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For years, the obits she wrote for The New York Times were the first thing I’d read in the paper, elegant little biographies, exemplary work in a form that she says was once, “the scarlet O you wore on your dress that said, I’m a bad writer but the paper doesn’t quite have enough on me to be able to fire me.”

How does U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack want to improve school meals programs? A national competition is welcoming submissions from student podcasters; and two schools in Albany, New York are adding programs to attract new applicants.

Oscar nominated filmmaker and author John Sayles’s new novel, “Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade’s Journey,” spans 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoldering, blood-soaked battlefields.

(Airs 04/14/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul says the state will create a stockpile of an abortion drug after a Texas judge’s recent ruling that outlaws a similar pill, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Amy Paulin, Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, about her plans to expand abortion access in the state, and Senator Schumer was in Troy to talk about the recent wave of swatting incidents at schools.

When she enrolled at the Academy, she had a limited idea of the Coast Guard’s mission: “They save people and clean off oily ducks.” She’s since expanded her understanding, has served from Juneau to Miami, and is now Rear Admiral Bert. You live, you learn.

On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge: students get the chance to meet with former U.S. House representatives as part of a program that brings Congress to campus.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with Marjan Keypour, founder of the Alliance for Rights of All Minorities, about a new report examining violence against women in Iran. We also stop by Russell Sage College to listen in on an important conversation with Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad.

(Airs 04/13/23 @ 3 p.m. & 04/15/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with New York state Assemblymember Amy Paulin, a Democrat and Chair of the Assembly Health Committee.

(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, former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and an Adjunct Journalism Professor at the UAlbany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Barbara discuss the ongoing lawsuit between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox news, the case of the Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russian authorities, a breakdown of journalists’ beats, and more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023