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On Tuesday night the crescent Moon hovers next to the famous blue star Regulus. As the brightest luminary in Leo the Lion, the ancient Persians considered it one of the “four royal stars,” famous for sitting in the center of the zodiac, which is why it sometimes meets the Moon.

Garrard Conley is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Boy Erased.” His debut novel, “All the World Beside,” is the story of two men in love caught between the demands of their families and societal pressures. Conley has coined it “The Queer Scarlet Letter.”

Published in 1995, James W. Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me” has now been adapted into a graphic novel. We’ll speak with illustrator and National Book Award-winning comics artist Nate Powell.

(Airs 06/27/24 @ 3 p.m. & 06/29/24 @ 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 WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ian talk about The Washington Post’s shuffling newsroom, the Julian Assange plea deal, the AP finding a new way to combat news deserts, and much more.

(Airs 06/29/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Primary elections were held this week, we’ll take a look at some of the major results, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will share his thoughts on the financial state of the MTA after the Governor suspended Congestion Pricing, and Governor Hochul signs legislation that will regulate how children use social media.

All the interactions in the universe can be explained by gravity, electromagnetism, and the two forces, strong and weak, that operate only within atoms. This week: The String Theory.

Playlist as aired on June 29th, 2024:

(Airs 07/04/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Deanna Fox, CEO of the New York Farm Bureau, about about how farms are doing economically, how the recent legislative session benefited farms based on what passed and didn’t pass in the budget, and much more.

(Airs 07/05/24 @ 3 p.m. & 07/07/24 @ 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 David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about coverage of climate change, campaign spending in the media, and why the press should have known more about President Biden before his debate performance.

On this week's 51%, we brush up on the history of marriage equality in the U.S., and look back on the first same-sex weddings in New Paltz, New York — which took place more than a decade before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality nationwide.