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We are joined by Rocco DeFazio. You may know him from DeFazio's Pizza in Troy and Albany. In that capacity, he has been a favorite guest on our Food Friday shows over the years. We were recently surprised to learn that Rocco is also children's author! He'll talk about his new book, "A Shepherds Tale".... and likely a variety of other subjects. One never knows where the conversation will go with Rocco in the house, but he's always entertaining. Call if you'd like to have a word with "the Bard of 4th Street." 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

Chef Gail Sokol is back. Today, we'll learn about easy and fast Halloween desserts! Call 800-348-2551 at show time to ask a question or share a recipe. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Troy-based musician Sophia Subbayya Vastek’s new record “In Our Softening” - a beautiful collection of nine original piano compositions - is available today.

Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Pulitzer Prize Winning NYT Journalist Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means. Her new book is "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America" and is currently #1 on the NYT Bestsellers List.

This week's Book Picks come from Kira Wizner of Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook, New York.

We welcome back travel expert Jean Gagnon to take your questions! To join the conversation, give us a call at 1-800-348-2551 or you can e-mail us at VoxPop@wamc.org. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Before Covid-19, public health programs constituted only 2.5 percent of all US health spending, with the other 97.5 percent going towards the larger health care system. In fact, the United States spends on average $11,000 per citizen per year on health care, but only $286 per person on public health. It seems that Americans value health care, the medical care of individuals, over public health, the well-being of collections of people. In "Me vs. Us," primary care doctor and public health advocate Michael Stein takes a hard, insightful look at the larger questions behind American health and health care.

Comedian and actor Fortune Feimster is coming to our region this week during a busy time in her burgeoning career.

Jori Lewis is an award–winning journalist who writes about agriculture and the environment. Her new book "Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History," weaves together the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the lives of millions. Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut’s tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom.

The Hudson Valley has one of America’s newest members of Congress. In today’s Congressional Corner, Democrat Pat Ryan of New York’s 19th district speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.