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Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 18th, 2021

(Airs 01/13/22 @ 3 p.m. & 01/15/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday about redistricting, bail reform and much more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, January 8th, 2022:

Let’s get this part out of the way first: yes, Dr. Mark Vonnegut is Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s son. And today we are going to talk about a new book that he has written. But this isn’t the great American novel, this is the story of his 40 years as a pediatrician. In those years he has seen massive changes in the American medical system, both good and bad. The name of the book is “The Heart of Caring – A Life in Pediatrics”. Dr. Vonnegut is still a practicing pediatrician living in Milton, Massachusetts.

(01/13/22 @ 1 p.m.) An encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.

In her new novel of psychological suspense "The Collective," Alison Gaylin explores just how far a grieving mother will go to right a tragic wrong. It looks at female rage and retribution, the role privilege can play in protection, and the fine line between justice and vigilantism.

(Airs 01/16/22 @ 6 p.m. & 01/17/22 @ 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 Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Barbara, Ira and Rex, talk about the dynamic between member stations and NPR, whether journalism is primarily serving the elite, how the press is framing the economy, and much more.

(Airs 1/14/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Protesters rally against the end of New York’s eviction moratorium, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the Republicans chances of winning the Governor’s office, and Covid 19 is impacting elective surgeries at some upstate hospitals.

Jennifer Holliday is a singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and later became a successful recording artist.

The full moon is on Martin Luther King Day, next Monday night. It’ll be the second highest-up Full Moon of the year, and reaches that overhead position at midnight. This week we’ll hear about the size, shape and brightness of the moon.