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NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge drew more than 3,000 submissions this year, but only about two dozen were selected as finalists. We’ll speak with two of the students recognized in the competition for their piece. And a new report examines gaps in teacher retention.————

Author, writer and copy editor for “The New Yorker” Mary Norris goes into depth about the wine-dark sea and about her thing, a tin pitcher. A repeat broadcast from September 23, 2022.

This week we’ll learn about Venus’ ferocious winds, just how slow the planet spins, and how the carbon dioxide bubbling planet could perfectly line up with the Sun.

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge: Scientists have used artificial intelligence to decode brainwave patterns and reconstruct music – and rock band Pink Floyd is playing a part.

(Airs 09/01/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul says New York state health officials are on the lookout for a new COVID-19 variant, a group of professors has filed a class action gender pay gap lawsuit against Vassar College, and we’ll take a closer look at Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

(Airs 09/08/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A new report suggests the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York started earlier and spiked six times higher, Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes says no to Republicans’ call for a special session to deal with the influx of migrants, and there’s a new survey of school superintendents’ thoughts on educating migrant children.

(Airs 08/06/23 @ 6 p.m. & 08/07/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Rex and Ian talk about why so many people are now choosing to avoid the news, coverage of the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump, and more.

Ann Patchett is the author of nine novels, including “Bel Canto,” “State of Wonder,” “Commonwealth” and “The Dutch House,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her latest, “Tom Lake,” is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born.

(Airs 08/04/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the New York State Board of Elections certified a new controversial touch screen voting machine for use in future elections, we’ll catch up with state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie who was in Columbia County this week as a part of his annual statewide tour, and we’ll have a discussion about recent funding approved for gun violence mitigation.

Here they come. Already the midnight sky is ablaze with three or four times more shooting stars than normal. Each night their numbers increase. Tune in to hear how the spectacle of the summer meteors has begun – and will keep intensifying until its peak Saturday night, August 12.