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Alafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of fourteen novels of suspense. Her latest page-turner is “The Note.” The book follows three longtime friends who, despite their best intentions, don’t always bring out the best in one another.

(Airs 01/09/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat, about the Climate Change Superfund Act that’s now law, whether nuclear power should be part of the state’s energy mix, the Congestion Pricing plan, and much more.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 28th, 2024

(Airs 12/26/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dr. Bruce Dearstyne, author of Progressive New York: Change and Reform in the Empire State, 1900-1920: A Reader.

(Airs 12/27/24 & 12/29/24 @ 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ira talk about the future of local media, what’s coming up next in trying to support media, spoken word listening, and much more.

Do you want to understand climate change – really understand it – in under 3 minutes? Then pull up a chair. It all revolves around the trapping of heat, which is far simpler and more fascinating than people seem to believe.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, January 4th, 2025

Eddie Izzard is eager that her solo performance of Hamlet—yes, all the parts—be a pleasure accessible to everyone. “Shakespeare is presented to people these days as: this is good for you. I’ve heard the term ‘spinach theater.’” Izzard also talks to us about Shakespeare and Covent Garden.

(Airs 01/03/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, New York state already ranks last in the nation for delivery of early intervention services for babies and toddlers with developmental delays, and officials say it’s getting worse, and we’ll take a look at the mental health dangers facing farmers.

This week, we’ll celebrate the best of The Best of Our Knowledge in 2024.We’ll visit a former pig barn that is serving as a temporary home to the largest collection of popular music in the world.We’ll spend time at the intersection of music and evolutionary theory.And we’ll learn how children’s ideas are brought to life in glass.