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#1738: Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence” | The Book Show

#1738: Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence” | The Book Show

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich’s new book is a ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman's relentless errors. “The Sentence” asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the...

#1588: Turning away from the news | The Media Project

#1588: Turning away from the news | The Media Project

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, and Daily Freeman...

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 243

States in the Northeast are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children between 5 and 11 after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead to youngsters receiving the Pfizer shot. Authorities say there is enough supply for the 28 million children...

#2145: 2021 election recap | The Legislative Gazette

#2145: 2021 election recap | The Legislative Gazette

On this week’s Gazette: Republicans and conservatives claim victory in the rejection of three ballot proposals that would have expanded voting in the state. Our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the Republican’s big win in New York and around the...

#1685: Heart and Sexual Health | 51%

#1685: Heart and Sexual Health | 51%

On this week's 51%, we speak with Stephanie Johnson of the American Medical Association about a new campaign to promote heart health and self-care among Black women. We also discuss sexual health, vaginal pain, and postpartum care with Dr. Molly Rivest, a women's...