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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, Cohoes City Director of Operations Theresa Bourgeois, Siena College Professor of Comparative Politics Vera Eccarius-Kelly, and Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld. For a portion of the program, the panel is joined by Dr. Jim Fagin.

This week's Book Picks come from Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York.

Joe Donahue, and booksellers Suzanna Hermans, Matt Tannenbaum, and Kira Wizner discuss their favorite books from this past year.

It's time for the monthly meeting of the Vox Pop Science Forum. Is there a question on your mind that our experts might tackle? Give us a call at 2pm. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

We begin a new year on Vox Pop with perennial favorite Rich Guthrie. Rich is our favorite ornithologist. He'll be most pleased to take your bird calls at 2pm! 800-348-2551 is the number to call. Ray Graf hosts.

You have the pets? We have the vets! Call today at 2pm with your pet question. Dr. Carrie O'Loughlin of the Delmar Animal Hospital will join us to answer it.

Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died at his home in Henderson, Nevada at age 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. A former boxer-turned-lawyer, the Democrat was widely acknowledged as one of toughest dealmakers in Congress. The Democrat spoke with WAMC in May 2008 to promote his book, “The Good Fight.” We air that interview today in memoriam.

Born and raised in Gloversville, New York, Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Russo returns to that place in his new Scribd essay, "Marriage Story: An American Memoir." The essay chronicles his parents’ lives and why their marriage foundered.

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.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Director of the RPI-IBM Artificial Intelligence research collaboration Jim Hendler, and Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick.