WAMC Podcasts

All of WAMC's Podcasts

#1554: Women Help At The Border; Teens Work On An Album For Somali Youth

On this week’s 51%, we head to the U.S./Mexico border and find out how women are gaining self-esteem and learning the hard truths. Plus, transgender people are grappling with a new policy from the Trump administration, and hear from some teens who worked on an album for Somali youth.

[Continue reading...] about #1554: Women Help At The Border; Teens Work On An Album For Somali Youth

WAMC News Podcast – Episode 5

On this episode, WAMC Associate News Director Jim Levulis speaks with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie. The Air Force Reserve colonel, who was sworn-in as secretary in July 2018, oversees the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system with 1,250 facilities serving more than nine million enrolled veterans. 

[Continue reading...] about WAMC News Podcast – Episode 5

#1458 – How Journalists Deal With Bias

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. On this […]

[Continue reading...] about #1458 – How Journalists Deal With Bias

#1919: State Senate Passes Two Bills Related to President Trump’s Tax Returns

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the state senate passes two bills that would permit the state tax department to give the president’s New York tax returns to congressional committees, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on his conversation with the […]

[Continue reading...] about #1919: State Senate Passes Two Bills Related to President Trump’s Tax Returns

#1494 “A Look At Dementia”

Dementia can take a life of learning and memories and toss them away forever. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk about dementia with the Alzheimer’s Association and a physician who became a caregiver. We’ll also spend an Academic Minute with the science of learning.

[Continue reading...] about #1494 “A Look At Dementia”