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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, theatre, and more!

The Roundtable Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.4 • 145 Ratings

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, theatre, and more!

    Keith O'Brien's "CHARLIE HUSTLE: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball”

    Keith O'Brien's "CHARLIE HUSTLE: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball”

    Keith O’Brien has written a new biography of a flawed legend—baseball’s tragic character—the man who could never return to the game he lived to play in his new book: “CHARLIE HUSTLE: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball.”

    • 16 min
    Congressional Corner with Mike Sapraicone

    Congressional Corner with Mike Sapraicone

    Former President Donald Trump is a native New Yorker — but an unpopular one. In today’s Congressional Corner, Republican New York U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Sapraicone wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded March 26.

    • 11 min
    "Cheap Old Houses" by Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein

    "Cheap Old Houses" by Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein

    From the founders of the HGTV show and Instagram Cheap Old Houses comes a new book – a stunning collection of beautiful, affordable homes and inspiration for buying and restoring an historic house.In the world of Cheap Old Houses, Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein have scoured the country to find homes in desperate need of saving—including a $45,000 Victorian in Mississippi, a $25,000 mansion in Indiana, an $82,000 recreational camp in Maine, and more. Cheap Old Houses features the stories of how these homes were acquired and lovingly restored.With hundreds of beautiful photographs capturing these homes in all their glory, you’ll be inspired to find “the one”—a fixer upper to rescue that will rescue you right back."Cheap Old Houses: An Unconventional Guide to Loving and Restoring a Forgotten Home" is published by Clarkson Potter.

    • 22 min
    "100 Things To Do In Albany Before You Die" by Sandra Foyt

    "100 Things To Do In Albany Before You Die" by Sandra Foyt

    Sandra Foyt is an award-winning travel photographer, freelancer, and content media producer. In addition to publishing the family travel site, Albany Kid, and the guide to romantic getaways, Getaway Mavens, she is a freelance writer with credits in Parade, USA Today, and Huffington Post. This year, Foyt has launched Albany Traveler. Her new book is “100 Things to do in Albany Before You Die” - it is published by Reedy Press.

    • 13 min
    Congressional Corner with Mike Sapraicone

    Congressional Corner with Mike Sapraicone

    What do political donations tell us about a candidate’s beliefs? In today’s Congressional Corner, Republican New York U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Sapraicone speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded March 26.

    • 9 min
    3/27/24 RT Panel

    3/27/24 RT Panel

    The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Director of the RPI-IBM Artificial Intelligence research collaboration Jim Hendler, Director, actor, educator and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of WAM Theatre Kristen van Ginhoven.

    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
145 Ratings

145 Ratings

ms sierra ,

9/25/Panel. GREAT

Excellent discussions on today’s panel. One of your best.

Alittlepessimistic89 ,

Hive Mind of the Democratic Establishment

Do you love hearing milquetoast mainstream liberal opinions in an echo chamber? Do you love hearing from aging folks who work in Academia and Albany’s professional upper class who probably make way more money then you and are insufferably smug? Do you hate hearing from people who have a variety of different view points from you, like let’s say a young progressive or maybe a libertarian? Then this show is the perfect fit! From running a discredited story against Alex Morse to carry water for the corrupt establishment democrat Richard Neal to more recently kissing the behinds of the Israeli government as they carry out ethnic cleansing in Gaza there is no shortage of the worst takes the Democratic Party (and the occasional establishment NY Republican) in the NY tri-state area has to offer. There are a few guests and commentators that I’ve liked for the most part (RoseMary Armao) but they are few and far between. I mostly listen to see what the viewpoint of the democratic establishment is on an given issue, and to listen to the letters to the panel where they often get trounced and then are either silent or stammer on as they try to find a way to sound “nuanced”. Wouldn’t recommend listening to this program unless you love establishment democrats/ politicians and their viewpoints.

JES1213 ,

Big fan

The show is great, Rosemary Armao is a treasure. I listen wherever I am in the world, helps keep me sane.

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