55 million women in the United States are currently experiencing menopause.WAM Theatre will present a screening of “The M Factor” on Sunday, March 2 at 3pm. The screening is hosted in collaboration with WANDER in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and the Center for Listening and Presence. The event will feature a special talkback facilitated by Berkshire-based certified Menopause Coach, Edi Pasalis.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are, Albany County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader and former longtime Colonie Town Board Member Paul Burgdorf, Former EPA Regional Administrator, Professor at Bennington College, and President of Beyond Plastics Judith Enck, and Professor of Economics at Siena College Aaron Pacitti.

WAMC's Ian Pickus speaks with Vermont Congresswoman-at-large Becca Balint.

Eli Zuzovsky is the author of “Mazeltov,” a debut novel. It is a book about a boy who confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man. It all takes place in a banquet hall in the onset of war where Adam’s bar mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe.

Retired lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman has gained wide notoriety for exposing President Trump’s misconduct and for testimony in Congress that resulted in the president’s first impeachment. Vindman is regarded as a leading policy maker and the preeminent national security strategist on Russia and Ukraine. His latest new work is the book “The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine.”

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are communications expert and Founder/President of Stanhope Partners Bob Bellafiore, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, a grants analyst based in Albany Emily Honen, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman.

The 97th Academy Awards will take place this Sunday in Hollywood, CA - honoring movies released in 2024. Conan O’Brien will host. Every year we welcome one of the foremost film critics in the industry to join us and discuss our impressions of this year’s best in film.

The new book “Gender Explained” looks to outfit readers with gender literacy to better understand how gender moves freely in this new world. Psychologist Diane Ehrensaft joins us to dispel myths and answer the most common questions that appear in their clinical practices. [Encore airing.]

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz.

This week's Book Picks come from Drew Broussard from Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston, NY.