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This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with well-known Lincoln scholar and prolific author Harold Holzer about his book, “The Presidents vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between The White House And The Media: From The Founding Fathers To Fake News.“

 Photo courtesy of Henry Ballone.

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, author of “Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things.”

Photo courtesy of David Kelly Crow.

This week we present an encore interview. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with the late, award-winning director and producer Arthur Penn. Dr. Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was most known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Photo courtesy of United Artists Corporation c. 1976.

This week we present an encore broadcast, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Roger Landry about his book “Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.” 

Photo courtesy of Dr. Roger Landry’s official Facebook page.

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist. The pair discuss dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again.

Photo courtesy of The Karuna Project

This week, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Vincent Verdile, Dean of the Albany Medical College.

This week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an award-winning encore conversation with David Kaczynski, the brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Kaczynski is the former Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty.

Photo courtesy of Flickr/LightStamp.

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Daniel Ellsberg. He is an activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst. Ellsberg is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

Photo courtesy of WikiCommons/Dr. Bernd Gross.

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died in 2006, followed by the interview with Ralph Stanley.

Photo courtesy of Public Domain Pictures.

This week we present an encore broadcast from 2004. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Legend Tom Paxton.

Photo courtesy of Alan Messer.