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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 we open The Linda’s “Book of Rock” a guitar heavy celebration of music on the edge.

Isabel Allende’s new novel “Violeta” is a sweeping epic that tells the story of a woman whose life spans one hundred years from 1920–2020 as she bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Allende won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, “The House of the Spirits.”

"The Magician" is the tenth novel from Colm Tóibín, the Booker Prize winning author of "The Master" and "Brooklyn." "The Magician" is an intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's most intriguing literary figures, Thomas Mann.

(Airs 03/31/22 @ 1p.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Mark Volpe, former President and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and current professor, advisor and author. Alan and Mark talk about his current work teaching students and advising orchestras around the world.

(Airs 10/29/21 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at two ballot propositions on the November ballot drawing backlash from Republicans, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on state Attorney General Tish James now declared run for Governor, and we’ll examine a proposal to make sex work legal in the state.

On this episode, we'll learn the characteristics that help identify meteorites.

(Airs 10/28/21 @ 3 p.m. & 10/30/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Donald Levy, Director of the Siena College Research Institute.

Tonight at 10:30 p.m. we speak with actress, writer, and comedian Laraine Newman. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC's “Saturday Night Live” also has a thriving animation career and has written for “One For The Table,” “Huffington Post” and “Esquire.”

Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies. His new book is “Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy.”

(Airs 10/31/21 @ 6 p.m. & 11/01/21 @ 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 Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette, and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Judy, and Rex, talk about should the Wall Street Journal have published former President Trump’s letter, more Facebook fall-out, Billionaires want to help fight disinformation, and more.