The Social Workers

10/07/2024

New episode!

Today on The Social Workers, we spoke with 3x University at Albany alumna, Anne Bink, MSW '04.

Anne serves as Director of Mitigation and Resilience at Innovative Emergency Management, or IEM, where she collaborates with state, tribal, territorial and local governments to build resilience in infrastructure and communities before and after disasters. From 2021 through May 2024, Ms. Bink served as the Associate Administrator of Response and Recovery at FEMA, where she led a team of 12,000 to deliver national response and recovery operations in an increasingly complex risk landscape.

In this episode we speak with Anne Bink, MSW '04, about her work in the disaster response area. Anne serves as Director of Mitigation and Resilience at Innovative Emergency Management, or IEM, where she collaborates with state, tribal, territorial and local governments to build resilience in infrast...

08/10/2022

"Relationsnip: Is there life after your adult child rejects you?"

Author Dr. Keli Rugestein discusses the factors that lead to estrangement, the impacts of estrangement, and what the research saying on this topic.

Dr. Keli Rugestein is the author of "Relationsnip: Is there life after your adult child rejects you?" and discusses the factors that lead to estrangement, the impacts of estrangement, and what is the research saying on this topic.

08/09/2022

As the new academic year approaches, let's look back to some of our top episodes from last season.

UAlbany student J.T. Stone shared his story about how an interest in celebrity gossip led him to a passion for journalism and podcasting.

We were joined by J.T. Stone, a UAlbany journalism major and podcast host. J.T. shared his story about how his interest in celebrity gossip as a high school freshman led him to a passion for journalism and podcasting. Only now a college freshman, J.T. already has built a bit of a resume, specificall...

05/20/2022

Dr. Keli Rugestein is the author of "Relationsnip: Is there life after your adult child rejects you?" and discusses the factors that lead to estrangement, the impacts of estrangement, and what is the research saying on this topic.

Dr. Keli Rugestein is the author of "Relationsnip: Is there life after your adult child rejects you?" and discusses the factors that lead to estrangement, the impacts of estrangement, and what is the research saying on this topic.

05/13/2022

And that's a wrap on the academic year. This 2021-2022 year, the Social Workers Radio Talk Show celebrated 10 years of being on WCDB Albany 90.9FM. You can find the show on-air, online, anytime!

Congrats to co-hosts Dr. Eric Hardiman and Alyssa Lotmore.

05/10/2022

Author & UAlbany alumna, Kathleen Earle Fox, ’67 ’76, ’96, discusses how her social work background helped her to write a history book that is not like most history books, as this one pays attention to people and their motivations, and celebrates a group usually ignored in American History: the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).

Kathleen Earle Fox, B.A.’67, M.S.W.’76, Ph.D.’96, is the author of a new book titled, "An Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering." She discusses how her social work background helped her to write a history book that is not like most history books, as...

04/18/2022

ICYMI: We were joined by J.T. Stone, a UAlbany journalism major & podcast host. J.T. already has built a bit of a resume, specifically in using his skills of storytelling to help amplify voices, particularly around issues such as mental health.

We were joined by J.T. Stone, a UAlbany journalism major and podcast host. J.T. shared his story about how his interest in celebrity gossip as a high school freshman led him to a passion for journalism and podcasting. Only now a college freshman, J.T. already has built a bit of a resume, specificall...

04/12/2022

We were joined by J.T. Stone, a UAlbany journalism major and podcast host. J.T. shared his story about how his interest in celebrity gossip as a high school freshman led him to a passion for journalism and podcasting. Only now a college freshman, J.T. already has built a bit of a resume, specifically in using his skills of storytelling to help amplify voices... particularly around issues such as mental health.

https://thesocialworkersradiotalkshow.simplecast.com/episodes/journalism-podcasting-and-amplifying-voices-a-conversation-with-ualbany-freshman-jt-stone

03/21/2022

Librarians and Social Workers. Yes, please!

Social workers are being added to library staff to address the growing needs of patrons dealing with complex life issues.

Here is a blog post that follows up on the interview with DTrae Carter of the Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library which can be listened to here: https://thesocialworkersradiotalkshow.simplecast.com/episodes/more-than-books-a-conversation-with-dtrae-carer-of-the-ffapl

With March being National Social Work Month, and March 15 being World Social Work Day, it is the perfect time to discuss how libraries across the country have been adding social workers and case managers to their staff.

03/14/2022

New from co-host, Alyssa Lotmore, about how social workers are being added to library staff to address the growing needs of patrons dealing with complex life issues… form unemployment to homelessness to mental health.

With March being National Social Work Month, and March 15 being World Social Work Day, it is the perfect time to discuss how libraries across the country have been adding social workers and case managers to their staff.

03/10/2022

We were joined by DTrae Carter, acting president of The Friends and Foundation of the Albany Public Library (FFAPL). We discuss how the FFAPL provides critical financial support to the Albany Public Library in order to help the Library provide education, literacy, career development, cultural enrich...

02/16/2022

New piece from co-host Alyssa Lotmore about addressing body image in youth sports.

We hope to have an upcoming episode on this topic.

The Olympics.  Every two years, I am glued to the television watching athletes show their excellence in their respective events.  I research the