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(Airs 09/21/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay about the influx of migrants upstate, redistricting, his reaction to a new Siena poll, and much more.

Lauren Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author. Her new novel, “The Vaster Wilds,” is at once an adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. It tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history.

It’s back to school season! On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll explore how educators prepare for the return of students to the classroom. A time capsule at West Point turns out to be a bit of a letdown. A Florida high school social studies teacher tours sites of the Holocaust in Europe. And the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is offering free community college to adults over age 25.

Head of the Hudson River Park Trust Noreen Doyle offers a too-modest explanation for its popularity: “I think there’s a universal urge that people have to see and connect with water.” Tune in to hear about B&O Railroad Float Transfer Bridge and Pier 26 Tide Deck, amongst other topics.

Esmeralda Santiago is the award-winning, best-selling author of “When I Was Puerto Rican.” Her latest, “Las Madres,” is a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, September 30th, 2023

(Airs 10/01/23 @ 6 p.m. & 10/02/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Rosemary, Judy and Ira talk about whether this week’s Republican debate was worth media coverage, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, how local newspapers balance critical coverage of the community with boosterism, and much more.

On this week's The Best of Our Knowledge: A novelty high school steel drum band formed in the 1970s brought students around the world.

The World Health Organization says roughly 1 in 6 people grapples with infertility. On this week’s 51%, we speak with the editors of Infertilities: A Curation, to broaden our perception and understanding of what is commonly called a “women’s issue.”

(Airs 09/28/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Democratic New York state Senator James Skoufis about his call for a crash gate to help rescue workers reach victims faster after the deadly I-84 bus crash, a hiring freeze for state agencies, his latest investigation into Core Craft, and much more.