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Cailin Brown, a former journalism professor, has worked either as a reporter or an editor at a number of Capital Region newspapers, including The Daily Gazette, the Times Union, the Albany Business Review and The Troy Record.

Joe Flacco passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns and the Cleveland Browns clinched an unlikely playoff berth and just their second since 2002 despite numerous injuries with a 37-20 win over the New York Jets.

Twelve months after the reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein, the movement to address sexual harassment has permeated the national political and cultural conversation.

Tanya Ballard Brown is an editor for NPR. She joined the organization in 2008.

Just after Gordon Davis’ team rebuilt Central Park’s Sheep Meadow, it turned completely brown. Why “How do I know I’m not an arborist. I’m not a horticulturalist. I can’t tell an elm from an oak. That wasn’t my job.” His job was Parks Commissioner, and he was great at it. Davis tells us about Geoff Howard and The Sheep Meadow.

Significant blooms of the brown seaweed Sargassum in the tropical Atlantic have been taking place since 2011, impacting tourism in the Caribbean. A more general observation is that between 2003 and 2022, macroalgal mats and microalgal scum have expanded around the globe. A recent study looked at the rise of macroalgae blooms across the globe over the past two decades.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with book writers — Laura Miller of Salon.com, and blogger Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — about worthy books that got overlooked by the mainstream book-review sections in 2007. Here's a rundown of their recommendations.

Shawn Stone, Digital Editor of The Alt joins us to talk about what he's seen lately and what cultural events are coming up this week in our region.Seen:…