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Playlist as aired on Saturday, February 18th, 2023.

On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge we’ll meet a group of high school seniors who are running their own company before receiving their cap and gown.

To this historian, the story of the New York City Fire Department is the story of New York City. “It’s not just throwing the wet stuff on the red stuff; it’s this other aspect that really is fascinating.” Presented with the New York City Fire Museum.

(Airs 02/10/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Republicans in the state senate sue to force a vote of the full Senate on Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee to be the state’s next chief judge, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the Governor’s budget proposal, and Senator Gillibrand announces her dairy policy priorities.

As a literary scholar, this Rutgers professor wants to pin down what actually occurred, but certain facts remain stubbornly elusive. Does it drive him nuts? “Some things from 350 years ago just aren’t going to be known, and I think I can live with that.” It’s almost Zen.

The esteemed pianist offers not only beauty but insight, like this observation: “If you go to any concert and you hear a Dvořák piece, look for the pigeon and the train; it’s always in there.” Pigeons and trains, presented with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

(Airs 02/05/23 @ 6 p.m. & 02/06/23 @ 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, former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain, and Barbara Lombardo is the former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Barbara, Rex, and Mike talk about how to sustain local news in communities where it is difficult, media coverage of the arrest footage of Tyre Nichols, and much more.

(Airs 02/03/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Hochul releases her $227 billion dollar budget proposal, we’ll have reaction from lawmakers, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Blair Horner of NYPIRG about the governor’s plan, and the state senate passes a series of limousine safety measures

(Airs 02/12/23 @ 6 p.m. & 02/13/23 @ 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, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Ira and Judy talk about coverage of the Chinese spy balloon, President Biden’s State of the Union Address, newsrooms moving beyond objectivity, and much more.

“I think the best writers always know the characters more than the characters know themselves,“ she says. The author of "The Book of Goose" talks about "War and Peace," "Wuthering Heights," and the stories of William Trevor. Produced with A Public Space and Rizzoli Bookstores.