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The RoundtableBook Picks: Battenkill Books and The Book HouseThis week's Book Picks comes from Connie Brooks and Heather Boyne from Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY and Cheryl McKeon from The Book House in Albany and Marketblock Books in Troy, NY.2025-08-0524 minThe RoundtableSeagle Festival presents "Mayo Buckner (a life interrupted)" 8/6-8/9"Mayo Buckner (a life interrupted)" will be performed at the Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake, NY on August 6 – 9.Seagle Festival is proud to present the second ever production of this exemplary new opera by one of the most performed contemporary opera composers alive today.The opera is based on the tragically true story of a young boy (Mayo) committed to the Iowa Home for the Feeble Minded in 1898. Despite Mayo’s repeated requests to be released, it was not until 1957 at age 67 he was properly tested and found to have an above average IQ.2025-08-0516 minThe Roundtable8/5/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and Semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz.2025-08-051h 29
Vox PopMedical Monday 8/4/25: Colorectal Health with Dr. Joanne FavuzzaWe are joined by Dr. Joanne Favuzza of Capital District Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. Joe Donahue hosts.2025-08-0448 minThe RoundtableRobert Kaplan's "Wasteland: A World in Permanent Crisis"Robert Kaplan for three decades reported on foreign affairs for “The Atlantic,” he was a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, and the Chief of Naval Operations Executive panel. "Foreign Policy" twice named him ‘one of the world’s top 100 global thinkers.’ He is the author of 23 books. The latest is “Wasteland: A World in Permanent Crisis.”2025-08-0420 minThe RoundtablePatricia Kaishian's new book is "Forest Euphoria"Growing up, Patricia Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place, too much of one thing or not enough of another, she found acceptance in these settings, among other amphibious beings. In snakes, snails, and, above all, fungi, she saw her own developing identities as a queer, neurodivergent person reflected back at her—and in them, too, she found a personal path to a life of science.In her new book, "Forest Euphoria", Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces re...2025-08-0417 minThe Roundtable8/4/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, Political Consultant Libby Post, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.2025-08-041h 26The RoundtableRoundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 227Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.2025-08-0259 minThe RoundtableComedy writer Carol Leifer's “How to Write a Funny Speech”Carol Leifer is an Emmy-Award winner who has written for such shows as “Hacks,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Modern Family,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” and 10 Academy Award broadcasts. Her new book is “How to Write a Funny Speech… for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place.”2025-08-0124 minThe RoundtableUnwanted
"The Causes and Effects of America's Horse Population Crisis" by Christina KeimIn "Unwanted: The Causes and Effects of America’s Horse Population Crisis," equestrian journalist and lifelong horsewoman Christina Keim delivers a compassionate, fact-based investigation into one of the most complex and divisive issues facing the equine world today.2025-08-0117 minThe RoundtableWAMC and NCPRLast month, public radio and television stations across the country learned Congress voted to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB distributes federal money to more than 1,500 noncommercial TV and radio stations across the country.When we came to you to help us fill the gap of money lost – you rose to the occasion and pledged almost half the money we are expected to lose in just 6-hours. In your messages and calls, many of you also asked us how we can also support rural stations who do important work, and who face a steep climb to...2025-08-0129 minThe Roundtable8/1/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Professor of Economics at Siena College Aaron Pacitti, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.2025-08-011h 11The RoundtableTim Weiner's new book is "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century"Tim Weiner's new book “The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century” is already being called “the masterpiece of reporting” based on the record interviews with six former CIA directors and scores of spies, station chiefs, and top operations officers.2025-07-3123 minThe RoundtableBerkshire Theatre Group presents Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" at The Colonial through 8/17Agatha Christie’s "The Mousetrap" is a timeless classic that has kept audiences on the edge of their seats for over 70 years and is the ultimate whodunit. When a group of strangers becomes snowbound in a remote countryside guesthouse, a chilling murder sets off a race against time to unmask the culprit.2025-07-3115 minThe Roundtable7/31/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, Former Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio, and RPI graduate student Sophia Acquisto.2025-07-311h 28The RoundtableRenée Elise Goldsberry shares herself on solo debut "Who I Really Am"On June 6, Tony and Grammy award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry’s debut studio album, “Who I Really Am,” was released via Borderlight Entertainment.The album coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Broadway phenom Hamilton, which saw Goldsberry win a Tony and Grammy award for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler. The album, “Who I Really Am,” blends genres in a deeply personal and sonically rich collection of songs.2025-07-3029 minThe RoundtableThe Fremonts re-release albums and play a series of live shows in the Berkshires and Hudson ValleyThe Fremonts blend americana music and storytelling with a cabaret aesthetic.They decided instead to re-record their two original albums.As a partner piece to their updated albums, The Fremonts released a music video of their song “Ketamine Happy Hour,” a comic reflection on their experiences with alternative therapies for depression.Both albums and the music video were released on all streaming platforms last Friday. The Fremonts are performing at The Apple Tree Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts on Friday, August 1 and at Tilda’s Kitchen and Market in Kingston, New York on Friday, August 8, with other dates in Stockbridge, Pittsfield, Great...2025-07-3017 minThe Roundtable7/30/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, and Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cyber Security at UAlbany Bob Griffin.2025-07-301h 28The RoundtableBook Picks: Northshire Bookstore and Merritt BookstoreThis week's Book Picks comes from James Conrad from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, New York and Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.2025-07-2925 min
The RoundtableEric Fraser presents "From the Hooghly to the Hudson" at Hudson Hall on 8/2This Saturday, August 2, bansuri flute virtuoso Eric Fraser will present “From the Hooghly to the Hudson” at Hudson Hall.2025-07-2917 minThe Roundtable7/29/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, Albany Law School Professor and Director of the Justice Center Sarah Rogerson, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.2025-07-291h 22The RoundtableAdam Plunkett constructs an original portrait of Robert Frost in "Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry”There may be no poet more integral to the American identity are more widely known among Americans than Robert Frost. Yet, his life and the extent of his influence are unfamiliar or misunderstood by many. In the new book “Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry” Adam Plunkett challenges previous biographers’ interpretations of Frost’s life and work breaking away from what he sees as “clichés” to construct an original portrait of the poet.2025-07-2820 minThe RoundtableBetsy Leondar-Wright asks people to make judgement calls in “Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?: Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas”Imagine being shown a two-frame storyboard depicting in the first drawing a white police officer having shot a black man holding a cellphone. In the second frame the officer tells his supervisor that he saw a gun and that he was sure that he fired on a white person if they had made the same threatening gesture. Then you are asked to make a judgement call; “Does this story involve racism?” This is the approach sociologist Betsy Leondar-Wright and Jessi Streib take in their book “Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?: Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Dec...2025-07-2819 minThe Roundtable7/28/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Biomedical Engineer and Principal Scientist at Regeneron Ahmad Abu-Hakmeh, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and Preceptor in Public Speaking, Strategic Communications, and Public Relations for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University Terry Gipson.2025-07-281h 19The RoundtableRoundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 226Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.2025-07-2659 minThe Roundtable"Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom" by Rebecca GrantIn the new book “Access Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom” award-winning author Rebecca Grant charts the reproductive freedom movement from the days before Roe through the seismic impact Dobbs.2025-07-2528 minThe Roundtable7/25/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois; Former EPA Regional Administrator, Visiting Professor at Bennington College, and President of Beyond Plastics Judith Enck; writer, analyst, retired President of Siena College, and former New York Congressman Chris Gibson; and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.2025-07-251h 36The RoundtablePeter Himmelman's "Suspended by No String: A Songwriter's Reflections on Faith, Aliveness, and Wonder"The new book “Suspended by No String,” by Peter Himmelman, is a collection of essays, personal narratives, and poetical reflections for readers of all spiritual stripes, those who are devout and those who are unsure of what to believe, and those who may not be religious in a traditional sense.2025-07-2511 minThe RoundtablePowerhouse Theater marks their end of the season at Vassar College with performances of "A Trojan Woman" on 7/25-7/27This weekend marks the closing performances for this year's Powerhouse Season at Vassar College - with international artist Drita Kabashi in a solo performance of A Trojan Woman by Sara Farrington and directed by Meghan Finn.2025-07-2412 minThe RoundtableThe Woodstock Film Festival presents "The Librarians" 8/8 at Upstate Films in SaugertiesThe Woodstock Film Festival will present a special Book Banning and Freedom of Expression event featuring a screening of The Librarians, a powerful new film by acclaimed director Kim A. Snyder, followed by a post-screening conversation with the filmmaker at Upstate Films Orpheum Theatre on August 8th in Saugerties.2025-07-2420 minThe Roundtable7/24/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.2025-07-241h 19The RoundtableIn Brenda Wineapple's "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation" readers revisit The Scopes TrialThis week marks the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes.In "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation," acclaimed historian Brenda Wineapple revisits the Scopes “Monkey” Trial of 1925 - not just as a courtroom clash over evolution, but as a defining moment in the struggle between religious belief, scientific inquiry, and democratic ideals in America.2025-07-2320 min
The Roundtable94th Annual Woodstock Library Fair 7/26This year’s theme for the 94th Anniversary Library Fair is “Which Way the Wind Blows” this Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 10am to 5pm.2025-07-2307 minThe Roundtable7/23/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, Professional speaker, speaking coach and Albany County legislator Mark Grimm, and Associate Professor in the department of sociology at Vassar College and her research is on health, wellness, and medical knowledge Catherine Tan.2025-07-231h 29
The RoundtableCongressional Corner with New York Rep. Pat RyanNew York Rep. Pat Ryan, a Democrat from the 18th district, speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the "Congressional Corner" July 22, 2025.2025-07-2228 minThe RoundtableBook Picks: Northshire Bookstore and Merritt BookstoreThis week's Book Picks comes from Tara Ludwin from Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY and Manchester Center, VT and we also welcome Kira Wizner from Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook, NY.2025-07-2224 minThe Roundtable"There Are NO Black Shakers: A Contemporary Folk Opera" at The Yard in Beacon 7/24"There Are NO Black Shakers" is a contemporary folk opera re-interpreting traditional Shaker hymns to tell the very true story of Prime Lane, a free Black man who joined the Shaker Society in Albany in 1802. It is a debut opera written and directed by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak with Musical Direction by Gwen Laster and will be performed at The Yard in Beacon, NY on Thursday, July 24 at 7 p. m.2025-07-2216 minThe RoundtableMegan Marshall's “After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart”Megan Marshall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, has long been revered for her narrative skills and deep insights into historical figures. In her new book “After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart” she takes those skills to her own art and life.2025-07-2214 minThe Roundtable7/22/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are The Empire Report’s JP Miller, Albany Law School Professor Sarah Rogerson, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.2025-07-221h 03The RoundtableAn extended interview with E. Jean Carroll about her memoir "Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President"Content warning: this conversation deals with sexual assault and rape.E. Jean Carroll’s “Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President” is an unfiltered memoir chronicling her two high-stakes civil trials against Donald Trump, first for sexual abuse in 2023 and then defamation in 2024, culminating in over $100 million awarded against him.Carroll shares everything from trial strategy and wardrobe choices to psychiatric evaluations and courtroom drama. She riffs on Trump’s infamous “she’s not my type” line, turning it into the narrative spine of her story while skewering his legal team’s theatrics.2025-07-2142 minThe Roundtable7/21/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College Robert Brigham, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.2025-07-211h 21The RoundtableRoundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 225Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.2025-07-1959 minThe RoundtableRescission package - special programming morningWAMC's CEO Sarah Gilbert, "Roundtable" producer Sarah LaDuke, "Roundtable" host Joe Donahue and News Director Ian Pickus welcome special guests for the the first half of special coverage after the rescission package was approved by Congress.2025-07-1959 minThe RoundtableRescission package - special programming afternoonWAMC's CEO Sarah Gilbert, "Roundtable" producer Sarah LaDuke, "Roundtable" host Joe Donahue and News Director Ian Pickus welcome special guests for the the second half of special coverage after the rescission package was approved by Congress.2025-07-181h 13The RoundtableKyle Paoletta's "American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest”The new book “American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest,” author Kyle Paoletta, takes readers on a journey through the rapidly evolving landscapes of the American Southwest.2025-07-1723 minThe RoundtableMeryl Gordon delves into the life of Perle Mesta in "The Woman Who Knew Everyone"Author Meryl Gordon’s new biography “The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess” delves into the life of Perle Mesta, a prominent socialite, political hostess, activist, and U.S. envoy to Luxembourg.2025-07-1717 minThe Roundtable7/17/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Professor Emeritus and former Associate Vice President for Academic Technology Services at Kent State University Rosemary DuMont, Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vassar Catherine Tan.2025-07-171h 19The RoundtableMatt Richtel's "How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence"New York Times reporter Matt Richtel received the Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles about distracted driving that he expanded into his first nonfiction book “A Deadly Wandering.” His latest book is “How We Grow Up.”Matt Richtel spent nearly two years reporting a nine part New York Times award winning series on the post pandemic adolescent health crisis called the “Inner Pandemic.” The project left Richtel with more questions than answers. He has responded with a deeply reported new science book entitled “How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence.”2025-07-1628 minThe RoundtableClémence Michallon discusses new thriller "Our Last Resort" at Saratoga Springs Library 7/17Clémence Michallon returns with “Our Last Resort” a twisty tale of childhood cult survival wrapped around a psychological “who done it” set against the backdrop of a luxury resort in the state of Utah. Clémence Michallon will be at a Northshire Bookstore event being held at the Saratoga Springs Library tomorrow night, July 17th, at 6 p.m.2025-07-1618 minThe Roundtable7/16/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, Diplomat in residence at Bard College Ambassador Frederic Hof, Executive Director of Communities for Local Power and former White House Advance Lead Anna Markowitz, and CEO of The Business Council of New York State Heather Mulligan.2025-07-161h 16The RoundtableBook Picks: Chatham BookstoreThis week's Book Picks come from Amy Zimmerman from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, NY.2025-07-1516 minThe RoundtableDr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell's new book is "G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business--From the Founders of Beekman 1802”Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer Purcell are good friends of the station and have been on several times to talk about their business Beekman 1802. They launched the business in one of New York’s poorest counties with no funding and in the middle of a punishing recession. They didn’t have much of a business plan, but they did have some timeless wisdom that Brent’s and Josh’s parents and grandparents taught them. The "greatest of all time" principles for good living that can also be used as a foundation for any business. That led them to the new book...2025-07-1519 minThe Roundtable7/15/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College in Oneonta, who studies gender in politics, women political candidates, women voters and women in elected office Laurel Elder, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and Former Associate Editor for the Times-Union Mike Spain.2025-07-151h 19The RoundtableCongressional Corner with Rep. Richard NealWAMC's Ian Pickus speaks with Mass. Rep. Richard Neal, a Democrat from the 1st district, July 14, 2025.2025-07-1426 minThe RoundtableStreet performers and bank robbers - Penn Jillette's "Felony Juggler"Penn Jillette of the legendary magic duo Penn & Teller has just written a new novel, "Felony Juggler: A Crime Novel" in which a street performer finds himself enmeshed in a crime and must outwit his fellow conspirators in his greatest juggling act yet.2025-07-1424 minThe RoundtableJoanna Sokol shares stories from the ambulanceJoanna Sokol’s life as a paramedic took her to three different counties: the casinos and trailer parks of the Nevada desert, the cozy beach town of Santa Cruz, and, eventually, the crowded tenements of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.There are no clear villains or heroes in Sokol’s world, only a group of patients and medics who are doing their best in a deeply broken system. She tells many stories of that time in the new book, “A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance.”2025-07-1417 minThe Roundtable7/14/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.2025-07-141h 22The RoundtableRoundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 224Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.2025-07-1259 minThe RoundtableBook Picks: Oblong Books and Open Door BookstoreThis week's Book Picks comes from Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Rhinebeck and Millerton, New York and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, New York.2025-07-1126 minThe RoundtablePaul Reiser will be at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on 7/25Comedian, actor, television writer, author, and musician Paul Reiser is one of Hollywood’s most prolific creatives and voted by Comedy Central as one of the top 100 comedians of all time. He performs sold out stand ups and venues nationwide. He will be at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington Massachusetts on July 25th.2025-07-1118 minThe Roundtable7/11/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, and Semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz.2025-07-111h 19The RoundtableCongressional Corner with David Hawkings2025-07-1035 minThe RoundtableEvery why hath a wherefore - "The Comedy of Errors" at Hudson Valley ShakespeareHudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison, New York wouldn’t be what it is without putting a Shakespeare work or two on its feet in the season under the tent. This summer, HVS presents “The Comedy of Errors” - a classic of mistaken identity and giddy mayhem.Ryan Quinn directs “The Comedy of Errors” for Hudson Valley Shakespeare and he joins us.2025-07-1010 minThe RoundtableThornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare through 8/3Kurt Rhodes and Nance Williamson star as Horace Vandergelder and Dolly Gallagher-Levi in “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder at Hudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison, New York through August 3.2025-07-1016 minThe RoundtableBard SummerScape 2025Here is what The New York Times says about the work presented at Bard SummerScape. They say it is “A hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary hits.”Bard SummerScape returns this year with an ambitious and genre-spanning festival of the arts. Through August 17th, the Fisher Center at Bard will be abuzz with opera, dance, music, and Spiegeltent revelry. Then comes the 35th Bard Music Festival on August 8–10 and 14–17.2025-07-1015 minThe Roundtable7/10/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Former Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Associate Professor of Government at Dutchess Community College and since 2023, she has been President of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Dr. Karin Riedl.2025-07-101h 16The RoundtableWAM Theatre presents Amy Berryman's "Alien Girls" staged-readings at Ventfort Hall 7/13WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series presents ground-breaking stories that are imaginative and thoughtful explorations of complex issues affecting women and girls. This Sunday, July 13 at Ventfort Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts, WAM presents “Alien Girls” by Amy Berryman. The reading is directed by WAM’s Artistic Director Genée Coreno and will have performances at both 2 and 7 p.m.2025-07-0910 minThe RoundtableThe Yiddish Book Center presents Yidstock July 10-13The Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Joanne Borts, and Michael Winograd are among the internationally acclaimed performers taking the stage at Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, returning to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, this Thursday through Sunday.2025-07-0914 minThe Roundtable2025 Music Haven Concert Series previewFrom July 13 through August 29, Music Haven will offer ten varied and dazzling concerts; a celebrated local music festival; an annual, eagerly anticipated Blues BBQ; and a three-part film series exploring even more aspects of music. To tell us more, we welcome Producing Artistic Director Mona Golub.2025-07-0915 minThe Roundtable7/9/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College Robert Brigham, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and CEO of The Business Council of New York State Heather Mulligan.2025-07-091h 21The RoundtableCongressional Corner with Tim VercellottiWestern New England University political science professor Tim Vercellotti speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on "The Congressional Corner" July 8.2025-07-0830 minThe RoundtableBarrington Stage Company presents World Premiere of "FUZZY"Tonight, through July 27, Barrington Stage Company presents the World Premiere of the new musical “FUZZY.” Directed by Ellie Heyman, “FUZZY” features Music and Lyrics by Will Van Dyke and Book and Lyrics by Jeff Talbott.Fuzzy, a furry little puppet, stands at a crossroads in life when his mother calls in need. Returning to his small hometown, a quick visit becomes more than anyone expected.Tony Award nominee John Cariani star as The Human, Cass Morgan plays The Actress and Teddy Yudain is The Puppeteer. Music Direction is by Patrick Sulken.2025-07-0812 minThe RoundtableTony Award winner Ari’el Stachel is "Out of Character" at Berkshire Theatre GroupNow through July 26, The Berkshire Theatre Group presents The Berkeley Repertory Theatre Production of “Out of Character,” a personal and moving solo play written and performed by Tony Award winner Ari’el Stachel. The show is running on the Larry Vaber Stage at BTG’s Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.2025-07-0815 minThe RoundtableWilliamstown Theatre Festival's new collaborative leadership model and a season of Tennessee Williams explorationAt the center of this Williamstown Theatre Festival season, or “W71,” is the inaugural Creative Collective, a new collaborative leadership model, led by Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize Winner Jeremy O. Harris.W71 will feature a multi-disciplinary investigation and celebration of playwright Tennessee Williams.Williams’ “Camino Real” will run Saturday, July 19 to Sunday, August 3 on Williamstown’s MainStage with Pamela Anderson as ‘Marguerite,’ Whitney Peak as ‘Esmerelda,’ and Emmy Award winner Nicholas Alexander Chavez as ‘Kilroy.’2025-07-0816 minThe RoundtableWAMC on the Road - The Roundtable live from The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA 7/8/25Arts and culture are one of the most vibrant sectors of the Berkshire County economy. As a result, the leaders of 10 arts and culture institutions from across Berkshire County have convened the Berkshire Arts and Culture Alliance (BACA) to advocate for economic, tourism, and infrastructure needs of the arts and culture organizations in the county. We welcome representatives from six of the 10 organizations to make up our panel this morning.2025-07-081h 23The RoundtableAdirondack Theatre Festival - 2025 Season PreviewAdirondack Theatre Festival Producing Artistic Director Miriam Weisfeld joins us with a preview of ATF's remaining shows this season.2025-07-0709 min
The RoundtableNew York City Ballet at SPAC 7/9-7/12The New York City Ballet will be at SPAC in Saratoga Springs from July 9th -12th. We get a preview of this week’s performances from New York City Ballet Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford.2025-07-0709 minThe Roundtable7/7/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Former U.S. Army officer and State Department Diplomat who taught at Bard College for six years and is now a Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Frederic Hof, Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vassar Catherine Tan.2025-07-071h 17The RoundtableRoundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 223Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.2025-07-0559 minThe RoundtableManchester Music Festival 2025This summer’s Manchester Music Festival will celebrate the connections between literature, poetry, song, and music with events at the Southern Vermont Arts Center and the Manchester Community Library July 10 – August 7.Philip Setzer, violinist and founding member of the world-renowned Emerson Quartet, is the Artistic Director of The Manchester Music Festival and he joins us.2025-07-0313 minThe RoundtableWAMC on the Road at Kinderhook Books - Chris Gibson's "The Spirit of Philadelphia"In the book "The Spirit of Philadelphia," former Congressman Chris Gibson explores the concept of the social state and its potential for renewal in contemporary society. Joe Donahue spoke with Chris Gibson in a WAMC on the Road event at Kinderhook Books in Kinderhook, New York on June 18, 2025. Find out about Gibson's future book events here.2025-07-0331 minThe Roundtable7/3/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Nic Rangel, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.2025-07-031h 29The Roundtable"The Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson" by Mark KriegelThe new book “The Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson” by best-selling author Mark Kriegel is a story about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in the history of boxing. In a life that included incarceration and molestation, booze, coke, the death of a child, and perhaps the most treacherous fame Mike Tyson has nevertheless survived. Decades removed from his short lived prime we are still very interested in Mike Tyson.2025-07-0225 minThe RoundtableKelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty's new children's book is "Marianne the Maker"In the new children’s book “Marianne the Maker” Kelly Corrigan and her daughter Claire Corrigan Lichty make the case for making. Which just might just be the antidote to the current epidemic of depression and anxiety that is facing so many children today.2025-07-0214 minThe Roundtable7/2/25 PanelThe Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College Robert Brigham, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.2025-07-021h 20
Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle: Conversations with authors, journalists, agents, novelists, memoirists, niche writers, publishers, writing teachers, assigning editors and media experts.#116 Conversations with Abby: Ruminations on Writing Featuring Abigail ThomasAbigail Thomas has four children,12 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, eleven books, and a high school education. She was asked to leave Bryn Mawr freshman year when she told the Dean she was pregnant, and she never went back. She had always wanted to be a writer, but for a long time the closest she came was bopping around her kitchen to Paperback Writer, by the Beatles. When she was forty-eight, after an interesting adventure, when she got home, she left her ego outside, and began to write a story. It didn't work, but instead of crumpling it up saying "who do...2024-12-0539 min
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 131—Debbie Millman on Illustrated Essays, the Poem That Defines Her Life, and her Podcast 'Design Matters' Welcome my CNFin’ buddy, how are YOU, doing? I’m @BrendanOMeara, Brendan O’Meara in real life and this is @CNFPod, or The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, the show where I speak to badass writers, filmmakers, and producers about the art and craft of telling true stories. If you want to get better at the form, you’ve come to the right place. This is our little corner of the Internet. If you’re here for the first time, welcome, welcome, crack open a notebook, pour yourself a cup of coffee and settle in, CNFers. Where to start, where to start? My guest i...2018-12-2149 min
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 57—Joe Donahue on the Art of the InterviewJoe Donahue hosts The Book Show and The Roundtable for WAMC Northeast Public Radio out of Albany, New York. He's the best interviewer you've likely never heard of, and it was a distinct pleasure to speak with him again. "My job really is to present a person and get to the bottom of them, if you will," he says, "and ask questions that hopefully people want answered." He learned from Larry King, Fred Rogers, and honed his craft over a lifetime of radio. Seriously. A lifetime. He wanted to be a broadcaster since the age of four. Please leave...2017-07-141h 14
Everything ExplainedWhat Are GMOs?Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs are controversial at their roots. But what exactly are they? Listen to WAMC’s Joe Donahue on the Roundtable talk with a journalist and author of a new book on the subject.
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Everything ExplainedWhat Is Passive-Aggression?What is passive-aggression? When we talk about passive-aggressive behavior it often of a friend, family member or colleague. It’s rarely mentioned when talking about someone you don’t know. That hidden anger comes out indirectly and can undermine these close relationships. When people feel compelled to conceal their true beliefs and emotions, there can be serious physical and psychological results for everyone involved.
In Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Revised Edition: How to Stop Hidden Anger from Spoiling Your Relationships, Career, and Happiness, Dr. Tim Murphy and Loriann Oberlin offer a clear definition of passive aggression and show readers not o...1970-01-0117 min