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The Sanctuary of Independent Media's Nature Lab in Troy hosts a public workshop lead by artist Isidora Fernandez using the facilities at NATURE Lab to further understand the injustices of the legacy of urban industrial pollutants such as lead and microplastics. WOOC's Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Fernandez about using art and science in combination to research and address environmental change. Plus, WGXC's Kieran Riley talks with Gerry Condon about the Golden Rule Veterans For Peace Boat, which stops in Catskill, NY from July 9 to July 10, 2023. Gerry Condon is a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister, a former president and current national board member of Veterans for Peace, president of the Golden Rule Committee, and a member of the crew that sailed the Golden Rule to Cuba. And also, in response to the hazardous air conditions from wildfire in Canada and the devastating impact of the once-in-a-1000-year flooding in the lower Hudson Valley, Pete Sikora, Climate and Inequality Campaigns Director at New York Communities for Change, wrote: “The devastating storms that have flooded multiple counties across the state are the direct result of climate collapse, rapidly intensifying due to the inaction of our elected representatives. By failing to act at the scale of the crisis, Governor Hochul and her administration bear responsibility for the flooding and resulting casualties and destruction that have left millions of New Yorkers vulnerable." Sikora talks with WOOC's Mark Dunlea.

The "WGXC Morning Show" is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Interview segments from Justin Maiman are often heard on this show, as our movie updates from Jenny Ghetti and Amanda Lees. Interviews by hosts of the "WGXC Afternoon Show" also get played back here occasionally. And Jack Sencabaugh contributes the "Backtracks in Time" segment about local history. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. The show begins each day with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events. Also tune in for national headlines from the Public News Service on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are also broadcast live here. Saturdays the show features weekly episodes of the "I Have Seen Niagara" serial.