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(Airs 06/24/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The US Supreme Court has struck down New York’s restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon in public spaces, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on next weeks’ primaries in NY, and the governor signs a voting rights package into law.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, July 9th, 2022:

What's the most common thing in the universe? Well, there are more smaller objects than larger ones, more minnows than whales, so think of the least massive particle that envelops us. The Answer is: The neutrino. Created in the core of the Sun, they fly outward in astonishingly thick hordes, passing through everything effortlessly. Each second, six trillion neutrinos fly through your eyes.

(Airs 07/08/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Family members of violent crime victims gather as officials push for legislation that would require state parole boards to fully grasp the impact of an offender’s actions, our political observer Alan Chartock on the amount of money spent on lobbying returning to pre-pandemic levels, and we’ll speak to Lee Maringoff, Director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion.

(Airs 07/10/22 @ 6 p.m. & 07/11/22 @ 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, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Barbara talk about whether local news is dying because of bad habits, whether we’re becoming a nation of media haves and have nots, and much more.

The Supreme Court recently overturned Roe v Wade, ending nearly 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion rights in the U.S. But how did we get here? On this week’s 51%, we speak with author and professor Jennifer Holland about the history of abortion in the U.S., and how abortion became a political issue.

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 beat the heat with some summer blues.

Tracy Flick, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta’s novel “Election,” is back and determined to, once again, take high school politics by storm. Tom Perrotta’s new sequel is “Tracy Flick Can’t Win.”

Reporter Matt Richtel discusses his series 'The Inner Pandemic,' as well as his latest book.

Ottessa Moshfegh’s new novel “Lapvona” brings us to a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters where a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test.