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It's hard to know if Deborah Berke has had more influence as dean of the Yale School of Architecture or through the buildings her firm has designed, including the Irwin Union Bank in Columbus and the Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea. Or even to determine if the most beautiful buildings need be particularly influential: some are, some aren’t. To be discussed.

June 5 begins the 6-day period when the Moon is at its absolute best. Many imagine that the Full Moon is the jewel of the heavens. But astronomers know that that’s when to close up shop and forget the universe. The Full Moon is disappointing because the sun then shines straight down like a flash camera to erase all shadows, making its wonderful craters disappear. As if that wasn’t bad enough, its light is then so brilliant that all the lovely nebulae and galaxies and most meteors seem to vanish because they can’t compete against such a bright background. Surprisingly, the Full Moon isn’t merely twice as bright as a half Moon, but 10 times brighter!

In 2017, Terri Lyne Carrington founded the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, a program at the distinguished Boston school premised on dismantling a patriarchal system that’s disenfranchised female and nonbinary performers.

Playlist as aired on June 4th, 2022

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 three artists who have branched out from successful bands to pursue something new: Steve Katz (Blood Sweat & Tears), Richard Julian (The Little Willies), and John McEuen (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).

On this week’s 51%, we wrap our series on women in business. Harvard economist Claudia Goldin explains how women persisted in the job market during the coronavirus pandemic, and Beth Miller Guthier with Capital District WERC shares her tips for those needing to start over. We also take a look at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, and speak with finalist Pamela White about her love of recitation.

Neutron stars don't get much attention these days. They're not as notorious as black holes, nor as capable of fully warping spacetime. But this story really started before dawn on July 4, 1054, when a new brilliant star abruptly appeared near the left horn of Taurus the Bull, very close to where the Sun is located during the next few weeks. It was seen in broad daylight for more than a month. Good backyard telescopes show this as the remnant of an exploded star 6,500 light-years away, whose tendrils still rush outward at a thousand miles a second, visibly altering the nebula every few years.

(Airs 06/05/22 @ 6 p.m. & 06/06/22 @ 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, 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, Rex, Barbara, and Ira talk about the role of the media when covering mass shootings, who chooses what makes news, and much more.

Mike Pierce serves as executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center and joins The Best of Our Knowledge to discuss the economic impact of student loans, what NPR reporting might mean for reforms of the loan system and why he first became interested in the topic.

Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies. His book “Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy” is available in paperback.