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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.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding’s new novel “This Other Eden” is inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast. Harding is the author of “Tinkers” and “Enon.”

(Airs 02/24/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: After the State Senate rejected a governor’s choice for chief judge for the first time, Governor Hochul now has to choose a new nominee, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Albany County District Attorney David Soares about bail reform, and Congressman Tonko talks with veterans and their families about the Pact Act.

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge: young learners at a New York charter school attend a pep-rally for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

(Airs 02/26/23 @ 6 p.m. & 02/27/23 @ 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 Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Rex, and Ira talk about the scandal involving Fox news, CNN’s Don Lemon being temporarily benched for on-air sexist comments, and much more.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with Alisha Fernandez Miranda about her journey from CEO to intern in her new memoir "My What If Year."

Playlist as aired on Saturday, February 25th, 2023

Tune in to hear how the year’s finest conjunction is happening. You don’t need a telescope, a star chart, or even need to know a single star or constellation. Two of the brightest objects in the sky will move closer and closer together, a sight you don’t want to miss.