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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.Researchers have revealed how an otherwise ordinary moth in Australia uses the stars to make an annual voyage.And a coalition of teachers’ unions is suing the Trump administration over billions of dollars in frozen education aid.

Celebrated cartoonist and “Fun Home” author Alison Bechdel returns with “Spent: A Comic Novel,” a sharp, funny, and self-aware look at art, aging, and the absurdity of success. Set on a goat farm in Vermont, Bechdel (both author and character) grapples with writer’s block, late-stage capitalism, and the unintended consequences of cultural fame.

Playlist for Saturday, July 26th, 2026

(Airs 08/01/25 @ 3 p.m. & 08/03/25 @ 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 former 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 journalists should deal with people who lie, why a banana should never be called an elongated yellow fruit, and much more.

(Airs 07/31/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Sarah Rogerson, Albany Law Professor and Director of the Edward P. Swyer Justice Center at Albany Law School, about New York's Protect Our Courts Act in regard to ICE entering courthouses to arrest immigrants.

On this week's 51%, we speak with journalist Katie Simon about their new book "Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault." For years, Simon has researched the impact of sexual assault on survivors’ relationships and sex lives. "Tell Me What You Like" shares some of their stories, and how they moved from trauma to healing.

(Airs 08/01/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The New York State Energy Planning Board releases its 2025 Draft State Energy Plan, we’ll speak with law professor Sarah Rogerson about immigration and the state’s "Protect Our Courts Act," and we’ll talk about the problems facing the state’s early intervention program.

Host Randy Cohen will speak with Jonathan Capehart, a member of The Washington Post editorial board, commentator on The PBS NewsHour, anchor of The Weekend on MSNBC, and author of Yet Here I Am. Capehart seems liberal in his politics, conservative in his dress. “Absolutely. I love a good wild outfit, on someone else," he says.

Playlist for Saturday, July 19th, 2025

On Wednesday, July 23, we saw a rare cosmic pairing as the Moon passes unusually close to Spica, the brilliant blue star in Virgo. Thanks to a unique tilt in the Moon’s orbit — an event that won’t repeat until 2043 — this striking alignment becomes visible to the naked eye. Learn why Spica shines so hot and bright, and how to pronounce its name the right way. Look up between 9:30 and 10 p.m. for a glimpse of this fleeting spectacle.