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On this week's 51%, we speak with comedian and writer Jena Friedman about her new book Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera, reflecting on her experience as a woman in comedy and her personal brand of funny. We also catch up with comedian Rachel Feinstein as she makes her way through her U.S. tour.

On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge: Engineering students at the University at Albany show off their award-winning invention that aims to help workers with physical limitations succeed in their careers

By this summer we will see the brilliant star Vega in all its glory. This week hear how Vega, appearing slightly blue-white, is the sky's reference point for the magnitude system.

(Airs 04/27/23 @ 3 p.m. & 04/29/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.

(Airs 05/11/23 @ 3 p.m. & 05/13/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Ed Cox, Chairman of the New York state Republican Committee.

Born into a clan of antiquarian book dealers, Nicholas Lowry avoided entering the family business but not by much; Lowry is the president of Swann Galleries and an authority on vintage posters.

It’s often hard to separate coincidence from correspondence, like the 11-year sunspot cycle. Powerful solar storms must affect us, but there are thousands of potential rhythms from political events to earthquakes we could try to match up with it. It's challenging to know which are related and which are merely the mischief caused by the law of averages.

(Airs 06/11/23 @ 6 p.m. & 06/12/23 @ 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 RPI and UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Rosemary and Ian discuss how high school sports coverage can save democracy, the downfall of the CEO of CNN, and more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, June 10th, 2023

On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge: students are participating in an oral history project to preserve the stories of the workers in an area known as Slate Valley