Peter Steiner
WAMC's The Roundtable is an award-winning, nationally recognized eclectic talk program. The show airs from 9 a.m. to noon each weekday and features news, interviews, in-depth discussion, music, and much (much) more! Hosted by Joe Donahue and produced by Sarah LaDuke, The Roundtable tackles serious and lighthearted subjects, looking to explore the many facets of the human condition with civility, respect and responsibility.
The show's hallmark is thoughtful interviews with A-list newsmakers, authors, artists, sports figures, actors, and people with interesting stories to tell. Since hitting the airwaves May 1, 2000, The Roundtable's hosts have interviewed the likes of Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, Maya Angelou, Madeleine Albright, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, Bob Dole, Steve Martin, James Taylor, Stephen King, Melissa Etheridge, Carol Burnett, David Henry Hwang, Lin-Manuel Miranda and lots of other really cool people. Plus, Wilco does our theme song. What more can you ask for?
If you would like to be on the show email us at roundtable@wamc.org. Send your comments or questions for The Roundtable Panel to panel@wamc.org
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WAMCEach 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. -
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, Attorney and former US Congressperson and NY Assemblyperson John Faso, and Siena College Professor of Economics, Aaron Pacitti.
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Troy Foundry Theatre’s latest production, “Antonio, or What I Would,” is a new exploration of the queerness of the devoted pirate in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” The piece was developed at the Play On Labs with Troy Foundry Theatre in 2024.Written by Brenna Geffers and Shayne David Cameris and performed by Cameris, “Antonio, or What I Would” features Jake Blouch’s music performed by Connor Armbruster and will have performances May 31st and June 1st at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York. -
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz, Professor Emeritus of Russian at Hofstra University and author of: "Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia" Alexandar Mihailovic, Former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio. -
At a time when trusted, fact-based journalism is more essential than ever, WAMC remains strong thanks to the support of our members, underwriters, and community partners. Your contributions ensure that everyone in our region can access in-depth reporting, diverse voices, and cultural programming that informs, inspires, and connects us. Sarah LaDuke speaks with WAMC’s Morning Edition host and multi-show producer, David Guistina, Former Editor of The Times Union, Substacker, WAMC Commentator and co-host of The Media Project Rex Smith, and Former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President of Editorial Development at the New York Press Association, and frequent contributor to WAMC’s Roundtable Panel and The Media Project Judy Patrick. -
This week's Book Picks come from James Conrad from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY. -
"This Shining Night" is a choral concert from the Berkshire Concert Choir bookended by two different settings of James Agee's poem, "Sure on this Shining Night." Beginning at sunset and ending at sunrise, the program plunges deep into the human condition using the phases of the night as an extended metaphor for the complex topic of aging and memory loss.Berkshire Concert Choir will perform “This Shining Night” on Sunday May 18th at St Mark's Catholic Church in Pittsfield (Saturday Night Performance at Tanglewood’s Linde Center is sold out.) -
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Communications expert and Founder/President of Stanhope Partners Bob Bellafiore, Public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, The Empire Report’s JP Miller, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.
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At a time when trusted, fact-based journalism is more essential than ever, WAMC remains strong thanks to the support of our members, underwriters, and community partners. Your contributions ensure that everyone in our region can access in-depth reporting, diverse voices, and cultural programming that informs, inspires, and connects us.Joe Donahue and Sarah LaDuke speak with WAMC’s Vox Pop host Ray Graf, and Vox-Poppers Rich Guthrie (Birds), Carrie O'Loughlin (Pets & Vets) and Greg Ward (Gardening.)
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In "Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece," acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato—documents that have long been kept in obscurity—to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. -
Annie Hartnett is the author of “Unlikely Animals: The Novel” which won the Julia Ward Howe Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is also the author of “Rabbit Cake,” a finalist for the New England Book Award. Her latest novel is “The Road to Tender Hearts” which is a darkly comic and also warm hearted story about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush. -
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, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio, Political Consultant Libby Post, and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan.
