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#1605 – Richard Powers

Richard Powers spent a year under the redwoods of California. That reflection led to his novel, “The Overstory,” about the world of trees and a band of people determined to change the way it’s perceived.

“The Overstory” won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and we will re-air our interview with Powers on this week’s Book Show.

This program features a clip of the audiobook of “The Overstory” presented by Recorded Books and RB Digital. Used with permission.

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#1455 -2019 Pulitzer Prizes, a listener letter about NPR and Noom, and more.

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, Former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association and Barbara Lombardo, Journalism Professor at the University at Albany and former Executive Editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) Record. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Judy, Rex, and Barbara talk about the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, whether advertisers or underwriters have ever pressured media, a listener letter about NPR and Noom, and more.

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#1916: Mugshot legislation passed in the state budget and more.

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we take a closer look at the mugshot legislation that passed in the state budget, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the possibility of rent control in upstate New York, and there’s a call […]

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#1491: “Learning The West African Beat”

Early this year, Jordan Taylor Hill traveled to Senegal and Guinea to expand his musical training. It wasn’t the first time his passion for drumming took him to West Africa. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear his story. We’ll also hear about a foreign student trying to navigate dating in the US, […]

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