New York Rep. Pat Ryan, a Democrat from the 18th district, speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the Congressional Corner. This interview was recorded March 5.

Albany Pro Musica, the Capital Region’s preeminent choral ensemble, presents the Capital Region premiere of “Considering Matthew Shepard,” a choral drama by Craig Hella Johnson, at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York on Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m.

Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York is partnering with Beyond Plastics and Columbia County Reduces Waste–Bring Your Own (CCRW–BYO) to screen the 2024 documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” on March 14 at 6:30pm. The screening is free, but reservations are recommended.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Former White House Advance Lead and former Chief of Staff for Michelle Hinchey Anna Markowitz.

This week's Book Picks come from Connie Brooks and Heather Boyne from Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY and Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, MA for our selections this week.

"Selected Shorts," hosted by Ophira Eisenberg, will be coming to the Stissing Center in Pine Plains on Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 PM. The cast will include Teagle Bougere, Lauren Ambrose and David Strathairn – who joins us for a preview this morning. The theme is: "Transformations / Embracing Change"

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, semi-retired, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer, Times Union Jay Jochnowitz, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

Marshall Karp's new book is "Don’t Tell Me How to Die." It is out tomorrow. As one blurb writer wrote: A razor-sharp domestic thriller about a dying woman’s desperate mission to handpick her husband’s next wife and she’ll stop at nothing to get the job done. Darkly funny and relentlessly suspenseful, Karp displays every skill as one of the greatest storytellers of our generation.

This Wednesday, March 5 – Steve Stern will be at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY to discuss his new book “A Fool’s Kabbalah” with Jay Rogoff.In “A Fool’s Kabbalah,” it’s the end of the Second World War and the magisterial scholar of Jewish mysticism, is commissioned by the Hebrew University in what was then British-ruled Palestine to retrieve a lost world. He is sent to sift through the rubble of Europe in search of precious Jewish books stolen by the Nazis or hidden by the Jews themselves in throughout the continent.

Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia. In "Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia," Alexandar Mihailovic untangles this confluence, considering ethno-nationalist movements in both countries and their parallel approaches to gender, race, and performative identity.