Jan Brett - The Mitten 20th Anniversary Edition
Children's author & illustrator Jan Brett joins Katie on The Roundtable to talk about her career & what readers can expect at tonight's (11/6) reading at Northshire Bookstore.
Congressional Corner - Richard Neal - Part 2
Alan and MA Congressman Neal talk about this week's election results.
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein - Heidegger and a Hippo
Joe speaks with WAMC's friends and Roundtable favorites, Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein about their new book, Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between .
Ken Auletta - Googled
Joe speaks with Ken Auletta about his book, Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.
Schenectady NAACP - Paul Webster
Paul Webster drops by Studio A to speak with Joe Donahue about the work of the Schenectady chapter of the NAACP and their upcoming dinner.
Congressional Corner - Richard Neal - Part 1
Alan and MA Congressman Neal discuss the health care bill.
Listener Essay - What Makes the Butcher Sexy?
Shannon Hayes is the host of grassfedcooking.com and the author of The Farmer and the Grill, The Grassfed Gourmet, and forthcoming Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture (April 2010). She works with her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in Schoharie County, NY, where they raise grassfed and pastured livestock.
Miriam Pawel - Union of Their Dreams
Joe speaks with journalist, Miriam Pawel about her book, The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement.
Northern Berkshire Food Project
Joe speaks with Valerie Schwarz and Chef Chris Bonnivier about the upcoming Thanksgiving Dinner to be prepared by Berkshire Chefs on Nov. 23.
Julie Andrews - Collection Poems, Songs & Lullabies
Actress & award winner Julie Andrews joins Joe & her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to talk about her new "Collection of Poems, Songs & Lullabies".
Matthew Lattimer - Speech-less
Joe speaks with Matthew Lattimer about his book, Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor.
Congressional Corner - Scott Murphy - Part 2
Alan and Congressman Scott Murphy speak about health care.
Half Moon Theatre - Emerson High
Joe speaks with director, Jeremy Dobrish; the Producing Director of Half Moon Theatre and actress in the play, Molly Renfroe Katz; and Artistic Director of Half Moon Theatre, Geoff Tarson about their production of Emerson High.
Brian Ross - The Madoff Chronicles
Joe speaks with Brian Ross about his book, Madoff Chronicles, The: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth.
Listener Essay
Jeanne Hunter describes being a young girl in war-torn England.
Congressional Corner - Scott Murphy - Part 1
Alan and Congressman Murphy speak about - what else? - NY's 23rd.
Book Picks - Red Fox
Susan and Naftali join Sarah in Studio A with this week's list of fantastic reading suggestions.
Ron Paul - End the Fed
Joe speaks with Ron Paul about his book, End the Fed.
Audrey Niffenegger
Joe speaks with Audrey Niffenegger about her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry
Harvey Kubernik-
Ian Pickus speaks with Harvey Kubernik about his book, Canyon of Dreams.
Congressional Corner - John Hall
David Guistina speaks with New York Congressman John Hall.
Listener Essay - Day of the Dead
Diane Cameron lives in Guilderland, NY. She is the Director of Community Caregivers.
JERNY - Rabbis Aaron Leibowitz and Yaakov Kellman
Sarah speaks with the Rabbis about an event JERNY is holding tonight which will highlight the teachings, songs, and stories of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
David Hoffman
Joe speaks with David Hoffman about his book, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy.
Walking the Dog Theater and Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
Benedicta Bertau and David Anderson from WTD and Stephanie Monseu from Bindlestiff Family Cirkus join Joe to talk about Hudson GhostWALK and other current and upcoming endeavors.
Congressional Corner - John Hall
David Guistina speaks with NY Congressman John Hall.
Frank I. Luntz - What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth About Our H
Joe speaks with Frank Luntz about his book, What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth About Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears.
Max Brooks
Joe speaks with Zombie expert, Max Brooks, about his latest work of zombie-lore - The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.
The Dog Show - When the Model Barks - Art for Animals
Joe speaks with Elizabeth Hess, Laura-Ann Cammisa, 9th grade student artist, Larlee Burchfield.
Congressional Corner - John Hall
David Guistina fills in for Dr. Alan Chartock and speaks with NY Congressman, John Hall.