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“I don’t like dance,” says this choreographer, “but we saw the bull riders at Madison Square Garden and, boy, I really wanted to get on that bull.” Her combination of disdain and desire results in an exciting and surprising dance.

Jupiter passed behind the Sun a week ago, so it’s still lost in the solar glare. By next month, early risers will start seeing brilliant Jupiter in the east before dawn, as a morning star. But when we think of that giant planet, people who care about astronomy think of its strange moon Europa, which is probably the likeliest place for life in the known universe.

For five centuries, the world has benefitted from the artistic and scientific contributions from Leonardo da Vinci. A touring exhibit brings the Renaissance polymath’s ideas to life.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, May 25th, 2024

(Airs 05/24/24 @ 3 p.m. & 05/26/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and Ian talk about the problems facing public media, the use of A-I to report local news, and much more.

On this week's 51%, Dr. Colleen Shogan, head of the National Archives, discusses the role historical records can play in healing the country’s cultural and political divides.

Could you forgive a person who committed a crime? Could you forgive an attempted murderer? Would you trust an overworked legal system to decide your fate? Who decides if someone gets to have a clean slate, and when? These are the questions at the heart of the newest novel, "Days of Wonder," by Caroline Leavitt, the bestselling author of "Cruel Beautiful World," "With or Without You," and "Pictures of You."

(Airs 05/30/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Karen DeWitt, Capitol Correspondent for The New York Public News Network, who’s retiring after 34 years covering the state capital in Albany.

On this week's 51%, we speak with psychotherapist Dr. Judith Smith about how parenting doesn't stop once children reach adulthood.

(Airs 05/31/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: with the end of session less than a week away, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie threw cold water on a bill that would require major energy companies to pay for climate change remediation, the end of a reporting era, public radio’s Karen DeWitt announces her retirement covering the state capitol, and a conversation about A-I with Kevin Owens, President and CEO of NYSTEC - New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation.