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(Airs 04/09/23 @ 6 p.m. & 04/10/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy Ira and Rosemary talk about media coverage of Donald Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan, camera’s in courts, the Dominion Systems lawsuit against Fox, and much more. about media coverage of Donald Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan, camera’s in courts, the Dominion Systems lawsuit against Fox, and much more.

Owen King’s “The Curator” is a fantasy of illusion and mystery set in an unnamed city in the midst of a revolution where nothing and nobody is as it seems. “The Curator” is an exploration of power, revolution, ghosts, cats, and more.

(Airs 04/02/23 @ 6 p.m. & 04/03/23 @ 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about whether the struggle over how to cover crime, the lack of safety for journalists on the street, and much more.

As Earth Day approaches we turn our attention to the seas. Hear about different species’ adaptation to water and how our ancestors were stranded during a period of rising sea levels.

Mona Simpson is one of the foremost chroniclers of the American family in our time. Her new novel, “Commitment,” is about a single mother’s collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state hospital in the 1970s.

Playlist as aired April 8th, 2023:When Harpo Played HarpArtist: Jonathan Richman & The Modern LoversAlbum: Modern Lovers '88Day of the LocustsBob DylanNew MorningLet Her GoMac DeMarcoSalad DaysBreadTodd RundgrenHermit of Mink HollowOscillations/Seagreen SerenadesSilver ApplesSilver ApplesFa Ce-La/Loveless LoveThe FeeliesCrazy RhythmsLeft of the DialThe ReplacementsTimSpacemanHarry NilssonSon of SchmilssonAlligator BogalooLou DonaldsonAlligator BogalooCroker Courtbullion/Jump SturdyDr. JohnGris-Gris

The accessibility of the key abortion medication mifepristone hangs in the balance after a federal judge in Texas ruled earlier this month to suspend the Food & Drug Administration’s approval of the drug. On this week's 51%, we discuss the ins and outs of the case.

(Airs 04/20/23 @ 3 p.m. & 04/22/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina, filling for Alan Chartock, speaks with New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

On March 2, 2023, the acclaimed architect Rafael Viñoly died suddenly, at 78, just two weeks before our scheduled conversation at the Center for Architecture. Rather than cancel, his son Román used the occasion to reflect on his father.

(Airs 07/03/22 @ 6 p.m. & 07/04/22 @ 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 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, Rosemary and Judy talk about the coverage of the end of Roe v Wade, the January 6th hearings, whether you can be a journalist and a human, and much more.