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Playlist as aired on Saturday, March 1st, 2025

We’re now just past the new Moon stage of the lunar cycle, which means we are now seeing a crescent moon. Always lowish in the sky, the crescent may be the Moon’s most fascinating phase. Perhaps its dreaminess comes from its uniqueness. Tune in to hear about other shapes and the sky and the best time to view Venus.

(Airs 03/06/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with David Lombardo, Host of the Capitol Pressroom on WCNY about the major items left to be resolved in budget negotiations, how federal cuts will impact New York, the New York City Mayoral race, and much more.

(Airs 03/07/25 & 03/09/25 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Gazette Editor 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, Rex, Barbara, Miles and David talk about the increasing need for public media, the challenge of covering the local angles of the Doge cuts, what’s happening at the Washington Post, and much more.

Jelani Cobb is the dean of Columbia University’s school of journalism and a staff writer for “The New Yorker.” “When people ask what I think is the foundational institution of democracy, I always say: the public library.” Cobb tells us about David Levering Lewis and the Queens Public Library.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, March 8th, 2025:

Bestselling novelist Allegra Goodman’s latest, “Isola,” is inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine. It is an epic saga about a French noblewoman deserted on an island where her survival depends on the power of her faith and love.

Actor Charles Busch says “My life was a bit like the plot of Auntie Mame.” Busch has stories about Linda Lavin, Christopher Isherwood, Lily Tomlin, Angela Landsbury, Vivien Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, and tells us about Gritti Palace, Venice. Plus, he sings.

Tune in to hear about an upcoming vernal equinox! Many civilizations have made vernal equinoxes into special or even sacred days. Learn how the sun is shifting into new constellations, and what most people get wrong.

(Airs 03/07/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, lambasted state Democrats’ immigration policies during a stop in Albany this week, we’ll look at a lawsuit against the EPA for freezing climate change funding that includes New York, and we’ll talk with three federal employees impacted by the Doge cuts.