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(Airs 12/05/25 @ 3 p.m. & 12/07/25 @ 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, 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, Barbara, and Mike talk about The New York Times lawsuit against the Pentagon, the peril of AI deep fakes and much more.

Texas and oil have been an inexorable combination for well over a century. The oil and gas industry is the state’s largest economic engine, generating billions of dollars and supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. But these days, Texas is meeting much of its rising electricity demand with renewable energy.

On this week's 51%, we speak with Keene State College Professor Dr. Lisa DiGiovanni about "militarized masculinity," and the connection between authoritarianism, state violence, and misogyny. In her new book, Militarized Masculinity in Spain and Chile, DiGiovanni outlines how hyper-masculinity and the idolization of the military contributed to the rise of Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco in the 1930s and Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s. In both cases, DiGiovanni says backlash to social progress for women and minorities helped catapult these men to power. She also examines how the arts were used to resist or expose these regimes in their later years, and lays out the warning signs that other countries, including the U.S., should watch for.

(Airs 12/05/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll speak with the Commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services about the impact of federal cuts and how the state is filling the gap for those in need, the Executive Director of the New York Council on Problem Gambling will tell us about how expanded gambling has impacted gambling addiction, and we’ll introduce you to the Republican candidate for state attorney general.

There has much coverage of the plight of sunflower sea stars, the large starfishes with 16 to 24 arms that inhabit the Pacific Coast of North America. A wasting disease that hit the population starting in 2013 killed off more than 90% of the population from Mexico to Alaska. Only recently has the underlying cause of the disease been identified: a specific bacterium of the Vibrio genus. But sunflower sea stars aren’t the only species that have fallen victim to the wasting disease. In fact, it has killed billions of sea stars in up to 20 species.

Actor June Squibb is currently starring in “Marjorie Prime” at The Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway and, earlier this fall, celebrated the release of the film “Eleanor the Great.” At 96 years-old, Squibb plays the title character in both projects.

(Airs 12/12/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Advocates call on Governor Hochul to sign an Omnibus Prison Reform package, State Senator James Skoufis, a Democrat, asks the Attorney General James to investigate a village election, and we’ll take a look at the city of Albany using social service case workers to some 911 calls.

(Airs 03/17/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the two chambers of the New York state Legislature release their proposed budgets, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with newly elected and returning Chair of the state Republican party, Ed Cox, and Student journalists want the state to limit censorship of high school newspapers.

These gallerists have much to say about the artist Kaws. To Brigitte: “He is probably the only artist that I would say is an absolute gateway drug into the art world.” So should he be admired or arrested? Definitely the former, they agree. Presented with the New York Academy of Art.

On this week’s 51%, we take a look at the gender pay gap in the U.S., and speak with America Saves Director Kia McCallister-Young to learn how you can come up with a savings plan that fits your needs and leaves you feeling financially confident – no matter what life throws at you.