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(Airs 03/12/23 @ 6 p.m. & 03/13/23 @ 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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Judy and Ira talk about the latest on the Dominion lawsuit against Fox news, 2024 campaign coverage, whether the headlines about the dangers of traveling to Mexico are overblown, and much more.

To the ancient Greeks the sky was crammed with mythological figures. Few resembled the people or animals they were supposed to portray. But the Greeks were gifted essay-test-takers who could fill in the blanks with the best of them, and they knew observers could always recognize a star’s brilliance. So a man named Hipparchus who lived on Rhodes devised a scheme for sorting out star brightness. Tune in to hear how his system, still in use today, assigned each star one of six different magnitudes.

On this week’s 51%, we recognize Women’s History Month. Jennifer Herrera, vice president of external affairs for the National Women’s History Museum, shares how the organization is working to fill the gaps in our history books. Our associate producer, Jody Cowan, stops by a donation ceremony for a replica of the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument at the New York State Museum.

WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Jesse McKinley, a metro reporter for the New York Times, with an emphasis on coverage of upstate New York.

(Airs 03/10/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul’s proposal to increase the number of charter schools in the state is getting some pushback from members of the public education community, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Jesse McKinley of the New York Times, and Student advocates rally in Albany for free CUNY and SUNY tuition.

(Airs 03/03/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Convenience store owners say Governor Hochul’s plan to ban flavored cigarettes will lead to more tobacco products bought and sold on the black market, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with New York state Senator James Skoufis, Chair of the Senate investigations committee, we’ll have a conversation with the Executive Director of the Adirondack Council who’s about to leave his post.

(Airs 03/05/23 @ 6 p.m. & 03/06/23 @ 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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Rex, and Barbara talkabout whether the legal case against Fox news, whether reporters should put themselves in danger, and much more.

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge: researchers are using microbes to create tiny nanowires – technology that could be used to “sniff out” disease.

Scott Turow, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Presumed Innocent" and "The Last Trial," returns with "Suspect" a riveting legal thriller in which a reckless private detective is embroiled in a fraught police scandal where the Police Chief is accused by three male police officers of soliciting sex in exchange for promotions to higher ranks.

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