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#1520: Women Veterans Run For Congress; Women Wrestlers Seek An Image Change

On this week’s 51%, we hear about veterans running for Congress, with focus on a particular woman; and meet a military spouse whose company focuses on other military spouses. Plus, we jump into the world of women’s wrestling.

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#1573 – Peter Biskind

In “The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism,” cultural journalist Peter Biskind dives headlong into two decades of popular culture, from superhero franchises and series like “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones” to thrillers like “Homeland” and “24,” and emerges to argue that these shows are […]

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#1423: Bob Woodward’s Revelations

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo is a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany and former Executive Editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) Record, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Barbara and Ira talk about the New […]

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#1836: Primary Day Thursday

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: with the primaries less than a week away, we’ll take a look at single payer heathcare as an issue in the governor’s race, our political observer Alan Chartock will share his thoughts on a major endorsement for Governor Cuomo this […]

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#1459: “You STILL Can’t Fire The Bad Ones”

Some recent court rulings have us thinking again about a segment we ran earlier this year, so as we head into the new school year, let’s take another look at just how much are teachers valued in the US? There are a lot of politicians, media outlets and education reformers who can’t say enough bad […]

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