Early this summer, the Capital Region based Americana band Zan and the Winter Folk released their first full length album “New Morse Code.”Led by songwriter Zan Strumfeld on guitar and vocals, The Winter Folk are Michael Gregg (banjo), Will Brown (lead guitar), Sean Fortune (Upright Bass) and Brendan Tompkins (drums). In addition to the core group,…

Dorset Theatre Festival has welcomed Jayne Atkinson, best known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April, to lead the World Premiere of "True Art" by Jessica Provenz, directed by Michelle Joyner, playing through September 7, 2024, at the Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, VT.By Joe Donahue

In the book “Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America” Shad White tells the story of how a small group of powerbrokers enriched themselves by misdirecting nearly 100 million dollars in federal money and how he led a scrapy team of investigators and auditors to bring the culprits to justice.…

The 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 Albany Law School professor and Director of the Justice Center Sarah Rogerson, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mik…

Today's Book Picks come from Kira Wizner from Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook, New York and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, New York.By Joe Donahue

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Diplomat in residence at Bard College Ambassador Frederic Hof, Political Consultant and Lobbyist Libby Post, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

Two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Rohde headline making new book, “Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy,” is out today.By Joe Donahue

Jacqueline Gay Walley’s novel “The Waw” sees a woman leaving here New York life to follow an image she has seen of a small town of great beauty by the sea in England.By Joe Donahue

Best-selling author Stephen McCauley is back with a new novel, "You Only Call When You're in Trouble." McCauley will be part of The Spencertown Academy’s Festival of Books - celebrating its 19th season this Labor Day weekend, August 30 – September 2, 2024. Stephen will speak at 1PM on Sunday afternoon – September 1st.…

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Nic Rangel, Wall Street Investment Banker – Mark Wittman, and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan.…

A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend’s family received two unthinkable catastrophic diagnoses: His four-year-old daughter and his wife developed unrelated life-threatening forms for brain cancer. Throughout his scientific wonder he found ways to bring meaning to his darkest period, he writes of his experiences in the new book “This Ordinary Stardust: A …

Is congestion pricing back on the table?In today’s Congressional Corner, Democratic candidate Josh Riley of New York’s 19th district wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded August 21st.By Ian Pickus

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.

“I Cheerfully Refuse” is Leif Enger's latest novel set in a not-too-distant America. A tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed deeply beloved bookselling wife.By Joe Donahue

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Partner with the law firm Whiteman, Osterman, and Hanna Cianna Freeman Tolbert, Siena College Professor of Economics Aaron Pacitti, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and Wall Street investment banker Mark Wittman.…

Woodstock Fringe is presenting "Greater Tuna" at the Byrdcliffe Theatrein Woodstock, NY - opening tonight and running through September 8th.Meet Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes, just some of the upstanding citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal, …

Fall election season is quickly approaching.In today’s Congressional Corner, Democratic candidate Josh Riley of New York’s 19th district continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded August 21st.By Ian Pickus

The new book is “Job Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry” by Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild. Not only is “Job Security” a book but it is an exhibit at the University Art Museum “Job Security: Voice and Views from the American Security Industry running now through December 9.…

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Partner with the Albany law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, from the DNC in Chicago the Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, and Theatre arti…

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author of “The Perfect Weapon,” David Sanger, shares his new account of America’s plunge into simultaneous conversations with two very different adversaries at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont this Saturday at 6 p.m.By Joe Donahue

Democrat Josh Riley is trying again to win New York’s 19th House district seat.In today’s Congressional Corner, Riley speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded August 21st.By Ian Pickus

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are the Jane & William White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University & Past President of the International Communication Association Noshir Contractor, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Di…

Alice Green - the longtime executive director of the Center for Law and Justice, a civil rights organization she founded in 1985 died on Tuesday. She was 84.By Joe Donahue

President Biden says it’s time to change the Supreme Court. In today’s Congressional Corner, David Hawkings of The American Leader wraps up his interview with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.By Ian Pickus

This week's Book Picks come from Jesse Hassinger from The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts and Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.By Joe Donahue

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Former NY-19 Congressman John Faso, Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Fred Hof, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain…

Martin Baron's role in launching an investigation into the catholic churches coverup of sexual abuse by clergy was portrayed in the Academy Award Winning film “Spotlight.” Baron retired from daily journalism in early 2021 and he tells his story in the book “Collison of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post.”…

The Democratic National Convention is drawing a contrast with the Republican Party. In today’s Congressional Corner, David Hawkings of The American Leader speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.By Ian Pickus

Phil Donahue as died at the age of 88. The longtime host of "Donahue," Phil Donahue established the modern daytime talk show format with his focus on audience participation and hot-button social issues. In 1967 he began hosting "The Phil Donahue Show."By Joe Donahue

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, Preceptor in P…

Vermont Public Theater will be presenting an outdoor free presentation of Shakespeare in the Woods production of “Twelfth Night” at Merchants Park in Downtown Bennington, Vermont. The night is a Fundraiser for Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless. The family friendly production of “Twelfth Night” will be performed outside, rain or shine at …

The new book “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past” by Steve Benen is an investigation of the Republican Party’s dangerous campaign to rewrite recent history in real time.By Joe Donahue

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, Tetherless World Professor of Computer Web and Cognigtive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and Senior fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College Ambassador Fred Hof.…

Historian Paul Sparrow’s new book “Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh and the Battle to Save Democracy” is a new work of history that brings Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life as he fought to transform America from an isolationist bystander into the world’s first superpower.…

It has been an unprecedented few weeks in U.S. politics.In today’s Congressional Corner, David Hawkings of The American Leader speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.By Ian Pickus

If you’re looking for some of the area’s best activities & attractions in one spot, the Washington County Fair opens Monday! It is a fun-filled week of entertainment, rides, animals and more continues to reign supreme as New York’s #1 Agricultural County Fair! This year, the Fair will take place August 19 – 25, 2024. One of the many features in the…

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, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld, and Vice President for Editorial Development at …

Elizabeth Perkins is the star of one of the most beloved comedies ever, "Big," which will be presented on August 24 at the The Triplex in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. There will also be a Q&A with Elizabeth Perkins following a screening of Penny Marshall’s classic comedy. Elizabeth Perkins is best known for starring in the films: "Big," "The Fl…

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events…

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Siena College Professor of Comparative Politics Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Albany Law School professor and Director of the …

This summer the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison, New York is presenting three new plays written by three acclaimed theatre artists in rotating rep through Labor Day weekend. The plays are ““The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” adapted from Agatha Christie by Heidi Armbruster, “Medea: Re-versed” adapted from Euripides by Luis Quintero, and “B…

The new book and audio presentation, "This Was Toscanini," is an intimate, firsthand, behind-the-scenes musical portrait of the Maestro, told from the unique perspective of first violinist Samuel Antek, who was fortunate to play under Toscanini's baton for seventeen years in the famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. In this expanded second edition of "This…

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events…

This week's Book Picks come from Suzanna Hermans from Oblong Books in Rhinebeck and Millerton, NY and Phil Lewis from Bennington Bookshop in Bennington, VT.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Preceptor in Public Speaking for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University Terry Gipson, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.…

On August 15th at 5:30 in South Egremont, Greenagers will present: "Dinner, Democracy, and Dancing: A Summer Gala for Greenagers." Keynote and conversation on why civic engagement matters will feature Governor Deval Patrick, Representative Smitty Pignatelli, and Greenagers youth.By Joe Donahue

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events…

David Daley’s new book “Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections” is a deep dive into what Daley calls the “50-year republican plot to highjack voting rights in America." David Daley regularly discusses democracy and voting rights on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and other outlets.…

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events…