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Playlist as aired on Saturday, September 3rd, 2022:

When this Grammy-winning drummer was just a kid, Winton Marsalis performed at a local high school. “There were all these people in this auditorium, and I looked at Wynton, and it almost felt like everybody disappeared, and it was just me and him.” A musician discovers his destiny. Presented with Ralph Farris of the quartet Ethel.

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 highlight the indie- alt rock sound with sets from Bad Bad Hats, Eric Margan and The Red Lions, and Haley Moley.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with lifelong activist and former 9to5 Director Ellen Bravo and her husband, Larry Miller, about their new book Standing Up: Tales of Struggle, based on their personal experiences fighting for unionization and worker’s rights.

(Airs 10/23/22 @ 6 p.m. & 10/24/22 @ 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 Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Rex and Ira talk about transparency and vulnerability in the press, what’s on the record versus off the record, and much more.

George Saunders is an American great, a writer who continues to astound, evolve and get deeper. His new book, “Liberation Day,” is his first collection of stories since his National Book Award finalist “Tenth of December” was published eight years ago.

Happy Halloween! On this week’s 51%, we get in the spooky spirit and swap ghost stories with Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes, authors of "A Haunted History of Invisible Women." From Lizzie Borden and Sarah Winchester to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Janes and Hieber analyze why women are so prominent in America’s “ghostlore” – and what it says about us.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, October 29th, 2022.

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we'll learn about a new anthology of creative writings by incarcerated individuals in Northern New York. And, in a seasonal project, attempt pressing apple cider at home.

(Airs 11/03/22 @ 3 p.m. & 11/05/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Westchester County Executive George Latimer.