The Roundtable

Albany, NY – Vermont's Bernie Sanders joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the Patriot Act, Education, Immigration, and gas prices.

Albany, NY – The U.N Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief says that she's highly concerned that the government of Iran is about to increase its persecution of the 300,000 members of the Baha'i faith in that country.

We're joined by two members of the Baha'i faith who live here in the U.S. about what's happening in Iran and what we can do to stop the persecution of Bahais who live there.

Rabi Musah chairs the African-American Desk of the Northeast Regional Baha'i Council.

Albany, NY – According to a new poll conducted by Copernicus and reported in the Christian Science Monitor, religious liberalism has been rising faster than religious fundamentalism.

We're joined by two self-described religious liberals about where they fall on the political spectrum, what kinds of work they're doing, and why they think their numbers may be growing.

Albany, NY – Darryl Caron is founder and publisher of Adirondack Sports & Fitness, a free monthly magazine available in the Capital Region, Adirondacks and surrounding areas. The magazine covers "sports you do" like running, hiking, bicycling, kayaking, triathlon - plus, health and fitness topics. This weekend marks the first-ever Adirondack Sports & Fitness Expo.

Adirondack Sports & Fitness Expo on Friday-Sunday, April 21-23, at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.

www.AdkSportsFitness.com

Albany, NY – Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore picks for 4/18/06:

Albany, NY – The Bay State's John Olver joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the environment, oil consumption, the national debt, and impeachment of President Bush.

Albany, NY – The Nostoi, which once told the homecoming stories of the Greek heroes from the war at Troy, is long lost. Of the original text's five books, only five complete lines have survived. Like the lives that it chronicled, the Nostoi is itself a casualty of time and its unpredictable turns. The truth is that most veterans' stories, whether of combat or of recovery, are either never told or not long remembered.

Albany, NY – Last September, long-time science writer Julia Whitty boarded research vessel The Oceanus to report on scientist Ruth Curry's discoveries about the changing chemistry of the ocean.

Albany, NY – For an extended poll question, we're asking, "Is the U.S. engaged in a new kind of war." We're joined by Harvard Law School Professor David Kennedy.

David Kennedy is Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and the author of "The Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism" and "Of War and Law" both published by Princeton Press.

Albany, NY – New York's Maurice Hinchey joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the intelligence that lead to the war in Iraq and the clean up of the Hudson River.