Alan is joined by Dr. Stephen Bergman, who writes under the pen name Samuel Shem. A novelist, playwright, and essayist, Bergman is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Medical School and was a Rhodes Scholar. The launch of his paperback The Spirit of the Place will be held at the Hudson Opera House on January 26.
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.