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Four years ago, Columbia University launched the Columbia Climate School. We’ll speak with Climate School Dean Dr. Jeffrey Shaman.And a New York Congressman wants to place new restrictions on mobile sports betting. We’ll learn how sports betting affects student athletes

A meteorite that struck the Earth more than 3 billion years ago might have acted like a giant “fertilizer bomb” for life on the Blue Planet.We’ll learn about a new national study that may lead to a new affordable treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.And officials are celebrating a new national hub for semiconductor research.

Edwidge Danticat has enriched and enlarged American literature with her novels and short stories about Haiti. Her latest, “We’re Alone,” is an essay collection that explores her profound and enduring connection to Haiti, as well as a deep concern for her family, her beloved island and the world.

(Airs 11/07/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with David Lombardo, host of the WCNY’s the Capitol Pressroom and Connect NY about this week’s election results in New York state.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, November 9th, 2024

Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her new novel, “Don't Be a Stranger,” centers on the relationship between a younger man and an older single mother. It is a story about erotic obsession, the hunger for intimacy, communication, and oblivion.

Author Liz Moore transports readers into a thrilling drama richly set against summertime in the Adirondacks in “The God of the Woods.” The novel follows the mysteries of a dynastic American family, the secrets of the summer camp nestled in their estate, the tragic history of a blue-collar community, and the disappearance of a young girl at the center of it all.

Hear about the power of a star and how we’re trying to recreate that energy (for no pollution purposes) here on Earth.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, October 26th, 2024

(Airs 10/31/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday, about the major races in next week’s elections, Proposition 1 on the ballot, and much more.