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David Greenberger and The Huckleberries present “Universal Preservation” this Sunday afternoon at UPH in Saratoga - a showcase of the magic that lies in the art of conversation. Greenberger’s latest artistic venture is a playground of conversation filled with knock-knock jokes, not-so-rhetorical questions and observations about the world.

Will the outgoing president issue last-minute pardons?In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the 2nd District, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This conversation was recorded January 13th.

A gardening show in mid-January? Yep! During WAMC's Autumn 2024 Lockbox fundraising, we had a Gardening Vox Pop and offered to schedule a very rare January edition of the show if we got 10 pledges during the hour. You pledged.... so the experts are back to talk gardening with you! Ray Graf hosts.

Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is the most comprehensively interpreted Shaker site in the world and is the oldest working farm in the Berkshires. The village’s offerings include educational presentations, Baby Animals in the Spring, gallery installations, live performances, and more - including the annual December celebration “Radiant Nights.”Created by artist Joe Wheaton, “Radiant Nights” pairs light projection mapping and music to create a whole new vision of the village and its historic structures.Carrie Holland is Director of Hancock Shaker Village and she joins us to tell us more - along with artist Joe Wheaton.

Bob Berman and Dr. Valerie Rapson join us to discuss recent astronomy news and answer your questions. Ray Graf hosts.

Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.

Joining us is Dr. Raj Murthy of Nuvance Health. Dr. Murthy specializes in pain management, regenerative and rehabilitation medicine. Ray Graf hosts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Albany County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader and former longtime Colonie Town Board Member – Paul Burgdorf, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Frederic Hof, Senior Fellow, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, and Political Consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.

When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a mother-and-baby home in 1950s Ireland, Mary grew up in an institution not far from the farm where Clair spent happy childhood summers. Yet Clair was never told of Mary’s existence.How could a whole family―a whole country―abandon unmarried mothers and their children, erasing them from history?Clair’s tells the story in the new book "Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets."

The latest book from Jan Brett is “Alice in a Winter Wonderland” and as she has done for the past several books; Jan gets on a bus, goes across the country, talks to kids, talks about the book, does a signing, and puts on quite the show.