SUNDAY CONVERSATION

Bill Fulton's new book "Place and Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate" is a collection of essays and columns the planner-turned-mayor-turned-author wrote over several years. The Auburn native lives in Houston, Texas ... more

For area colleges the last 12 months have been incredibly complicated. There were shutdowns, reopenings, contact tracing, testing, and now vaccination- all on top of running an academic institution. This week we caught up Keuka ... more

Maureen Ballatori has been a driver of 'good' in the city of Geneva, and throughout the Finger Lakes region. Her marketing and design firm, 29 Design Studio recently took home a number of awards for ... more

This week we sit down with one of the newest members of our podcast network: Alexandra Ackerman is a life-long fan of the Syracuse Crunch.  Beyond spending a vast majority of her life as a fan ... more

Guy Cosentino has served as host of two crucial public affairs programs that air in the Cayuga County-area. They're produced in conjunction with Cayuga Community College. He's been hosting for around 20 years, and before ... more

Since graduating from Syracuse University Eric Devendorf has made the community in Central New York a priority. He's worked hard to give back each day, and when the pandemic began- he saw how desperately needed ... more

This week on the show a conversation with Heather McDaniel. She leads Ithaca Area Economic Development, which was previously known in the community as TCAD. She says that a big focus after the pandemic will ... more

Jeff Feigelson has been an attorney for over 30 years. He's represented tenants and landlords. Since the start of the pandemic he has been representing tenants in their cases involving eviction. Why? He says that ... more

This week we're featuring a long-overdue conversation with FL1 National News Editor Gabe Pietrorazio. He's working through his grad studies in the D.C. area, and beyond continuing coverage for our newsroom from the Nation's Capitol ... more

Abe Brewster has been leading the Patch Labs effort for a number of years, and unlike a lot of other big players in the media industry across the U.S. the Patch Labs platform is empowering ... more

More than 100 episodes of the Sunday Conversation and Inside the FLX podcast were recorded in 2019, accounting for more than 4,500 minutes of locally-inspired conversations. Elected leaders, community advocates, educators, environmental experts, and so ... more

Writing a book is no easy task. It takes time, organization, and the right mindset. When people think of authors - they likely imagine the kind that works for months, possibly years, on that single-project ... more

This week on Episode #199 of Inside the FLX: A discussion with Doreen Teed, of the Family Hope Center located in Geneva, New York. The Center gives hope to families by providing pregnancy and parenting ... more

What's life like for a model in Upstate New York? The short answer: Not much like what people see on television, or in the fashion industry. The complex answer, as Kristin Bauer-Gross explained in this ... more

What's up with all the algae? While experts and scientists battle with the 'what' is causing dozens of blooms each summer in lakes around the region - spotters with one volunteer organization are putting in ... more

This week's Sunday Conversation is an in-depth chat with Leslie Danks Burke and Alexandria 'Alli' Woodard, both of The Trailblazers PAC. Woodard is the recently-named Executive Director, who oversees the organization's growing national operation; and ... more

W. Casey McDonald is running for Congress. The Republican says his challenge to incumbent Rep. Tom Reed is based on the things he's observed over the last several years. While challenging an incumbent comes with ... more

Roger Misso, a Red Creek native, says he's running because there wasn't time to waste. The Democrat is among the field of challengers, vying for support in the 24th Congressional District to challenge Rep. John ... more

The Salvation Army is much more than just a thrift store, or seasonal campaign that's as identifiable as any in the world. While a lot of folks think about the Red Kettle Campaign, or Salvation ... more