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Marisa Tietge/The New York TimesThe Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Vampire Bats… not really an inviting name, but new research discovers that these bats have behaviors of cuddling, playing, sharing, and moreAnd we also learn about an ancient voyage recreation that happened thousands of years ago across one of the strongest ocean currents in the world by a team of researchers. -
WAMCEach weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week. -
(Airs 10/03/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll report on what the loss of federal health care subsidies would mean for New Yorkers, citizens of Petersburgh are asking why their water problem still isn’t cleaned up, and we’ll take a look the impact of park tourism on local economies. -
(Airs 10/03/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/05/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara and David talk about more and more journalists arrested at protests, why broadcasters repeat the news, your letters, and much more.
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The New York State health department partnered with New York Quitline to launch the DropTheVape texting program. -
Reporters gathered at an area Congressman's downtown Albany office Thursday for a discussion of the federal government shutdown. -
In October 1825, a New York City bookstore displayed three paintings in its windows that changed the course of American art. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports the rise of Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School that is being celebrated in Catskill. -
The national park remained open during previous government shutdowns thanks to state funding. Hochul said she wouldn't foot the bill this time. -
Healthier meatballs may soon be on the menu - and you can thank New York state apple trees for that.
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Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok.
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Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues. -
Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News. -
The International Criminal Court in The Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago. -
The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment. -
The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine. -
Illinois asked a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending Guard members from other states, but the judge declined to do so, for now. -
The Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers to carry out next year's major field test of the 2030 census in six states, as the national head count's advocates raise concerns about preparations. -
With more than 1 million people going to Turkey for the procedure every year, hair transplants are transforming men's scalps — and vanity. But not every story ends with a perfect hairline.
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Shakedown Beat chronicles WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes’ musical adventures in the northeast.
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