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(Airs 12/18/22 @ 6 p.m. & 12/19/22 @ 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 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, Judy, Ira and Rex talk about what’s happening at Twitter, and possibly journalism, under the leadership of Elon Musk, the peril journalists face around the world, a new female editor at the Wall Street Journal, and much more.

On this episode, we’ll learn more about the Hudson Mural Project, an initiative now in its third year that encourage school age children and community residents to explore the concept of self and city. In addition to speaking with a visual artist involved with the Hudson Mural Project, we’ll also listen to a sound poem produced as of the 2022 project.

(Airs 01/20/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: After voting down her choice for next chief judge, Governor Hochul is considering her options, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany about government transparency, and two Amazon locations in New York have been cited by the federal government for workplace safety violations.

(Airs 01/26/23 @ 3 p.m. & 01/28/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay.

January 22 would have marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, had the Court not decided to overturn the ruling last year. On the latest 51%, we speak with Amy Littlefield, longtime abortion access correspondent for The Nation, about how the fall of Roe is currently playing out in states and women’s health clinics across the U.S.

Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels including “A Thousand Acres,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the “Last Hundred Years Trilogy.” Her latest, “A Dangerous Business,” tells the remarkable story of the California gold rush and a pair of sex-worker sleuths who track down the culprit behind a series of disappearances.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, January 21st, 2023:

Planets started to be uncovered in 1992 by radio telescopes and in 1995 by regular telescopes using special techniques. This week we’ll hear just how many planets we think there are.

Each Sunday and Wednesday 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 hear highlights from The Tim Coakley 35th Anniversary show last November. We also chat with Tim on a very special edition of “Liner Notes.”

(Airs 03/02/23 @ 3 p.m. & 03/04/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York state Senator James Skoufis.