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It’s a half century since James Lovelock originated the Gaia Hypothesis – which says that our planet’s biosphere is a single intelligent entity that self-regulates conditions for the mutual benefit of all. Hear how physicists have been heading down this path for a long time and about the alternative: The universe was created from nothing.

Lunar eclipses appear best through binoculars or just the naked eye. The full moon is never a good telescope target, and hosting Earth’s blurry-edged shadow doesn't help much. It's not terrible, like macaroni salad, but Earth's shadow edge is fuzzy, and fuzzy is not a good thing through a telescope.

Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” is a sibling novel to her Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Critics Circle-winning “A Visit from The Goon Squad.” It asks big questions about the totalizing and flattening effects of digital culture, privacy, and surveillance. It is a place where people can upload their actual memories, and let other people live in theirs.

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, with Thanksgiving around the corner we feature Linda comfort food: Willie Nile, Tinsley Ellis, and a special Liner Notes conversation with Stephane Wrembel.

One of the best parts of vinyl records are the liner notes. Whether it is the instrumentation, the lyrics, or its origin the liner notes gives you a glimpse into an artist's creative process. This week on "Live At The Linda," we caught up with guitarist Stephane Wrembel. Stephane will be playing The Linda on Dec. 3rd.

Everyone knows the terms waxing and waning, and usually know a waxing Moon gets fatter each night while a waning Moon gets thinner. But relatively few of your friends could look at a moon and instantly tell whether it’s a waxing or a waning one. So let's make it easy. The waxing moon is lit up on the right. It's the moon you see during the weeks before full moon. It's also the moon that's already out when darkness falls, so it's the one seen by the most people. The dinnertime moon.

(Airs 10/21 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Senator Schumer stops in Albany to make a new push to limit the use of Chinese-made semiconductor chips, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the state environmental bond act, and Governor Hochul is criticizing her opponent’s ties to former President Trump as she sees her lead slip

Playlist as aired on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022:

(Airs 10/27/22 @ 3 p.m. & 10/29/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York state Assemblymember Deborah Glick.

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll learn more about a report from the Open Space Institute that examines how to make the great outdoors accessible to all. Host Lucas Willard speaks with OSI’s Kathy Mosher.We’ll explore New York State’s definition of a sound and basic education, with a report from WMHT’s Dan Clark.And we’ll have a taste test with potato chip historian Alan Richer.