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The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more than half of the world’s remaining rainforests. It is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers, including the huge Amazon River, and is famed for its biodiversity. It is comparable in size to the United States and extends into nine South American countries. Most of it is in Brazil. Colombia contains only a small fraction of the Amazon rainforest – roughly 6% of it – but the rainforest there makes up 40% of the country.

The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the American offshore wind industry saw multiple court rulings in January. In December, the Interior Department ordered all work to stop on five offshore wind projects under construction, citing unspecified national security concerns. As a result, $25 billion in investments are in jeopardy. In response, the developers of the projects filed lawsuits in various courts arguing that the government failed to justify its actions and delaying the projects would cause irreparable harm to the companies involved.

(Airs 02/13/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: State Senators in New York celebrate the passage of two bills regulating toxic "forever" chemicals, we’ll talk with Lola Brabham, President of The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) about this week’s Student Aid Advocacy Day, and we’ll take a closer look at an ICE immigration facility in Orange County.

Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most challenging environmental problems. Plastic pollution has been found everywhere on Earth, from the highest mountain peaks to the deepest parts of the ocean. And scientists are finding that plastic is also moving through the air we breathe.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.An analysis of small, prehistoric fossils found in sandstone is giving researchers new clues into the time before the explosion of complex life on Earth.And we’ll visit high school students celebrating Lunar New Year, which is now being recognized in New York state schools.

(03/17/22 @ 1 p.m.) An encore interview - WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with James Reston Jr., Author of The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.

(Airs 03/18/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs a package of anti-sexual harassment bills into law, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on former Governor Andrew Cuomo saying he’s open to running for his old seat, and Senator Gillibrand promotes the Made In America Manufacturing Communities Act.

(Airs 03/20/22 @ 6 p.m. & 03/21/22 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Judy Patrick, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Mike and Rex talk about what’s going on in Ukraine, the brave journalists who are covering it, using beer to draw younger listeners to public radio and much more.

(Airs 03/17/22 @ 3 p.m. & 03/19/22 @ 5:30 am.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, March 19th, 2022.