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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 a set from Justin Friello, who was a part of this year’s “Open for Business Concert Series” and The Accidentals from 2019.

(Airs 10/14/21 @ 3 p.m. & 10/16/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with the Nick Langworthy, Chairman of the New York State Republican Party.

On this week’s 51%, we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We tune into a virtual conference on women’s health at the University of Vermont Cancer Center, and speak with Albany Medical Center’s Dr. Lynn Choi about what you can do to reduce your risk for the disease.

(Airs 10/15/21 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A new Marist poll finds Governor Hochul is the favorite for election next year, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the implications of that poll, and we’ll look back ten years at the start of the Occupy Wall Street movement

Author Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for the #1 New York Times bestseller, “The Overstory.” His latest novel, “Bewilderment,” has already been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

For most families, paying for college takes a ton of planning, saving, and understanding terms you’ve never heard before, or will ever hear again.In a recent survey by The Princeton Review, 82% of students said financial aid would be "very" or "extremely" necessary to pay for college, and nearly all respondents, a whopping 98%, said they would need some form of aid to fund the cost of the degree. The good news is that yes, there are grants and scholarships, and loans out there to help. The bad news is finding them can be quite a chore. That’s why we invited Kalman Chany on the show. He is the lead author for an annual guide published by the Princeton review called “Paying for College – Everything you Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College." Chany is the founder and president of Campus Consultants Inc., a Manhattan-based firm that has guided thousands of parents and students through the financial aid process since 1984.

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 a set from James Maddock, who played The Linda in 2016, and Doctor Baker from earlier this year.

(Airs 10/21/21 @ 3 p.m. & 10/23/21 @ 5 :30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock interviews Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

Lauren Groff is a two time National Book Award finalist and a New York Times bestselling author. Her latest "Matrix," her first since the groundbreaking "Fates and Furies," brings us to a 12th century nunnery where she tells an engrossing tale of female desire, passion, creativity, and power.

On this week’s 51%, we discuss domestic violence: what it looks like, what resources are available, and how to get help.