NEW this morning: Lewis Pugh, a British endurance swimmer, plans to swim all 315 miles of the Hudson River to call attention to riparian recovery, and damage. Along the way, he'll deal with rapids, critters, and all manner of industrial nastiness. nytimes.com/2023/07/19/nyr…

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The court took a break after another plaintiff, Samantha Casiano, vomited while describing what she went through when she was denied an abortion after her baby was diagnosed with anencephaly. She said she had to watch her baby die after giving birth.

Catskill’s ⁦wreckless eric⁩ has a new song! youtu.be/EixKx2ihjno

From the Tony Bennett obituary in the The New York Times:

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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade. apnews.com/article/climat…

Now until 8 p.m. WGXC: Radio for Open Ears is live from Art Omi in Ghent with the Hudson Valley Intertribal Noise Symposium & Book Release with Raven Chacon, Kite, Laura Ortman, Warren Realrider, Robbie Wing, and Nathan Young. wgxc.org/listen

RIP Tony Bennett. Stephin: I once wrote him a song for an ad, a Christmas-themed conga song; he declined, sending the message, “Tony Bennett does NOT sing congas.”

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Now WGXC: Radio for Open Ears is live from the Fridman Gallery in NYC with Michael Schumacher on 90.7-FM and at wgxc.org/listen

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Monday the Camphill Media Group interview Elena Mosley, the founder and director of Operation Unite; Brendan Donegan is "Playing Favorites" with Neil Young; composer/pianist Wayne Horvitz in a trio with Doug Wieselman on clarinet and Tony Scher on bass are featured; and... 1/2

Republican lawmakers are conflating negative statements about the state of Israel with negative statements about the Jewish people. The latter is antisemitism, and the former is not. trib.al/usCyBJq

Tuesday tune in One Hundred Years of Musician-Led Jazz Record Labels with Rob Saffer; the WGXC Congressional Report; Deven Connolly, Cornell Cooperative Extension for Columbia and Greene Counties Communications Manager, previews the Greene County Youth Fair and other CCE events.