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Set in an alternate version of America’s recent past, Elliot Ackerman’s latest, “Halcyon,” is a chilling novel about two self-made men confronting a world that seems to be moving on without them. It grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.

(Airs 06/29/23 @ 3 p.m. & 07/02/23 @5:30 a.m. WAMC’s Ian Pickus speaks with New York State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal.)

(Airs 07/13/23 @ 3 p.m. & 07/15/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

(Airs 07/14/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the cleanup continues after severe flooding this week, there’s a new poll out from Siena College Research Institute, will talk to Director Dr. Don Levy, and we’ll find out what the Consul General of Canada to New York was doing in Plattsburgh this week.

Following in her father's footsteps, the head of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services Dawn Pinnock says, "I had a chance to see firsthand someone who worked for New York City government." Pinnock tells us about her father, Koreatown and a stuffed giraffe.

(Airs 07/09/23 @ 6 p.m. & 07/10/23 @ 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, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rosemary, Rex and Ian talk about how to cover the Supreme Court better, the potential impact of the new media platform Threads, the death of a 300 year old newspaper, and more.

(Airs 07/06/23 @ 3 p.m. & 07/08/23 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York state Assemblymember Deborah Glick.

On this week’s Gazette: We speak with New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado about the Hate and Bias Prevention Unit that he is leading. Also, we sit down with the Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation New York Field Office.

WAMC Listening Party playlist as aired on Saturday, July 1st, 2023.

(Airs 07/02/23 @ 6 p.m. & 07/03/23 @ 3 p.m.)The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with 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, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus.On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Barbara and Ian talk about the trolling of Wall Street reporter after she dared to ask the Indian Prime Minister a question about human rights, whether or not the cable news networks dropped the ball on the Russian insurrection, and the media’s use of freelancers for staff.