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In 1993, in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, Bret Anthony Johnston watched on live TV as flames engulfed a number of buildings in Waco – full of men, women, and children – during the FBI’s siege of the Branch Davidian compound. This time led to his writing the novel, “We Burn Daylight.”

Marine photographer Brian Skerry has traveled the globe, capturing dramatic and moving images of the ocean and the life it supports. We’ll speak about his latest work documenting change in the Gulf of Maine.

(Airs 08/09/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York has a new online portal to help hundreds of thousands of families access child care subsidies, Senator James Skoufis tells us why he’s happy Governor Hochul suspended the congestion pricing plan for NYC, and we’ll take you to a National Purple Heart Day ceremony in Plattsburgh.

(Airs 08/09/24 @ 3 p.m. & 08/11/24 @ 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, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, Empire Report CEO JP Miller, and WAMC Morning News Anchor and Media Project Producer David Guistina. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Miles, JP, and David talk about whether articles on the way Kamala Harris dresses are appropriate, whether journalism can find a cure of election news fatigue, how Sinclair’s bias is inserted into local newscasts, and much more.

This week we’ll see a Perseid meteor shower. But if clouds spoil the spectacle for you, there will be lingering meteors. This shower’s intensity falls off rapidly after peak, so later you might only see a meteor every 3 minutes after midnight. Tune in to hear about the reddish stars and what to check for the in the sky!

“The Heart in Winter” by Kevin Barry is a big-hearted, violent, hypnotic, and lovelorn epic set against the iconic genre of the American Western. If features an unforgettable female protagonist and tackling the dislocation and self-invention of the Irish immigrant experience.

(Airs 08/01/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

We’ll have a conversation with Dr. Carl Safina, an ecologist and author of Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.

On this week's 51%, we recognize National Breastfeeding Month. We learn from lactation consultant Cara Banks about what new moms should know as they navigate breastfeeding, and how they can adjust if it doesn't come easily. Our associate producer, Jody Cowan also speaks with singer-songwriter Girl Blue about her new song, and how she balances music with motherhood.

(Airs 08/22/24 @ 3 p.m. & 08/24/24 @ 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 how Project 2025 plans to eliminate public broadcasting, coverage of the Democratic National Convention, fact checking and whether people care, and much more.