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Playlist as aired on WAMC Listening Party on Saturday, October 2nd, 2021

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. “Live At The Linda” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week features Matty Stecks and the 518! From our virtual concert series this past May. We also introduce a new spoken word segment “In Other Words,” featuring Mike Jurkovic.

Want to experience the kind of cosmic panorama seen under the opening credits of “Star Wars?” You're at the right place at the right time. On Sunday at nightfall, we will be aimed toward the most concentrated part of our galaxy. During the first few hours of darkness, the Milky Way will neatly split the sky from north to south and pass directly overhead.

This year’s Perseid Meteor Shower peaked this week, and we have now entered our annual period famous for both haze and shooting stars. This week, we discuss meteor showers including the Leonid shower, the Geminid shower, and the perfect conditions to view these spectacular displays.

Can you get out of here? That is the question pondered for centuries: how to permanently leave Earth. This week, we discuss escape velocity, the minimum speed that an object needs to be traveling to break free of gravitational influence.

Education technology has come a long way from the very first attempts a century ago. This week, we’ll explore the history of teaching machines.

In her new novel “Infinite Country,” acclaimed author Patricia Engel gives voice to five family members as they navigate the particular challenges family life in two countries. In the book, Engel shows immigration as an ongoing process and a constant flow of people across borders.

This week, we'll hear an archival interview with James Lowen from 2018.

Editor, journalist and writer Christopher Cox explores his experiences with looming deadlines and how he became determined to learn the secret of managing them in his new book, “The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like it’s the Last Minute Before the Last Minute.”