WAMC Northeast Public Radio

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WAMC/Northeast Public Radio is a regional public radio network serving parts of seven northeastern United States. These include New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. Stations and translators are in ten locations thoughout the region.

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33 Pieces

The winner of a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and a New York State Broadcasters Association Award, A New York Minute In History tells the unique tales of New Yorkers throughout American history. With the state’s hundreds of historical markers as a guide, join Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts as they explore the people, places, and experiences that made New York. How is the Erie Canal used today? Where did baseball get its start? And who inspired the story of the headless horseman?

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A radio series about the opportunities for, and achievements of, women with disabilities in STEM fields.

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Celebrate and remember legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger with this 2-hour special. Seeger has spent his remarkable life, both on and off the stage, supporting civil and labor rights, racial equality, environmental consciousness and peace with his voice and music.

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A two-part radio series, supported by the National Science Foundation, highlighting the role of women, past and present, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.


Latest Pieces

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Marking the anniversary of the finale of St. Elsewhere on May 25, 1988, resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel asks WAMC’s Ian Pickus about famous saints....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
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The tables are turned as resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel fields the questions from WAMC’s Ian Pickus. Remembering Randy Johnson’s perfect game on M...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
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WAMC’s Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel mark the anniversary of the Deep Blue-Kasparov chess rematch with a show about famous compute...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
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May 4 and 5 are this year's dates for the running of the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby, respectively. So this week, we celebrate "the Sport ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
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This week on The Academic Minute we hear about a new study on how TV can affect our sleep patterns, the importance of 'umms' & 'ahh's' when we spea...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 12:30
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Coming on The Academic Minute we learn about deceptive affection, how testosterone affects the markets, and why green isn't really green in the aut...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:30
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In this episode of PPT, columnist Dan Savage offers an intriguing revisionist history of the Tudor Dynasty, and Sir Roger Bannister describes runni...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of PPT, The Daily Show's Samantha Bee risks an international incident with her hot-head opinions, and the very funny and very scary...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Randy Cohen sits down with singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones who talks about her origins, and former New York City mayor Ed Koch talks about ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
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Food writer Michael Pollan takes a shot at Henry David Thoreau, and then public radio's John Hockenberry sums up our show & likes what he finds.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2