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In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century.In "American Gun," the veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are research professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and Albany Law School Professor of Law, Director of The Justice Center and Director of Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson.

Will the government shut down next month?In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Pat Ryan, from the 18th district, wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded October 23.

We welcome Dr. Alexis Perlmutter, a dermatologist with Capital District Dermatology Associates, located in Glemont, New York. Dr. Perlmutter specializes in both Pediatric and Adult Dermatology, as well as Dermatology Surgery.

WAM Theatre presents “Me and the Sky” a celebratory evening of empowering Broadway hits focused on the full array of women’s stories. The cabaret-style evening will feature songs from Rent, Come From Away, Newsies, Shucked, Waitress, and more. WAM’s “Me and the Sky” will have performances Nov. 1-4.

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

Alison Esposito wants to go to Washington.In today’s Congressional Corner, the Republican running in New York’s 18th district speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded October 24.

Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s bestselling authors. He has also served five years in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament, and thirty years as a Member of the House of Lords. He has written 27 novels, 7 sets of short stories, 3 prison diaries, and 3 plays. His new book is "Traitor’s Gate."

Today's panelists are immigration attorney and Partner with the Albany law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer for the Times Union Jay Jochnowitz.

Trauma surgeon and professor Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all: gunshot wounds, stabbings, and traumatic brain injuries. In “The Bodies Keep Coming,” Williams ushers us into the trauma bay, where the wounds of a national emergency amass.