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The Roundtable

Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke

WAMC"s The Roundtable is an award-winning, nationally recognized eclectic talk program. The show airs from 9 a.m. to noon each weekday and features news, interviews, in-depth discussion, music, theatre, and more!

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8/5/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/05

The 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.

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20:41

Robert Kaplan's "Wasteland: A World in Permanent Crisis"

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/04

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.”

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17:45

Patricia Kaishian's new book is "Forest Euphoria"

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/04

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

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86:34

8/4/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/04

The 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.

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59:30

Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 227

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/02

Each 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.

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24:33

Comedy writer Carol Leifer's “How to Write a Funny...

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/01

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.”

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17:15

Unwanted"The Causes and Effects of America's Horse...

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/01

In "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.

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29:59

WAMC and NCPR

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/01

Last 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

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71:01

8/1/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/08/01

The 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.

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23:32

Tim Weiner's new book is "The Mission: The CIA in the...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/31

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.

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15:01

Berkshire Theatre Group presents Agatha Christie's...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/31

Agatha 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.

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88:42

7/31/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/31

The 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.

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Renée Elise Goldsberry shares herself on solo debut...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/30

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.

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17:45

The Fremonts re-release albums and play a series of...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/30

The 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

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88:46

7/30/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/30

The 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.

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25:52

Book Picks: Northshire Bookstore and Merritt Bookstore

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/29

This 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.

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17:36

Eric Fraser presents "From the Hooghly to the Hudson"...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/29

This Saturday, August 2, bansuri flute virtuoso Eric Fraser will present “From the Hooghly to the Hudson” at Hudson Hall.

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7/29/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/29

The 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.

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Adam Plunkett constructs an original portrait of...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/28

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.

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Betsy Leondar-Wright asks people to make judgement...

The Roundtable ·

2025/07/28

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

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