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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.

Garrett Graff is the author of the book "The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11." It’s the first comprehensive oral history of that day from hundreds of oral histories with government officials, first responders, survivors, family members, and more.

Each weekday morning, WAMC’s President and CEO and Political Observer, Alan Chartock, and Roundtable Host Joe Donahue are joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing important issues from the week.

In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was "that girl" — rebellious, precocious, and macking for love. Seduced, caught, and then whisked away in the night to avoid scandal, Schickel’s provocative, searing, and darkly funny memoir, "The Big Hurt," explores the question: How did that girl turn out?

Dr. Eric Yager of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is here to answer your coronavirus questions. Call with yours at 800-348-2551