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WAMC Northeast Public Radio is excited to announce the official launch of On the Road, a new programming initiative that brings live public radio events — including interviews, conversations, musical performances, and cultural programming — directly to communities throughout the listening region.
The White House issued an Executive Order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to halt all direct and indirect funding to NPR and PBS. In essence, this puts at risk WAMC’s ability to deliver national and international programming—Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and the trusted newscasts our listeners rely on every day.
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(Airs 06/06/25 @ 3 p.m. & 06/08/25 @ 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 Vice President of the New York Press Association and former Editor of the Daily Gazette, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Mitra Kalita, veteran journalist, media executive, commentator, author and CEO of url-media.com. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Mitra talk about how media has changed over the years, and a deeper look at Mitra’s career and current venture.
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Meg StoneOn this week’s 51%, we take a feminist self-defense course with IMPACT Boston Executive Director Meg Stone. In her new book, The Cost of Fear, Stone says a majority of the safety advice given to women – like “Don’t walk at night,” “Don’t put your hair in a ponytail” – is well-meaning, but sexist, and doesn’t actually address gender-based violence on a large scale. -
Corinne Carey/Corinne Carey(Airs 06/05/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director of Compassion and Choices for New York and New Jersey, about how this year could be the year their efforts to pass medical aid in dying legislation becomes law. -
Courtesy of the Office of the Westchester County ExecutiveNew York Rep. George Latimer of the 16th district speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the "Congressional Corner" June 5, 2025.
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Members of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus are calling on lawmakers to pass a slate of prison reform bills before the end of the legislative session. -
Sponsored by State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn, S6530 would bar the DEC from issuing new expansion permits to dairy farmers for over 700 cows. The bill is facing opposition, saying it would hurt family-run New York farms. -
A bill that would lower some of those costs has the backing of New York’s Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. -
More than half a century after the Thomas Indian School closed, local remaining Native American survivors of the institution are telling their stories as part of a national oral history project. -
The three laws all focus on various levels of worker protection including those in the retail, fashion and warehouse industries.
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The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities. -
Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house. -
Mike Flanagan's new film, a maudlin mystery about a man dying of cancer, feels hobbled by its extreme faithfulness to the Stephen King novella on which its based. -
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn. -
Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory. Originally broadcast Feb. 24, 2024.
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U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, as the workforce shrank. -
The 78th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 8. Here's where to stream. -
Right-wing podcaster and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says Elon Musk "crossed the Rubicon" by calling for impeachment. He says the president should deal with feud as "national security issue." -
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who is also on the Senate Budget Committee, about how President Trump's tariffs will affect the federal budget and the economy. -
The Infowars founder declared bankruptcy after families sued him for defamation and won more than a billion dollars in damages, but Jones has yet to pay them a dime.
The Met Opera returns this season with wide-ranging performances that bring joy to the ears. Beginning the season with Strauss’ “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” and a new production by Jeanine Tesori “Grounded.” The season will also bring all the classics you including Puccini’s “La bohème,” and Jack Heggie’s “Moby-Dick.” The Met Opera will air on Saturdays at 1 p.m., Dec. 7 through June 7.
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