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"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 talk to Fran Berman.

In "The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives," prize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney unpacks the myths and origin stories that underpin the history we thought we knew about western civilization and examines the institutions and structures that have been built on this shaky foundation, through the lives and times of fourteen remarkable individuals from antiquity to modern day.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are UAlbany Lecturer in Africana Studies Jennifer Burns, former NY 19 Congressperson and attorney John Faso, and Albany County District Attorney David Soares.

Sam Waterston, award-winning actor in theater, film and television, has also been Chair of the Board of Oceana since 2001. Oceana is the largest global advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world's oceans. He will discuss the state of the world's oceans and various efforts to make them healthier and more abundant when he speaks at the Salisbury Forum in a talk entitled "A Plan of Action to Save Our Oceans and Climate" on Friday, June 2, at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School at 7:30 p.m.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Albany’s Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs, investigative journalist Rosemary Armao, Preceptor in Public Speaking for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University Terry Gipson, and The Empire Report's J. P. Miller.

Performing Arts of Woodstock will be presenting the play "Gruesome Playground Injuries" by Rajiv Joseph May 26-June 11 at the Woodstock Community Center.Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together."

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

Actor, producer, and current Co-Artistic Director at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago Glenn Davis joined us to talk about Rajiv Joseph's "King James," directed by Kenny Leon. The play is having its New York debut as Manhattan Theatre Club presents Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Center Theatre Group's "King James” off-Broadway at City Center.

Mark Lawson of Albany’s Mark Lawson Antiques, Jewelry, and Coin joins us today to answer your questions. To join the conversation, give us a call at show time. 1-800-348-2551. Or e-mail us at VoxPop@wamc.org. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Today we welcome back Holly Shelowitz to discuss healthy foods that taste great and can make us feel better. Call in at show time (2pm) and join the conversation. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.