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Playlist as aired on April 25th, 2026

(Airs 04/30/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with NY 1 Investigative Journalist Courtney Gross about her series Behind the Walls: Investigating New York’s Prison System.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.According to a recent analysis, hundreds of private colleges and universities across the United States are at risk of closing in the next 10 years.On this episode, we speak with Jon Marcus, a journalist with the Hechinger Report, who recently reported on the impending closure of Sterling College, a tiny school in rural Vermont.

The Trump administration has some well-known enemies: wind turbines, electric cars, and climate scientists, among others. Now the iconic American buffalo has joined their ranks.

Mitigating climate change requires reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Not emitting more of it is a key part of the effort but taking some out of the atmosphere will also be important. Direct air capture is the process by which this happens.

On this week’s 51%, we speak with Meg Stone, violence prevention expert and executive director of IMPACT Boston, about her upcoming book “Don’t Fight Back” And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence. Stone says a lot of common “safety tips” aimed at protecting women from violence aren’t actually based on quality research and reinforce the power structures that enable abusers in the first place. “Don’t Fight Back” addresses some of the most common myths and equips women with personal safety advice that doesn’t encourage them to make their lives small or accept the status quo.

(Airs 05/01/26 @ 3 p.m. & 05/03/26 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and Raga Justin, Albany Bureau Chief for Bloomberg Government . On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Raga are live on the road at the University at Albany to talk with journalism students and faculty from 20 campuses about student journalism, how to get more young people excited about the field, and much more.

You’ve probably never heard of PSR J1748-2446. But it’s the fastest-spinning celestial object. It’s the most extreme example of a neutron star or pulsar

(Airs 05/01/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The Governor and New York state lawmakers closing in on a deal to speed up housing construction, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman gets facetime with North Country voters, and an environmental group sues New York City over an upstate watershed.

(Airs 05/07/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with John Kaeney, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, about Governor Hochul’s power in negotiating a state budget, Hochul’s support for redistricting, the push to get lobbyists to reporter their positions on bills, and more.