The Roundtable

After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of weapons. He's part of the secret resistance against the Third Reich, and he needs Sarah to hide in plain sight at a school for the daughters of top Nazi brass, posing as one of them. If she can befriend the daughter of a key scientist and get invited to her house, she might be able to steal the blueprints to a bomb that could

The Trustees of Reservations is a member-supported nonprofit conservation organization that preserves land, nature, and historic places in Massachusetts. Their annual “Home Sweet Home” Historic Open House Day happens May 19th. It’s their fifth year opening up their historic homes for free for a special day of tours, workshops, activities and refreshments and this year’s theme is: The Art of the Garden: Inspiration Grows Here. To tell us more we welcome Engagement Managers for The Trustees Andrea

In his new book "Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism," David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism in the United States. Oblong Books in Rhinebeck is having an event tomorrow night at 6 p.m. featuring Schuyler, who will be joined in

The Hudson Valley recently lost two elected officials to cancer. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney of the 18 th district speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities; allowing us all to fall into place. Falling Into Place is supported by The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation, Providing a helping hand to turn inspiration into accomplishment. See more possibilities … see more promise… see more progress. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences joins us to talk about their new innitiative, “The Collaboratory.”

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, and Communications Consultants Theresa Bourgeois and Joe Bonilla.

Patricia O’Toole is the author of "When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House," and "The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her latest book, "The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made," is a biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). "The Moralist" is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American

In this week’s Classical Music According to Yehuda, Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue a series of conversations about fakes, forgeries, and lost or misattributions, sharing a recording of Béatrice Rauchs playing final movement of Fanny Mendelssohn’s Piano Sonata in G Minor .

H. Jon Benjamin is a comedian and actor - best known for voicing the title characters on Fox’s "Bob’s Burgers" and FXX’s "Archer." His new attempted memoir, “Failure is an Option,” is a chronicle of defeats and losses beating a steady drum throughout his life. It begins with the inscription “For all of you failures out there. You CAN do worse.” He is, by all accounts, a pretty successful guy -- the lead of two popular television shows. But he points out: voiceover only takes a few hours on any

The world is watching the Korean peninsula. In today’s Congressional Corner, Connecticut Representative Joe Courtney, a Democrat from the 2 nd district, wraps up his discussion with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

Elizabeth Partridge is a National Book Award finalist, Printz Honor winner, and author of several nonfiction books for children, including "Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange;" "This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie;" "John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth;" and "Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary." Her new book, "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam," teaches readers about over a decade of bitter

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, Communications Consultant Joe Bonilla and Albany County District Attorney David Soares.

It's impossible to know what the American Musical would be without the fateful partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Their first collaboration, "Oklahoma!," opened at The St. James Theatre on Broadway 75 years ago. Todd S. Purdum’s new book, "Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution," is a portrait of these two men, their creative process, and their groundbreaking innovations.

We’re going to talk now about a Cinderella story out of nowhere that remains a cultural touchstone nearly four decades after filming began on an unsuspecting golf course in Florida. According to a new book by Chris Nashawaty, despite being made by an inexperienced director on a drug-fueled set, “Caddyshack” cemented the film legacy of its stars, furthered the “National Lampoon” brand, and gave the sports world an entire rolodex of new catchphrases. Nashawaty’s book is called “Caddyshack: The

What can Congress do about the opioid crisis? In today’s Congressional Corner, Connecticut Representative Joe Courtney, a Democrat from the 2 nd district, continues his discussion with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.