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This Wednesday, March 5 – Steve Stern will be at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY to discuss his new book “A Fool’s Kabbalah” with Jay Rogoff.In “A Fool’s Kabbalah,” it’s the end of the Second World War and the magisterial scholar of Jewish mysticism, is commissioned by the Hebrew University in what was then British-ruled Palestine to retrieve a lost world. He is sent to sift through the rubble of Europe in search of precious Jewish books stolen by the Nazis or hidden by the Jews themselves in throughout the continent.

"Selected Shorts," hosted by Ophira Eisenberg, will be coming to the Stissing Center in Pine Plains on Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 PM. The cast will include Teagle Bougere, Lauren Ambrose and David Strathairn – who joins us for a preview this morning. The theme is: "Transformations / Embracing Change"

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

Marshall Karp's new book is "Don’t Tell Me How to Die." It is out tomorrow. As one blurb writer wrote: A razor-sharp domestic thriller about a dying woman’s desperate mission to handpick her husband’s next wife and she’ll stop at nothing to get the job done. Darkly funny and relentlessly suspenseful, Karp displays every skill as one of the greatest storytellers of our generation.

Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia. In "Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia," Alexandar Mihailovic untangles this confluence, considering ethno-nationalist movements in both countries and their parallel approaches to gender, race, and performative identity.

Retired lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman has gained wide notoriety for exposing President Trump’s misconduct and for testimony in Congress that resulted in the president’s first impeachment. Vindman is regarded as a leading policy maker and the preeminent national security strategist on Russia and Ukraine. His latest new work is the book “The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine.”

Spring is almost here and the birds are returning! Julie Hart and Rich Guthrie are back to answer your avian questions. Ray Graf hosts.

Bay State Democrats remain in the minority in Washington.In today’s Congressional Corner, Western New England University professor of political science Tim Vercellotti continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded February 18th.

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, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick.

Vermont U.S. Senator Peter Welch, a Democrat, speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the "Congressional Corner" Feb. 21.