First hour: Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council pushes for $500 million
Second hour: Misogyny in hip-hop culture
What would you do with $500 million? The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council is competing for that state money, a taxpayer-infused boost for the winning regions. Three will be chosen; four will not. On Tuesday, we sit down with the people leading the effort to land the cash. What are the plans? What is the strategy? In studio:
Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester
Anne Kress, president of Monroe Community College
Mark Peterson, CEO of the Greater Rochester Enterprise
In our second hour: Tupac Shakur urged women to "keep ya head up" when fathers didn't do their part in raising children in poverty. He also recorded songs with misogynystic lyrics. How does that square? This hour, we continue our Monday conversation about misogyny in hip-hop culture. Our guests in studio:
Natasha Chen Christensen, chair of anthropology, history, political science and sociology at Monroe Community College
William Cleeton-Gandino, college student and rapper
Marquette Loyd, social activist
Gregory Brandon, aka DJ G-Nyce