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(Airs 01/26/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Members of both parties are in almost universal opposition to Governor Hochul’s proposal to direct less money to New York schools and change how that aid is distributed, we’ll bring you the verdict in the driveway shooting trial that received national attention, and New York gets a failing grade for Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Funding.

(Airs 03/14/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director of Compassion & Choices - a group calling for the passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act in New York.

“My Beloved Life” by Amitava Kumar is a father-daughter story that widens into an Indian family saga. It tells the story of an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that father has loved and has been loved in return. His daughter’s story recasts the past in a new light.

On the latest 51%, we speak with the editors of Fighting Mad, a new book of essays reimagining the abortion rights — or rather, reproductive justice — movement.

(Airs 03/07/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, a Democratic Socialist, about the need for more affordable housing, the problem with education funding, climate change, migrants, and much more.

(Airs 03/08/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the state senate and assembly will restore school aid reductions in their one house budget plans expected next week, we’ll speak with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha about the problem with education funding, and Senator Gillibrand appears in Dutchess County to call for a bill to crack down on illegal fentanyl dealers.

Writer David Leonhardt of “The Morning” newsletter for “The New York Times” and author of “Ours Was the Shining Future” admires A. Philip Randolph, who personified this idea: “Collective action around labor and workers is the most powerful vehicle for changing this country.”

In a changing climate, researchers around the world are asking citizen scientists to use their smartphones to help monitor beach erosion and storm damage.

(Airs 03/15/24 @ 3 p.m. & 03/17/24 @ 6 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, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and Media Project producer David Guistina. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and David talk about verifying photos and videos, AI and its impact on modern journalism, a reminder that the media does not act as a unified group, and much more.

On this week’s 51%, our associate producer Jody Cowan catches up with NASA astronaut, engineer, and chemist Tracy Caldwell Dyson ahead of her third mission to the International Space Station this month.