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(Airs 11/02/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York state Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair of the committee on environmental conservation about legislation to protect birds, bees and other pollinators, banning killing contests, and the Package Waste and Reduction Act.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, November 4th, 2023.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with award-winning international reporter Amanda Sperber to learn how news outlets and foreign correspondents can better serve the communities they cover.

(Airs 11/03/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A state senate hearing lawmakers hear complaints about flaws in the legal cannabis rollout, State Assembly member Glick on the need for more legislation to protect the environment, and advocates raise the alarm over new possible anchorages in the Hudson River.

At 97, Alan Shayne can look back on at least two careers — as an actor and as the head of Warner Brothers Television. Shayne tells us about his people: Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton and Michael Shurtleff.

(Airs 10/20/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul is considering a bill to exempt income for poll workers from being counted toward the cap on School Tax Relief or STAR program, the Adirondack Council issues its annual “State of the Park,” report card, and RPI becomes the first university in the world to house a quantum super computer.

George Saunders is an American great, a writer who continues to astound, evolve and get deeper. His new book, “Liberation Day,” is his first collection of stories since his National Book Award finalist “Tenth of December” was published eight years ago.

On this episode of The Bet of Our Knowledge: College campuses are reimagining student housing.

Lifelong friends Lynn Nottage and Jonathan Lethem grew up on the same block. Lethem’s latest book is “Brooklyn Crime Novel;” and last season Nottage was the most-produced playwright in America.

Grab those binoculars you haven’t used in years and check out the Pleiades through them. Suddenly the six stars you saw with just the naked eye explode into dozens, and now you see why it’s so famous. These are newborn Suns whose life is measured in mere millions of years, not the billions of our sun and most stars.