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(Airs 12/02/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York's Adult Survivors Act takes effect, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with newly re-elected Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, and the state Office of Cannabis Management’s Control Board has officially approved the first 37 retail marijuana licenses.

On this episode, host Lucas Willard will visit the FLOCKArt mobile gallery at an upstate New York school to speak with the artists, teachers, and students that are bringing art to young learners in a new way.And The Best of Our Knowledge's Jim Levulis will speak with staff at Fort Ticonderoga about the fort’s recent acquisition of thousands of historic artifacts.

Sheila Heti is a philosopher of modern experience, and she has reimagined what a book can hold. In her latest, Pure Colour, she presents a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, and an absurdly funny guide to the great (and terrible) things about being alive.

This singer-songwriter and this composer met at artist Mark Kostabi’s house. “He’s attracted to lots of different kinds of people,” she says. “He brings them together, feeds them, gives them wine, and tells us to perform.“ Isn’t that pretty much the Island of Dr. Moreau? Music: Suzanne Vega, Bill Anderson, and the CompCord quartet. Presented with Composers Concordance and Marsyas Productions. Photo: Peter Fokas

Davóne Tines is an operatic bass-baritone, who originated leading roles in the world premieres of operas including Matthew Aucoin's “Crossing,” John Adams' “Girls of the Golden West,” and Terence Blanchard's “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”

Even his setups are funny, like this: “There was a taxidermy kiwi at a store in London.” Or this: “Everybody in the family convinced the youngest child that if she was naked, she was invisible.” Funny, a bit cruel, and entirely delightful. Enjoy this conversation, made possible by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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, we feature Ingrid Michaelson, Martha Scanlan, Amber Rubarth, and Ali McGirk.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022

(Airs 12/04/22 @ 6 p.m. & 12/05/22 @ 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 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, Ira, Judy and Rex talk about whether President Biden should be holding more press conferences, layoffs and hiring freezes in the media and what that means, a survey of your favorite journalism movies, and much more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 10th, 2022