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News & Events

Eight O'Clock Hour
8 am weekdays Complete regional news and features. Plus The Writer's Almanac.
Eight O'Clock Hour podcast feed

Latest Rundown:
Why low Lake Ontario levels mean high St. Lawrence levels
Another big Adirondack real estate development?
Do you have what it takes to be a Saranac Lake 6er?
This weekend in the Adirondacks
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center awaits its fate
NY DA: Lopez conduct "alarming" but not a crime
Heard Up North: Another flea market opens in Canton
Natural Selections: Continental Drift
Wind farm a windfall to Lewis County communities
Cuomo details local gov't bailout plan
Why don't we talk more about North Country prisons?
US won't move forward with Canada border fee, North Country relieved
How NYS casino development could affect New Yorkers' health
Book review: "Peak Experiences"
Story Traveler: Aesop's Fables
North Country wines survive the cold, please the palate
Adirondack Park Agency will hear from public on how to use new lands
Lots about seeds
BBC World Update, Weekdays, 5 am
A roundup of all the day's news from the BBC World Service.

Community Calendar
Weekdays 8:55 am & 4:30 pm,
Sundays at 8:30 am
What's happening throughout the North Country.
Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Saturday, 11 am
NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Test your knowledge while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. Latest rundown

The World
Mon-Thu, 7 pm
PRI's The World is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe.
Podcasts from The World
 

News & Topical Talk

On Being
Thursday, 1 pm

Bob Edwards Weekend
Saturdays, 6-8 am
Veteran host Bob Edwards with interviews and performance from PRI.
Car Talk
Saturday, 10 am
All things automotive with Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Call of the Week podcast
Car Talk Puzzler
Pennies, Mittens and a Mask... Oh My!

Fresh Air
Weekdays, noon
Latest rundown

Natural Selections
Thursdays, 8:35 am, Sundays, 8:55 am Conversations about the natural world with Martha Foley & Dr. Curt Stager.
Natural Selections podcast feed
Only A Game
Saturday, noon
Weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield.

On the MediaOn Point
Weekdays, 10 am- noon

On PointOn the Media
Sundays, 10 am
Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield, this weekly show decodes what we hear, read, and see in the media every day.

RadiolabRadiolab
Wednesdays, 1 pm & Saturdays, 3 pm
(Thru Aug 4) From WNYC with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.
Snap Judgment
Fridays, 7 pm
Host Glynn Washington brings storytelling with a beat: intriguing stories about extraordinary and defining events in people's lives.
The Splendid Table
Sunday, 2 pm
The Story
Weekdays, 2 pm
Looking at the world through the stories of ordinary people with host Dick Gordon.
This American Life
Sunday, noon, repeats Friday 1 pm

To the Best of Our Knowledge
Tuesday, 1 pm
An audio magazine of ideas - smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds. Host Jim Fleming.
A Way with Words
Monday, 1 pm
Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett take calls from listeners about linguistic disputes, grammatical pet peeves, the origins of words and phrases, and curious regional expressions.