The Roundtable

Albany, NY – Chuck D'Imperio discusses his book Great Graves of Upstate New York about all of the interesting figures who populate New York's graveyards.

Albany, NY – Michael Beschloss is considered by many to be the nation's leading Presidential historian. He is the NBC News Presidential Historian and is also a regular on the News Hour on PBS. We speak with him about his latest book, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989.

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989, by Michael Beschloss. Published by Simon & Schuster.

Albany, NY – Listener essayist Deborah J. Smith tells us about a small Irish restaurant with a very good slice of chocolate cake.

Albany, NY – In his newest book, The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity, Michael Ruhlman asks the question, "When did restaurant cooking become performance art?" and takes a long hard look at the lives of celebrity chefs.

The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity by Michael Ruhlman.
Published by Penquin.

Albany, NY – Michael Chabon discusses how he came to write his latest novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which melds an intriguing mystery with a blackly comic, existential examination of identity, purpose, and cultural longing.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon. Published by Harper Collins.

Albany, NY – What makes a great President? According to Michael Beschloss--whom Newsweek called "the nation's leading Presidential Historian"-- it is courage combined with wisdom that makes a great President--courage to confront paramount issues and problems and triumph over seemingly insurmountable obstacles and difficulties.

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss. Published by Simon & Schuster

Albany, NY – What makes a great President? According to Michael Beschloss--whom Newsweek called "the nation's leading Presidential Historian"-- it is courage combined with wisdom that makes a great President--courage to confront paramount issues and problems and triumph over seemingly insurmountable obstacles and difficulties.

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss. Published by Simon & Schuster

By Katherine Stephens

Albany, NY – Katherine Stephens explains the "Great Wedding Extravaganza," of 2007.

By Joe Donahe, Julia Taylor

Albany, NY – The Roundtable hosts speak with Holly George-Warren, author of Public Cowboy Number 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. They discuss Autry's career, and George-Warren's meeting with him before his death.

By Joe Donahue, Julia Taylor

Albany, NY – About 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year. The Roundtable hosts speak to Cyd Cross of the Out of the Pits dog rescue non-profit and Stacy Wolf of the ASPCA about dangerous dogs and how we can deal with them.