“Dancing with the Stars” alum-turned-judge and ballroom dance champion Derek Hough is back on stage with a live dance tour that’s coming to the Palace Theater in Albany on Nov. 10. He joins us on this episode of “The Eagle” to talk about learning new styles of dance, touring and dancing with his wife, and balancing it all with his DWTS schedule.

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For the last decade and a half, the Black-led Collage Dance Collective has been redefining perceptions of traditional ballet, using the classical dance style to tell new stories from communities of color. Collage is headed to Proctors Theater in Schenectady next month, and Executive Director Marcellus Harper joins us on this episode of "The Eagle."

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Can you play Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)" using only your brain (and a little help from AI)? It may be muffled and distorted, but scientists recreated the 1979 song using the brain signals of 29 patients at Albany Medical Center. It's a feat, they say, that offers new insight into human brain activity. On this episode of "The Eagle," reporter H. Rose Schneider explains this ground-breaking research.

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Comedian Nimesh Patel doesn’t consider his standup set a success unless he can work in a new joke. He plans to do that Sunday in Saratoga Springs. We caught up with him before he headed to town.

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A high-profile murder case in New York’s Capital Region concluded with the conviction of Jacob L. Klein, who was found guilty last week of killing physician assistant Philip Rabadi in 2022. We’ll go through the testimony and what’s now known about this grisly and tragic story.

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All Paul Reiser ever wanted to do was standup comedy. Though his acting resume is longer than a CVS receipt — his latest projects include the hit series “Stranger Things,” “The Boys, and “The Kominsky Method” — he says there’s no greater thrill than grabbing a mic and joking about the routines of his daily life. He joins us on this episode of “The Eagle” to talk about his career, his love of standup and his impressions of The Egg.

Also on this episode, we’ll learn about how the City of Albany is reviving a Halloween festival from more than a century ago.

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When a rumor that the Grammy-winning superstar was buying a house in upstate New York took off on Facebook, we had to get to the bottom of it. Also on this episode, comedian and “The Daily Show” senior correspondent Michael Kosta answers a few rapid fire questions, and we’ll have the latest in the somewhat unusual murder trial of Jacob Klein in Albany.

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Boy band crooner and reality TV star Nick Lachey wants to bring back baggy jeans and Pop-Tarts, but he’s OK ditching the cargo shorts. He joined us on “The Eagle” this week to talk about bringing back '90s trends, rumors about a boy band Super Bowl halftime show, and more while in town to perform with 98 Degrees on the pop quartet’s 25th-anniversary tour.

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of transgender women found a safe space to explore their identities at a house in a remote part of the Catskills. On this episode of “The Eagle,” we’ll take a look back at Casa Susanna, and a new documentary that chronicles a forgotten piece of New York’s LGBTQ+ history.

Also on this episode, we’ll discuss the latest developments in the proposed closure of Rensselaer county’s only hospital birthing center, and we’ll talk about the case against a janitor accused of spoiling years of research by accidentally unplugging a refrigeration unit at RPI.

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The first time Cracker frontman David Lowery played Albany, it was the winter of 1986 and temperatures were below freezing. Since then, he has rocked New York's capital city during warmer weather, and will be returning once more July 12 to play the Empire State Plaza. On this episode of "The Eagle," Lowery joins us to talk about life, music and playing Albany.

Also on this episode, we unpack what happened to the Albany Empire arena football team, and why their season was cut short with 7 games to go.

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