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Dave Eggers joins us to discuss his new book “The Eyes and The Impossible.” The book, out tomorrow, tells the story of a dog named Johannes. He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park’s three ancient Bison, the Keepers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted.

It is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comstock to participate in the first (and last) Auburn Writers’ Conference for a public discussion about the future of the nation."The Auburn Conference" is a new novel by Tom Piazza.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, Albany Law School Professor of Law, Director of The Justice Center and Director of Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson, and investment banker on Wall Street Mark Wittman.

Three-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Sean Hayes is back on Broadway, starring as Oscar Levant in Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright’s new play "Good Night, Oscar" at the Belasco Theatre. Ben Rappaport, the actor playing famed Tonight Show host and Levant sparring partner Jack Paar, joins us.

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. Dr. Nira Madisi is an endocrinologist at Albany Medical Center who specializes in bone health and in treating patients with bone diseases, including osteoporosis and parathyroid disease. Ray Graf hosts.

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, New York presents a two-part exhibition titled “Women Reframe American Landscape” May 6 to October 29, 2023.

Yaddo is a nonprofit retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York with the mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.Notoriously private for the sake of the artists and their work - we wanted to take the opportunity today to share information about some public facing events on the horizon.

We talk astronomy with Bob Berman and Dr. Valerie Rapson. Call at show time with your questions. 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

Dr. Douglas Tumen of Hudson Valley Foot Associates joins us to take your foot health questions. Call at 2pm with your question. 1-800-348-2551. Or send your email to voxpop@wamc.org. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

"Meet the Panelist" is a sporadic segment where we have in depth discussions with Roundtable Panelists to learn about their lives, careers and how they arrive at their various points of view. In this segment, we finish up our talk with Fran Berman.