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(Airs 11/28/25 @ 3 p.m. & 11/30/25 @ 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, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and David talk about conflicts of interest in journalism, whether one person journalism influencers can do the job of a newsroom, Tik-Tok journalism, and more.

The Food & Drug Administration recently decided to remove "black box" warnings from the packaging of hormonal therapies used to treat symptoms of menopause. On this week's 51%, we speak with internist Dr. Heather Hirsch, founder of the Menopause Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, about the change. We also dive into Dr. Hirsch's new book, The Perimenopause Survival Guide, and discuss how to recognize what she calls the “evil little sister” of menopause and start treatment early.

In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a result of human-caused global warming. At that time, most of Antarctica’s vast ice cap seemed to be securely frozen. Conventional wisdom was that Antarctica’s ice sheets were going to remain stable and were not going to melt much.

(Airs 11/21/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul approves amendments to the Adirondack State Land Master Plan, we’ll talk with Blair Horner, Senior Advisor at NYPIRG, about the state’s bottle bill, and Spectrum news reporter Emily Kenny tells us about her investigation into programs for the homeless in Central and Western New York.

Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag, are the founders of Evidence, a dance company that's been open for forty years. Brown tells us “Come see Evidence; you’ll see yourself on stage.” Tune in to hear about dance, Alvin Ailey and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.

Architects Jessie Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, recipients of The National Academy of Design award, admit they once avoided their alma mater, Cooper Union, for years—“we would detour three or four blocks or else the PTSD would kick in.” They recall their time there as something out of The Paper Chase or Whiplash—but with less compassion. This episode also features Dogen, a 3-D printed object, and Randy’s Creatures: wolves in Greek mythology, with music by Karl Schwartz.

Preservationist Anthony Wood, a wily veteran of decades of urban campaigns, is happy in his work: “I’ve never regretted being involved in saving a landmark. I’ve only regretted the ones I couldn’t save.” Presented with the New York Preservation Archive Project.

Set and costume designer Santo Loquasto has worked on 80 Broadway shows, 30 films, several operas, and innumerable dance pieces. Here’s something he learned working with Paul Taylor: “Give a man 17 chairs and see what he comes up with.”

Photographer Brian Kelley specializes in images of the country’s most immense and ancient trees — 2,000 years old, 3,000 years old — many of which he has archived at the Gathering Growth Foundation. He takes us through his adventures.

Steve Clay and M.C. Kinniburgh are the curators of the Grolier Club exhibition After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960-2025. They assert, “The least interesting thing about a book is its contents.” Clay and Kinniburgh also tell about a Michael McClure poster and a Johanna Drucker book.