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WAMC's In Conversation With...Eleanor Roosevelt - Declaration Of Human Rights Speech | The Power Of WordsWAMC's Alan Chartock hosts this encore Power of Words. Chartock speaks with Professor and Author Allida Black on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's Declaration of Human Rights Speech. Photo courtesy of FDR Presidential Library & Museum/ WikiCommons.
2022-06-3058 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Amy Bass | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore program: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Amy Bass. Bass is a Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at New Rochelle College and Author of "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together."Additionally, Bass is a WAMC commentator.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Bass.
2022-06-2352 minWAMC's In Conversation With...The Mount Sinai LHRC Director Dr. Mariana Figueiro | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Mariana Figueiro, Director of the Light and Health Research Center and Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Photo courtesy of The Mount Sinai Light and Health Research Center.
2022-06-0957 minWAMC's In Conversation With...D-Day Over The Radio | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, in honor of Memorial Day we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau, about the infamous invasion during WWll.
Photo courtesy of Flickr/DVIDSHUB.
2022-06-0255 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Jesse Jarnow | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore broadcast. WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with longtime music journalist Jesse Jarnow. Jarnow is the author of the book, "Wasn’t That A Time: The Weavers, The Blacklist, and The Battle for the Soul of America."
Photo courtesy of Da Capo Press.
2022-05-2654 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Clarinetist, photographer, and author Arlene Alda | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with clarinetist, award-winning photographer, and author Arlene Alda about her book, "Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History."
Photo courtesy of Henry Holt & Co. Publishing/ MacMillan Publishing.
2022-05-1953 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Professor Dr. Jeff Miller | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Jeff Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at SUNY New Paltz. Miller is the Author of "Democracy In Crisis: Lessons From Ancient Athens."
Photo courtesy of Dr. Miller.
2022-05-1258 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a Democrat who just began her third term.
2022-05-0555 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Social worker and Holocaust survivor Hedi McKinley | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore interview. WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, social worker, and long-time WAMC volunteer.
2022-04-2853 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Joshua Rubenstein | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. Alan Chartock speaks with Joshua Rubenstein. Rubenstein is the author of "Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life."
Photo courtesy of Yale University Press.
2022-04-2155 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author David Nasaw | WAMC's In Conversation WithA 2013 encore conversation with WAMC's Alan Chartock and Dr. David Nasaw, author of the New York Times best-selling book "The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy."
Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House.
2022-04-1454 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Award-winning director Arthur Penn | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with the late, award-winning director and producer Arthur Penn. Dr. Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn was most known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Photo courtesy of United Artists Corporation c. 1976.
2022-04-0757 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Former BSO President and CEO Mark Volpe | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Mark Volpe, former President and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Volpe is a current professor, advisor and author.
Photo: Marco Borggreve, courtesy of the BSO.
2022-03-3156 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author and criminologist William K. Black | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with William K. Black. Black is an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC). He is Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Financial Regulation at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a white-collar criminologist. Alan and Professor Black discuss his book "The Best Way To Rob A Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry."
Photo courtesy of University of Texas Press.
2022-03-2458 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author James Reston Jr. | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with James Reston Jr.. Reston is the author of "The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas."
2022-03-1753 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Ukraine expert James Brooke | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Ukraine/Russia expert James Brooke, a veteran journalist and foreign affairs columnist who has worked for Voice of America, Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Berkshire Eagle, and more.
Photo: WikiCommons.
2022-03-0353 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Barbara Jordan’s 1976 keynote address to the DNC | Power Of WordsIn honor of Black History Month we present an encore Power of Words: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with professor, author, activist Barbara Smith about Barbara Jordan’s keynote address to the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
Photo: Barbara Jordan speaking at the 1976 DNC. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Warren K. Leffler.
2022-02-1058 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Osteopath and author Dr. Joseph Tieri | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock in an encore conversation with Dr. Joseph Tieri. Tieri is an osteopath and the author of “End Everyday Pain For 50+.”
Photo courtesy of Ulysses Books.
2022-02-0357 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Linda Marsa | WAMC's In Conversation WithAlan Chartock in an encore interview with Linda Marsa, author of “Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health – And How We Can Save Ourselves.”
Photo courtesy of Linda Marsa.
2022-01-2754 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Author Stephan Talty | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Stephan Talty, author of “The Secret Agent: In Search of America’s Greatest World War II Spy.”
Photo courtesy of Stephan Talty.
2022-01-2053 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Professor Dr. Martin Meadows | WAMC's In Conversation WithWe present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.
2022-01-1353 minWAMC's In Conversation With...FDR: Four Freedoms Speech | Power Of WordsWe present an encore 2011 Power of Words: WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Christopher Breiseth discuss FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech, delivered 81 years ago today – on January 6, 1941.
Photo: WikiCommons/ BanyanTree.
2022-01-0659 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Psychiatrist Dr. Bick Wanck | WAMC's In Conversation WithAn encore 2019 interview. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Psychiatrist and Author Dr. Bick Wanck about his book “Mind Easing: The 3 Layered Healing Plan for Anxiety and Depression.”
Photo courtesy of Dr. Bick Wanck.
2021-12-3053 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk icon Tom Paxton | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock in a 2004 interview with folk music legend Tom Paxton.
2021-12-2355 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Psychiatrist Carlos Sluzki | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Carlos Sluzki MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University School of Medicine. Sluzki is Professor Emeritus of Global and Community Health and Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University; and the author of “The Presence of the Absent: Therapy with Families and their Ghosts.”
Photo courtesy of Taylor & Francis.
2021-12-1652 minWAMC's In Conversation With...FDR: Day of Infamy Speech | Power Of WordsWAMC and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust present an encore of The Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Author and Biographer Joseph Persico provide context and analysis of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy Speech. In addition, listeners will have an opportunity to actually hear the speech as it was delivered on December 8th, 1941.
2021-12-0954 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Musicians Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died in 2006, followed by the interview with Ralph Stanley.
Photo: Public Domain
2021-12-0254 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk icon Arlo Guthrie | WAMC's In Conversation WithAn encore 2015 In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie. The pair spoke at the Mahawie Theatre in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Alan and Arlo talk about the movie Alice’s Restaurant.
Photo courtesy of Eric Brown
2021-11-2558 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author James Reston Jr. | WAMC's In Conversation WithAn encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaking with James Reston Jr. Reston is the author of “The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.”
Photo courtesy of James Reston Jr.
2021-11-1853 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WWII veteran and musician Paul Elisha | WAMC's In Conversation WithWe’re honoring Veterans with an encore In Conversation interview between WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Paul Elisha — a WWII veteran, poet, professional musician, and longtime voice on WAMC who died in 2015 at age 92.
2021-11-1158 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Harry Truman: Truman Doctrine | Power Of WordsWe present an encore Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Richard Pfau discuss President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine speech.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Archive.
2021-11-0457 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Musician Roger McGuinn | WAMC's In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock In A 2012 Conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, folk musician and former member of The Byrds, Roger McGuinn.
Photo courtesy of Roger McGuinn.
2021-10-2155 minWAMC's In Conversation With..."The Killing Fields" journalist Sydney Schanberg and actor Sam Waterson | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock in a 2010 encore In Conversation, with the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg and actor Sam Waterston about “The Killing Fields,” the movie inspired by Schanberg’s coverage of the civil war in Cambodia during the 1970s.
Photo credit Dith Pran.
2021-10-0759 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Harold Holzer | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with well-known Lincoln scholar and prolific author Harold Holzer about his book, “The Presidents vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between The White House And The Media: From The Founding Fathers To Fake News.“
Photo courtesy of Henry Ballone.
2021-09-3053 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Scott McVay | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, author of “Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things.”
Photo courtesy of David Kelly Crow.
2021-09-1655 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Director And Producer Arthur Penn | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore interview. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with the late, award-winning director and producer Arthur Penn. Dr. Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was most known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Photo courtesy of United Artists Corporation c. 1976.
2021-09-0957 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Author Dr. Roger Landry | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Roger Landry about his book “Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.”
Photo courtesy of Dr. Roger Landry’s official Facebook page.
2021-09-0255 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Grief Counselor And Author Claudia Coenen | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist. The pair discuss dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again.
Photo courtesy of The Karuna Project
2021-08-2654 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Dean Of Albany Medical College Dr. Vincent Verdile | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Vincent Verdile, Dean of the Albany Medical College.
2021-08-1953 minWAMC's In Conversation With...David Kaczynski | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an award-winning encore conversation with David Kaczynski, the brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Kaczynski is the former Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty.
Photo courtesy of Flickr/LightStamp.
2021-08-1258 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Daniel Ellsberg | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Daniel Ellsberg. He is an activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst. Ellsberg is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
Photo courtesy of WikiCommons/Dr. Bernd Gross.
2021-08-0557 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Bluegrass Legends Earl Scruggs And Ralph Stanley | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died in 2006, followed by the interview with Ralph Stanley.
Photo courtesy of Public Domain Pictures.
2021-07-2954 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk Legend Tom Paxton | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast from 2004. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Legend Tom Paxton.
Photo courtesy of Alan Messer.
2021-07-0855 minWAMC's In Conversation With...President And CEO Of The BSO Mark Volpe | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Mark Volpe, President, and CEO of The Boston Symphony Orchestra. Photo courtesy of the BSO.
2021-07-0154 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Investigative Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Mary Beth Pfeiffer; an award-winning investigative journalist and author of the book Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.
Photo: Jim Smith Photography.
2021-06-2458 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Berkshire Busk Festival Director Eugene Carr | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Eugene (Gene) Carr, the Festival Director of Berkshire Busk, a new 10-weekend street festival in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The festival begins July 2nd and continues every Friday and Saturday evening until Labor Day weekend. Find out more at www.berkshirebusk.com.
Photo courtesy of Eugene Carr.
2021-06-1753 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WWII Veteran Richard Marowitz | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week in honor of Memorial Day, we bring you an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Richard Marowitz, a Jewish soldier in WWII. He found Hitler’s hat in the German dictator’s Munich apartment.
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2021-06-0357 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Peter Canellos | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Peter Canellos, author of “The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero.”
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2021-05-2753 minWAMC's In Conversation With...White-Collar Criminologist William K. Black | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with William K. Black. Black is an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC). He is also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence for financial regulation at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a white-collar criminologist. Black is the author of “How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S & L Industry.“
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2021-05-1358 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk Icon Pete Seeger | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, in celebration of what would have been folk music icon Pete Seeger’s 102nd birthday we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Pete Seeger in Pete Seeger: A Life Hour 2.
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2021-05-0658 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Jim Haskell | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Jim Haskell. Haskell is the author of Two Tents: Twenty-One Years of Discovery on the Appalachian Trail.
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2021-04-2953 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Canadian Nephrologist And Author Dr. Jason Fung | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore broadcast with WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung. Fung is a Canadian nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Fung’s books include The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and The Diabetes Code. (more…)
2021-04-1555 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Journalist Dr. Robert Miraldi | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week we present an encore presentation of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Robert Miraldi. Miraldi is an award-winning Journalist, Professor, and Author of the book Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist. (more…)
2021-04-0859 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Dr. Roger Landry | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Roger Landry discussing his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging. (more…)
2021-03-1155 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Hillary Clinton - Women's Rights Are Human Rights Speech | Power Of WordsThis week, WAMC presents an encore Power of Words. In honor of Women’s History Month, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock and Professor and Historian Dr. Allida Black discuss First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Women’s Rights are Human Rights speech in Beijing, China on September 5th, 1995. (more…)
2021-03-0458 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - I Have A Dream Speech | Power Of WordsThis week, WAMC presents an encore Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock, speaks with H. Carl McCall and Dr. J. W. Wiley about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech. (more…)
2021-02-2555 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Author David Nasaw | WAMC's In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore In Conversation interview from 2013 with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Dr. David Nasaw. Nasaw is the author of the New York Times best-selling book The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.
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2021-02-1854 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...FDR: First Inaugural Address | Power Of WordsThis week, we present an encore Power of Words with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Dr. David Woolner, Former Associate Professor of History at Marist College. The pair discuss Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on March 4th, 1933. (more…)
2021-01-2154 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Berkshire Columnist & Author Bernard Drew | WAMC's In Conversation With...This week, we present an encore broadcast of WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock is in conversation with Author, Journalist, Editor, Columnist, and (unofficial) Berkshire Historian Bernard Drew. (more…)
2021-01-1452 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Dwight D. Eisenhower – Farewell Address | Power Of WordsThis week we present an encore airing from the Power Of Words series. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Author and Historian James Ledbetter about President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on January 17th, 1961. Photo Credit: Wikicommons.
2020-12-3156 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk Icon Tom Paxton | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore 2004 In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock and Folk Legend Tom Paxton. Photo courtesy of Tom Paxton’s Official Facebook Page
2020-12-2455 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Creative Grief Counselor & Author Claudia Coenen | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week on WAMC’s In Conversation With, Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with creative grief counselor Claudia Coenen. Coenen is a certified Thanatologist, and the author of Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again. Her new book is The Creative Toolkit.
2020-12-1754 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Pearl Harbor Over The Radio | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore airing of the documentary Pearl Harbor Over The Radio. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau. The pair guide Alan through a series of audio clips that capture how Americans heard the news of Pearl Harbor over their radios.
2020-12-0359 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week, we present an encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie. The pair spoke in 2015 at the Mahaiwie Theatre in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They discuss the movie Alice’s Restaurant.
2020-11-2658 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Historian Dr. Richard Pfau On The Truman Doctrine | The Power Of WordsWe present an encore Power of Words, WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Richard Pfau discuss President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine speech. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on March 12th, 1947.
2020-11-1957 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC Contributor & WWII Veteran Paul Elisha | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week on WAMC’s In Conversation With, we’re honoring veterans with an encore interview between WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Paul Elisha. Elisha was a WWII veteran, poet, professional musician, and longtime voice on WAMC. He died in 2015 at the age of 92.
2020-11-1259 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Author Joseph Persico | WAMC’s In Conversation WithThis week, we bring you an encore interview with Dr. Alan Chartock speaking with the late Joseph Persico. Persico is the best-selling author of Roosevelt’s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory During WWII.
2020-11-0555 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s In Conversation With: Bennington College President Laura WalkerWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Laura Walker, President of Bennington College.
2020-10-2956 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WWII Veteran Richard Marowitz | WAMC’s In Conversation WithOn this week’s WAMC In Conversation With… We have an encore airing of Dr. Alan Chartock’s conversation with Richard Marowitz. Marowitz was a Jewish soldier in WWII, who found Hitler’s Hat in the German dictator’s Munich apartment.
2020-10-2257 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Alan Chartock Speaks With Author Of Surprise Encounters, Scott McVay | WAMC’s In Conversation WithWAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, Author of Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things. (An encore airing)
2020-10-0155 minWAMC's In Conversation With...Alan Chartock Speaks With Former U.S. Military Analyst Daniel Ellsberg | WAMC’s In Conversation WithIn an encore conversation, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst Daniel Ellsberg; who is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
2020-09-0457 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Roger LandryWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Roger Landry about his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.
2020-08-0155 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri, Osteopath And AuthorWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri. Dr. Tieri is an osteopath and author of End Everyday Pain For 50+, A 10 Minute-A-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening, and Movement to Break the Grip of Pain.
2020-06-3057 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Jason Fung, Canadian Nephrologist And AuthorWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse type 2 diabetes. Dr. Fung’s books include: The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting and The Diabetes Code.
2020-06-1855 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With: D-Day Invasion During WWIIIn honor of D-Day we present an encore of Alan Chartock’s In Conversation interview with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau along with sound clips of how American’s heard about the D-Day invasion during WWII as the news broke over the radio.
2020-06-1255 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Harvard Professor Dr. Thomas PattersonWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Alan and Professor Patterson discuss his book Is the Republican Party Destroying Itself?
2020-05-2859 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Architect, Artist, Author And Activist Beverly WillisWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Architect, Artist, Author and Activist Beverly Willis.
2020-05-2653 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Martin MeadowsAn encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.
2020-05-1453 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Jesse Jarnow, Author Of “Wasn’t That A Time”WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an encore conversation with longtime music journalist Jesse Jarnow. Jesse’s new book is, “Wasn’t That A Time: The Weavers, The Blacklist, and The Battle for the Soul of America.”
2020-05-1054 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author James Reston, Jr.WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With (an encore interview) James Reston Jr., Author of The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.
2020-04-3053 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Holocaust Survivor And Social Worker, Hedi McKinleyAn encore interview: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, Social Worker and long time WAMC volunteer. Hedi celebrated her 100th birthday on April 15, 2020.
2020-04-2753 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Claudia Coenen, Creative Grief Counselor And AuthorWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist on dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again; and her new book The Creative Toolkit will be released July 1st. You can find out more […]
2020-04-1654 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author And WWII Prison Camp Survivor Loet VelmansAn encore airing of Alan Chartock’s 2004 In Conversation interview with Loet Velmans; a Sheffield, Massachusetts resident who passed away in 2016. Loet did hard time in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War; and went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm. Alan speaks with […]
2020-04-0653 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Investigative Journalist And Author Mary Beth PfeifferAn encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Mary Beth Pfeiffer; Award-winning investigative journalist and author of the book Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.
2020-03-2658 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Bard College Professor And Author Ellen Condliffe LagemannWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation with Dr. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, the Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College; Distinguished Fellow in the Bard Prison Initiative and author of Liberating Minds: The Case For College In Prison.
2020-03-1355 minWAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Ron Edsforth, Professor Of History And Peace StudiesWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Dr. Ronald Edsforth, a Professor of History and Peace Studies; and author of “The New Deal: America’s Response to the Great Depression.”
2020-03-0253 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author And WWII Prison Camp Survivor Loet VelmansAn encore airing of Alan Chartock’s 2004 In Conversation interview with Loet Velmans; a Sheffield, Massachusetts resident who passed away in 2016. Loet did hard time in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War; and went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm. Alan speaks with Loet about his book Long Way Back To The River Kwai: A Harrowing True Story Of Survival In World War II.
1970-01-0153 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Claudia Coenen, Creative Grief Counselor And AuthorWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist on dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again; and her new book The Creative Toolkit will be released July 1st. You can find out more about Claudia Coenen and her work at www.thekarunaproject.com
1970-01-0154 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Holocaust Survivor And Social Worker, Hedi McKinleyAn encore interview: WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, Social Worker and long time WAMC volunteer. Hedi celebrated her 100th birthday on April 15, 2020.
1970-01-0153 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author James Reston, Jr.WAMC's Alan Chartock is In Conversation With (an encore interview) James Reston Jr., Author of The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.
1970-01-0153 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Jesse Jarnow, Author Of “Wasn’t That A Time”WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an encore conversation with longtime music journalist Jesse Jarnow. Jesse's new book is, "Wasn’t That A Time: The Weavers, The Blacklist, and The Battle for the Soul of America."
1970-01-0154 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Martin MeadowsAn encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.
1970-01-0153 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Architect, Artist, Author And Activist Beverly WillisWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Architect, Artist, Author and Activist Beverly Willis.
1970-01-0153 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Harvard Professor Dr. Thomas PattersonWAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Alan and Professor Patterson discuss his book Is the Republican Party Destroying Itself?
1970-01-0159 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With: D-Day Invasion During WWIIIn honor of D-Day we present an encore of Alan Chartock's In Conversation interview with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau along with sound clips of how American's heard about the D-Day invasion during WWII as the news broke over the radio.
1970-01-0155 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Jason Fung, Canadian Nephrologist And AuthorWAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse type 2 diabetes. Dr. Fung's books include: The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting and The Diabetes Code.
1970-01-0155 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri, Osteopath And AuthorWAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri. Dr. Tieri is an osteopath and author of End Everyday Pain For 50+, A 10 Minute-A-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening, and Movement to Break the Grip of Pain.
1970-01-0157 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Roger LandryWAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Roger Landry about his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.
1970-01-0155 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Alan Chartock Speaks With Former U.S. Military Analyst Daniel Ellsberg | WAMC’s In Conversation WithIn an encore conversation, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst Daniel Ellsberg; who is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
1970-01-0157 min
WAMC's In Conversation With...Alan Chartock Speaks With Author Of Surprise Encounters, Scott McVay | WAMC’s In Conversation WithWAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, Author of Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things. (An encore airing)
1970-01-0155 min