Dan Glickman was a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants. He ended up as a congressman, secretary of agriculture, and chief lobbyist for Hollywood. The big question is – how did that happen? Glickman joins us this morning to discuss his new book: "Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies." Dan Glickman is a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and an adjunct

Most Americans know the story of the Battle of the Alamo as the iconic stand led by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, and other rebels who gallantly fought for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. It is an origin story that has become the beating heart of Texas exceptionalism. The legend is also an American touchstone, a symbol of national resolve. But our next guest, Chris Tomlinson, says that version of events owes more to fantasy than

Arts Organizations have been having a rough time over the past year and a half. So, when there is great news to share, we like to shout it from the mountaintops. Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education in Cambridge, NY, just announced the establishment of the Karen Strand Endowment. In summer of 2020, longtime Hubbard Hall supporter and advisor Curt Strand passed away, leaving approximately $850,000 to Hubbard Hall in his will, in honor of his late daughter and Hubbard Hall volunteer

Big plans have a big cost. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded June.

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia Du Mont, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor in Communications for SUNY New Paltz and RPI Terry Gipson, and Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick.

In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic landslide. He enjoyed an almost 70 percent approval rating. But by April 1973, his presidency had fallen apart as the Watergate scandal metastasized into what White House counsel John Dean called “a full-blown cancer.” "King Richard" is the intimate, utterly absorbing narrative of the tension-packed hundred days when the Watergate conspiracy unraveled as the burglars and their handlers turned on one

The Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is re-open and has returned to its ambitious event calendar for the season – including but not limited to - an outdoor sculpture exhibit curated by Beth DeWoody entitled “Taking Flight;” an indoor exhibition of Gregory Crewdson’s firefly photographs, and of course tons of nature-made-art in the form of flowers, plants, shrubs, bushes and trees. Mike Beck is the Executive Director of The Berkshire Botanical Garden.

What does 2020 tell us about 2022? In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18th district, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded June 7.

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, investigative journalist and UAlbany adjunct professor Rosemary Armao, corporate attorne with Phillips Lytle LLP Rich Honen, and counter-terrorism expert and best-selling author Malcolm Nance.

Later today, CNN anchor Jake Tapper will be our guest on “ The Book Show ,” to discuss his new thriller, "The Devil May Dance." In that interview, we focus on the book which deals with a mystery in Hollywood during the height of the Rat Pack. This morning we talk with Jake Tapper about a Washington Post Article last month headlined: The new CNN is more opinionated and emotional. Can it still be ‘the most trusted name in news’? In the article – journalist Jeremy Barr – writes: As the first