President Donald Trump

Content warning: this conversation deals with sexual assault and rape.E. Jean Carroll’s “Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President” is an unfiltered memoir chronicling her two high-stakes civil trials against Donald Trump, first for sexual abuse in 2023 and then defamation in 2024, culminating in over $100 million awarded against him.Carroll shares everything from trial strategy and wardrobe choices to psychiatric evaluations and courtroom drama. She riffs on Trump’s infamous “she’s not my type” line, turning it into the narrative spine of her story while skewering his legal team’s theatrics.

The “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” passed by GOP lawmakers and signed into law by President Trump last week contains a number of policy changes, tax breaks, and spending cuts to execute the Republican’s second-term agenda.

(Airs 07/04/25 @ 3 p.m. & 07/06/25 @ 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 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 $16 million dollar settlement involving CBS News and President Trump, how journalists could be prosecuted for reporting, and much more.

After the Trump administration gutted national service agency AmeriCorps last month, tens of thousands of volunteers working in communities across the U.S. are facing uncertainty about their mission. WAMC caught up with two of them in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The Trump administration’s effort to gut federal programming has left two Berkshire County nonprofits reeling and seeking support from the community.

(Airs 05/09/25 & 05/11/25 @ 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, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Miles and Ira talk about whether reporters should correct the President more aggressively when he makes false statements, whether niche journalism has a future, and much more.

Dozens of older Berkshire County residents took to the streets of Pittsfield, Massachusetts Thursday to speak out against any Trump-driven cuts to the Social Security Administration.

(Airs 04/18/25 & 04/20/25 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, Miles and Mike talk about a listener letter about coverage of the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies, President Trump’s latest attacks on the news media, and much more.

Hundreds of Berkshire County residents participated in a nationwide demonstration against President Trump on Saturday.

The Massachusetts Secretary of State is backing a lawsuit against a Trump executive order that would impose new limitations on who can vote and how.