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Jenny Gersten, who helmed the Williamstown Theatre Festival from 2011 to 2014, has again stepped into the role of Artistic Director on an interim basis. Gersten, the first woman to hold the job of artistic director at Williamstown joins us this morning to share a preview of the 2022 season.The 2022 season promises laughs, singing, and introspection, including a thrilling new suspense comedy, a disarmingly personal and intimate WTF-commissioned world premiere play, and a musical concert event celebrating Frank Loesser's magnificent score from "The Most Happy Fella," retold with dazzling new orchestrations.

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, research professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, and Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld.

Ron Franscell is the acclaimed author of 18 books and has been hailed as one of America’s best narrative nonfiction writers. A journalist who has covered war and natural disasters abroad, he wrote the international true-crime bestsellers "The Darkest Night" and the 2017 Edgar finalist "Morgue: A Life in Death."His new book, "ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling" delivers an account of the first time in history that the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit created a psychological profile to catch a serial killer.

At the age of thirty-seven, Courtney Maum found herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this was not just a riding lesson, but a last-ditch attempt to pull herself back from the brink even though riding is a relic from the past she walked away from. She hadn’t been on or near a horse in over thirty years.

We are joined by Dr. Rebecca Stetzer of Albany Med. Dr. Stetzer is a geriatrician who cares for patients aged 75 years and older at Albany Med’s Internal Medicine Group. She specializes in treating patients who suffer from geriatric syndromes related to aging, including frequent falls, cognitive and memory problems, incontinence and vertigo. Call with your question. 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, investigative journalist and UAlbany adjunct professor Rosemary Armao, Cohoes City Director of Operations Theresa Bourgeois, and Lecturer and Adjunct Professor in Communications for SUNY New Paltz and RPI Terry Gipson.

All eyes remain on Eastern Europe. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18th district, speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

American consumers are unhappy about rising costs. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

November is fast approaching.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18th district, wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

With Congressman Peter Welch running to replace Patrick Leahy in the Senate, it’s a year of change in Vermont politics.In today’s Congressional Corner, Sianay Chase Clifford continues her conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.