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Thomas Mallon’s new novel, "Up with The Sun," mixes murder mystery and showbiz history to tell the fictionalized account of the life and untimely death of Dick Kallman.

Shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Deepti Kapoor’s novel “Age of Vice” is an action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family—loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with long-distance runner and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher about her daring new memoir, "The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team."

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge: A new awareness campaign to find missing persons and solve cold cases is coming to a gas station near you, plus more.

The vernal equinox is here! The equinox is when every place on earth rotates perpendicularly into our planet's day/night line, the terminator. As a result, the sun rises precisely due east and sets exactly in the west. So it's the easiest day to find the exact cardinal compass directions from your home, or out any window.

In “I Have Some Questions for You,” award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted an investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past.

The NYC fire commissioner leads a force that responds to medical emergencies, plane crashes, building collapses, hazardous materials, even people trapped in elevators. They also fight fires. “If it’s not the police department, if it’s not a crime, everything else is the fire department.” Produced with the Municipal Archives.

(Airs 03/31/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the New York state budget will be late this year, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Westchester County Executive George Latimer about the governor’s housing proposal, and a federal authority has created safety regulations for the horse racing industry.

(Airs 03/30/23 @ 3 p.m. & 04/01/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

This costume designer, best known for his work with playwright Taylor Mac, ponders an old saw: there’s no accounting for taste. He concludes: “Yes, you account for taste. It is part of who you are. And maybe I’m judging you right now. No. I’m kidding.” I don’t think he’s kidding. We talk sense and sensibility at Materials for the Arts.