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Best-selling, award-winning author Julian Barnes’ new novel, “Elizabeth Finch,” is a magnetic tale that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man’s deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography.

Hear how Jupiter, now at its very closest to Earth, will be at its brightest until 2034. It will absolutely look great through backyard telescopes when the air is steady, which is the case when stars are not twinkling.

Many people are truly imaginative when it comes to thinking of alternatives to established cosmology models. One listener recently asked, “Could the expanding universe be caused by the emptiness on the outside sucking everything in its direction?” Hear countless possibilities offered by alternate universes on the nature of the cosmos.

(Airs 10/02/22 @ 6 p.m. & 10/03/22 @ 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, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao, 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 how Americans are consuming the news, why some for profit media organizations are turning non-profit, and much more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, October 1st, 2022.

(Airs 09/30 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the nursing home works union says the state’s minimum staffing requirement rules fall short, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the fact that there will be no gubernatorial debates this election year, and an update on the port of Albany, the first offshore wind tower manufacturing site in the U.S.

During this month – and for a quartet of programs – we will be celebrating the form of the short story and those who write them. This week - T.C. Boyle, one of our country’s most beloved practitioners of the short story, joins us to discuss his new collection, "I Walk Between the Raindrops" - characterized by Boyle’s trademark biting satire and resonant wit.

Pluto stood at opposition last week, meaning it’s now at its brightest of the year.But that's not good enough. It's so dim, even large backyard telescopes show it as a faint speck lost among the zillions of other dots in Sagittarius. At magnitude 14.3, Pluto is 600 times fainter than the dimmest naked-eye stars.

Journalist and essayist Jori Lewis discusses her first book, 'Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation and a Crop That Changed History.'

Playlist as aired on WAMC HD2 on Saturday, August 6th, 2022: