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What are the most basic facts of nature? They’re fascinating, yet these most fundamental realities remain strangely unknown to most people. And this has always been true.

(Airs 05/08/26 @ 3 p.m. & 05/10/26 @ 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, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and David talk about the Pulitzer prizes, CNN, the 24 hour news cycle, and the death of Ted Turner, the reporter who uncovered the news that FBI Director hands out his own brand of bourbon, and much more.

Mesothermic animals occupy a middle ground between cold-blooded and warm-blooded species. Mesotherms are able to generate and retain some body heat while still relying partly on their environment. This rare adaptation, found in less than 0.1% of all fish, is seen in species such as basking sharks, great white sharks, and bluefin tuna.

(Airs 05/21/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with David Albert, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) about this week’s school budget votes, the school funding formula, current issues impacting learning, and much more.

(Airs 05/15/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With no state budget in place, school districts across the state are in a tough spot with voters set to vote next week, we’ll have reaction from the Childcare Association of New York to the Governor announcing billions of dollars in funding for childcare, and we’ll take a look at tick season with the population booming.

If a celestial object is the largest, smallest, brightest, or most-distant, it defines one of the edges of the cosmic envelope. Only a single entity can be “most this” or “greatest that.” Venus owns at least seven superlatives, all by itself.

(Airs 05/15/26 @ 3 p.m. & 05/17/26 @ 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, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about a clip of Katie Couric and Trevor Noah discussing the different realities presented by American news, journalism students who want to join the field despite its decline, the White House distorting the facts, and much more.

Renewable energy in the US is facing serious headwinds under the current administration but one area that is absolutely booming is the manufacturing of battery storage technology for the grid. The legislation in 2025 that put the brakes on multiple aspects of green energy maintained the Biden-era incentives for domestic energy manufacturing and grid battery projects.

The moringa tree is a short-lived, fast-growing, drought-resistant tree native to northern India. Its seeds and fruit are valued for their flavor and nutritional value and the tree is known as “the miracle tree” for its use in traditional medicine.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, May 16th, 2026