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A neutron star forms when a massive star collapses to send supernova brilliance outward and a tiny remnant core imploding inward. That core — now a 12-mile-wide sun of its own — can spin hundreds of times a second, causing its magnetic field to wrap around itself, intensifying to a strength that be a thousand trillion times greater than Earth’s magnetic field. Such stars are now called magnetars.

When Homer refers to the “wine-dark sea,” is that red, white, or rosé? It is no color whatever, asserts the author of Confessions of a Comma Queen, who offers an ingenious—and convincing—alternative. Wine and the Greeks: in the ancient world, the modern world, the world of mythology. Presented with The Neal Rosenthal Group.

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 a “World Tour” of artists recorded here at The Linda.

(Airs 02/17/22 @ 3 p.m. & 02/19/22 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell.

(Airs 02/17/22 @ 1 p.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Jeff Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at SUNY New Paltz and Author of Democracy In Crisis: Lessons From Ancient Athens.

(Airs 02/20/22 @ 6 p.m. & 02/21/22 @ 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 columnist 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, Rosemary, Barbara and Rex talk about Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against the New York Times, New York City Mayor Eric Adams blasts the press over racial bias, and much more.

On this week's 51%, we sit down with Dr. Alice Green, founder and director of Albany’s Center for Law and Justice, to discuss her new book We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice.

David Gonzalez is co-editor of The New York Times Lens blog and does the biweekly “Side Street” photo-essay feature for the paper’s Metro Section.

Scientists and Alzheimer’s disease have been doing battle for decades and so far, the disease has been winning. But there are strides being made for earlier and non-invasive ways to detect the condition. Now there is new technology ready for clinical testing that could provide that elusive biomarker. The research on the device was spearheaded by Dr. James Arruda, a professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida. We'll talk about this new technology.

(Airs 03/11/22 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul joins a groundbreaking for new manufacturing facility, our political observer Alan Chartock on a new poll that shows former Governor Cuomo trailing current Governor Hochul in a primary by four points, and we’ll have a fiscal conversation with state comptroller DiNapoli.