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Playlist as aired on Saturday, May 24th, 2025

(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 Donald Trump says Congress should get rid of the CHIPS and Science Act putting technology investments across New York in potential jeopardy, state lawmakers are setting their priorities ahead of the April 1st budget deadline, and state authorities are working to increase public safety on college campuses.

Conservationist and adventurer Peter Fong led an expedition down Mongolia’s Selenge River, described in his book “Rowing to Baikal.” “To me the river is like a god, a god that I can be in conversation with. I feel like it’s alive. I don’t always understand it, but I don’t understand god either.” A conversation at the Explorers Club.

Scientists may have discovered the genetic key that allowed humans to develop complex language.And new research looks deeper into what causes allergic reactions and intolerances to common foods like nuts, milk, and eggs.

(Airs 03/14/25 & 03/16/25 @ 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 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 Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ira talk about the difficulty of covering news under the Trump Administration, Jeff Bezos and what’s happening at the Washington Post, the threat to libel law, and much more.

(Airs 03/13/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dale Bryk, a lawyer based at the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School. Dale was previously the Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment for the State of New York. We’ll talk with Dale about the impact of the EPA freezing climate funds from Climate United, the subsequent lawsuit, and the impact on environmental funding flowing into New York.

(Airs 04/11/25 & 04/13/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld and Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and Miles talk about coverage of the President’s tariff announcement, how local media covered the hands-off protests, and much more.

(Airs 04/11/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the state budget is now on track to be two weeks late, and we’ll find out why. We’ll talk with the executive director of Reinvent Albany about transparency or the lack there of, in budget negotiations, and a trio of Hudson Valley lawmakers ask the state DOT to detail its plan to assess the risk for ship strikes at two Hudson River bridges considered vulnerable.

(Airs 04/10/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with John Kaehny, Executive Director and a founding board member of Reinvent Albany, about transparency in state government, current budget negotiations, the impact of federal cuts on New York, and much more.

(Airs 04/04/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll take a deeper look at New York’s prison system which has been under intense scrutiny in recent months, the budget is late again, we’ll talk with WNYC’s Jimmy Vielkind about the elephant in the room, and we’ll report on North Country residents keeping their eyes on strained relations between the U.S. and Canada over tariffs.