The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, the Ulster County Comptroller and the former president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley March Gallagher, and Siena College Professor of Economics Aaron Pacitti.We are also joined by Siena College Economics Majors from The Federal Reserve Challenge course: Bobby Twohig, Kaci Owens, Jade O'Connell, and Ethan Thate.

“The Hills of California,” a new play by Jez Butterworth and directed by Sam Mendes, is running on Broadway at The Broadhurst Theatre through December 22. Helena Wilson is making her Broadway debut in the show - and she performed in the original production on The West End earlier this year.

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is heading to the world stage.In today’s Congressional Corner, David Hawkings of The American Leader continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

British rock and pop in the 1960s became a force to be reckoned with. There were famous bands like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and artists like Lulu and Petula Clark. Why did this explosion of new pop music happen in Britain in that decade? Skidmore College Professor Emeritus Gordon Ross Thompson has written on just that subject!

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are an advance Lead for the White House and former Chief of Staff for State Senator Michelle Hinchey and former Assistant County Executive for Pat Ryan Anna Markowitz, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.

David Baldacci is one of the most prolific authors ever, turning out best-selling high-octane thrillers year after year. This time, Travis Devine is sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case - and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis: the girl on the train.

Election Day is finally behind us.In today’s Congressional Corner, David Hawkings of The American Leader speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

In his new book "Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America," David Brock reveals how the efforts to stack the Court in service of extreme right-wing interests stem from a decades-long strategy to weaponize our judicial system into an extension of the Republican Party itself.

On November 16 and 17, the two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony will present a dazzling program at the Troy Savings Banks Music Hall in Troy, New York. The concerts will include Smetana’s “Moldau,” Joan Tower’s Cello Concerto, “A New Day,” and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” To tell us more we welcome Music Director David Alan Miller.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the 1st district wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded November 8th.