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Bird lovers, rejoice! Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart are back to chat about avian topics of your choosing. Give us a call at show time. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Preceptor in Public Speaking for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University Terry Gipson, political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post, and former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain.

Barrington Stage Company will present their 13th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, part of the 2024 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.

This Wednesday at Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock, New York, presumably wearing pink, Sari Botton will be in conversation with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, the New York Times best-selling author of “So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We’re Still so Obsessed with It). Books will be available from The Golden Notebook. The event will include clips from the 2004 hit film, “Mean Girls,” adapted from Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book “Queen Bees and Wannabes” into a razor-sharp comedy by living legend Tina Fey - who also helped adapt it into a Broadway musical and a new musical movie which was released last month.

Joan Didion was a writer’s writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist, essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed her sights on life’s telling details. Her insights continue to influence creatives and admirers, encouraging them to become close observers of the world, unsentimental critics, and meticulous stylists.

Artist, small-business owner, and formerly incarcerated bank robber, Daniel Killion has a new book, "Portrait of a Bank Robber." In the mid-'90s, pre-consciously aware of "wage slavery" and "systemic racism," and after seeing the iconic film Point Break, he is inspired to rob banks. It's a romantic life-defining spree that ends in Danny (alias: Paul Blackman) inevitably getting "busted."With a 13-year sentence, it was hard for Killion to imagine life outside of prison, but there’s one thing that he says saved him: his love for art. Through Connecticut’s Community Partners in Action, Killion redirected his frustration into creativity with their prison arts program.Daniel Killion joins us with co-author Matthew Klane to discuss his memoir.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Partner with the Albany law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, Corporate attorney with Phillips Lytle LLP Rich Honen, The Empire Report’s J.P. Miller, and former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain.

A candidate for U.S. Senate is hoping to end Republicans’ long losing streak in statewide elections in New York. In today’s Congressional Corner, Mike Sapraicone speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded March 26.

What do political donations tell us about a candidate’s beliefs? In today’s Congressional Corner, Republican New York U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Sapraicone speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded March 26.

Sandra Foyt is an award-winning travel photographer, freelancer, and content media producer. In addition to publishing the family travel site, Albany Kid, and the guide to romantic getaways, Getaway Mavens, she is a freelance writer with credits in Parade, USA Today, and Huffington Post. This year, Foyt has launched Albany Traveler. Her new book is “100 Things to do in Albany Before You Die” - it is published by Reedy Press.