Journalist prison guard, budget update, Vinyl Cafe reboot

(Mar 19, 2024) Journalist Ted Conover wanted to know what it was like to work in a prison, so he became a correction officer; New York's state budget is due at the end of the month. Lawmakers and Gov. Hochul have a lot of decisions to make, including whether to raise taxes and how much money to give schools; for years, humorist Stuart McLean hosted the Canadian public radio show, The Vinyl Cafe. Now that warmth and nostalgia about Canadiana is returning in a new podcast: “Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe”