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Tune in during the 4 p.m. hour for a conversation about the upcoming Reembodied Sound 2024 festival at EMPAC with EMPAC's music curator Amadeus Julian Regucera who joins over Zoom. Also joining the conversation to talk about the presentation of David Tudor's 1973 work Rainforest IV as part of the festival are Matthew Goodheart, who is Assistant Professor of Music in the Department of Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and EMPAC Visiting Artists John Driscoll and Phil Edelstein. Then, during the 5 p.m. hour, we'll have another month's edition of The Month Ahead with Chosen Family Zine with Mike Amari and Liam Singer who are live from the Acra studio.

Reembodied Sound 2024 is a two-day festival and symposium on transducer-based music and sonic art, co-presented with the Rensselaer Department of Arts. The symposium has three tracks: a remounting of Rainforest IV by students of the Rensselaer Arts Department with John Driscoll and Phil Edelstein in commemoration of its 50th anniversary in 2023; a series of demonstrations and paper presentations, selected from an open call that received 189 project submissions from around the world, culminating in a keynote address by noted sound art scholar and composer Cathy van Eck; and a concert of transducer-based works, along with sound installations throughout the EMPAC building for visitors to experience during the festival.

The Month Ahead with Chosen Family Zine is a monthly update about upcoming interesting events in the Hudson Valley. Chosen Family Zine is organized by Mike Amari, who is an event organizer for Opus 40, Basilica, and other venues, and Liam Singer, who is the owner of The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY and a member of Wave Farm's Board of Directors.

The "WGXC Afternoon Show" features local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, a rundown of local and regional events, weather updates, and more about and for the community. The show is a place for a community conversation about issues, with music, and more. Saturday the emphasis is more on radio art, and art on the radio. Unlike shows by individual programmers on the station, the "WGXC Afternoon Show" is considered partially station-run. The Sunday version calls itself "Li Le, Le Tan." Tune in for 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. Gloria and Arielle host the "Las Brujas Bilingues" segment every Wednesday afternoon. Philip Grant and Tom Roe bring you the weekly WGXC Congressional Report, with reports about the representatives and candidates of New York's 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congressional Districts. Interview segments from Justin Maiman from his "Ginger Radio Hour" are often heard on this show, as are movie updates from Jenny Ghetti and Amanda Lees and their "Dim The Lights" program. Tune in for the "Food Segment" from Tepper B.T. on the second Monday of the month. "Nature Calls: Conversations from the Hudson ValleyThe Ag Report is produced by Brendan Donegan and covers local farmers. The Month Ahead at Cornell Cooperative Extension with Deven Connolly" previews agriculture-related events. There is also The Month Ahead with Chosen Family Zine" from Mike Amari; an event organizer for Opus 40, Basilica, and others; and Liam Singer; the owner of The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY and a member of Wave Farm's Board of Directors. Interviews by hosts of the "WGXC Morning Show" also get played back here occasionally. 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. WGXC is always looking for contributors who have an interesting idea for a recurring segment on either the "WGXC Morning Show" or the "WGXC Afternoon Show." Email your idea to info@wgxc.org.