Search results for

(Airs 12/19/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the Governor’s veto of transparency legislation, the financial impact of the congestion pricing plan, the state’s pension plan, and much more.

(Airs 12/20/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Advocates urge Governor Hochul and the legislature to reform the criminal justice system, we’ll speak with state comptroller Tom DiNapoli , and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers steps in to save a historic lighthouse.

We were sure that terrific actor Kate Burton had seldom heard a discouraging word, but no: “Oh, please, are you kidding? I could do a dramatic reading of all my bad reviews.” And she’d be brilliant in it! Burton tells us about Anton Chekhov, a Vancouver hotel and a cashmere blanket.

If someone you know has their head in the stars, here are some last minute gift ideas. Binoculars, which can provide mind-blowing images of the things like the Pleiades, star clusters, Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way.

Juan Carlos Pagan has created graphic designs for Nike, Apple, and the Denver Nuggets, and is happy to consult with clients. Up to a point. “What you can get is design by committee, which to me is the most terrible thing.” Pagan tells us about the West Side bike path and a pacifier.

(Airs 12/13/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Millions of New Yorkers could get checks for $300 to $500 dollars next year, we’ll talk to Siena Pollster Steve Greenberg about how New Yorkers feel about Governor Hochul, and state officials are eyeing nuclear as a way to create power without contributing to climate change.

If you REALLY watch the moon — the way the Babylonians did 3,700 years ago — you'll notice that its path keeps changing. We're not talking about super-obvious lunar behavior like its rapid sky movement, or the nightly shift in where it rises and sets. Some years the moon's nightly motion can mimic the sun's daytime path across the sky. Other years the moon never quite ascends as high as the sun. But the most dramatic part of the cycle is the brief three-year period when the moon gets much higher than the sun.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, December 14th, 2024

The biggest T. Rex to ever live may be bigger than previously thought.Several Northeast communities experienced record dryness this fall.And a private New York college is becoming a university.

The state of Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient via telemedicine. On this week’s 51%, we discuss the case with Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and a leading historian on the U.S. abortion debate. We also get some tips on how to destress around the holidays, and speak with psychiatrist Dr. Judith Orloff about why empathy is important not just for our own wellbeing, but for that of our communities.