A preview of the Hudson Jazz Festival and a new controversial doc about education in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools

By Doug Doyle

Published September 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM EDT

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Julius Rodriguez at the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival

On the September 20 WBGO Journal...

New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill were guests on this week's Newark Today, hosted by Michael Hill. You can hear the the entire show at wbgo.org….

The next edition of "Newark Today" is January 19 at 8pm here on wbgo.org — The latest edition of "Newark Today" featured interviews with NJ gubernatorial candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill

WBGO’s Jon Kalish tells us about a new documentary that focuses on secular education in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious schools

A new doc about education in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious schools

And host Doug Doyle chats with the headliner of the 2025 Hudson Jazz Festival...multi-instrumentalist Julius Rodriguez and the curator of the festival Cat Henry...

Julius Rodriguez performing at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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