WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. Samantha Simmons hosts the weekend edition. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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An interview with Julie Gedro, dean of the College of Business at Empire State University, about why companies are issuing return-to-office mandates, and what it means for some workers. -
Ever since Donald Trump became a political force a decade ago, we’ve been told that his popularity is in part a result of grievance – that is, a lot of people become part of the MAGA faithful because they believe that the political system and American institutions are stacked against them. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Monday, August 25, 2025. -
Survivors of sexual abuse at an elite Pittsfield, Massachusetts, all-girls boarding school are reacting after an independent investigation corroborated their stories. A warning to listeners, this story contains upsetting content. -
The lesson to be learned from the Barrington Stage Company production of “King James” is that a play does not have to be profound in order to enjoy and learn from it. -
NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Sunday, August 24, 2025. -
Albany County Court Judge William Little is running to keep his seat as Acting State Supreme Court Judge in New York’s Third Judicial District. -
I have a thing for Wyoming, where I visited last week. If it wasn’t the location of the first hike that I ever took many years ago, it was the first hike that proved that walking long distances over reasonably strenuous terrain need not be a torturous experience. -
A race is underway for an open state Supreme Court Judge seat in upstate New York. -
NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Saturday, August 23, 2025.
