Lucas Willard
Assistant News Director, Host/Producer, The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party/ReporterLucas Willard graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Communications. He also attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2010, where he studied audio and multimedia storytelling.
Prior to joining WAMC in 2011, Lucas worked with the Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley, the Big Shed Audio Documentary Podcast, the Albany Broadcasting Company, WDVL & WCVF-FM Fredonia, and WSUC-FM Cortland.
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Times Union reporter Larry Rulison has followed the Schoharie limo crash closer than any reporter. WAMC's Lucas Willard spoke with him about the tragedy and its legacy. -
Playlist as aired on Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 -
Playlist as aired on Saturday, August 15th, 2026
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As the Democrat runs for a second full term, WAMC's Lucas Willard spoke with Times Union reporter and Capitol Confidential author Dan Clark about how Hochul has carved her own political path. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Scientists investigating the origins of life on Earth have made new discoveries about the earliest split in the tree of life.And we’ll learn about common backyard birds cheating on their mates. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Scientists investigating the origins of life on Earth have made new discoveries about the earliest split in the tree of life.And we’ll learn about common backyard birds cheating on their mates.
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The Flock camera audit was part of a compromise reached by Troy's all-Democratic council and Republican Mayor Carmella Mantello after months of disagreement over how to proceed — if at all — with the city's contract with Flock, one of the nation’s largest providers of automated license plate readers. -
Playlist as aired on August 8th, 2026
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.New research links pesky mosquitoes that thrive in urban areas to invasive plants.And scientists have confirmed an atmosphere on a distant planet in what’s called a habitable zone – they think it could potentially be home to life far outside our solar system. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.New research links pesky mosquitoes that thrive in urban areas to invasive plants.And scientists have confirmed an atmosphere on a distant planet in what’s called a habitable zone – they think it could potentially be home to life far outside our solar system.
