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@alecchamilton.bsky.social

Senior Producer for Morning Edition at WNYC. Fan of radio, water fountains and Maná.

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Ask a Super: Heat season, leaves, and pests — oh my! | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News New York City living comes with its own set of challenges, especially if you're a renter.WNYC’s Morning Edition is back with another installment of “Ask a Super,” answering your quest...

Is your radiator doing something weird? Are lanternflies piling up on your windowsill? Are leaves piling up on your fire escape? @wnyc.org's Ask A Super is back to answer your questions about NYC living. 🛠️🪟🍂 @michael-hill.bsky.social @verodlv.bsky.social www.wnyc.org/story/ask-a-...

01.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Five weeks out from the elections @benmax.bsky.social breaks down the latest on the NYC mayoral election, and Madison Fernandez of Politico NJ talks about the race for governor in the Garden State with @michael-hill.bsky.social. Only on Moring Edition on @wnyc.org.

30.09.2025 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

thank you for your fearlessness when I make it cringe @michael-hill.bsky.social and @missjanaepierre.bsky.social

29.09.2025 12:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In which two different Morning Edition hosts both graciously agree to read corny avocado puns (they were really the pits).🥑Great reporting and a great conversation from Karen Yi and @joehong.bsky.social, on @wnyc.org

29.09.2025 12:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

hi @laserbeams.bsky.social! We love hearing from you! Thanks for the reminder to be on here more. I was just talking about it with @micahloewinger.bsky.social, it can be hard to find engagement these days but that's extra true if I don't post. :)

29.09.2025 10:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My employer 💙💙💙

24.09.2025 21:10 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Goofy orange and black cat lying tummy-up on an orange and black floor

Goofy orange and black cat lying tummy-up on an orange and black floor

Good morning from this nerd

18.09.2025 12:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A Hood ice cream sandwich

A Hood ice cream sandwich

Without question, one of the greatest sandwiches in all of existence. #SandwichSky

17.09.2025 02:57 — 👍 440    🔁 72    💬 18    📌 52
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In Season: Grapes | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News Fall is just around the corner. You can feel it in the air, and you can see it at your local market. Amelia Tarpey is a program and publicity manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. This wee...

Fall is in the air, and beginning to be apparent at local farmers' markets. This week on "In Season" on @wnyc.org Amelia Tarpey of @grownyc.bsky.social says now is a good time to get excited for grape season. With @michael-hill.bsky.social and @amandarozon.bsky.social www.wnyc.org/story/in-sea...

12.09.2025 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Prospect Park to host the Second United Lenape/Lŭnaapeew Nations Pow Wow | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News This weekend, Brooklyn's Prospect Park is hosting a celebration of Lenape life and culture with the Second United Lenape/Lŭnaapeew Nations Pow Wow.Brent Stonefish is a co-founder of t...

We're glad to have had the opportunity to speak with Brent Stonefish, co-founder of the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective, about the pow wow this weekend in Prospect Park. With @michael-hill.bsky.social on @wnyc.org 📻
www.wnyc.org/story/prospe...

12.09.2025 12:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The spelling of 'awkward' absolutely is.

19.08.2025 16:02 — 👍 1147    🔁 149    💬 30    📌 12
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a heart in the sand with the words love island on it ALT: a heart in the sand with the words love island on it

"New York people get behind New York people. That's the one thing I love about this city." This story from Catalina Gonella about NYC watch parties for #LoveIslandUSA and why New Yorkers love Amaya is perfection. ❤️ 🏝️
Coming up on @wnyc.org this hour. 93.9 FM, wnyc.org or on the app!

11.07.2025 12:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A “Work Zone Ahead” sign, but the first letter has been altered to a “D” so it reads “Dork Zone Ahead”

A “Work Zone Ahead” sign, but the first letter has been altered to a “D” so it reads “Dork Zone Ahead”

11.07.2025 00:55 — 👍 194    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 17
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WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News WNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show.

A controversial plan pushed by Mayor Adams would change how NYC conducts future elections. Coming up, @jccoltin.bsky.social joins @michael-hill.bsky.social to talk about it on @wnyc.org's Morning Edition.
Don't miss it! 93.9 FM 📻, wnyc.org 💻 or on the app📱🎧

08.07.2025 12:05 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A great blue heron in silhouette in front of a lake covered with green algae, surrounded by trees

A great blue heron in silhouette in front of a lake covered with green algae, surrounded by trees

04.07.2025 16:17 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
Green chalk words that say I heart Prospect Park” on black cement with yellow leaves scattered across it.

Green chalk words that say I heart Prospect Park” on black cement with yellow leaves scattered across it.

02.07.2025 20:09 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bagel Election 2025: And the winner is... | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News You voted on NYC's most iconic bagel, and now we have a winner: Egg bagel is New York City's most iconic bagel (at least of the candidates who ran). Congratulations, egg bagel!

We have a winner! We asked you to choose NYC's most iconic bagel, via a ranked choice ballot. Thousands of votes later, @nycvotes.bsky.social came on @wnyc.org today to tabulate the winner with @michael-hill.bsky.social. www.wnyc.org/story/bagel-...

13.06.2025 12:11 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
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Bagel Election 2025: And the winner is... | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News You voted on NYC's most iconic bagel, and now we have a winner: Egg bagel is New York City's most iconic bagel (at least of the candidates who ran). Congratulations, egg bagel!

We have a winner! We asked you to choose NYC's most iconic bagel, via a ranked choice ballot. Thousands of votes later, @nycvotes.bsky.social came on @wnyc.org today to tabulate the winner with @michael-hill.bsky.social. www.wnyc.org/story/bagel-...

13.06.2025 12:11 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
Text reads “New York is a city of renters, and for those renters, it’s sometimes brutal out there. Morning Edition wants to know what pressing questions you have for building supers about how your apartment works for you during the summer months.”

Text reads “New York is a city of renters, and for those renters, it’s sometimes brutal out there. Morning Edition wants to know what pressing questions you have for building supers about how your apartment works for you during the summer months.”

What do you need to know about making your NYC apartment work for you this summer?

Morning Edition host Michael Hill is teaming up with building super Ron Pioquinto to answer those questions.

Submit your inquiry here. There’s a chance we'll read it on air: forms.gle/Xpad5FrQPvGc...

12.06.2025 17:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Voting ends tomorrow!

10.06.2025 11:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Mercy for the kind people who have to tabulate the results!

10.06.2025 11:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

this election window is tooo short!!! 😂

10.06.2025 11:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Voting ends tomorrow!

10.06.2025 11:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We want YOU to vote for NYC's most iconic bagel! | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News The democratic primary for New York City mayor is June 24th. This will be the city's second citywide ranked-choice-voting election. If you’re still having trouble understanding exactl...

The primary for NYC mayor will be NYC's 2nd citywide ranked choice voting election. So @wnyc.org's Morning Edition is here with a little practice run.

🥯🗳️🥯🗳️BAGELECTION 2025 🥯🗳️🥯🗳️

Vote for NYC's most iconic bagel now through Wednesday:
www.wnyc.org/story/we-wan... @gothamist.com @wnyc.org

09.06.2025 16:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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We want YOU to vote for NYC's most iconic bagel! | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News The democratic primary for New York City mayor is June 24th. This will be the city's second citywide ranked-choice-voting election. If you’re still having trouble understanding exactl...

The primary for NYC mayor will be NYC's 2nd citywide ranked choice voting election. So @wnyc.org's Morning Edition is here with a little practice run.

🥯🗳️🥯🗳️BAGELECTION 2025 🥯🗳️🥯🗳️

Vote for NYC's most iconic bagel now through Wednesday:
www.wnyc.org/story/we-wan... @gothamist.com @wnyc.org

09.06.2025 16:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News WNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show.

TUNE IN ALERT: WNYC's David Brand discusses his scoop that New York will let the owner of the Atlantic Yards avoid millions in penalties for missing a decade-old affordable housing deadline. Coming up this hour on WNYC 93.9 FM , WNYC.org 🖥️ or on the app! @davidfbrand.bsky.social @gothamist.com

29.05.2025 12:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sun rising over Manhattan from a distance. Sky goes from blue to orange with buildings silhouetted in the foreground.

Sun rising over Manhattan from a distance. Sky goes from blue to orange with buildings silhouetted in the foreground.

Good morning!

27.05.2025 08:51 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Over 10,000 people pitched in during our fundraiser to help keep @wnyc.org and @gothamist.com going strong.
💙📻💙📻
We are so grateful for the support for local journalism and for this community of listeners. Thank you to everyone who chipped in!

23.05.2025 10:24 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What stories matter most, now and in the future, to your community?

What stories can only public radio report?

Where do you see public radio make the most impact?

What keeps you listening?

We will be exploring these issues and more on the 21st. We hope to see you there!

12.05.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You ever hear us say things like "a lot can happen overnight so listen to Morning Edition when you get up?" Today it's really true: hostage release, tariff deal ... so many things. We'll help you catch up

12.05.2025 08:31 — 👍 70    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 0

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