© 2026
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Scam Advisory: We have been made aware that an online entity is posing as Joe Donahue to invite authors and other creatives onto our radio shows. The scammers then attempt to charge guests an appearance fee for exposure/publicity.
Please note: WAMC does not charge guests to appear on the station and any email about appearing on a WAMC program will come from a wamc.org email address.

Search results for

  • A month after Katy McCaffrey's iPhone was stolen, photographs began streaming from the phone to her "cloud" account. She used them to create a photo album on Facebook; she called it "Stolen iPhone Adventures."
    Stolen Phone Beams Photos To Owner, Who Puts Them On Facebook
    When Katy McCaffrey's stolen iPhone began beaming her photos from a cruise ship, she posted a batch of photos from the purloined iPhone on her Facebook page, in an album called "Stolen iPhone Adventures."
  • Tale Of The Tape: Ex-Governors Duke It Out In Va.
    One of the highest-profile political matchups of the season is playing out in Virginia, where former governors with powerful friends and big-money backing are battling for an open U.S. Senate seat. The dead-heat matchup pits Democrat Tim Kaine, 54, against Republican George Allen, 60.
  • After Jefferson left the presidency, he planted a retirement garden at Monticello that is 300 yards long and supported by a stone wall 12 feet high in places. It looks out over the rolling Virginia Piedmont.
    Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science
    Thomas Jefferson's garden was a vast, beautiful science experiment involving over 300 varieties of 90 different plants. And no gardening detail was too small for Jefferson to note in the gardening journal he kept for nearly 60 years.
  • Son Fulfills Dream That Racism Denied His Mother
    Friday, Terry Walls is graduating from the same university that rejected his mother because of the color of her skin. Mary Jean Price Walls hadn't spoken about her application to Missouri State University in six decades, until her son uncovered letters in university archives.
  • Vidal Sassoon gave British fashion designer Mary Quant her signature hairstyle, the bob.
    Remembering Vidal Sassoon, An Iconic Hairdresser
    The British hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, who created some of the most iconic hairstyles of the 20th century, died on May 9 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84. Fresh Air remembers the trendsetter with excerpts from a 2011 interview.
  • 'All About Family': Listeners' Stories On Living In Multigenerational Households
    One listener, caring for the 92-year-old mother, says it's about family not money, nor politics.
  • Trayvon Martin Was Afraid, Too
    The shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, has sparked national protests and debate. Host Michel Martin reflects on the case in her Can I Just Tell You essay.
  • Michigan Furniture Maker Celebrates 100 Years
    The American office furniture maker Steelcase is celebrating its centennial. At its peak in 2001, Steelcase employed 21,000 workers worldwide. Now that's down to 12,000.
  • A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome hangs in Greeley Mine, Vt., in March 2009. The disease is spreading across the country, currently affecting bat populations in 19 states.
    White-Nose Syndrome: A Scourge In The Bat Caves
    The disease has killed more than 5.5 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada and is making its way west. White-nose syndrome has been diagnosed in three Missouri bats — the first confirmed cases west of the Mississippi — and scientists say it won't stop there.
  • The Best of Our Knowledge # 856
    http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-564279.mp3Albany, NY – YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT/STUDENT TOWN MEETINGS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION…
Previous
1,056 of 1,798
Next