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#1599 – Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean’s latest bestseller, “The Library Book,” is an investigation into a 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Library that consumed 400,000 volumes and damaged another 700,000. In addition to shedding light on what happened, it is a celebration for an institution she’s cherished since she was a kid. This conversation was recorded as […]

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#1449: NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s comment on what makes a great journalist, Fox News and Trump, and more.

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 – Journalism Professor at the University at Albany and former Executive Editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) Record, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this […]

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#1910: NYS Budget, School Funding And An African Burial Ground

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: supporters of a school funding measure rally at the Capitol, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the state budget and the fight over the revenue number, and we take you to the site of […]

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#1485: “A Life In History”

You may have noticed, but in the last few months we’ve been talking a lot about history. It’s not because it was my favorite class (spoiler alert – it was). But it’s because out of all the academic classes and programs, history has the best stories. Now, a life long professor of history has turned […]

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