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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, UAlbany Lecturer in Africana Studies Jennifer Burns, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor in Communications for SUNY New Paltz and RPI Terry Gipson, and political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.

We talk hiking with Alicia Filley. Alicia is a health and fitness writer and founder of The Healthy Hiker. She will offer tips on how you can stay in shape and get ready for spring hiking. 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, Immigration attorney and partner with the Albany law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, best-selling author and counter-terrorism expert Malcolm Nance, and political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.

Home improvement ace Darren Tracy returns to help us get our home repairs on track. Give us a call at 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

In the market for some new digs? Maybe preparing to sell? We have you covered! It's real estate today on Vox Pop. Renata Lewis and Alex Monticello join us to answer questions. Give us a call at 800-348-2551 or e-mail us at VoxPop@wamc.org.

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, Peabody and Emmy Award winning journalist Linda Ellerbee, and former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain.

This week's Book Picks come from Heather Boyne and Eve Macneill of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, New York.

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. Jing Tsu, a Yale professor and world-renowned authority on East Asian languages joins us to discuss her new book, "Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern."

Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best way to treat it. In "The Urge: Our History of Addiction," Carl Erik Fisher draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher, and alcoholic in recovery as he traces the history of a phenomenon that, centuries on, we hardly appear closer to understanding—let alone addressing effectively.

The new book “Fear of Black Consciousness”  is a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom. Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician. He is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at UCONN-Storrs. In the book, Gordon exposes the bad faith at the heart of many discussions about race and racism not only in America but across the globe, including those who think of themselves as "color blind."