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Peter Hughes, Manager of The Linda: WAMC's Performing Arts Studio, joins us with a preview of upcoming events and broadcasts.

Bob Scott and David Tripp are back to talk stamp and coin collecting with you. Ray Graf hosts.

The new book “1974: A Personal History” is the first work of memoir from New York Times Bestselling writer Francine Prose where she recounts a momentary but intense relationship she had with the troubled activist Anthony Russo, a galvanizing figure who paid a hefty psychic price for the leaking of the pentagon papers.

We welcome Chris Morris, Trails Program Planner for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. He also oversees the agency’s Empire State Trail Program, which handles communication and coordination for the 750-mile-long multi-use trail that stretches from New York City, to Albany, Buffalo, and north along the Champlain valley to Canada. We'll talk about all that and take your calls. Ray Graf hosts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are The Ulster County Comptroller and the former president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley March Gallagher, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, and Political Consultant Libby Post.

On January 28th, 1986, just 73 seconds into flight the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean killing all seven people onboard. Adam Higginbotham’s new book “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” is the true story of what happened to the Challenger based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting.

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events in the second half of the twentieth century, including Libya just before Qaddafi, Poland during the Cold War, Somalia during Blackhawk Down, South Africa during Apartheid, and Russia during Yeltsin's rule, plus positions in Washington and terms as diplomat-in-residence at Harvard and Georgetown.To mark the 100th anniversary of the Foreign Service, Ambassador Gosende is in conversation in several episodes on The Roundtable with Jim Ketterer, regular Roundtable Panelist and Senior Fellow at the Bard Center for Civic Engagement.

We are joined by Dr. Rebecca Stetzer, a geriatrician from The Alzheimer's Center at Albany Medical Center. Ray Graf hosts.

Ambassador Robert Gosende served as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service from the early 1960s to the end of the 1990s.From his childhood in Massachusetts to the highest levels of diplomacy, his life story is filled with adventures and challenges - and historic moments. His career intersected with some of the most important places, people and events in the second half of the twentieth century, including Libya just before Qaddafi, Poland during the Cold War, Somalia during Blackhawk Down, South Africa during Apartheid, and Russia during Yeltsin's rule, plus positions in Washington and terms as diplomat-in-residence at Harvard and Georgetown.To mark the 100th anniversary of the Foreign Service, Ambassador Gosende is in conversation in several episodes on The Roundtable with Jim Ketterer, regular Roundtable Panelist and Senior Fellow at the Bard Center for Civic Engagement.

On August 15th at 5:30 in South Egremont, Greenagers will present: "Dinner, Democracy, and Dancing: A Summer Gala for Greenagers." Keynote and conversation on why civic engagement matters will feature Governor Deval Patrick, Representative Smitty Pignatelli, and Greenagers youth.