Joe Donahue

Vice President, News and Programming

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book. 

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The Roundtable - Book Picks
10:10 am
Tue September 18, 2012

Book Picks - The Golden Notebook

This week's Books Picks are from Jacqueline Kellachan of The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY.

List:

NW by Zadie Smith
A Wilderness of Error by Erol Morris
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
How Music Works by David Byrne

The Roundtable - Question of the Day
9:25 am
Tue September 18, 2012

Question of the Day - Romney video?

What do you make of the video that surfaced Monday showing Mitt Romney dismissing President Barack Obama’s supporters as people who take no responsibility for their livelihoods and who think they are entitled to government handouts?

The Roundtable
11:35 am
Mon September 17, 2012

Jesse Ventura

We speak with former Minnesota Governor, Jesse Ventura, about party politics and his most recent book, DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government.

The Roundtable
9:35 am
Mon September 17, 2012

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America

National Book Award-winning author, Jonathan Kozol, has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly fifty years and has been called “today’s most eloquent spokesman for America’s disenfranchised.”

His latest book is Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America.

The Roundtable
11:40 am
Fri September 14, 2012

My American Revolution by Robert Sullivan

We speak with Robert Sullivan about his new book, My American Revolution.

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Arts & Culture
11:30 am
Fri September 14, 2012

30th Anniversary of Hudson River Sampler

Wanda with Arlo Guthrie

WAMC’s folk music program, “The Hudson River Sampler,” has been hosted by Wanda Fischer on the WAMC airwaves since September 18, 1982 and is one of the longest, continuously-running radio programs in the Northeast, hitting the 30-year mark with an on-air celebration planned for Saturday, September 15 from 8-10 pm. We welcome Wanda to the show to talk about her show's big 3-0!

Arts & Culture
10:10 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Doc Severinsen

For over 3-decades, Doc Severinsen was the band leader for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The show ruled the night air for 30 years, until it came to an end in May 1992. Since then, Severinsen has been on the road, selling out tour dates and making great music.

The College of Saint Rose presents Doc Severinsen and the San Miguel 5 in concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Massry Center for the Arts in Albany on the St. Rose campus.

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The Roundtable
9:35 am
Fri September 14, 2012

The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

We speak with Amanda Coplin about her debut novel, The Orchardist: A Novel. She will read from and sign the book at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA on Monday, September 17th. 

The Roundtable
10:10 am
Thu September 13, 2012

Sharon Astyk Making Home

Other books tell us how to live the good life—Making Home is about improving life with the real people around us and the resources we already have. While encouraging us to be more resilient in the face of hard times, author Sharon Astyk also points out the beauty, grace, and elegance that result, because getting the most out of everything we use is a way of transforming our lives into something much more fulfilling.

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The Roundtable
9:40 am
Thu September 13, 2012

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris

On Feb. 17, 1970, physician Jeffrey MacDonald called the police to his Fort Bragg, N.C., home. He told the responding officers that he had been assaulted by a group of "hippie" intruders, who had also bludgeoned and stabbed his wife and two young daughters — ages 2 and 5 — to death. MacDonald suffered a concussion and collapsed lung but survived.

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