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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 feature Holly Bowling, Kimberly Hawkey and Lucy Kaplansky.

At age eleven, violinist Midori made her debut with the New York Philharmonic. Nearly as impressive: she successfully made the transition to adult artist. Does enjoying classical music require knowledge? Midori says no: “We can all be touched by music.”

Teachers are getting burned out and leaving the profession in droves. A new survey released this month from the National Education Association illustrates this problem with hard data. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk about the problem with the leader of the nation’s largest teacher’s union.

(Airs 02/06/22 @ 6 p.m. & 02/07/22 @ 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 columnist Rex Smith, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Judy Patrick, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Barbara and Rex talk about the power of non-profit media, whether reporting on President Biden too negative, and much more.

Jason Mott’s "Hell of a Book" won The National Book Award in 2021. It is an astounding work of fiction where a Black author sets out on a publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. The book - always deeply honest, at times electrically funny -- goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole.

WAMC Listening Party playlist as aired on Saturday, January 29th, 2022

Playlist as aired on Saturday, February 5th, 2022.

(Airs 01/27/22 @ 3 p.m. & 01/29/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Heather Briccetti, President and CEO of the Business Council of New York State.

The new James Webb Space Telescope is arriving at its permanent home at the Lagrangian 2 position on the far side of the Moon. The media say it will show us the birth of the universe. And reveal which exoplanets have life. Sounds great. But if you’re a realist, pull up a chair.

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 breakout our Afro Fusion Mixtape with Chicago Afrobeat Project, Soulsha and Taj Weekes & Adowa.