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(Airs 12/05/21 @ 6 p.m. & 12/06/21 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor Rex Smith, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Judy Patrick, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Judy and Ira talk about media coverage or the Omicron variant and inflation as well as CNN host Chris Cuomo being suspended indefinitely, and more.

There’s a party going on at Capital Repertory Theatre downtown Albany.On stage, it’s a party titled “The Irish and How They Got That Way.” Its intention is to celebrate all things Irish. And they do a bang-up job as the cast bonds in true ensemble fashion to sing, tell stories, and dance a bit. They even lift one now and then.

The app is a new way to bring science to anyone curious about a real threat to local ecosystems.

NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides his regional weather summary for Sunday, December 5th.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 5th, 2021.

More than a month after Election Day, Mayor Mike Stammel is claiming re-election in the City of Rensselaer.

When a stranger comes walking down your driveway during hunting season, experience suggests they’re about to request permission to hunt on your property. But this stranger wasn’t wearing Hunter Orange camouflage or toting a shotgun.

Reid Kisslback provides the regional weather summary for Saturday, December 4th, 2021.

The State University of New York Board of Trustees is standing by Chancellor Jim Malatras following the publication of text messages from 2019 when the longtime aide to former Governor Andrew Cuomo used profanity to smear a woman who would go on to accuse the former governor of sexual harassment.

Each weekday morning, WAMC’s President and CEO and Political Observer, Alan Chartock, and Roundtable Host Joe Donahue are 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.

James McMullan has created images for magazine stories, books for adults and children, record covers, US stamps, murals and animated films - this week on Person Place Thing - a conversation about illustrators, editors, and art directors.