David Guistina

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/26/25 @ 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, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about covering A-I coming from the President, why the White House Press Core missed the demolition of the East Wing, the creator economy in journalism, and much more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Kevin Moran, Executive Editor of The Berkshire Eagle about federal prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against a Burlington man.

(Airs 10/30/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Erica Smitka, Executive Director of The League of Women Voters of New York State, about their motion to intervene in a DOJ lawsuit against 8 states, including New York, seeking unredacted statewide voter registration lists, the weaponization of redistricting, ethics reform, early voting, and more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor of The Daily Freeman, about a local lawmaker in New Paltz urging the release of a community member detained by ICE.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College Roger Berkowitz, Professional speaker, speaking coach and Albany County legislator Mark Grimm, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vassar College Catherine Tan.

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Environmental advocacy groups urge New York voters to approve a state constitutional amendment, we’ll hear a bit of the last NYC Mayoral debate, and we’ll take you to the No Kings day protests in Albany.

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/26/25 @ 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, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy Ira and David talk about more newspapers closing, the state tax credit for media in New York, and much more.

(Airs 10/23/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Avery Stempel, Co-President of New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives (NYMHA), about legislation to legalize the medicinal use of psilocybin mushrooms.

Morning Headlines with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor at The Daily Freeman, 10/23/25

(Airs 10/17/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Towns and counties in New York will soon hold their elections in even-numbered years, we’ll talk with the leader of the effort to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act, and we’ll take you to a rural community experiencing a surge of bi-partisanship.