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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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16:24

Donovan Hohn and Francine Prose on Lapham’s Quarterly

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/17

The literary magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, was founded in 2007. Over the past two years, Lapham’s Quarterly has undergone a dramatic transformation. In late 2023 it put its print publication on hiatus, citing severe financial pressures and an inhospitable climate for serious magazines. The death of its founder, Lewis Lapham, in 2024 further challenged its trajectory. In 2025 it announced a full relaunch under Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center, reviving its website and podcast and planning a return

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14:30

WAMC on the Road from Bard College's "JOY: Loving the...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/17

The Hannah Arendt Center's 17th annual fall conference on JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times on the campus of Bard College in Annandale. The conference offers a crucial lens for finding meaning and connection amidst today's fractured world. Bringing together notable speakers with diverse narratives and insights the conference is a timely exploration of joy as a powerful force, and a vital conversation around fostering resilience.Our first guests are President of Bard College Leon Botstein and

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28:51

Jeff Daniels will be performing his music at the...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/16

Actor and musician Jeff Daniels has been in iconic movies such as Terms of Endearment, Dumb and Dumber, Good Night and Good Luck as well as the television series The Newsroom, and starred on Broadway in To Kill a Mockingbird and Blackbird. Daniels comes to the Towne Crier Cafe in Beacon on Sunday to perform his music at 7:30 pm.

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18:31

Albany Pro Musica celebrates its 45th anniversary...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/16

Albany Pro Musica is celebrating its milestone 45th anniversary season. It’s been a remarkable journey of bringing world-class choral music to the Capital Region. They’re marking the occasion with a special October 19th concert, Hear My Heart Sing, at Proctors’ Key Hall at 3PM.

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10/16/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/16

The 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, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.

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28:32

Jane Leavy's new book is "Make Me Commissioner: I...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/15

Baseball is broken—or at least, Sportswriter Jane Leavy thinks so. In her book, "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It," she hops into the dugouts, analytics labs, minor-league towns, and boardrooms to diagnose what’s gone wrong with the sport she loves—and pitch bold, sometimes outrageous, ideas to fix it.

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79:54

10/15/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/15

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Executive Director of Communities for Local Power and former White House Advance Lead Anna Markowitz, Professor Emeritus of Russian at Hofstra University and author of: Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia Alexander Mihailovic, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.

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25:07

Ira Glass brings "Seven Things I’ve Learned" to...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/15

Ira Glass, the creator, producer and host of "This American Life," will share lessons from his life and career in storytelling at Paramount Hudson Valley Theater on 10/25.

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27:03

Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop and Merritt Bookstore

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/14

This week's Book Picks comes from Roxanna Pisiak from Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA and we also welcome Kira Wizner from Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook, NY.

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17:17

The 26th Woodstock Film Festival will take place on...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/14

The 26th Woodstock Film Festival returns October 15–19, 2025, with a vibrant celebration of independent film, activism, and storytelling across the Hudson Valley. With 39 narrative features and 27 documentaries, this year’s edition showcases visionary work from acclaimed auteurs and bold new voices, premiering across venues in Woodstock, Rosendale, Kingston, and Saugerties.

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79:53

10/14/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/14

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are The Empire Report’s JP Miller, Mayor of the City of Albany Kathy Sheehan, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

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19:47

FilmColumbia celebrates 25th anniversary and...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/13

FilmColumbia, Columbia County’s premier annual cultural event, screens the very best upcoming American and international films for ten days in late October. Now a nationally recognized film event, FilmColumbia is celebrating its 25th anniversary on October 17 – 26, 2025.

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16:31

Jajja's Kids 2025 fundraiser in Troy on 10/19

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/13

Jajja's Kids provides a safe and loving home, nurturing community, and access to education for children who once lived on the street.Their 2025 Fundraiser – “Nurturing Dreams with Education” will be happening on October 19th at Revolution Hall in Troy.

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10/13/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/13

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, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, and Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer.

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10/10/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/10

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, Former Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.

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59:30

Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 236

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/04

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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16:29

Cole 200: The Trip that Changed American Art

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/03

The month of October 2025 marks the 200th Anniversary of the first presentation of paintings of the Hudson River Valley and Catskill Mountains by Thomas Cole (1801-1848) – a presentation that changed the course of American art. The display of three paintings took place from October 26 to November 4,1825, in New York City – in the windows of Colman’s bookstore on Broadway near Fulton Street in Manhattan.

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72:04

10/3/25 Panel

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/03

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, Associate Professor of Music at Vassar College Justin Patch, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and RPI graduate student and former grade schoolteacher who has returned to graduate school to get a PhD Sophia Acquisto.

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17:46

Albany Symphony's 2025-2026 season will begin with...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/02

Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony will begin their 2025-2026 season next Saturday, featuring Stravinsky’smagnificent Firebird Suite, Dvořák’s masterful Cello Concerto, the world premiere of Look Up by Alex Berko and Sibelius’s stirring Finlandia.The concert will take place at the historic Palace Theatre in downtown Albany on Saturday, October 11, beginning at 7:30pm. A pre-concert talk by Music Director David Alan Miller will begin at 6:30pm.

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15:36

Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale and Exhibition will...

The Roundtable ·

2025/10/02

Landscapes for Landsake is the region’s largest art-buying event of the season and ASA’s largest fundraiser of the year.Approximately 300 works of art will be displayed in the historic barn at Maple Ridge in Cambridge, NY, and over 400 additional works will be available on www.LandscapesforLandsake.com. Many of the artists are on hand to discuss their work during the in-person event.

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