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The Roundtable

6/28/22 RT Panel

By Joe Donahue

Published June 28, 2022 at 10:04 AM EDT

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, investigative journalist Rosemary Armao, former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain, and investment banker on Wall Street Mark Wittman.

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Joe Donahue

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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