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Dr. Fauci has a hidden talent with birds. Tune in to hear about his favorite things, including his bird calls.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, September 21st, 2024

(Airs 09/20/24 @ 3 p.m. & 09/22/24 @ 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 the value of in-person reporting, the resistance of politicians to talk with “real” journalists, whether children who commit crimes should be put on the front page, and much more.

Let’s face it, academic writing can be…boring.We’ll speak with author Leonard Cassuto about his book, “Academic Writing as if Readers Matter.”And we’ll catch up with a pair of college presidents.

Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers “Rules of Civility,” “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “The Lincoln Highway.” The three novels have collectively sold more than five million copies. His latest is a collection of stories: “Table for Two: Fictions.” He is also editor of this year’s “The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners.”

Playlist as aired on Saturday, August 24th, 2024

(Airs 08/29/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with SUNY Chancellor John King about the problems with FAFSA, voting on campus in November, enrollment numbers, tackling artificial intelligence, and much more.

Once in a while, the sky offers a profusion of great beauty that happens to lie slightly below the limit of what the eye can see. That’s when you need a good pair of binoculars. Tune in to hear what phases of the moon you can expect to see.

(Airs 08/30/24 @ 3 p.m. & 09/01/24 @ 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, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and David talk about fact-checking by media, CNN getting Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for their first interview together, Russia barring more U.S. journalists, what happened at Arlington National Cemetery, and much more.

(Airs 09/05/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar about congestion pricing, ballot proposition one, and much more.