During this election season, one of the nation’s top political reporters is keeping a close eye on the Trump administration. At the same time, New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker has a new book out about a titan of Washington: former secretary of state James Baker.

The election is weeks away. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18 th district, wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded September 17.

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are UAlbany Lecturer in Africana Studies Jennifer Burns, Bard Center for Civic Engagement Senior Fellow and Dean of the School of Continuing Education at the American University Cairo Jim Ketterer, and Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick. For a portion of the show, we are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author, David

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it? In " Putin’s People ," the investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee, and Berkshire Eagle Reporter Jenn Smith.

The Roundtable Panel : a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Cohoes City Director of Operations Theresa Bourgeois.

Long before she was the acclaimed author of "You Just Don't Understand," a groundbreaking book about women and men, Deborah Tannen was a girl who adored her father. Though he was often absent during her childhood, she was profoundly influenced by his gift for writing and storytelling. As she grew up and he grew older, she spent countless hours recording conversations with her father for the account of his life she had promised him she’d write. But when he hands Tannen journals he kept in his

This week's Book Picks come from Connie Brooks of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY. List: "Island Child" by Molly Aitken "Flyaway" by Kathleen Jennings "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke "Sisters" by Daisy Johnson "Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains" by Kerri Arsenault "World of Wonders" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil "Old World Italian: Recipes and Secrets from Our Travels in Italy: A Cookbook" by Mimi Thorisson

Will a Trump defeat mean the election was rigged? In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from the 18 th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded September 17.

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, former Associate Editor of The Times Union Mike Spain, and counter-terrorism expert and best-selling author, Malcolm Nance.