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(Airs 05/31/24 @ 3 p.m. & 06/02/24 @ 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 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, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Mike and Barbara talk about public records, legislation updating the Freedom of Information Law in New York, how Fox is biasing the news from the Trump trial, and much more.

Eddie Izzard is eager that her solo performance of “Hamlet” — yes, all the parts — be a pleasure accessible to everyone. “Shakespeare is presented to people these days as: this is good for you. I’ve heard the term ‘spinach theater.’” Izzard also talks to us about Shakespeare and Covent Garden.

The dark matter problem started with the famous Swiss physicist Fritz Zwicky in 1933, when he studied galaxy motion in the giant Coma group. What he perceived was astonishing. Each member moved so quickly, it should have no problem escaping the gravitational glue of the entire assembly. Zwicky realized that this galaxy cluster — and all others, it soon turned out — shouldn't even exist. Yet there they were.

On this week’s 51%, our associate producer, Jody Cowan, meets with alternative soul artist Iniko to discuss their creative process and their world tour.

(Airs 06/07/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul’s decision to halt congestion pricing dominates the end of session, we’ll speak with Theresa Roth, Executive Director of the New York State Children’s Alliance, about child abuse in schools, and Albany becomes the first city upstate to opt in to Good Cause Eviction rules.

Environmental epidemiologist Virginia Rauh knows the dismal effects of pesticides on the young, yet she loves to bring her students to the neonatal intensive care unit. “The NICU is a place of hope, and little babies are very, very cute.”

(Airs 06/13/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday, about the end of session.

This week’s half Moon will appear unusually low in the sky—so low it might be hidden behind the trees. It sits far below its usual path due to the Moon’s wobbling orbit, which currently aligns with Earth’s tilt. This rare positioning, part of a cycle called the Lunar Standstill, places the Moon near the constellation Scorpius and its bright star Antares. Its light, filtered through thick atmosphere, may appear honey-colored and cast moonbeams at odd angles into places that rarely see moonlight. Look south to see this striking celestial oddity.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.Under President Donald Trump’s push to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School is providing advice to families who are concerned about their children during back-to-school season.And an organization representing public school districts in New York has published a report to assist districts attract teachers during a national shortage.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, August 30th, 2025