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Next week crescent Moon will join Venus just as that nearest-of-all-planets stands at its very brightest of the year.

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 Capital Region rockers E.R.I.E. and Canadian rock outfit Crash Test Dummies.

You see the signs everywhere. Now hiring, help wanted, sign-on bonus…it looks like everyone is trying to hire new employees. Except, of course, if you are actually looking for a job. Then you see that some of those offers are not for everyone. That’s especially true for job hunters who have a criminal record. But according to economist Jeffery Korzenik, looking at these so-called second chance hires is good for business.Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear about second chance hiring of people with a record.

Author Amitava Kumar's new novel, "A Time Outside This Time," is set at a writer's retreat and reflects on the issues of fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth gives over to fiction. Kumar has crafted his fiction so seamlessly from real life that the reader is forced to reckon with what is "real."

(Airs 09/30/21 @ 3 p.m. & 10/02/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried. Gottfried, a Democrat, is the Chair of the Assembly Health Committee.

(Airs 10/01/21 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul names a new state health commissioner, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the potential for universal healthcare in the state, and we’ll look at an important Congressional race taking shape in the 19th District.

(Airs 10/03/21 @ 6 p.m. & 10/04/21 @ 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, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about YouTube banning anti-vaxxers, the rules about how mean journalists can be to people in their obituaries, and much more.

When talking about LGBTQ young people, the “B” often gets overlooked, but bisexual students do exist, and they have compelling stories to tell.Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear about some of those stories from a new book.

Thirty years ago, Anita Hill faced down an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee, led by then-Senator Joe Biden, to testify that her boss, Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas, had sexually harassed her. Her new book is: "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence."

We’ve all seen them. Aging, deserted strip malls and retail shops are not only pretty ugly but are also taking up valuable real estate that could be put to better use. Finding those better uses is a topic that Ellen Dunham-Jones knows very well. She has been speaking and writing about suburban life and design for years. Today on The Best of Our Knowledge, we'll hear her ideas and some examples of retrofitting suburbia.