David Guistina

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about the news that Amtrak's new high-speed trains are being built upstate but they won’t racing along the region's tracks.

Mostly sunny today. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80.

Brandon Marsh went 4 for 5 and singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies erased an early four-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-8 in the opener of a three-game series between the top two teams in the majors.

(Airs 08/29/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck has retained a high-profile attorney to represent him largely pro-bono in a Texas lawsuit over New York’s shield law, Sen. Schumer announces bill to reverse Medicaid cuts, and we’ll talk with investigative reporter Chris Gelardi about where New York fits in President Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold money from states that offer cashless bail.

(Airs 08/29/25 @ 3 p.m. & 08/31/25 @ 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ira talk about covering the Minneapolis shooting, whether news subscriptions should be subsidized, the value of the Freedom of Information Law, and much more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Kevin Moran, Executive Director of The Berkshire Eagle, about a former Berkshire pastor accused of child sexual abuse being arrested in Florida, decades after alleged crimes at the Lenox church known as The Bible Speaks.

Partly sunny with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm today. Highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s.

Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber hit four home runs Thursday night against Atlanta to become the fourth Phillies player and 21st major leaguer to accomplish the feat. Schwarber was 4 for 6 with a Phillies-record nine RBIs in the 19-4 victory.

(Airs 08/28/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Chris Gelardi, Criminal Justice Investigative Reporter for New York Focus, about President Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from states that offer cashless bail, state gang databases and how they’re used by ICE to identify people for deportation, problems with the state prison system, and much more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara of The Daily Freeman about the town of Hurley seeking state and federal help to stop a lithium-ion battery plant plan at the Coleman High site.