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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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic Hurricane season. The season that began on Sunday runs through the end of November. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.Humans aren’t the only animals able to keep a beat. And we may not be the best at it either.A new study examines the time-keeping abilities of a special sea lion. -
Playlist as aired on Saturday, May 31st, 2025 -
Registration is now open – and filling up fast – for the Boilermaker road races on July 13th. -
Playlist as aired on Saturday, May 24th, 2025
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Nearly 97 percent of school district budgets passed on Tuesday. -
For the perspective of the New York League of Conservation Voters, WAMC’s Lucas Willard spoke with the non-profit’s policy director, Patrick McClellan. -
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.Scientists have discovered a new color. Only a handful of people on Earth have seen “olo” – a greenish-blue hue that can only be seen by using special equipment.And we’ll learn how scientists are aging stars – not by the light they emit, but by their “sound.” -
The state budget signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week includes billions of dollars in funding for public colleges and universities. The fiscal year 2026 budget comes amid federal cutbacks and uncertainty over Washington’s continued support for higher education.
