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The College of Saint Rose, a private liberal arts college in New York, recently announced it would close at the end of the academic year.

This week we’ll see the year’s best meteor shower! They are the Geminids, and they deliver a meteor a minute. Tune in to hear what the conditions will be like for those away from the city lights.

(Airs 01/04/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with William Aiken, President of RID, Remove Intoxicated Drivers, about their support of a bill to lower the blood alcohol content (BAC) for drunk driving from .08 to .05.

Orion and its famous belt points down to the brightest star, Sirius. Being the most brilliant object in the Big Dog constellation it’s naturally called the Dog Star, and by amazing coincidence it hovers at its highest, perfectly due south, at exactly midnight on each New Year’s Eve. Hear how to catch the two brightest stars in the sky.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 30th, 2023

The Israel-Hamas war has intensified debate over free speech on college campuses. And we’ll speak with an internationally-known advocate for human rights in the West Bank.

On this week’s 51%, we look back on some of our favorite conversations and stories from 2023. Hollywood speech coach Samara Bay teaches us how to embrace the power in our voices, Dr. Heather Hirsch discusses how women can unlock their “menopause type,” and our associate producer Jody Cowan stops by the practice of a roller derby league rebuilding its ranks in New York’s Capital Region.

(Airs 01/12/24 @ 3 p.m. & 01/14/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, and Ian talk about the New York Public News Network, the media’s obsession with inflation, what journalists should do when politicians say misleading things, and much more.

Although utopia has not arrived, racial segregation has faded significantly since the reopening of the Apollo Theater in 1934, so is the place still needed? Absolutely, declares its Director of New Works, playwright Kelley Girod: “The Apollo will always be necessary as long as we have stories to tell.”

National Geographic writer Jen Szymanski will speak with our Jody Cowan about her latest book for young readers, “Deadliest Animals on the Planet.” And we’ll learn about ice yachts – the fastest craft on the planet at the turn of the 20th Century.