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THE EAGLE: A Times Union Podcast
Hear from reporters and editors at the Times Union, the oldest and largest newspaper in New York's Capital Region, about the week's top stories.
Episodes
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastBig dreams and bullet holes
Zanief Washington has been numb to the sound of gunfire since he was six, when a stray bullet smashed through his living room window in Albany and lodged…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Legs Diamond Legacy
Some say notorious prohibition era gangster John T. "Legs" Diamond got his nickname from his ability to outrun trouble. But trouble did eventually catch up…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastBest of the Capital Region 2020
The annual Best of the Capital Region special section is finally coming out, after a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. Times Union readers…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastMoving General Schuyler
The national debate over how to commemorate the nation’s past came to Albany this spring when Mayor Kathy Sheehan announced her intention to move the statue of…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastTiz Mania!
Once in a while a thoroughbred comes along who blows away the field, securing a glorious place in racing history. Names like American Pharaoh and Secretariat…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastSchool Daze
Capital Region educators, school leaders, stakeholders and parents are feverishly planning for the start of the school year amid an uncertain landscape. On…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastCurtain up, mask up!
Live theater is back in the Berkshires this week. The only two theater companies in the country that have the blessing of the Actors Equity Association opened…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastQuarantine 101
College students from out of town have returned to campuses all over the Capital Region this week. But classes won't be starting just yet. Instead, they're…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Drive-Thru Wake
We use the concept of a "drive-thru" for many aspects of modern life - i.e. for food, for banking, for coffee - but the pandemic has opened up a new avenue for…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastShots fired
A recent surge in gun violence in Albany and across New York led senior editor Brendan Lyons to investigate the cause. What he found was not what he expected -…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastLost & Found
When a Vietnamese-born American woman from Virginia got some very unexpected results from a genetic test, it led her on a journey north to the Adirondacks…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastBlack and Blue
Reporter Massarah Mikati sits down for an exclusive interview with Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins about what he calls the exhausting work of balancing the…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Wilton Woody
Reporter Wendy Liberatore spares no detail in recounting the saga of a 7-foot wooden penis sculpture that became the center of a Saratoga county squabble. Also…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastTiz the Law
Times Union horse racing writer Tim Wilkin has never covered a season quite like this one. In this episode of The Eagle, he recounts his evening with the…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastVoices of a generation
The faces and voices of the fight for racial justice in the United States today span no less than three generations. Those that witnessed the Civil Rights…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastA Deep Dive in the Press Pool
Times Union Capitol correspondent Emilie Munson recounts her latest shift at the White House this week as the president welcomed law enforcement officials to…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastTears and Tension
Times Union reporters share their experiences covering peaceful protests and violent incidents in the Capital Region this week, spurred by the deaths of George…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Rebound
Sobering unemployment numbers have clouded the re-opening of New York and the Capital Region, but as reporter Ken Crowe discovered, there are uplifting stories…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Milkman Cometh
Columnist Chris Churchill found himself of several minds about the social media firestorm that erupted after a local co-op made a a plea for milk bottle…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastPandemic Realty, Inc.
The fundamental art of buying and selling homes hasn't really changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it has...adjusted. On this episode of The Eagle, real…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastCOVID Affairs
Are people having affairs during the COVID-19 pandemic? Kristi Gustafson Barlette dishes on what she learned from a few local paramours; Columnist Paul…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastThe Schenectady Gator
The odds of finding an alligator in nature in Upstate New York are slim, yet Times Union reporter Paul Nelson found himself following the story of a…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastCoronaLocal
A global pandemic is not something every journalist will be able to say they've covered in a lifetime, but the Times Union reporters at the helm of the local…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastChasing a helicopter
What would a news photographer do during a pandemic to get the shot? Times Union photo editor Will Waldron shares some stories from the field; education…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastEveryday Heroes
As the pandemic continues to bear down on the Capital Region and the world, Times Union reporter Michael Williams looks at its impact on the funeral industry…
THE EAGLE: A Times Union PodcastJournalism in the Time of Corona
There's no one in the newsroom. Yet Times Union journalists are still hard at work reporting on the Capital Region's top stories. In this episode, we talk to…