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(Airs 09/20/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The Port of Coeymans has become a major hub of activity connected with the wind power industry, we’ll speak with the state Comptroller about the economic impact of the paused Congestion Pricing Plan, and the Special Olympics are returning to Glens Falls.

We’ll speak with theatre director Ivo van Hove. Van Hove has directed “A View from the Bridge,” “West Side Story” on Broadway, and “Lazarus,” David Bowie’s final project.

Saturn always wins the Miss Universe contest. For anyone with a telescope, there are hardly any runners-up. Saturn is just a knockout, and even 60 power is plenty to show it well. The big question is simply where and when to look. Well the when is right now, these nights. The "where" is the constellation Aquarius.

These nights the first few hours after nightfall let us see the brightest part of our Galaxy. The next night it’s clear, you’ll find the Moon is absent. So if you’re away from city lights and you let your eye dark adapt for a few minutes, you’ll see the creamy glow of the Milky Way right overhead, splitting the sky in half from North to south. Tune in to hear what you need to catch that perfect glimpse of the stellar night sky.

(Airs 10/10/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Assemblymember Deborah Glick, a Democrat from Manhattan, about the scandal surrounding Mayor Eric Adams, whether she thinks former Governor Andrew Cuomo will run for the seat, proposition one on the ballot, environmental legislation that’s ready to pass this session, and much more.

On this week’s 51%, we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month and learn why doctors are being instructed to tell patients about their breast density after mammograms. We also speak with Dr. Elizabeth Lucal of Nuvance Health about the impacts of iron deficiency and anemia on women. And Natasha Senjanovic of the New York Public News Network brings us a report on how the healthcare industry is responding to one of the top causes of maternal mortality: femicide.

(Airs 10/04/24 @ 3 p.m. & 10/06/24 @ 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 Gazette Editor and Vice President Miles Reed, 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, Mike and David talk about how coverage of the vice-presidential debate, CNN erecting a paywall, student newspapers, and much more.

These nights the first few hours after nightfall let us see the brightest part of our galaxy. The next night it’s clear, you’ll find the Moon is absent. So if you’re away from city lights and you let your eye dark adapt for a few minutes, you’ll see the creamy glow of the Milky Way right overhead, splitting the sky in half from north to south. Tune in to hear what you need to catch that perfect glimpse of the stellar night sky.

(Airs 10/17/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Sasha Ahuja, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Equal Rights, a coalition of more than 500 civil and reproductive rights organizations calling for the passage of Proposition 1 – the New York Equal Rights Amendment – on the back of your ballot this election day.

Lauren Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author. Her new novel, “The Vaster Wilds,” is at once an adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. It tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history.