
David Guistina
Host, The Capital Connection, The Legislative Gazette, and Morning Edition/Producer, The Media ProjectDavid Guistina is the host of Capital Connection, Legislative Gazette, and Morning Edition and the producer of the Media Project on WAMC.
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(Airs 07/11/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The federal tax and spending bill signed last week by President Trump will blow a $3 billion hole in the state budget, disabled advocates say what worries them most about coming cuts to Medicaid is what they don’t know yet, and rural hospitals in New York are brace for the impact of cuts from the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill.
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(Airs 07/11/25 @ 3 p.m. & 07/13/25 @ 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, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about how to cover a public official who holds a grudge against your news organization, coverage of the floods in Texas, the difficulty of finding journalists, and much more.
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Partly sunny with a scattered shower or thunderstorm today. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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Amanda Anisimova has upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wimbledon and will face Iga Swiatek in the final.
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(Airs 07/10/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dan Clark, Times Union Capitol Bureau reporter and author of Capitol Confidential about how federal cuts to Medicaid will impact the state legislature and the coming governor’s race in New York, whether Governor Hochul will sign medical aid in dying legislation, and much more.
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Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms today. Highs in the mid-80s.
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Novak Djokovic has reached the Wimbledon semifinals for a men’s-record 14th time as he pursues his unprecedented 25th title from all Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic beat Flavio Cobolli 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday to set up a showdown against No. 1 Jannik Sinner for a berth in the final.
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Partly sunny with just a low chance of a shower or thunderstorm today. Highs in the mid-80s.
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Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will face Amanda Anisimova in the women's semifinals, and Carlos Alcaraz will take on Taylor Fritz in the men's semifinals
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WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Times Union News Editor Mike Goodwin about DuPont settling a multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit over the chemical contamination of drinking water in Hoosick Falls.