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In an acclaimed career spanning over half a century, husband and wife Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme represented the very best in popular music, starting with youthful pop hits in the 1950s and 1960s and followed by their Grammy® and Emmy®-winning triumphs focusing on the Great American Songbook.Their son, Emmy nominated composer David Lawrence hosts "Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme: Memories of My Mom & Dad," an all-new My Music special to premiere Saturday evening, December 2 on PBS, with encore broadcasts to follow.We are joined by Executive Producer and Director T.J. Lubinsky.

Former Florida Congresswoman Val Demings, a Democrat, and former Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican who was the longtime GOP House Whip, are taking part in Hamilton College’s Common Ground program on Monday, December 4. The discussion at 7:30 p.m. is called “Taming the Chaos in D.C.: How Can We Bridge the Divides in Washington?” Both Demings and Blunt are executive fellows at the Bipartisan Policy Center.They spoke with WAMC’s Ian Pickus on Nov. 29.

A pioneer in the field of psychohistory, Robert Jay Lifton is a psychiatrist and author best known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform and cult behavior. He joins us this morning to discuss his latest book: "Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic."

Erin Harkes celebrates the release of her first video special (and second album) on Wednesday, December 6 at a special comedy concert event at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York.Oft voted “Best Local Comedian”, Harkes celebrates the release of the new album as a part of her monthly series: “Women Aren’t Funny at UPH!” Erin will shows clips from the special and then will perform an entirely new set of material.Having found great comfort in front of an audience she was able to make this transition smoothly. In a very short amount of time she achieved much local success and has since performed nearly every major club in NYC and in Toronto and Montreal. She is also a regular feature at Funny Bone Comedy Clubs across the country.

Amy Godine’s new book, "The Black Woods,"- chronicles the history of Black pioneers in New York's northern wilderness.Amy Godine has been writing and speaking about ethnic, migratory, and Black Adirondack history for more than three decades. Exhibits she has curated include "Dreaming of Timbuctoo" at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, New York.

While Stephen Sanchez may only be 21 years old, his music will bring you back decades. Releasing his debut EP What Was, Not Now in late 2021, Sanchez has climbed the charts- reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 for his single “Until I found You.”Sanchez is performing Sunday, December 3rd at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Tetherless World Chair of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences and Founding Director of the Future of Computing Institute at RPI Jim Hendler, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain.

Our tech guru Jesse Feiler joins us this morning to talk about cloud computing and cloud storage.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain, and Wall Street investment banker Mark Wittman.