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will bayliesThe Midweek Meetup with host, Will Baylies, airs most Wednesdays at around 4:15pm during KZE’s Afternoon Drive program. It features important and interesting people from our region who are making an impact on our lives and our neighborhoods.

Interviews are sorted so the most recent one is at the top. After clicking on the link be sure to press the Play button (does not auto-play).

2021

KAREN SMYTHE-11.03.21 Red Hook Village mayor

OLA NESHEIWAT HAWATMEH-10.27.2021 Republican party candidate for Dutchess County Comptroller

ROBIN LOIS-10.21.21 Dutchess County Comptroller, running for reelection

ROBERT MIRALDI-10.06.21 investigative journalist, professor and author

JOSEPH MALONEY-09.22.21 candidate for the Ulster County Legislature

DR WINSLOW HANSEN-09.15.21 Forest Ecologist at The Cary Institute

TARA FITZPATRICK-08.25.21 from Indivisible Ulster

KEVIN FREEMAN-08.18.21 candidate for Saugerties Town Board

JOSH GINSBERG-07.28.21 Forest conservation

KAYLEIGH ZALOGA-07.21.21 candidate for Saugerties Town Board

ROBERT MIRALDI-06.02.21 investigative journalist, professor and author

NORM MAGNUSSON-05.26.21 the art & history of pornography

KAYLEIGH ZALOGA-05.19.21 candidate for Saugerties Town Board

VINCENT MARTELLO-04.21.21 Director of Community Health Relations, Coordinator, Ulster County Department of Health and Mental Health

KEVIN FREEMAN-04.14.21 candidate for Saugerties Town Board

DR EMMA ROSI-03.24.21 from Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

DIEDRE MILLER-03.10.21 candidate for Saugerties Town Board

REGI YOUNG-02.24.21 from The Houston Food Bank in Houston Texas

JOSEPH MALONEY-02.10.21 candidate for Ulster County Legislature

PAM KRAY-01.27.21 film/video artist and writer, producer of the series Science on Screen for The Rosendale Theatre

REV DR ROBERT L GRAM-01.20.21 local author of Christ and COVID-19: Meditations for Peace in Times of Turmoil

STEVE & DEDE LEIBER-01.13.21 retiring co-directors at Upstate Films

ROBERT MIRALDI-01.06.21 investigative journalist, professor and author

2020

JACK FENTON-12.16.20 President of the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park

RACHEL JOHNSON-12.09.20 Director of Development at The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse (CPCA)

ED BLUNDELL-11.18.20 Red Hook Village mayor

ROBERT MIRALDI-11.11.20 investigative journalist, professor and author

ANTONIO DELGADO-10.28.20 Democratic Party nominee for New York’s 19th congressional district

REV DR ROBERT L GRAM-10.14.20 local author of Christ and COVID-19: Meditations for Peace in Times of Turmoil

KYLE VAN DE WATER-10.07.20 Republican Party nominee for New York’s 19th congressional district,

KAREN SMYTHE-09.16.20 candidate for New York State Senate District 41

BETSY KRAAT-08.26.20 candidate for New York State Assembly, District 102

DR ELIZABETH LONG-08.12.20 Conservation Science Department at Mohonk Preserve

ROBERT MIRALDI-08.05.20 investigative journalist, professor and author

TYRONE WILSON-07.08.20 Ulster County Human Rights Commissioner

ELANA MICHELSON-06.24.20 from the Ulster Immigrant Defense Network

SHALAWN BROWN-06.10.20 from Citizen Action of New York

TYRONE WILSON-06.03.20 Ulster County Human Rights Commissioner

ROBERT MIRALDI-05.13.20 investigative journalist, professor and author

KIMBERLY HAIGHT-05.06.20 Executive Director at The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse

JACK FENTON-04.29.20 President of the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park

STACEY COLEMAN-04.15.20 Executive Director Pets Together program at Animal Farm Foundation

JOHN NATHAN-04.08.20

CLAUDIA ANDREASSEN-03.11.20 Saugerties Town Justice, running for re-election

VINCENT MARTELLO-03.04.20 Director of Community Health Relations, Coordinator, Ulster County Department of Health and Mental Health

DR ELIZABETH LONG-02.26.20 Conservation Science Department at Mohonk Preserve

FRANK WATERS-02.12.20 from Black History Month Kingston

KAREN SMYTHE-01.29.20 candidate for New York State Senate District 41

ROBERT MIRALDI-01.22.20 investigative journalist, professor and author

STEPHANIE KRISTAL-01.15.20 from the Ulster Immigrant Defense Network

DAVE CLEGG-01.08.20 candidate, Ulster County District Attorney Election

2019

JACK FENTON-12.18.19

CHRISTINA TUTTLE-12.11.19

STEPHANIE KRISTAL-11.20.19

CARRIE JONES ROSS-11.13.19

DAVE CLEGG-10.09.19

CAROLYN HANSEN-10.16.19

JEFF COLLINS-10.02.19

STACEY REIN-08.21.19

DR ELIZABETH LONG-08.14.19

ELANA MICHELSON-07.24.19

BETH COONS-07.10.19

TYRONE WILSON-06.26.19

SARAH IMBODEN-06.12.19

STACEY COLEMAN-06.05.19

DR ELIZABETH LONG-05.01.19

PAT RYAN-04.24.19

JACK HAYES-04.17.19

KIMBERLY KOCHEM-04.10.19

TYRONE WILSON-04.03.19

JACK HAYES-03.27.19

JULIA FARR-03.20.19

KEN RONK-03.13.19

JACK FENTON-03.06.19

A.J. HICKS-02.27.19

FRANK WATERS-02.06.19

PAT STRONG-01.30.19

PAT RYAN-01.23.19

ERIN CANNAN-01.16.19

CARRIE JONES ROSS-01.09.19

2018

BETH COONS-11.21.18

KIMBERLY KOCHEM-12.12.18

VINCENT MARTELLO-11.28.18

SETH KRAMER-11.14.18

ED BLUNDELL-11.07.18

ANTONIO DELGADO-10.31.18

KAREN SMYTHE-10.24.18

CARRIE JONES ROSS-10.10.18

PAT STRONG-09.19.18

GARETH RHODES-09.12.18

KAREN SMYTHE-09.05.18

ROBERT KESTEN-08.29.18

DAVID STERMAN-08.22.18

DAL LAMAGNA-08.08.18

RABBI YAEL ROMER-08.01.18

BEN POWERS-07.25.18

STEVE HAMILTON-07.18.18

SARAH IMBODEN-07.11.18

VINCENT MARTELLO-06.27.18

JEFF BEALS-06.20.18

ANTONIO DELGADO-06.13.18

BRIAN FLYNN-06.06.18

BETH COONS-05.30.18

GARETH RHODES-05.23.18

ERIN COLLIER-05.16.18

TERRI WILDER-05.09.18

STEPHANIE SAVELL-05.02.18

PETE VOLKMANN-04.18.18

PAT RYAN-04.11.18

ED BLUNDELL-03.21.18

SARAH IMBODEN-03.14.18

COURTNEY ALBERT-03.07.18

BRIAN FLYNN-02.28.18

2017

ANTONIO DELGADO-07.05.17