p…
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Rep. Marc Molinaro on the Campbell Conversations
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Mark Molinaro This week on the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Rep. Marc Molinaro, a Republican who represents New York's 19th Congressional District. An independent organization recently ranked Molinaro as the 2nd most bipartisan member of the House of Representatives, and the 5th most productive. Program Transcription: Grant Reeh…
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Ken Block(Mark Lavonier) On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks to Ken Block, author of the book, "Disproven: My Unbiased Search for Voter Fraud for the Trump Campaign, the Data that Shows Why He Lost, and How We Can Improve Our Elections." Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I…
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Kevin Elliott on the Campbell Conversations
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Kevin Elliott( politicalscience.yale.edu) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. It seems like we've all become busier than we were in the past, from schoolchildren up through retirees. Given that, all the information that's available on the internet, some of it unreliable, how much can we reasona…
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Sarah Klee Hood and John Mannion on the Campbell Conversations
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Sarah Klee Hood / John Mannion Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. One of the most closely watched congressional races in the entire nation in this November’s general election will be that for New York's 22nd district right here in the Syracuse area. The district contains all of Onondaga and Ma…
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Bob Keefe(Mark Lavonier / e2.org) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Bob Keefe. He's a former journalist and currently the executive director of E2, an organization of business leaders who advocate for clean energy. He's also the author of a new book titled, "Clean Economy No…
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Victoria Newhouse and Michael Gecan discuss affordable housing on the Campbell Conversations
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The supply of affordable, quality housing is at a crisis point in the United States, including in the Syracuse area. This week, Grant Reeher speaks with architectural historian Victoria Newhouse, and Michael Gecan with the Industrial Areas Foundation. They have edited and contributed to a new book on the topic, called Housing the Nation: Soci…
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The Campbell Conversations: A discussion on the Micron project with Tod Rutherford
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President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse in April on the $6.1 billion grant that Micron will receive to build a chip megafab in the Town of Clay(Darren McGee / Office of the Governor ) Last month, a number of political dignitaries, including President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, descended upon Syracuse to t…
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Jonathan Zaharek on the Campbell Conversations
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Writer and photographer Jonathan Zaharek(provided photo) New York's Adirondack Mountains are a precious resource, and within them is the High Peaks wilderness area. This week, Grant Reeher talks with writer and photographer Jonathan Zaharek, who has written a new guidebook on the High Peaks, called "Hiking the Adirondack 46 High Peaks: A Guide t…
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Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Campbell Conversations
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The American Dream is a touchstone for this nation, but is it now out of reach for many citizens we used to regard as middle class? This week, Grant Reeher speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon, an opinion editor for Newsweek. She has a new book about workers in America, titled "Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women." Progr…
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Jenn Jackson on the Campbell Conversations
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Jenn Jackson(Syracuse University) Black feminism is usually regarded as a relatively newer dimension of racial justice movements. This week, Grant Reeher speaks with Jenn Jackson, a Syracuse University professor, and author of "Black Women Taught Us," about early Black feminists, as well as contemporary ones. Program Transcript: GR: Welcome to the …
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta on the Campbell Conversations
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University. In India, he's served as President of Center for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think-tank and as the Vice Chancellor of Ashoka U…
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Brian Taylor on the Campbell Conversations
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Brian Taylor On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with returning guest Brian Taylor, a Political Science Professor at Syracuse University. He's an expert on Russia and security, and brings us an update on Russia's war with Ukraine. Program Transcript: GR: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. …
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Robert Mann on the Campbell Conversations
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Robert Mann(Mark Lavonier / lsu.edu) On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Robert Mann, a professor who holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining the Manship School in 2006, he served as communications director to Louisia…
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Tim Palmer On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Tim Palmer. A prolific nature writer and photographer, Palmer has won awards from the National Wildlife Federation, the Sierra Club and American Rivers. They discuss his new book, "Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis." Progra…
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Mary Jumbelic on the Campbell Conversations
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Mary Jumbelic(Marc Safran) On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Mary Jumbelic. She is a forensic pathologist, serving as Onondaga County's Chief Medical Examiner from 1998 - 2009. She's recently published the memoir, "Here, Where Death Delights: A Literary Memoir". Program Transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome …
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Melissa DeRosa on the Campbell Conversations
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(Mark Lavonier) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Melissa DeRosa. Ms. DeRosa served as secretary to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo during the COVID pandemic. That office is the highest non-elected position in state government. She left the office when the governor resigned a…
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Svetlana Slapšak on the Campbell Conversations
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Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. Every once in a while on the program, we do something completely different, and that's what we're doing today. My guest is Svetlana Slapšak. She lives in Slovenia and is a specialist in Balkan studies and a historian and a writer. In 1993, she won the America…
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Edward Segal on the Campbell Conversations
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Theodore Roosevelt campaigns from the back of a train in 1905.( Library of Congress, Prints and Photos Division) Using trains in political campaigns may seem antiquated, but the process is still alive. This week, Grant Reeher talks with Edward Segal, a highly experienced campaign manager and press secretary, and is a student of the political use of…
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Will Barclay and Rachel May on the Campbell Conversations
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Will Barclay / Rachel May Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. Governor Hochul recently delivered her State of the State speech and then subsequently presented her budget. Now the legislature will consider that budget. As we've done in past years, we're going to hear some reactions from both sid…
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