The Roundtable

Follow The Roundtable
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

WAMC's The Roundtable is an award-winning, nationally recognized eclectic talk program. The show airs from 9am to noon each weekday and features news, interviews, in-depth discussion, listener call-ins, music, and much (much) more!

WAMC Northeast Public Radio


    • Oct 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • daily NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 4,313 EPISODES

    4.4 from 142 ratings Listeners of The Roundtable that love the show mention: panel, area, live, listening, love.


    Ivy Insights

    The Roundtable podcast is a must-listen for anyone who enjoys insightful and thought-provoking discussions. As someone who looks forward to snow days and long weekends, I find great joy in being able to listen to the panel live. However, even when life gets busy, I am grateful for the convenience of podcasts, allowing me to catch up on episodes at my own pace. The Roundtable has become an integral part of my listening routine ever since I discovered it while working in Albany, NY.

    One of the best aspects of The Roundtable is the diversity of opinions and perspectives brought to the discussion by the panelists. They do not shy away from expressing their own viewpoints and are not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom. This makes for a refreshing and engaging listening experience, as I get a well-rounded understanding of various topics. The depth of knowledge and expertise displayed by the panelists is truly impressive, covering a wide range of subjects including current events, politics, culture, and more.

    Another standout aspect of this podcast is its ability to keep me informed about important issues happening outside my listening area. Even though I do not live within range of WAMC's broadcast signal, I am grateful that I can still stay connected through their podcast. The Roundtable provides valuable insights into regional news as well as national and international events.

    While there are many positives about The Roundtable podcast, it is important to acknowledge that some listeners may find it challenging if they prefer a more neutral or balanced approach in their news roundup talk shows. As mentioned earlier, the panelists express their opinions freely and passionately which may be perceived as biased by some individuals seeking a more impartial analysis.

    In conclusion, The Roundtable podcast has become an invaluable source of information and entertainment for me. It has elevated itself above other news roundup talk shows due to its willingness to take a strong stand on key issues while maintaining intellectual rigor and respect for different perspectives. Whether I have the luxury of listening live during a snow day or catching up on episodes at an accelerated pace, I always find myself engrossed in the discussions. The Roundtable is a podcast that continues to impress and inspire me with its engaging panel and insightful conversations.



    Search for episodes from The Roundtable with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from The Roundtable

    Karine Jean-Pierre's new book is "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 23:30


    Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House Press Secretary to the Biden & Harris Administration, shares why Americans have stepped beyond party lines to embrace life as independents in her new book “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.”

    New children's book by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 14:05


    Author, botanist, and Native American scholar Robin Wall Kimmerer's work explores the natural world as teacher, partner and gift. Her new book "Bud Finds Her Gift" marks departure: an illustrated picture book for young readers that addresses the themes her adult volumes - "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "The Serviceberry" - have come to be known for.We welcome Robin Wall Kimmerer to to discuss how this picture book emerged, why Kimmerer chose the form, and what she hopes children (and their grown-ups) will carry with them.

    Novelist Dan Brown calls Louvre heist an "ugly smash-and-grab"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:07


    In the wake of the brazen heist at the Louvre in Paris this past weekend, many are saying, “real life has once again echoed fiction.” In Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," a crime unfolds in the Louvre. We spoke with Dan Brown about the recent heist at the Louvre and the relationship to his book, "The Da Vinci Code."Brown's brand new novel is "The Secret of Secrets" and he will be our guest on the Book Show on November 4 at 3 p.m.

    10/22/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 75:54


    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College Roger Berkowitz, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, Semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz, and Former Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick.

    Book Picks - Northshire Bookstore and Open Door Bookstore

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 21:11


    This week's Book Picks comes from Kelly Stazyk from Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, New York and Manchester Center, Vermont and Lily Bartels from The Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, New York.

    Michelle Hughes on "When Teachers Stay: Cultivating Resilient Teaching Communities" at The Book House on 10/26

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 15:59


    Why do some schools have high levels of teacher turnover, but others don't? The new book, “When Teachers Stay: Cultivating Resilient Teaching Communities,” explores the question of what makes a resilient teaching community in which teachers want to stay and thrive, uncovering the cohesiveness, continuity, community, and deep sense of belonging for adults and kids.Michelle Hughes will be talking about and signing her new book at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, New York on Sunday, October 26th at 3PM.

    10/21/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 87:43


    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Recently retired President of Siena University, former NY Congressman, writer and analyst Chris Gibson, Professor Emeritus of Russian at Hofstra University and author of “Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia” Alexander Mihailovic, The Empire Report's JP Miller, and Associate Professor in the department of sociology at Vassar College Catherine Tan.

    "SPAC in Conversation" will return on 10/22 featuring Julie Scelfo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 24:32


    Saratoga Performing Arts Center's popular fundraising event, “SPAC in Conversation,” returns on Wednesday, October 22 in the historic Hall of Springs, featuring award-winning journalist, former New York Times staff writer and media ecologist Julie Scelfo. Founder and Executive Director of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA), Scelfo will lead an inspiring discussion on “fighting back against runaway tech to protect our kids' childhoods.”

    "Metamorphoses" will have performances through 10/26 at The Unicorn Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 17:42


    Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, winner of the Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nominee, dives headfirst into the thrilling, sometimes terrifying world of Greek and Roman mythology. It runs through Sunday at the Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA.

    10/20/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 79:25


    The 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, Former New York 19th Congressman and NY Assemblyman John Faso, Associate Professor of Music at Vassar College Justin Patch, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.

    Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 237

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 59:30


    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.

    roundtable panel joe donahue
    WAMC on the Road at The Hannah Arendt center's "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" - Student Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 24:06


    The Hannah Arendt Center offers student fellowships for administration support, the Courage to Be Program, media and communications, and for the new Bard Leadership Program.We've assembled a number of students to discuss their thoughts on the JOY conference and the world.

    Mariel Fiori - co-founder and managing editor of La Voz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 18:04


    Mariel Fiori is the co-founder and managing editor of La Voz magazine, a monthly Spanish language publication housed at Bard College. She also a journalist, translator, and entrepreneur and hosts “La Voz con Mariel Fiori” on Radio Kingston.

    Staged Reading of “Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 9:40


    One of the final events at the Hannah Arendt Center's 17th annual fall conference later at 6 PM will be a Staged Reading of “Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library.”

    Jana Mader and Steve Maslow to lead a guided walk to Hannah Arendt's historic grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 14:05


    December 4, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of Hannah Arendt's passing. The Hannah Arendt Center's Director of Academic Programs Jana Mader and co-author of "Walk Her Way" will offer a guided walk across Bard campus - this year together with the first Chairman of the Arendt Center Steve Maslow - to the nearby, historic grave of Hannah Arendt.This lunchtime event offers the opportunity to engage with Arendt's legacy while enjoying fresh air, conversation, and movement, as participants walk together and reflect on her life and work.

    “Notes on Difficult Joy” with Ann Lauterbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 17:08


    Ann Lauterbach is a poet and essayist. Her eleventh collection of poetry, Door, is her most recent book. She writes at the intersection of poetics, politics and the visual arts.At 3:00 pm today she will be presenting a session of the Hannah Arendt center's JOY conference entitled “Notes on Difficult Joy.”

    Robin Wang and Lisa Cypers Kamen - "Amor Mundi and Joy as Flowing Proximity"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 10:57


    At 1:30 this afternoon, there will be a session at the JOY conference named "Amor Mundi (Love the World) and Joy as Flowing Proximity." The session will feature Robin Wang along with Niobe Way and Lisa Cypers Kamen. Think of it as a look at Joy in Philosophy. Robin Wang and Lisa Cypers Kamen join us.

    Donovan Hohn and Francine Prose on Lapham's Quarterly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 16:24


    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 to print.

    WAMC on the Road from Bard College's "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" conference presented by the Hannah Arendt Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 14:30


    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 Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities of Bard College Roger Berkowitz.

    Jeff Daniels will be performing his music at the Towne Crier Cafe on 10/19

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 28:51


    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.

    Albany Pro Musica will be celebrating its 45th anniversary season with the concert "Hear My Heart Sing" on 10/19

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 18:31


    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.

    10/16/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 82:12


    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.

    Jane Leavy's new book is "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 28:32


    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.

    10/15/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 79:54


    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.

    Ira Glass brings "Seven Things I've Learned" to Paramount Hudson Valley Theater 10/25

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 25:07


    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.

    Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop and Merritt Bookstore

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 27:03


    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.

    The 26th Woodstock Film Festival will take place on 10/15 -10/19

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 17:17


    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.

    10/14/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 79:53


    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.

    FilmColumbia is celebrating its 25th anniversary on 10/17 - 10/26 at the Crandell Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 19:47


    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.

    Jajja's Kids 2025 Fundraiser is "Nurturing Dreams with Education" and will be held at Revolution Hall in Troy on 10/19

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 16:31


    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.

    10/13/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 78:09


    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.

    10/10/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 88:43


    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.

    Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 236

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 59:30


    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.

    roundtable panel joe donahue
    Cole 200: The Trip that Changed American Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 16:29


    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.

    10/3/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 72:04


    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.

    Albany Symphony's 2025-2026 season will begin with "Alex Berko & Stravinsky's Firebird" concert on 10/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 17:46


    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.

    Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale and Exhibition will be held at Maple Ridge Barn on 10/11-10/12

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 15:36


    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.

    Jane Goodall - in memoriam

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 9:32


    Jane Goodall, one of the world's most esteemed and inspirational conservationists, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 91.Goodall earned scientific stature and global celebrity by studying and living with wild chimpanzees in East Africa in the 1960s. She was one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century and opened the door for more women to pursue scientific careers.Joe Donahue spoke with Jane Goodall on this program in 2009, around the publication of one of her books, “Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.” We air a portion of that conversation today, in memoriam.

    10/2/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 46:07


    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are CEO of The Business Council of New York State Heather Mulligan, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

    The Hannah Arendt Center presents "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" on 10/16-10/17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 22:12


    The Hannah Arendt Center's 17th annual fall conference, “JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times,” will offer a crucial lens for finding meaning and connection amidst today's fractured world. Bringing together notable speakers with diverse narratives and insights at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, the conference will be a timely exploration of joy as a powerful force, and a vital conversation around fostering resilience.

    WAM Theatre presents the world premiere of "1999"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 13:23


    In Stacey Isom Campbell's new play, “1999,” a student makes a complaint about the inclusion of a film produced by Harvey Weinstein in class. Emma must then interrogate her own guilt for something she did in 1999. The play explores the intersection of three women's lives in the wake of trauma and grapples with what to do with the films of the 90s in light of recent sexual allegations and convictions.WAM Theatre is producing the world premier of “1999.” The play is a 2025 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and Modern New Works Festival Finalist. WAM's production, running in the Berkshires October 16 through November 2, is directed by Artistic Director Genée Coreno and both she and Stacey Isom Campbell join us.

    10/1/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 61:13


    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College Roger Berkowitz, Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Nic Rangel.

    Book Picks - The Bookstore in Lenox and Rough Draft Bar & Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 21:32


    This week's Book Picks comes from Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, MA and Drew Broussard from Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston, NY.

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards will be presented jointly with Pen America and held at the Bardavon on 10/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 26:24


    With book bans in public schools rising to levels unseen since the McCarthy era Red Scare of the 1950s, the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards ceremony at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. will be presented jointly with PEN America on Saturday, October 11th. Author Jennifer Finney Boylan, PEN America's president, will be the keynote speaker.Ten honorees include best-selling author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), who will receive the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on October 11th.

    9/30/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 46:27


    The 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 and is a specialist on the history of US foreign policy Robert Brigham, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, and Associate Professor in the department of sociology at Vassar College and her research is on health, wellness, and medical knowledge Catherine Tan.

    "History Matters" an essay collection by the late David Mccullough

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 18:40


    The late historian David Mccullough is very much missed, but the new book “History Matters,” posthumously published this fall, helps us remember why history is so important for all of us and is under threat. Especially now, given the current scrutiny how the Smithsonian Museum and our National Parks are telling American history. “History Matters” is a collection of Mccullough's essays that address the importance of history especially our shared history as Americans. Many of the essays have never been published, the collection includes a foreword by Jon Meacham, the book is edited by McCullough's daughter Dorie Mccullough Lawson, and his longtime researcher Michael Hill.

    Emmy Kastner's "Outside In and the Inside Out" is a biographical picture book about Schenectady native Arnold Lobel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 10:42


    Charming and accessible, "Outside In and the Inside Out" by Emmy Kastner is the biographical picture book about Arnold Lobel, a Schenectady native, the Newberry and Caldecott award-winning author-illustrator behind the beloved Frog and Toad series. Arnold Lobel was many things: a quiet observer, an avid reader, and the kind of man who kept a gorilla suit in his closet, just in case. Above all else, Arnold was an artist and a storyteller. And he infused pieces of himself in the characters he created.Emmy Kastner is an author and illustrator of several books for children, including While You're Asleep and the Nerdy Babies board book series. She will be at the Main Schenectady County Public Library at 6PM tonight.

    Arch Stanton Quartet presents a free series of performances inspired by Paul Bowles' "The Sheltering Sky" at libraries throughout Albany County

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 14:53


    The Arch Stanton Quartet (ASQ) will present a series of upcoming free performances of music, readings, and reflections inspired by Paul Bowles' celebrated 1949 novel “The Sheltering Sky.” Performances will be held at libraries throughout Albany County, supported by a community arts grant from the Albany County Arts and Culture program, coordinated by Advance Albany County Alliance.On its surface, Bowles' novel follows an American couple, Port and Kit Moresby, and their friend Tunner on a journey of post-WWII North Africa. Enigmatic and philosophical, the richly layered novel ultimately explores the depths of the human psyche, and its descent into despair and alienation. Less known is Bowles' work as a composer of music.

    9/29/25 Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 46:59


    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Acting Department Head of Cognitive Science, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Science Jim Hendler, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.

    Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review - Episode 235

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 59:30


    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.

    roundtable panel joe donahue
    "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence" documentary screening and Q&A at Assembly in Kingston 9/28

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 14:07


    “Janis Ian: Breaking Silence” will screen at Assembly in Kingston, New York this Sunday, September 28 at 7 p.m. The screening will be followed by a moderated audience Q&A with Janis.

    Claim The Roundtable

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel