Empire Center

The Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, New York.Our mission: Make New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy reforms grounded in free-market princip...

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Recent Episodes

Messages of Necessity - Episode 21

Posted October 10, 2023 • 00:11:59

Empire Center Research Director Ken Girardin and Adjunct Fellow Cam Macdonald dive into the State's current budget challenges and their implications...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 20

Posted August 22, 2023 • 00:13:24

In the latest episode, Tim talks to Eric Ooms of A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm in Valatie, NY about farming and agriculture policy in New York. Kyle...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 19

Posted August 8, 2023 •

Tim Hoefer interviews Michelle Taylor and Matthew Taylor, the creative team behind the new movie "Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York." Ken and Cam...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 18

Posted July 25, 2023 • 00:42:33

In this episode, Debi Ghate interviews Irshad Manji, Founder and CEO of Moral Courage College, about the state of political discourse in our country....

Messages of Necessity - Episode 17

Posted July 11, 2023 • 00:35:47

Tim Hoefer interviews Tim DeRoche, author and President of Available to All, and the two discuss education reform and unfair public school enrollment...