The Roundtable

Albany, NY – The history of the building of the Pentagon is a fascinating one. The project began just before the beginning of the US entry into WWII and was completed right after Pearl Harbor. Washington Post veteran journalist Steve Vogel has written a major new history of the Pentagon--all about it's building and then rebuilding following 9/11.

The Pentagon: A History, by Steve Vogel.
Published by Random House.

Albany, NY – Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, speaks with Julia Taylor about winning the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction.

Albany, NY – Pete Hamill is the author of North River, a love story for grown-ups, set against the backdrop of 1930's New York City gripped tight by the Great Depression. It is the Roundtable Reads Book Pick for July. Pete Hamill speaks about how this is his 10th novel and it never gets easier.

North River, by Pete Hamill.
Published by Little Brown.

Albany, NY – Howard Glassman, of the WAMC Performing Arts Studio, fills us in on upcoming events at The Linda.

www.thelinda.org

Albany, NY – We hear Joe's recent conversation with Khaled Hosseini about his new novel A Thousand Splendid Suns and then follow it up with a discussion about the book.

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. Published by Riverhead.

Albany, NY – Rose Derecko, manager of Martha's Dandee Cream, tells us about the historic creamery and provides us with some delicious heat relief. Martha's Dandee Cream is a landmark in Queensbury, NY.

Albany, NY – For Wild Windy Bill McKay it all began in 1957 when he gave up playing bass fiddle in Roy Rogers' band to become the Marshal of Ghost Town at the Great Escape. The founder of the park, Charlie Wood, heard him and offered him a job. Wood predicted McKay would stay for a long time. He was right. At 86 years old, Wild Windy this month celebrated his 50th season at the park.