Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers.
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Whether it's the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there's a women's perspective, and 51% is a show dedicated to that viewpoint. Host Jesse King talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional 'women's issues' category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
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Each week on The Capitol Connection, you can keep yourself abreast of political developments and gain a little insight into how New York State's politicians think when you listen in as political scientist Dr. Alan Chartock holds conversations with members from the Assembly and Senate, and other political movers and shakers.
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WAMC's Friday quiz segment, Any Questions?, puts news director Ian Pickus in the hot seat, as he and listeners field questions from resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel. Nothnagel is Associate Professor of mathematics at The Culinary Institute of America, and a crossword constructor for the New York Times and Games Magazine, among other outlets. Often, Mike and Ian switch seats or feature guest answerers, such as Will Shortz, Liane Hansen, John Flansburgh and Mike Doughty. Any Questions? airs Fri ...
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The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with The Times Union's Rex Smith, WAMC's Alan Chartock, University at Albany Professor Rosemary Armao, Editor of the Daily Gazette Judy Patrick, Chair of the Department of Communication at the College of St. Rose Cailin Brown, Publisher of Empire Report New York J.P. Miller, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld.
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You can find the region's most in-depth look at New York State politics and government each week on The Legislative Gazette. Hosted by David Guistina, the program features regular commentary by syndicated columnist and political scientist Dr. Alan Chartock. On each program, the award-winning WAMC News Team combines forces to bring you a wrap-up of the week's political news, the goings on in and around the legislature, and the stories that will keep you well-informed and in the know.
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A New York Minute In History is a podcast about the history of New York and the unique tales of New Yorkers. It is hosted by State Historian Devin Lander, Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts and Don Wildman. Jesse King and Jim Levulis of WAMC produce the podcast. A New York Minute In History is a production of the New York State Museum, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Archivist Media. Support for the project comes from The William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Hu ...
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Every day, faculty members at schools and universities throughout the world are making discoveries that shape our ways of thinking and redefine our understanding of today's knowledge-driven society. Since 1990, The Best of Our Knowledge has highlighted breakthroughs across disciplines and across the globe, putting listeners in touch with the minds at the forefront of their fields. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to education, looks at the latest research and invites ...
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WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with artists, politicians, writers and people from various backgrounds to get to the heart of their lives, and contributions to the world.
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The Capitol Connection – Blair Horner, Executive Director of NYPIRG
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Summer at the Fair: A History of Agricultural Fairs in New York State | A New York Minute in History
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As New York State prepares to host the oldest state fair in the nation, this episode tells the history of the summertime tradition of agricultural fairs and how they developed from gatherings of learned societies into the popular attractions that we all know today. Markers of Focus: County Fairgrounds, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County. Interviewees: R…
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The Book Show | Kevin Barry – The Heart in Winter
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“The Heart in Winter” by Kevin Barry is a big-hearted, violent, hypnotic, and lovelorn epic set against the iconic genre of the American Western. If features an unforgettable female protagonist and tackling the dislocation and self-invention of the Irish immigrant experience.By WAMC
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Competitive Scrabble and the Penguin and the Egg
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For some, Scrabble is more than just a board game. On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge we’ll attend a competitive Scrabble tournament. We’ll learn about a high school graduate who has devoted himself to recording the stories of veterans. And NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is marking two years of science operations.…
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The Media Project – Rex, Judy, Barbara, Ian
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The Legislative Gazette – We’ll have reaction to President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris
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Following President Biden's decision to step away from this year's presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris is on track to become the first woman of color and first person of South Asian descent to earn the Democratic nomination for president. On this week's 51%, we speak with Ange-Marie Hancock, a political science professor at The Ohio…
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The Capitol Connection – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar
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A mystery set in a rural village in the West of Ireland, “The Hunter” is the second novel by best-selling author Tana French novel set in mythical Ardnakelty. It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.By WAMC
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On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll learn about the students and faculty at Stony Brook University who have created a resilience tool kit for student journalists. And we’ll learn about a national initiative to expand local news coverage through academic partnerships.By WAMC
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Any Questions #647: "What's in the middle No. 6"
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The Legislative Gazette – Governor Hochul convenes a youth mental health roundtable
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The Media Project – Rex, Judy, Barbara, Ira
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On this week's 51%, we speak with Dr. Camille Clare, an OB/GYN and professor at SUNY Downstate, to learn more about cesarean sections, and what women should expect during and after delivery. Dr. Clare is also the secretary of the Board of Directors for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a member of New York's Maternal Mort…
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The Book Show| Doris Kearns Goodwin – An Unfinished Love Story – Part 2
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Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of America’s most beloved historians. She joins us to discuss her new book “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s,” where she artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history.By WAMC
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Student demands and a record-setting genome
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The spring 2024 semester was marked by student protests across the country. On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll speak with an organizer at Bard College, where administration officials reached an agreement with Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. A new public authority is hoping to steer the future of a recently-closed college in Albany, …
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The Legislative Gazette – Albany officially becomes the first municipality in New York state to opt-in to the Good Cause Eviction law
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The Media Project – Rex, Judy, Barbara, David
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The Capitol Connection – John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany
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The Book Show | Doris Kearns Goodwin – An Unfinished Love Story (Part 1)
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American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s latest book is “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.” The book shares the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked on in the last years of his life, as the couple examined a tumultuous decade in American history through the lens of their own personal invol…
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College textbooks can be a necessary part of coursework, but they’re often pricey. On this week's episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we'll hear about a new report examining automatic textbook billing practices. And a new effort is seeking to assist college presidents in preparing students for civic life.…
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Looking back on New Paltz’s “Winter of Love”
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On this week's 51%, we brush up on the history of marriage equality in the U.S., and look back on the first same-sex weddings in New Paltz, New York — which took place more than a decade before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality nationwide. We also hear from psychoanalysts Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini about their book Gender With…
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The Legislative Gazette – Prominent upstate New York Democrats weigh in on President Biden’s debate performance and whether he should step aside
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The Book Show | Griffin Dunne – The Friday Afternoon Club
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“The Friday Afternoon Club” by actor Griffin Dunne is a memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan. The book finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances.By WAMC
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The Capitol Connection – Deanna Fox, CEO of the New York Farm Bureau
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America is experiencing renewed efforts to ban books, pass so-called parents' rights legislation, and vilify teachers unions. We’ll speak with the authors of "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual," about who and what is putting schools at the center of the culture war.By WAMC
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Any Questions #644: "The last shall be the first"
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The Legislative Gazette – We’ll have results from some of the major primary elections held this week
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The Capitol Connection – New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
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Lady Acland’s Voyage: A First-Hand Account of the Battles of Saratoga | A New York Minute in History
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This episode tells the story of Lady Christian Henrietta Caroline “Harriet” Acland, aristocratic wife of Major John Dyke Acland, who commanded the British 20th Regiment of Foot during the Burgoyne campaign of 1777. When Major Acland was wounded and taken prisoner, Lady Harriet risked her own life and freedom to nurse him back to health. She would g…
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The Book Show | Jake Tapper – All the Demons are Here
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CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent and New York Times best-selling author Jake Tapper’s third thriller, “All the Demons Are Here,” brings readers to the 1970s underground world of cults, celebrities, tabloid journalism, serial killers, disco, and UFOs.By WAMC
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New York education officials have unveiled a proposal that would transform the state’s graduation requirements. Lucas Willard speaks with state Commissioner of Education Dr. Betty Rosa.By WAMC
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The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge of the Food & Drug Administration’s approval and regulation of mifepristone, preserving access to one of two pills commonly used in medication abortions across the U.S. On this week’s 51%, we break down the Court’s ruling with Carmel Shachar, faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard …
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The Legislative Gazette #2425 – State education officials unveil a proposal to transform the state’s graduation requirements
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The Capitol Connection – State Senator Liz Krueger
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Research shows that college students are increasingly lonely. We’ll dive into a study that examines students’ mental health and how colleges and universities are fostering community and belonging. And the use of artificial intelligence in writing scientific research has skyrocketed. But does it create accuracy concerns?…
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