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WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Vincent Verdile, Dean of the Albany Medical College.

(Airs 08/22/21 @ 2 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll hear from Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, in her first remarks Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that his resignation, our political observer Alan Chartock on why the Assembly ended its impeachment inquiry, and over two dozen lawmakers call on the President and Governor to use another tool to address the opioid overdose crisis.

(Airs 08/22/21 @ 6 p.m. & 08/23/21 @ 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 Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary, and Barbara talk about media coverage of Afghanistan, how the media can get people to pay attention to climate change, and much more.

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 features two concerts from our “Open for Take-Out Virtual Concert Series;” Glass Pony from 2020 and Swamp Baby from 2021.

Jupiter comes closest to Earth this weekend – ideal conditions for observing the most dynamic planet in the known universe. Grab your telescope to view this planet's features that consist of dark belts, white zones, small dark and white circular storms, and, most famous of all, its great red spot.

(Airs 08/19/21 @ 3 p.m. & 08/21/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Will Barclay, New York State Republican Assembly Minority Leader.

When talking about the civil rights movement in the south, the name Emmett Till is bound to come up. His murder is widely remembered today as one of the most brutal lynchings ever in the US. But while Till’s death terrorized young African-Americans in Mississippi, it also gave them a rallying cry. That’s the story that Robert H. Mayer tells in his new book “In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle showed us Tomorrow."

A vast energy field fills the universe. Vacuum energy or zero point energy has unimaginable power. In a way all objects around us are just little nodules, tiny extra thickness of this energy, hovering before us three dimensionally.

Tonight, Oscar-nominated filmmaker R. J. Cutler speaks to us about Shea Stadium, an upright piano, and Popsicle Pete.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, October 9th, 2021