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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.

On this week’s 51%, we wrap our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis discusses her work at the Jannah Institute, an Islamic school for women. Uzma Popal, director of the Capital Region’s Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, shares how charity is a pillar of her faith. And Stanford University’s Dr. Amina Darwish challenges the perception of Muslim women in the U.S.

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 four supporting acts: Railbird, The Doornails, Ira Wolf and J. Lee White.

(01/20/22 @ 1 p.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Stephan Talty, Author of The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, January 15th, 2022.

At-home testing for infectious diseases is a hot topic. The President has authorized the purchase of millions of at-home COVID-19 tests for Americans, but at-home testing is not new. At home tests for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections are already available, although they are a bit controversial. A number of questions remain regarding at-home test accuracy and ability to impact patient outcomes and public health while protecting patient privacy. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll have a discussion with two laboratory scientists about the good, the bad, and the "we don't quite know yet" of at home testing.

Anne Tyler discusses her novel "Redhead by the Side of the Road," about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.

(Airs 01/20/22 @ 3 p.m. & 01/22/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's attorney Rita Glavin about the sexual harrassment investigation that forced Cuomo to resign.

(Airs 1/21/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul releases a $216 billion dollar state budget, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on what former Governor Cuomo will do with $16 million dollars left in his campaign account, and we’ll take a look at reaction to the roll out of mobile sports betting in the state.