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 in May of 2001, The Roundtable has 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?
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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. -
Michael Roth is President of Wesleyan University his new book is “The Student: A Short History,” it is an illuminating look of the students spanning from antiquity to zoom. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students exploring some of the principal models for learning that have been developed in very different context from the sixth century to present day.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Publisher Emeritus of The Daily Freeman Ira Fusfeld, The Empire Report’s JP Miller, and Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Nic Rangel. -
Andre Dubus III will be a featured speaker at the Provincetown Book Festival on Saturday, September 21st at 6 p.m. His latest novel is "Such Kindness." -
Housed in a former Dutch chapel built in the 1800s, and lovingly restored, "The Local" in Saugerties, New York opened as a space for arts, culture, and community in 2023. -
Marianne Leone, actress, writer and advocate for disabled children, is the author of "Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy." She and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, will join Joe Donahue on stage at Page Hall on the University at Albany Downtown Campus for a Creative Life conversation at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16. -
"Farm Aid" is returning to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on September 21st. The festival will highlight how family farmers are essential for a secure supply of safe, nutritious food; healthy soil and water; and strong, economically vibrant communities. Plus, it will feature performances by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Mavis Staples and many more. -
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, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Senior fellow, Center for Civic Engagement, Bard College Ambassador Frederic Hof.
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"Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way" is a new documentary about the first woman to ever be nominated for vice president by a major American political party, we're celebrating the legacy of a true trailblazer with. -
The key to power in Washington is often longevity.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, wraps up his interview with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded September 3rd. -
Prior to airing the Presidential Debate, we present a Pre-Presidential Debate Special Roundtable Panel with a wide-range of experts to discuss the importance of the debate AND to support WAMC’s Locked Box. -
This week's Book Picks come from Jim Havener from Green Toad Bookstore in Great Barrington, MA and Cheryl McKeon from The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, NY.
