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Other Voices The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post
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Often, truth isn’t handed down from public officials but comes from listening to other voices. Once a week, you can hear a wide variety of views from people who shape our corner of the world in New York’s Capital Region. The Altamont Enterprise is the weekly newspaper of record for Albany County, New York.
We’ve talked with a Buddhist who provided therapy for Gilda Radner and then helped set up Gilda’s Club after she died; with a Muslim woman who is trying to educate people about her religion as she feels increased hatred; with an African-American man who, as a teenager, helped ferry people north from a town in Mississippi haunted by lynchings.
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Daughter and mother coach dragon-boat paddlers
Anna Judge and Louisa Matthew realize they live in an ageist and sexist society — but, with generous spirits, they are paddling against the current.
The mother-daughter duo together coach a crew of dragon boat paddlers.
Matthew, the mother, is an art professor at Union College. Judge, her daughter, is a certified personal trainer who led her mother into the sport.
“A dragon boat is a 40-foot long, very narrow racing boat,” explains Matthew in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “That became standardized in the 20th Century but it’s based on a thousands-year-old Chinese tradition of racing the big rivers in China.”
A dragon boat has 20 paddlers, two to a seat, with a person in the stern who steers and a person in the bow signaling directions, traditionally by drumming.
“It’s the national sport of China,” said Judge “so it’s quite big in Asia and has subsequently spread to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.”
It came to the United States through Canada, she said, citing the work of a doctor in British Columbia who changed prevailing medical opinion on exercise for breast-cancer survivors.
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Lyon Greenberg: A doctor takes a long view of his farm and his life’s journey
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Sky Baestlein follows her passions with a purpose
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Arthur Y. Webb, consummate public servant
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Angelica Sofia Parker and Elca Hubbard prepare for a pageant while supporting each other
https://altamontenterprise.com/07242023/angelica-sofia-parker-and-elca-hubbard-prepare-pageant-while-supporting-each-other
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Diane Luci learned empathy as a child and uses it to mend a rent society
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Customer Reviews
Back Stories That Give Context To Local News
I really look forward to each episode because I learn so much from the back stories behind our local news.
The most recent one with John Gonzalez is prime example and what prompted me to write this review.
Melissa Hale-Spencer has an interview style that really pulls these stories out and her voice reminds me of the great journalist Naomi Klien who is on the The Intercepted Podcast from time to time. (Highly recommend that podcast as well.)
The Voice of My Home
CHEERS MS. HALE-SPENCER!
I’ve just now—on a whim—stumbled upon this Podcast, and I’m using this review space to pen a heartfelt “thank you”. The Podcasts consist of summaries of the latest Editions of our vital hometown paper of record, and offers a succinct (and soothing!) summary roll-up of the goings on in Albany County. Narrated by the Editor-in-Chief, it’s a great resource for those who haven’t the time to read the paper cover to cover, or skim the articles online. I tuned in while gazing down on the sands of Southwest Asia from 1,500 feet while traveling by Blackhawk far away from home.
The Podcast also is a newsmaker in its own right, since the one I just listened to features interviews (Ms. Hale-Spencer in the audio journalist’s seat, is to speak).
I commend the Altamont Enterprise for exploring this new medium, and hope it expands its forays into the new media landscape even further!
BRAVO!